People | SportsNewser NFL Films President Steve Sabol Dies At 69 By Alex Weprin on Sep. 18, 2012 - 2:26 PM Steve Sabol, one of the preeminent sports documentarians of all time, and the president of NFL Films, has died at age 69 after a battle with brain cancer. Sabol, who spent the last 50 years of his life working for the NFL, pionee ...
SportsNewser Bomani Jones' Farewell From The Morning Jones By Marcus Vanderberg on Aug. 30, 2011 - 12:03 AM Tuesday morning marks the final day of The Morning Jones on The Score Sirius 158. Hosted by Bomani Jones, the sports radio host and Around the Horn regular shared his thoughts on the end of a successful 18-month run: “On a p ...
View Post SportsNewser First UFC on FOX Card Only One Hour By Marcus Vanderberg on Aug. 20, 2011 - 2:09 PM Hours after formally announcing their new deal with FOX, details were released about the first UFC card on the broadcast network. The UFC on FOX card on Nov. 12 from the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. will feature only two fights ...
SportsNewser | TV Biz BTN Rolling Out BTN2Go In Time For Football Season By Marcus Vanderberg on Jul. 28, 2011 - 8:42 PM BTN (the Big Ten Network) is launching a new multi-platform extension called BTN2Go. The new feature will include a live feed of all BTN linear network programming, beginning with the start of the 2011 college football season, BTN ...
SportsNewser Have you had your fill of Gus Johnson? By Cam Martin on Apr. 18, 2011 - 1:36 PM Sports fans who think Gus Johnson’s hot sauce-in-the-Jockeys announcing style is the height of entertainment should be overjoyed to learn Johnson is “neck and neck” in a competition with Bob Papa to be play-by-pl ...
SportsNewser MMA Blog Banned From UFC Event Due To Leaked Photos By Marcus Vanderberg on Mar. 18, 2011 - 10:23 AM MMA blog CagePotato.com has been denied media access to all Ultimate Fighting Championship events after leaking photos of ring girl Arianny Celeste in Playboy. The blog was planning to cover the Toronto UFC Fan Expo next month but ...
SportsNewser Stuart Scott To Undergo Chemotherapy Treatments By Marcus Vanderberg on Jan. 29, 2011 - 9:08 PM Sad news out of Bristol as ESPN anchor Stuart Scottwill undergo chemotherapy treatments after doctors discovered cancerous tissue. In 2007, Scott underwent chemotherapy after an emergency appendectomy discovered a malignancy surro ...
SportsNewser WWE Raw to Bodyslam Viewers with Episode 900 By Alex Weprin on Aug. 27, 2010 - 9:08 AM Monday night USA Network will televise the 900th episode of WWE’s “Monday Night Raw.” “The Simpsons,” by comparison, has aired “only” 420 episodes. The wrestling show has been a staple of ...