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ESPN.CONN PR arm of UConn & the BEast ?
In Women's College Basketball there is one media outlet that exclusively broadcasts the tournament while maintaining the most widely read website for the sport. This is the result of several weeks of research sparked by a widespread general opinion of ESPN's coverage of Women's College Basketball...
Analysis of ESPN's Final Bracketology Predictions
ESPN didn't have a ton of success predicting the field this year. Here's a summary of the analysis: 1. Accurately predicted 65 of the 68 teams (95.6%). Or, more appropriately, accurately predicted 34 of the 37 at-large teams (91.9%). 2. Missed the selections of Georgia, VCU and UAB by...
The Nike - ESPN Connection
I have never heard of commentators or analysts having shoe contracts... Erin Andrews, who signed an endorsement deal with Reebok last month, is not the only ESPN personality or member of its "College GameDay" team to have a contract with a major shoe company.Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit and Lee...
Evil Empires Unite In Record TV/Media Contract
The long awaited announcement came from the the Evil Empires of the University of Texas and ESPN for their new TV deal. According to the Austin Statesman, Bevo-tV could be on the air as soon as this fall. The University of Texas has struck a 20-year, $300 million deal with ESPN for a new, 24-hour...
Did ESPN overplay its hand w/Leach v. The James Gang?
I have watched the whole Mike Leach vs. the James Gang saga with great interest... Let me first say this. Seth at Double T Nation has done a fantastic job on this. He has kept his cool and tried to be a reasonable voice. Make sure you head over there to read EVERYTHING he has on this! Seth did such...
The State of Washington to be featured on ESPN's College football live
ESPN's college football live is in the middle of a 50 states in 50 days promotion. During the show they pick a state (Or two, or half a state, depending on the size) and interview analysts, players, coaches, ect. to talk about the upcoming college football season. For example, today was the second...
ESPN Ombudsman: Turn down the arrogance ESPN
There's a great article at ESPN. I know that sounds impossible but this one is written above the 2nd grade reading level. Le Anne Schreiber, ESPN Ombudsman, in what is sadly her last article, advises her own network that over emphasis of marquee names and teams is the their greatest...
We Now Know Why They Hate Us
(Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreit are really just a symptom of the problem.) Look. I'm not gonna argue or say that the Trojans couldn't have kicked some major butt in a playoff system. It's what I want to see personally; I've been an advocate of the 16-team playoff (11 conference champs, five...
Doug Gottlieb: Huge Douche, or The Hugest Douche?
We needed a better know thy enemy on Doug Gottlieb. This morning I was perusing ESPN.com articles on account of 3/4s of my office took the week off and its dead here, when I came across some of Doug Gottlieb's writing. It was an article about point guard play this year where I expected to...
ESPN's Bracket Simulator
Maybe you guys gave already seen this, since it's on the front page of ESPN.com at the moment. But if not it's worth a look. I've gotten many different champions, including Mizzou, Clemson, USC... Also interesting are the winning percentage of each match-up that a
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