SportsNewser McEnroe: Tennis Should Get Rid of Warm-Ups By Cam Martin on Jul. 1, 2011 - 9:37 AM Tennis great John McEnroe, NBC’s lead analyst at Wimbledon, thinks the sport would benefit from eliminating pre-match warm-ups and letting the first ball hit be the first serve. Speaking to Michael Hiestand of USA Today, McE ...
SportsNewser IOC Will Let Athletes Use Twitter With Certain Restrictions By Cam Martin on Jun. 27, 2011 - 1:39 PM If you were hoping to see a naked Michael Phelps express his admiration for the The Communist Manifesto on Twitter during the 2012 Summer Olympics, the International Olympic Committee is here to burst your bubble: The IOC says ath ...
SportsNewser | TV Biz Stephen A. Smith: Bayless 'Not Far From Cuckoo's Nest' By Cam Martin on Jun. 17, 2011 - 2:17 PM ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith finally confirmed what everyone already concluded about ESPN personality Skip Bayless. No, not that he’s a shifty contrarian with no firm beliefs; rather, that he’s basically loco. Dur ...
SportsNewser Oprah Dreams of O.J. Confessing to Her By Cam Martin on Jun. 17, 2011 - 2:02 PM It’s a long-running joke that anyone looking to unburden their soul of a troubling transgression will confess to Oprah Winfrey on her television show. But the sports figure who probably has the largest outstanding sin to acc ...
SportsNewser | TV Biz ESPN's Paige Plagiarize Other Writer? By Cam Martin on Jun. 7, 2011 - 7:38 AM Sports Business Journal reporter John Ourand sent Denver Post and Around the Horn contributor Woody Paige a question on Twitter yesterday asking Paige if he’d lifted quotes from a months’ old Ourand story and used them ...
SportsNewser Marv Albert Joins The NFL on CBS By Marcus Vanderberg on Jun. 6, 2011 - 2:36 PM CBS Sports has hired legendary sports play-by-play announcer Marv Albert for The NFL On CBS. “Marv Albert is recognized throughout sports broadcasting as one of its true legends,” said Sean McManus, chairman, CBS Sport ...
SportsNewser Denver Post Reporter Accused of Keying Truck By Cam Martin on Jun. 3, 2011 - 10:29 AM Natalie Meisler, who covers college sports for The Denver Post, has been accused of keying a man’s truck following an argument Sunday over a parking space in Denver. Meisler, 60, was issued a summons for criminal mischief af ...
SportsNewser | TV Biz Jay Mariotti's Preliminary Hearing Set For June 28 By Marcus Vanderberg on Jun. 1, 2011 - 1:39 PM A preliminary hearing is scheduled on June 28 for former ESPN personality Jay Mariotti. Mariotti was charged last month with three felonies – – stalking, domestic violence and assault – – stemming from an i ...
SportsNewser Carson Palmer on 'Media Hiatus' By Cam Martin on May. 22, 2011 - 3:39 PM Sports Illustrated writer Jim Trotter ran into disgruntled Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer at the Drew Brees’ Cox Celebrity Golf Classic in San Diego last week, so naturally Trotter wanted to ask Palmer about hi ...
SportsNewser Sinclair Broadcast Group Acquires Ring Of Honor Wrestling By Marcus Vanderberg on May. 21, 2011 - 10:34 PM Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. announced Saturday it has acquired Ring of Honor Wrestling. ROH is currently the third largest wrestling promotion in the country and recently celebrated its ninth anniversary. A formal press confere ...