View Post Events Amy Robach Inspires at NLGJA Gala, Plus a TV News Selfie By Chris Ariens on Mar. 21, 2014 - 3:48 PM ABC’s Amy Robach lit up the room last night as host NLGJA’s Healdines & Headliners event. Robach, who has three more chemotherapy treatments in her fight against breast cancer told the crowd that we all have battle ...
TV Biz The Return Of Tiki Barber By Alex Weprin on Aug. 5, 2012 - 10:33 AM Former NFL star Tiki Barber had it made. After retiring from football, Barber began a broadcasting career, picking up a cushy gig with NBC as a correspondent for “Today.” That all came to a screeching halt when it was ...
People | SportsNewser Boston Mayor Says Nike Store Promo Not 'Dope' By Cam Martin on Jun. 22, 2011 - 7:10 AM Boston mayor Thomas M. Menino has called upon a Niketown store in his city to remove a window display that includes T-shirts emblazoned with the words “dope” and “get high” and a picture of a spilled pill b ...
SportsNewser Kevin Connolly Wants To Direct Kimbo Slice Biopic By Marcus Vanderberg on Jun. 18, 2011 - 1:14 AM When Entourage wraps up this year, actor Kevin Connolly hopes to produce and direct a biopic on street brawler Kimbo Slice. Connolly hopes Slice, a former bodyguard and MMA fighter, will play himself in the film. “Kimbo Slic ...
SportsNewser Fox: We'd Air All Olympics Events 'Live' By Cam Martin on May. 26, 2011 - 8:10 AM One of the ongoing challenges of Olympics broadcasting is captivating viewers with live footage while using tape delay to save the most-watched programs for primetime audiences. The well-chronicled problem is that the Internet and ...
SportsNewser Jenn Brown Replacing Erin Andrews as CWS Sideline Reporter By Cam Martin on May. 26, 2011 - 7:48 AM According to a tweet from ESPN sideline reporter Jenn Brown, she will be working the sidelines/stands/foul territory at the College World Series in Omaha next month, ostensibly replacing Erin Andrews, who has held the spot for sev ...
SportsNewser Anonymous NBA Player Calls Out Kevin Garnett By Marcus Vanderberg on Apr. 21, 2011 - 7:14 PM We all know Kevin Garnett isn’t liked by most fans outside of Boston. But an anonymous NBA player took a shot at the Celtics forward on ESPN.com’s Player X blog: “Garnett is a punk and a coward. I know, I know. E ...
People | SportsNewser ESPN 1000 Radio Host Suspended Following DUI By Marcus Vanderberg on Mar. 10, 2011 - 1:00 PM Harry Teinowitz of ESPN 1000 has been suspended following his DUI arrest last weekend. Teinowitz, one half of The Afternoon Saloon, will be off the air for the rest of the week. He opened his show on Tuesday by apologizing to list ...
SportsNewser Erik Spoelstra Blames Media For 'CryGate' By Marcus Vanderberg on Mar. 7, 2011 - 8:54 PM Yesterday, Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra said “there are a couple of guys crying in the locker room right now,” after his team’s 87-86 home loss to the Chicago Bulls. Well, Coach Spo is backtracking on his ...
SportsNewser Surprise Choice For SI Media Person Of The Year By Marcus Vanderberg on Dec. 28, 2010 - 1:03 PM Richard Deitsch of Sports Illustrated handed out his Media Awards for 2010 and his person of the year was an unusual choice to say the least. Mike Pereira, the NFL’s former Vice President of Officiating, was selected as Deit ...