Archive for January 2nd, 2007

The death of Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams has brought out the moralizers, and partly for good reason. But Mike Celizic goes a little far in his MSNBC article. If Williams was going to die, [...]

Bryant Gumbel and Greg Gumbel both work NFL games on television, for the NFL Network and CBS respectively. There are no articles about Greg Gumbel’s performance, and he has not attracted any national attention. In [...]

After a season in which ratings were up across the board, the NFL heads into its postseason with both New York teams, the Dallas Cowboys, the Philadelphia Eagles and the Chicago Bears all still alive. [...]

Rumor apparently has it that the NHL is looking to add ESPN2 to its Versus/NBC deal; Versus would air games on Mondays and Tuesdays, while ESPN2 would air games on Thursdays or Fridays. Someone somewhere [...]

Damn, CNN. CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer later apologized: “In ‘The Situation Room,’ we had a bad graphic. We were doing a piece on the hunt for Osama Bin Laden in this new year 2007. Unfortunately, [...]

FOX News correspondent Tiki Barber has signed a 10 million dollar deal to work for ABC News, according to the New York Post. The pundit and part-time football player will also contribute to ESPN. Barber, [...]

Arguably the best major bowl game of all time “didn’t draw overwhelming numbers” according to Zap2it.com; the Fiesta Bowl between Boise State and Oklahoma helped FOX average a 7.5/12 for the night. While the numbers [...]