- Mark Cuban: The Dallas Mavericks owner has been charged with insider trading by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Cuban allegedly “[sold] all of his stock from Mamma.com after receiving the confidential information from the company” in the summer of 2004, avoiding $750,000 in losses as a result. Cuban has denied the allegations, and could face fines if found guilty.
- Bill Walton: The ESPN NBA analyst will make his season debut on NBA Shootaround Friday, November 28, almost a month into the season. Walton, who missed most of last year with a back injury, has not yet appeared on ESPN’s NBA studio coverage this season.
- John Lynch: Mere days after retiring from the league, the former NFL safety is headed to the broadcast booth. Lynch will be the color commentator aside play-by-play man Chris Rose for Sunday’s Vikings/Jaguars game on FOX.
Ted Turner, whose cable business transformed TV sports, dies
Ted Turner, the media mogul and team owner whose TBS "SuperStation" helped pave the way the era of cable...
