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Sports Time: Fantasy Football
The real NFL pales in comparison. Sarah Haskins hosts this first installment.
infoMania is a half-hour satirical news show that airs on Current TV. The show puts a comedic spin on the 24-hour chaos and information overload brought about by the constant bombardment of the media. Hosted by Conor Knighton and co-starring Brett Erlich, Sarah Haskins, Ben Hoffman, and Sergio Cilli, the show airs on Thursdays at 10 pm Eastern and Pacific Times and can be found online at current.com/infomania. The real NFL pales in comparison. Sarah Haskins hosts this first installment. ... more -
X Games coming to AT&T and Verizon Wireless subscribers
For the upcoming X Games 14, July 31 through August 3, ESPN and MediaFlo USA have teamed up to bring coverage of the games to AT&T and Verizon Wireless subscribers. For the upcoming X Games 14, July 31 through August 3, ESPN and MediaFlo USA have teamed up to bring coverage of the games to AT&T... more
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ESPN creates the sportscenter for MMA
This is the best MMA show out there right now. I feel as if I am watching Sportscenter every time I tune in. UFC lightweight contender, Kenny Florian is one of the hosts and he is tremendous on it. Anyone who is a MMA fan, should watch this show. This is the best MMA show out there right now. I feel as if I am watching Sportscenter every time I tune in. UFC lightweight contender... more
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Photos from UFC 86
If you haven't seen the event, here are some still shots from the event.
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MMA Weekly posts their new rankings. New champ Griffin takes # 1 spot with Light H...
The newest top 10 rankings came out from MMAWeekly, one of the most respected MMA websites in the world. However, why Shogun Rua is still in the top 5 is beyond me. The newest top 10 rankings came out from MMAWeekly, one of the most respected MMA websites in the world. However, why Shogun Rua is st... more
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New Rules for MMA
This is how boxing got ruined. Too many weightclasses and too many champions. Dana White says UFC won't follow these rules. We shall see. What say you MMA fans??? Is this good, bad??? This is how boxing got ruined. Too many weightclasses and too many champions. Dana White says UFC won't follow these rules. We sh... more
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Olbermann & Patrick are Reunited
Very possibly the best SportsCenter duo in the history of the network, Dan Patrick and Keith Olbermann will once again share the screen thanks to NBC. Bob Costas will host the NFL show that includes Cris Collinsworth, Jerome Bettis, Tiki Barber and Peter King. Can't wait for this. Great times but makes me think of my favorite SportsCenter anchors, teams and hosts. There were many but who's your favorite?
From the article
By Michael Hiestand, USA TODAY
Dan Patrick, the longtime ESPN anchor, will this season join NBC's Sunday night NFL studio show – where he'll reunite with Keith Olbermann, his on-air ESPN SportsCenter partner between 1992 and 1997.
Patrick will also join a big cast on a show wrapped around NBC's Sunday primetime game.
He'll be the show's third co-host – along with Olbermann and Cris Collinsworth – on a show hosted by Bob Costas that includes analysts Jerome Bettis, Tiki Barber and reporter Peter King.
Said Olbermann Monday: "My concern is that we didn't have enough people on the show. We really needed that 19th guy."
Patrick, who left ESPN last year and now hosts a syndicated daytime radio show, had a contract that prohibited him TV work until this September. His NBC deal will also include working on NBC's Olympic coverage, starting with the 2010 Winter Games.
Monday, NBC Sports Chairman Dick Ebersol and Patrick both said the idea for Patrick joining the NBC show came from Costas.
Said Patrick: "If Bob didn't sign off on this, there's no way I'd walk into the room." Very possibly the best SportsCenter duo in the history of the network, Dan Patrick and Keith Olbermann will once again share the scree... more -
Dan Patrick and Keith Olbermann Reunite on NBC this Fall
Sportscasting and where it has gone in the last twenty years was influenced greatly by this duo and their antics on ESPN's 11 PM Sportscenter broadcast. I am very pleased to report that the National Broadcast Company has decided to get the band back together for Football Night in America. Sportscasting and where it has gone in the last twenty years was influenced greatly by this duo and their antics on ESPN's 11 PM ... more
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Spain goes to UEFA 2008 semi-finals with 4-2 win aganist Italy
Spain beat Italy 4-2 on penalties to reach the semi-finals of Euro 2008 after a goalless draw in Vienna.
Marcos Senna came closest in normal time when Italy keeper Gianluigi Buffon fumbled his shot on to a post.
Spain keeper Iker Casillas was the hero in the shoot-out, saving from Daniele de Rossi and Antonio di Natale.
Fabregas, on as substitute, was left to settle the affair and calmly beat Buffon to spark wild Spanish celebrations. Spain beat Italy 4-2 on penalties to reach the semi-finals of Euro 2008 after a goalless draw in Vienna. ... more -
ESPN thus begins the hype for an MLB team to try and buy Yu Darvish away from Japa...
