- Jack McCallum: The longtime NBA writer for Sports Illustrated accepted a buyout from the magazine last week. McCallum, in an e-mail to The Big Lead: “Totally my choice, and I feel absolutely positive about it. They want me to be a Special Contributor, so I?ll still be doing some stuff, at least through next year and probably longer.” McCallum had been with SI since 1981.
- Ken Berger: Newsday‘s New York Knicks beat writer has left the publication to become the NBA columnist for CBSSports.com. Berger had been with Newsday since 2000.
- Tiger Woods: General Motors and the golf superstar came to a “mutual agreement” to end their nine-year endorsement deal. The deal, worth approximately $7 million per year, was originally set to expire at the end of 2009, but will instead end one year earlier. GM is one of the big three automakers seeking a bailout from the federal government.
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...
