Revolving Door | SportsNewser Sports Illustrated Predicts Atlanta Over San Diego In Super Bowl XLVI By Marcus Vanderberg on Aug. 31, 2011 - 2:37 AM After his successful Super Bowl prediction last season, Sports Illustrated‘s Peter King predicts the Atlanta Falcons will defeat the San Diego Chargers 24-20 in Super Bowl XLVI. Below is a complete list of King’s predi ...
SportsNewser Mike Florio, Darren Rovell Getting Shows On Versus By Marcus Vanderberg on Aug. 11, 2011 - 3:53 PM Versus (NBC Sports Network starting Jan. 2) is launching two original shows next month featuring Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk and Darren Rovell of CNBC, according to Variety. The PFT editor will host an hourlong NFL roundup sh ...
CNN | People CNN’s First Sports Anchor, Nick Charles Dead at 64 By Chris Ariens on Jun. 25, 2011 - 11:37 AM A CNN original and its first sports anchor, Nick Charles died today after a two-year battle with bladder cancer. Charles began at CNN on the network’s first day, June 1, 1980, and covered nearly every sporting event over the ...
People | SportsNewser Feherty Most-Watched Golf Channel Premiere By Cam Martin on Jun. 24, 2011 - 4:37 PM Monday’s premiere episode of Feherty was the most-watched premiere in the channel’s 16-year history, as 569,000 viewers watched former golfer and current analyst David Feherty interview golf great Lee Trevino, among ot ...
People | SportsNewser Kris Humphries As "The Incredible Hump" By Marcus Vanderberg on Apr. 5, 2011 - 9:50 AM Despite a 23-53 record, you have to give credit to the New Jersey Nets PR team for an unique campaign around forward Kris Humphriesas “The Incredible Hump.” Too bad he might be shut down for the rest of the season. Doe ...
SportsNewser Friday's NCAA Ratings Up 17 Percent From 2010 By Marcus Vanderberg on Mar. 26, 2011 - 11:39 AM Friday’s coverage of the NCAA Tournament regional semi-finals on TBS and CBS delivered an overnight household rating/share of 7.6/14, up 14 percent from a 6.5/12 from last year’s CBS Sports coverage, according to Niels ...
People | SportsNewser Hope for the 2011 NFL Season? By Noah Davis on Mar. 2, 2011 - 2:05 PM Maybe there won’t be a football work stoppage after all. (Yeah right.) U.S. District Judge David Doty ruled in favor of the Players Union in the so-called “war chest” case. The judge decried that league executive ...