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The Pain of a Pampered Celebrity: Behind NFL Superstar Brett Favre's "Unretirement"

Sandy Tolan | Posted 07.22.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Green Bay Packers, Retirement, Quarterback, Nfl, Super Bowl, Bart Starr, Espn, Brett, Narcissism, Fox News, Van Susteren, Celebrity, Retire, Celebrities, Greta, Favre, Lombardi, Entertainment News
Sandy Tolan

Brett Farve, after three years of playing the NFL's Hamlet -- each new off-season brought reruns of "to play or not to play" -- finally retired. But now he's stumbling to come back.

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Justin Timberlake "I Love Sports" Video From The ESPYs

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 07.21.2008 | Entertainment

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ESPYs host Justin Timberlake stole the show Sunday night when ESPN broadcast its annual awards show, which was filmed last Wednesday at Los Angeles' N...

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Greening Hollywood: Solar Powered ESPY's

Paige Donner | Posted 07.18.2008 | Green

Read More: Samuel L. Jackson, Lakers, David Tyree, Candace Parker, Bio-Diesel, Nokia Theatre LA Live, Sustainable Waves, Rafael Nadal, Alex Rodriguez, Brett Favre, Lorena Ochoa, Espys, Solar Power, Kobe Bryant, Will Ferrell, Tom Brady, Espn, New York Giants, David Beckham, Tiger Woods, Great Sportsmanship, Boston Celtics, Eli Manning, Justin Timberlake, Arthur Ashe Courage Award, Environmentality, Sparks, Green News
Paige Donner

Limos provided by the ESPYs for the honored guests were all bio-diesel powered. The Awards' Red Carpet Event, Pre-Party and Press Tents' electricity were powered by solar energy.

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Remembering Bobby Murcer

Tony Sachs | Posted 07.16.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: New York Yankees, Baseball, Bobby Murcer, Espn, World Series, Major League Baseball, Boston Red Sox, Sports, Entertainment News
Tony Sachs

When you listen to a guy announce baseball games for 25 years, an attachment forms -- a strong one, even if it's one-sided and non-reciprocal. Bobby Murcer may not have known me, but I felt like I knew him.

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Bonnie Bernstein, ESPN, and Responding to Hurt with Forgiveness

Ray Hanania | Posted 06.30.2008 | Media

Read More: Sports, Espn, NBA Hopefuls, Racism, Palestinian Suicide Bombers, Forgiveness, Bigotry, Bonnie Bernstein, Racial Politics, Racial Prejudice, Racial Stereotypes, Media News
Ray Hanania

ESPN/ABC sportscaster Bonnie Bernstein's remark that Palestinians (as a people) push their kids to be suicide bombers was followed a debate that quickly shifted from attacking facts to attacking personalities.

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ESPN Adds Night Anchors To Live SportsCenter Lineup

MediaWeek | John Consoli | Posted 06.20.2008 | Media

Read More: Hannah Storm, Josh Elliott, Espn, Linda Cohn, Hannah Storm Sportscenter, SportsCenter Live, Chris McKendry, Robert Flores, Sportscenter, Steve Berthiaume, Media News

The current ESPN SportsCenter anchors, Steve Berthiaume, Linda Cohn, Josh Elliott, Robert Flores and Chris McKendry, will join previously announced ne...

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Television Unplugged? The Verdict on This Year's TV Upfronts

Jerry Weinstein | Posted 06.02.2008 | Media

Read More: Lifetime, Upfronts, Myspace, Nielsen, Fox, Tnt, Cbs, Comscore, Merrill Lynch, Apple, NBC Experience, Cnet, B.E.T., Disney, Gossip Girl, Ugc, Cw, Abc, Unilever, Univision, Kimmel, Pbs, Nbc, Hbo, Espn, Fox Business Channel, Advertising, Comedy Central, Hulu, Fox News, Trutv, Pepsico, Nbcu, Moonves, Ign, Ostroff, Tbs, Zucker, Turner, Silverman, Media News
Jerry Weinstein

Think of it as the Big Bang of Video.

