Months after pleading no contest to a misdemeanor domestic battery charge, former Around the Horn panelist Jay Mariotti faces new charges that could result in a five-year prison sentence. Mariotti pleaded not guilty on Tuesday [...]
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Recent news involving sports media personalities, including Dan Patrick hosting coverage of the Stanley Cup Final, Jack Edwards re-signing with NESN, and NBC’s Dan Hicks and Johnny Miller contributing to coverage of The Players Championship [...]
Read more ›Recent sports media news, including the 1,000th NBA playoff game on TNT, a potential Oprah-related conflict for the NBA’s Eastern Conference Finals, and some college football scheduling notes involving high-profile teams Ohio State, Oklahoma, Florida [...]
Read more ›Recent sports TV ratings news, including a ratings record for the Red Wings in Detroit, a slight increase for the Kentucky Oaks on Versus, and a series-low for Thunder/Grizzlies in Oklahoma City. Red Wings Set [...]
Read more ›Viewership for the Kentucky Derby hit a three-year low, but the event still earned strong numbers for NBC. The race portion of the 2011 Kentucky Derby earned an 8.5 final rating and 14.54 million viewers [...]
Read more ›Viewership has risen by over a third for the NBA Playoffs on TNT, with Monday’s Heat/Celtics Game 4 earning the network’s top audience of the postseason. Game 4 of the Heat/Celtics series drew a 4.7 [...]
Read more ›The biggest free agent in sports broadcasting has landed at FOX. Former CBS broadcaster Gus Johnson has joined Fox Sports as a play-by-play voice for college football, college basketball, and the NFL. Johnson will be [...]
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