Yesterday started with a bloodbath and ESPN and ended with a crucial Celtics victory in Game 5 of their series against the Bulls. Eric Wilbur joined me to recap the day in sports and media and to look ahead at tonight’s NFL Draft. More
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In the wake of Vanity Fair’s cover story introducing the world to Caitlyn Jenner, everyone has had an opinion to share. But one opinion, posted by an Oregon man named Terry Coffey, has proven to be widely held, and has been shared over 750,000 times on Facebook.
TNT broadcaster and Inside the NBA host Ernie Johnson won Outstanding Sports Personality — Studio Host at the 36th annual Sports Emmy Awards last night. He beat out a deserving group of nominees, including the late ESPN anchor Stuart Scott, who passed away earlier this year after a battle with cancer. More
Struggling to pick teams for your office’s March Madness pool? Worried that choosing teams based on which mascot would win in a fight in a rowboat isn’t going to cut it this year? Maybe these experts over at ESPN can be of help, as soon as they wake up from their naps. More
Following Tom Brady’s assertion that he had “no knowledge of any wrongdoing” in the Patriots Deflategate scandal, ESPN’s NFL Live asked panelists Mark Brunell, Jerome Bettis, and Brian Dawkins to react to Brady’s presser. More
“Wet… sticky… cold… *dramatic pause*… slippery…” More
Last night during the College Football national championship, Jimmy Kimmel asked ESPN reporters to read mean tweets about themselves. More
Harvard vs. Yale. “The Game.” One of the oldest, most storied rivalries in college football history will play out its latest chapter in Cambridge this weekend. And for the first time ever, ESPN’s College Gameday will be on hand to showcase Ivy League fandom and the creative, irreverent tailgater signs for a nationwide audience. More
What happens when every bro’s favorite comedian, Daniel Tosh, calls out every bro’s favorite TV show, “SportsCenter”? Well, something quite beautiful, actually. More
On the surface, William Pappaconstantinou (Billy Pappas for short) seems like your average 29-year-old from Lowell, aside from the few extra syllables in his name. But as a part of the World Series of Poker’s final table, known as the November 9, he’s eight people away from becoming $10 million richer as the World Series of Poker champion. The crazy thing is, he’s already a world champion in another niche sport: Foosball. More