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ESPN's SportsCenter Switching To Live Broadcast

New York Times | Richard Sandomir | Posted 05.14.2008 | Media

Read More: Hannah Storm, Espn, SportsCenter Live, Hannah Storm Sportscenter, Hannah Storm ESPN, Sportscenter, Media News

After years of televising taped versions of "SportsCenter" in the mornings, ESPN announced Tuesday that the studio show would be live starting in Augu...

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Hannah Storm To Anchor ESPN's SportsCenter

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 05.12.2008 | Media

Read More: Hannah Storm, Sports, Espn, Hannah Storm Early Show, Hannah Storm Sportscenter, Hannah Storm ESPN, Hannah Storm New Job, Sportscenter, Media News

NEW YORK — ESPN will add Hannah Storm to its "SportsCenter" lineup in August when it will supplant nine hours of taped programming in favor of l...

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US Open Picked Up By ESPN, The Tennis Channel

New York Times | Richard Sandomir | Posted 05.12.2008 | Media

Read More: US Open USA, US Open ESPN, US Open, US Open Tennis Channel, Tennis Channel, Espn, US Open on TV, Media News

ESPN and the Tennis Channel will start televising the United States Open starting next year through 2014, ending the USA Network's reign as the Open's...

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USA Network Drops US Open After Years Of Coverage

Wall Street Journal | Matthew Futterman | Posted 04.28.2008 | Media

Read More: USA Network, US Open USA Network, US Open, Espn, USA US Open, ESPN US Open, Media News

USA Network, the longtime home of weeknight coverage of the U.S. Open Tennis Championships, will no longer televise the tournament after this year. T...

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An Incomplete and Inaccurate History of Sport

Kenny Mayne | Posted 04.22.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Kenny Mayne, Sportscenter, Espn, Entertainment News
Kenny Mayne

I have periods and paragraphs and everything you'd ever want in a book except for a really high price that no one should have to pay for something they can read while standing at the book shelf.

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Justin Timberlake To Host The ESPYs

AP | Posted 03.26.2008 | Entertainment

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NEW YORK — Justin Timberlake is hosting an awards show _ and it's not the Grammys. ESPN has lined up the 27-year-old singer-actor to host its a...

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Black Magic Is A Hoop Dream

Karen Russell | Posted 03.15.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Samuel L. Jackson, Willis Reed, Earl Monroe, Black Magic, Basketball, Nordstrom, Bob Love, Movies, Civil Rights, Celtics. Racism, Sports, March Madness, Jim Crow, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Espn, Nba, Discrimination, Dan Klores, Wynton Marsalis, African Americans, Hbcu, Entertainment News
Karen Russell

Black Magic is an entertaining, engaging and emotional look at the all-but forgotten players and coaches from the Historical Black Colleges and Universities.

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Good Knight, What is ESPN Thinking?

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 03.04.2008 | Media

Read More: Sports, Media, Bobby Knight, Coaching, Espn, Media News
Robert J. Elisberg

ESPN has hired Bobby Knight to be a critic. And worse, Knight has agreed.

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ESPN Wants More Sports Movies

New York Times | Brooks Barnes | Posted 03.03.2008 | Media

Read More: Espn, ESPN Filmmaking, ESPN Films, Media News

ESPN dominates sports on television. Now, the cable heavyweight is making a run at the big screen. ESPN said it would collaborate with Creative Artis...

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ESPN's Chris Berman Caught On Camera Talking About Smuggling Canadian Pills

Huffington Post/College Humor | Posted 02.12.2008 | Media

Read More: Canadian Drugs, Drugs, Sportscenter, Espn, Djhe Djhe Djhe, Canadian Asprin, Monday Night Football, Canada, Baseball Tonight, Chris Berman, NFL Countdown, Berman, Codeine, Asprin, Chris Berman Canadian Pills, Chris Berman Pills, Chris Berman Behind the Scenes Footage, Media News

UPDATE: At first it seemed like Chris's calling the pills "djhe djhe djhes" was his attempt to hide some deeply illicit name. But on closer inspection...

