- Dan Patrick: The host of The Dan Patrick Show and NBA Countdown announced yesterday that despite being offered a chance to audition, he will not host The Price is Right. While replacing Bob Barker is no longer an option, it is rumored that a “big announcement” Patrick was supposed to divulge today on his show is that he is leaving ESPN Radio.
- Bud Collins: The 78-year-old NBC tennis analyst and Boston Globe columnist was fired by the network on Monday, and will sign off for good at the end of Wimbledon. Possibly in an attempt to avoid the bad PR that would accompany firing an elderly, established, well-known personality, NBC came up with a creative explanation — Collins was not fired, but instead “it was more a case of his position no longer existing.”
- Trey Wingo (pictured): The NFL Live host will shift to the sport of Rock, Paper, Scissors; Wingo will an hour long show set to air on Saturday night, where “300 competitors throw down their calculated hand signals in an attempt to win the $50,000 grand prize.”
- Dave Strader: The NBC hockey announcer has signed a multi-year deal to work games for the Phoenix Coyotes; Strader will be reunited with his broadcast partner with ESPN, Darren Pang.
- Evander Holyfield: The boxer’s victory over Lou Savarese was apparently so compelling that ESPN Classic will re-air the match on Saturday night. ESPN Classic has the exclusive rights to the bout, which aired originally on pay-per-view.
ESPN acquires expanded Players Era tournament
What is quickly becoming one of the highest-profile early season college basketball events is now moving to ESPN.
