by Jaymes Langrehr | May 25, 2014
No, that’s not a headline from The Onion. Manny Ramirez is back in organized baseball. The Cubs announced Sunday morning that they’re signing the 41-year-old to be a player/coach at Triple-A Iowa. The emphasis seems to be heavily on the “coach”...
by Ken Fang | May 25, 2014
For years, the Big Ten and Southeastern Conference have battled it out for richest college conference. Now, college sports has a new king and the way it managed to get on top is nothing short of amazing. From recently released tax returns from all of the conferences...
by Ken Fang | May 25, 2014
For years, the Big Ten and Southeastern Conference have battled it out for richest college conference. Now, college sports has a new king and the way it managed to get on top is nothing short of amazing. From recently released tax returns from all of the conferences...
by Ken Fang | May 25, 2014
“If SportsCenter was a standalone network, it would be the fifth-largest most-viewed network among men of any network.” BRISTOL, CT — The words of ESPN President John Skipper who began an all-day media event at the network’s Bristol campus last...
by Ken Fang | May 25, 2014
“If SportsCenter was a standalone network, it would be the fifth-largest most-viewed network among men of any network.” BRISTOL, CT — The words of ESPN President John Skipper who began an all-day media event at the network’s Bristol campus last...
by Ken Fang | May 25, 2014
Those watching Saturday’s Texas Rangers at Detroit Tigers game on Fox Sports 1 may have noticed that the main camera high above home plate had some issues early in the game. Tony Paul of the Detroit News wrote “the cameraman couldn’t find the baseball. At...
by Matt Zemek | May 25, 2014
American fans will tell you that tennis is treated much more poorly on U.S. television than other major sports, including and especially golf, the other main solo-athlete sport in this country. What are the moments (not industry realities, but live on-air occurrences)...
by Matt Zemek | May 25, 2014
American fans will tell you that tennis is treated much more poorly on U.S. television than other major sports, including and especially golf, the other main solo-athlete sport in this country. What are the moments (not industry realities, but live on-air occurrences)...
by Joe Lucia | May 24, 2014
This is the ultimate moment in dumb luck. This beer vendor at Citizens Bank Park was walking along, hawking cold beers on a warm day during Saturday’s Dodgers-Phillies game. All of a sudden, Carlos Ruiz hits a foul ball down the right field line, and the ball...
by Joe Lucia | May 24, 2014
This is the ultimate moment in dumb luck. This beer vendor at Citizens Bank Park was walking along, hawking cold beers on a warm day during Saturday’s Dodgers-Phillies game. All of a sudden, Carlos Ruiz hits a foul ball down the right field line, and the ball...
by Joe Lucia | May 24, 2014
The Onion is not real news. The Onion is purely satire. Most everyone online knows that. However, there are some people that don’t know that. There’s a fantastic Tumblr called Literally Unbelievable that lampoons some of those people. Unfortunately, one of...
by Matt Yoder | May 24, 2014
ESPN President John Skipper is rare in the executive world because he’s never afraid to honestly speak his mind. Instead of the exec speak that you might expect from someone like Bill Belichick, Skipper is a bit more willing to speak directly to the situations...
by Matt Yoder | May 24, 2014
ESPN President John Skipper is rare in the executive world because he’s never afraid to honestly speak his mind. Instead of the exec speak that you might expect from someone like Bill Belichick, Skipper is a bit more willing to speak directly to the situations...
by Reva Friedel | May 24, 2014
On Tuesday, Fox debuted its newest reality dating train wreck, I Wanna Marry Harry, in which a rando British knockoff tries to trick 12 vapid 25-year-old-and-under American girls into believing he’s Prince Harry, fourth in line to the throne. The first episode...
by David Rogers | May 23, 2014
The 2013-14 season ended on a sour note for the Minnesota Wild, losing to the Chicago Blackhawks in the second round of the playoffs. Though the sting of the loss is still lingering, the Wild wanted to close out the year one a high note and invited their season ticket...