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Dana Jacobson Suspended By ESPN For "F*** Notre Dame" Remarks

Chicago Tribune | Ed Sherman | Posted 01.25.2008 | Media

Read More: Notre Dame, Dana Jacobson ESPN, Dana Jacobson Notre Dame, Espn, Dana Jacobson, Dana Jacobson Pictures, Media News

UPDATE: Icon Sports Media has released images of Dana Jacobson's drunken rant at the Mike and Mike roast. The coveted video is still hidden away, but...

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Sundance: The Celebrity Mood Map

Darrell Hartman | Posted 01.25.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Alan Rickman, Morgan Spurlock, Brian Cox, Lukas Haas, Ingrid Michaelson, ConAir Hairdressing Salon, Josh Hartnett, Woody Harrelson, Tom Arnold, Delta 360, Mischa Barton, Celebrities, Anjelica Huston, Espn, Paz De Le Huerta, Hollywood Life House, Sundance, William Macy, Meg Ryan, Hpnotiq, Entertainment News
Darrell Hartman

After a whirlwind week of (mostly) film-related activity and ubiquitous bold-faced names, things are finally starting to slow down at Sundance. Now is...

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Dana Jacobson: Who Is The Notre Dame Hating ESPN Anchor?

Huffington Post | Posted 01.23.2008 | Media

Read More: Dana Jacobson Pictures, Dana Jacobson ESPN, Dana Jacobson Notre Dame, Dana Jacobson, Notre Dame, Espn, Media News

Dana Jacobson was recently suspended by ESPN for making disparaging remarks about Notre Dame in a drunken rant during a Mike and Mike roast. But who ...

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Sportswriters The New All-Stars

New York Times | Richard Perez-Pena | Posted 12.24.2007 | Media

Read More: Sportswriters, RIck Reilly, Sports Illustrated, Espn, Yahoo! Sports, Media News

A few teams are rich and getting richer, hunting more avidly than ever for talent, raiding the less-endowed leagues, poaching free agents and bidding ...

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ESPN's Stuart Scott Diagnosed With Cancer

ESPN | Posted 12.20.2007 | Media

Read More: Stuart Scott Cancer, Espn, Stuart Scott, Media News

ESPN anchor Stuart Scott is returning to work less than a month after an emergency appendectomy discovered a malignancy that will result in Scott unde...

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ESPN Yanks Clemens Ads

New York Post | Justin Terranova | Posted 12.20.2007 | Media

Read More: ESPN Roger Clemens, Espn, Mitchell Report Baseball, ESPN Mitchell Report, Roger Clemens Steroids, Roger Clemens, Roger Clemens and Mitchell Report, Mitchell Report, Media News

Cable sports network ESPN pulled a commercial featuring Roger Clemens right after The Rocket was accused last week of using human growth hormones and ...

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Mitchell Report Names Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte

AP | RONALD BLUM | Posted 12.13.2007 | Home

Read More: Steroids Report, Barry Bonds, George MItchell, Roger Clemens, Mitchell Report, Steroids in Baseball, Barry Bonds Steroids, Mitchell Report Baseball, Mitchell Report Steroids, Roger Clemens and Mitchell Report, Mitchell Report on Steroids in Baseball, Breaking News, Yankees and Mitchell Report, Roger Clemens and Steroids, Andy Pettitte, Andy Pettitte and Mitchell Report, Players Listed in Mitchell Report, Espn, Players Named in Mitchell Report, Players Mitchell Report, Players in Mitchell Report, Home News

Download the entire Mitchell Report here. The first name to emerge Thursday was seven-time Cy Young Award winner Roger Clemens. ESPN.com reported t...

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ESPN Poaches Sportswriter Reilly For $3.4 Million A Year

Silicon Valley Insider | Peter Kafka | Posted 12.11.2007 | Business

Read More: RIck Reilly, Sports Illustrated, Time Warner, Disney, New Media, ESPN, Old Media, Business News

Everbody knows: Big old media is dying, and nimble new media is where the action is. We agree! But if you're a "content producer" who wants to make se...

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