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The Only Paragraph You Need To Read From Businessweek's Big Story On ESPN's...
There's a lengthy article by Karl Taro Greenfeld about ESPN in Businessweek this week. The two takeaways: 1) ESPN is huge and growing bigger in a time when the rest of the media landscape is...
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These Are The Kinds Of Impossible Sports-Nerd Questions You Have To Answer...
Want to land a job at ESPN? Well, you better know your sports. At Bloomberg BusinessWeek Karl Taro Greenfield reports that even interns are asked seriously challenging sports trivia questions:...
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Here's How Important Bill Simmons Is To ESPN (DIS)
We knew Bill Simmons was important at ESPN, but we didn't realize just how important until we read this sentence from Karl Taro Greenfield at Bloomberg BusinessWeek: "On a recent Friday afternoon, of...
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TV Entrepreneur Brian Bedol Has Raised $15 Million To Disrupt Cable Networks
Brian Bedol has had an fantastic career as both a startup founder and TV executive. In 1995, he launched Classic Sports Network and sold it to ESPN for $175 million. He later founded College Sports...
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Barack Obama Spends Hours On His iPad After Michelle Goes To Bed
Barack Obama stays up for three hours surfing the internet on his iPad and watching sport on television after his wife has gone to bed, it has emerged. Despite leading the free world and fighting for...
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SPORTS CHART OF THE DAY: How ESPN Reached 50,000 Episodes Of SportsCenter
ESPN aired the 50,000th episode of SportsCenter last night, an incredible accomplishment for the self-proclaimed Worldwide Leader. That works out to roughly 1,500 episodes a year for the the 33 years...
View ArticleWho Is The Mysterious Face-Paint Kid That Crashed ESPN Today?
ESPN's "Outside The Lines" did an episode today on the New Orleans Saints and the Bounty-gate suspensions. But something strange happened. As Anthony Hargrove of the Saints was answering his first...
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ESPN Talking Head Thought An Article On 'The Onion' About Him Was Real
Satire website The Onion published a piece entitled "Stephen A. Smith Thinking Son Is Finally Ready For The Sex Argument." The article "quoted" ESPN talking head Smith as saying it was time he talked...
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ESPN's Mystery Videobomber Is Revealed
Last week we were perplexed by the appearance of a college-aged kid with his face painted (seen at right) in the middle of an interview for ESPN's "Outside the Lines" in which they were investigating...
View ArticleA Shocking List Of Athletes Who Have Declared Bankruptcy
ESPN's newest 30 for 30 documentary Broke is airing tonight at 8 p.m. The documentary takes a look into the lives of professional athletes who signed million dollar contracts and later end up with...
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12 Outrageous Quotes From ESPN's Documentary On Athletes Going Broke
ESPN debuted the latest installment of their incredible "30 for 30" series, with "Broke," a look at how millionaire athletes end up losing all their money. Many of the stories we have heard before...
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ESPN's Documentary About Athletes Going Broke Scared The Crap Out Of A Bunch...
The ESPN 30 For 30 documentary "Broke" struck a nerve among athletes when it aired last night. The movie explains how and why athletes manage to lose tens of millions of dollars in the space of a few...
View ArticleLiam Neeson Curses On ESPN, Doesn't Know His Interview Is Live
To promote his new film Taken 2, actor Liam Neeson went on ESPN and was interviewed by SportsCenter anchor Mike Hill. Neeson wasn't aware that the inteview was live, though, so when he was stumped by...
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Vikings Quarterback Christian Ponder Is Dating ESPN Reporter Samantha Steele
Power couple alert! Minnesota Vikings quarterback Christian Ponder confirmed on Twitter yesterday that he and ESPN sideline reporter Samantha Steele are dating: Samantha Steele took Erin Andrews' spot...
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Everything You Need To Know About ESPN's New Star Reporter Samantha Steele
News broke today that ESPN reporter Samantha Steele is dating Minnesota Vikings quarterback Christian Ponder. Two fairly new kids on the block are making headlines on sports blogs across the web. We...
View ArticleNew ESPN Commercial Pokes Fun At NBA Hipster Fashion Craze
The NBA's obsession with hipster fashion hit its boiling point in last year's NBA playoffs. One of signature pieces of the Hipster Hoopers were the glasses without lenses. And one player that took the...
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Why Everybody On ESPN Is Screaming At Each Other, And Why It's Only Going To...
If you watch ESPN, you have noticed in the last few years a shift in its programming. What was once live sports and sports news, has now become live sports, a little sports news, and lots of people...
View ArticleESPN's 'Mike And Mike' Made A Horrendous Gangnam Style Parody Video For...
As an annual tradition, Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic of ESPN Radio's "Mike and Mike in the Morning" show dressed up for Halloween. This year they chose to dress up as the uber-trendy Psy and his...
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LSU Fans Are Cooking Pigs Disguised As Baby Elephants Prior To Showdown With...
ESPN the Magazine ruffled some feathers this morning when they sent out a picture on Twitter of what they said was a baby elephant being cooked at an LSU tailgate. LSU is playing Alabama tonight, whose...
View ArticleObama And Romney's Last Appearance 'Together' Before Election Was On Monday...
Both President Barrack Obama and Mitt Romney were interviewed by Chris Berman at halftime of last night's Monday Night Football game. And while little was expected from the interviews, they were even...
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