$50 million for the rights to talk to Seibu for Matsuzaka was unprecented...
Now comes ESPN's profile of the man they want MLB to nab for the big bucks...
So how good is Yu Darvish?
Believe me, he's the most dominating guy Hokkaido has ever seen. $50 million for the rights to talk to Seibu for Matsuzaka was unprecented... ... more -
NFL Power Rankings have the Champion at No.6
The ESPN has pulled out the first NFL Power Rankings since the end of the season and a long list of questions have popped up. The most important - how good are the guys at the ESPN when it's time to predict the NFL Power Rankings? You can see the full list of the NFL Power Rankings by clicking here, but for most of the football fans, it's a shocker that the 2008 Super Bowl winner the New York Giants made it only to No.6 on the list, considering there were little changes in the team so far. The reason for the low ranking of the Giants - "Teams other than the Patriots aren't supposed to repeat as Super Bowl champions" - no respect for the Giants whatsoever. And to add insult to injury, the NFL Power Rankings have the Cowboys at No.4, which means that the Super Bowl winner, a.k.a. The Champion, failed to even be the best in its division, the NFC East.
But to be fair, the odds makers bank little on the New York Giants this season, as well. At the online sportsbook BodogSports, the Giants are sitting on the long 16/1 odds to win the next Big Game, while the Patriots are once again the favorite football team with odds 10/3. The NFL Power Rankings published by the ESPN indeed follow the odds reported on the next Super Bowl winner - the Indianapolis Colts are at 15/2, the Cowboys and the Chargers follow with 8/1 each and the Jacksonville Jaguars hold odds of 12/1 to win the next Championship. The ESPN has pulled out the first NFL Power Rankings since the end of the season and a long list of questions have popped up. The most... more -
Sportmanship, softball and class - a moving sports moment
THis is a really really nice story about some true class acts who helped an opposing teamate and did the right thing. Pro sports has nothing on these girls - Western Oregon's Sara Tucholsky and Central Washington's Liz Wallace and Mallory Holtman tell their story THis is a really really nice story about some true class acts who helped an opposing teamate and did the right thing. Pro sports has ... more
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ESPN After Dark
Bass Masters, Trick Pool, and Arm Wrestling. A look at what happens when the athletes you've heard of have gone to sleep and the REAL gladiators take center stage. Bass Masters, Trick Pool, and Arm Wrestling. A look at what happens when the athletes you've heard of have gone to sleep and the... more
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Olympic boycotts - seriously, what's the point?
ESPN's Jim Caple writes on the futility of boycotts by Olympic teams and world leaders. I couldn't agree more.
I spent 90 per cent of the time it took me to read this piece nodding my head in full agreement.
He says we could all do more by boycotting Chinese goods and services ourselves, rather than relying on our political leaders and athletes to do it on our behalf. Hands up if you own a Lenovo/IBM PC, or have ever drunk a Tsing Tao beer. And let's not forget the multitude of other companies that use China as it's factory to ensure cheap labour costs.
Caple also makes a great point on how actually being at the Olympics provides a far stronger platform for protest than not bothering to go at all by boycotting the Games. See John Carlos, Tommie Smith in 1968 and, tragic and immoral though it was, Black September in 1972.
Great work, Jim. You've put into words what I've been thinking for some time.
PS - I hope you all enjoy the cartoon, which I found separately from this piece. ESPN's Jim Caple writes on the futility of boycotts by Olympic teams and world leaders. I couldn't agree more. ... more -
10 Years of ESPN.com Designs
What a difference 10 years makes! We'll have to build a retrospective like this for current.com soon...
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We've Got You Covered
LeBron James strikes a pose in Vogue, and the economy sucks. Don't waste your time. Let us do the reading.
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Timberlake to "play ball" at the ESPY Awards
Justin Timberlake has signed on to host ESPN's annual ESPY Awards.
The show — which honors the year's best and funniest moments in sports — will take place at L.A.'s Nokia Theatre on July 20, the network announced Wednesday.
"I'll do my best to deliver a great show, as I do not want to be roughed up backstage by these athletes who are bigger, faster and stronger than me," Timberlake – who just turned 27 — joked. Justin Timberlake has signed on to host ESPN's annual ESPY Awards. ... more -
March Madness!!! Predictions Wanted...
In honor of the greatest sporting event in the world:
Tell us who your Final Four picks are!
The person who picks the most teams correctly is the victor (give us a champion and a final score for a tie breaker).
Winner gets the title of BMOC, Big Man on Current (ladies, prove us wrong and we'll change the title).
May the predictions begin!
my picks:
Kansas
UCLA
Tennessee
Texas
UCLA wins it all 69-65
Go Pac-10! In honor of the greatest sporting event in the world: Tell us who your Final Four picks are! ... more -
ESPN basebal analyst and 1984 Cy Young winner Sutcliffe diagnosed with colon cance...
A sad day when one of baseball's great personalities and legends gets colon cancer.
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