Hardcore Sports Fans Will Love ESPN And NFL.com On Xbox One, Casual Fans...
Last week we had a chance to get a first hand demonstration of how ESPN and NFL.com will be integrated with the Xbox One. As Microsoft has made perfectly clear up to this point, the Xbox One is meant...
View ArticleThis Video Of Clemson's Football Team Running Onto The Field Will Give You...
Before every home game, Clemson's football team leaves the stadium after warm-ups, gets on a bus, drives around the stadium, gets off the bus, congregates around a rock on the top of a grass hill in...
View ArticleESPN Introduces Talking Heads Like Football Players In Painfully Awkward NFL...
The NFL season starts tonight so ESPN did a skit on SportsCenter where the anchors and pundits emerged from a smokey tunnel and got introduced like football players.It was predictably awkward, but at...
View Article'I'M REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE RIGHT NOW': Eminem Gives Bizarre Interview During...
Detroit native Eminem joined ESPN's Kirk Herbstreit and Brent Musburger at halftime of last night's Michigan-Notre Dame game, and it was deeply weird.The rapper seemed spaced out and was sparse with...
View ArticleSportscenter's Newest Commercial Featuring Calvin Johnson Is Great
Calvin Johnson is a man of many talents. His receiving skills make him perhaps the most formidable wide receiver in the entire league. His 1,964 receiving yards last season broke Jerry Rice's long...
View ArticleESPN's Broadcast Of The USA-Mexico Soccer Match Was Over-The-Top For Good Reason
If ESPN's production of the World Cup qualifying match between the U.S. and Mexico seemed a bit grandiose, that was because it was. With the U.S. playing its biggest rival on U.S. soil, ESPN chose to...
View ArticleIt's Actually Not A Disaster If Your NFL Teams Starts The Season 0-2
ESPN has been pumping up the importance of Week Two in the NFL all day with the following graphic that shows how often teams make the playoffs depending on their record after two games.Unfortunately,...
View ArticleUrban Outfitters Is Using Customers' Social Media Pictures To Advertise Its...
Good morning, AdLand. Here's what you need to know today:Retailers like Urban Outfitters are increasingly using everyday customers in photos advertising their brands, as opposed to models. The...
View ArticleBoone Pickens Tweet-Shames Reporter Who Called Him Out For No Longer Being A...
Today we learned that Pickens is no longer a billionaire — he only has $950 million to his name, according to Forbes.And last week, Pickens responded to a Sports Illustrated alleging various NCAA...
View ArticleDwyane Wade And Amar'e Stoudemire Give ESPN Anaylsts Fashion Makeovers
Dwyane Wade and Amare Stoudemire are featured in ESPN The Magazine's latest issue,"Revenge Of The Jocks." Two athletes, who are announced when the magazine comes out, take over this issue as editor in...
View ArticleESPN Columnist Gives A Terrible Defense Of The Redskins Name
On Wednesday evening, Rick Reilly published a defense of the Washington Redskins' team name, basically arguing that "Native Americans don't care, so why should anyone else?"Branching out from a sample...
View ArticleESPN Mocked A Reds Pitcher Who May Have Been Rattled By The Chants Of...
The defining moment of the National League Wild Card game came in the second inning when Reds pitcher Johnny Cueto may have been rattled by the Pirates fans chanting his name. During the chant, Cueto...
View ArticleLionel Messi Meets A Gang Of Singing Street Urchins In New Ad For Samsung...
Good morning, AdLand. Here's what you need to know today:Samsung's latest ad by agency Leo Burnett features FC Barcelona soccer star Lionel Messi and a chorus of singing street urchins. The children...
View ArticleHigh School Running Back Obliterates Entire Defense On Touchdown Run
St. Michael’s High School halfback Jaeden Washington steamrolled at least seven defenders en route to touchdown during the team's 53-2 blowout.The 50-yard bruising run is highlighted by the worst...
View ArticleMagic Johnson Is Leaving ESPN After A Reported Power Struggle With Bill Simmons
Magic Johnson is leaving ESPN's "NBA Countdown" and Bill Simmons is the reason why, Deadspin's Josh Koblin reports.According to Deadspin, ESPN turned the show over to Simmons. Host Michael Wilbon was...
View ArticleESPN Made Bill Simmons The Center Of NBA Countdown, And It's A Brilliant Move
There's still some controversy about what led to Magic Johnson and Michael Wilbon leaving NBA Countdown.Deadspin reported that Bill Simmons had taken control of the show, pushing out Wilbon in a move...
View Article8 Ridiculous Things Jon Gruden Said On Monday Night Football
ESPN's Jon Gruden goes a bit off the rails during Monday Night Football broadcasts from time to time.He's hyper-energetic, and sometimes odd things come out of his mouth as a result.During last night's...
View ArticleCBS Announcer Takes Jab At ESPN And Brent Musburger After Showing Katherine...
After CBS cameras found A.J. McCarron's mom and his girlfriend, Katherine Webb, in the stands watching Alabama's win over LSU, Verne Lundquist made it clear that he was not going to gush over Webb the...
View ArticleTwo Charts That Show Why ESPN Should Be Very Scared
John Ourand of Sports Business Daily takes a look at the viewership numbers which show that ESPN is still dominating the competition. But a closer look shows that ESPN should actually be very...
View ArticleTom Brady Chases After A Ref, Drops An F-Bomb After The Patriots Lose On A...
The Carolina Panthers beat the New England Patriots 24-20 on Monday Night Football after a pass interference penalty on the final play was waved off.The penalty — which was initially called on...
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