- Brent Musburger, Irv Cross and Phyllis George: The three former members of The NFL Today on CBS will reunite on ESPN’s Monday Night Countdown November 9. Along with Jimmy ‘The Greek’ Snyder — and later, Dick Butkus — Musburger, Cross and George made up the studio team for The NFL Today from 1975-89. (Richard Deitsch/Twitter)
- Brent Barry: The former NBA player has officially joined NBA TV as an NBA analyst. Barry, the brother of ESPN NBA analyst Jon Barry, will serve as an analyst on the network’s NBA Gametime studio show. (NBA)
- Jeremy Roenick: The retired NHL player is set to be a “regular contributor” to Off the Record on Canadian network TSN. Roenick may soon become a familiar face to television viewers in the U.S. as well, as he recently told a Toronto radio station that there is a “strong possibility” he will be in the next season of ABC’s Dancing with the Stars. (Toronto Star, London Free Press)
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...
