File this one under, "Snap!" In a continued effort to educate Americans one bottle cap at a time, Snapple offers New York Knicks reporter Jill Martin a side job for the off-season: Snapple Cap Fact Writer. In a recent interview, Martin failed to answer several trivia questions about her own team -   more...
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Television personality and event reporter Jenn Brown will join the INSIDE THE NFL announce team as a special correspondent. The announcement was made today by CBS Sports and INSIDE THE NFL producer Pete Radovich.Brown will make her INSIDE THE NFL debut this week -- Wednesday, Sept. 17 at 9 p.m.   more...
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ESPN's Monday Night Football a€" the Pittsburgh Steelers' 23-20 overtime victory over the visiting Baltimore Ravens a€" earned an 8.8 rating, representing an average of 8,595,000 homes (11,783,000 P2+).A For the fourth straight Monday, ESPN won the night in the key male demos among all networks,   more...
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In one of the most bizarre and protracted firings in NFL history, the Oakland Raiders have finally fired head coach Lane Kiffen after he compiled a 5-15 record. The entire statement from the Raiders on the firing consisted of one line: "Lane Kiffin has been released as head coach of the Oakland   more...
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TNT announced today that NBA legends Charles Barkley and Reggie Miller, alongside veteran play-by-play announcer Marv Albert, will serve as game-side announcers for the "AutoTrader.com Open" outdoor preseason game on Sat., Oct. 11 featuring the Phoenix Suns vs. the Denver Nuggets from the Indian   more...
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Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will be the halftime entertainment for this year's Super Bowl to be played in Tampa, Florida. The Super Bowl will be played Feb. 1 at Raymond James Stadium. Springsteen follows such "A-list" bands as Paul McCartney, U2, the Rolling Stones, Prince, and last   more...
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CNBC's Darren Rovell is, as far as this author knows, the only reporter that is almost exclusively dedicated to sports business on television. Accessible and sharp, Rovell has given those that follow sports as a business a considerable amount of insight.The Business of Sports Network interview   more...
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Hall of Famer Elgin Baylor is out as Vice-President of Basketball Operations with the Los Angeles Clippers, and coach Mike Dunleavy will take over his responsibilities as general manager. In a related move, the team's current Director of Player Personnel, Neil Olshey, will be elevated to the post   more...
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The team formerly known as the Seattle SuperSonics, and now the Oklahoma City Thunder have sold all season tickets for the upcoming 2008-2009 season in just five days, and have started a waiting list for games at the Ford Center. Controlling owner Clay Bennett reports that as of Friday, approx.   more...
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The Boston Red Sox yesterday announced several new amenities for fans visiting Fenway Park to usher in the second half of the 2008 season. These amenities include improvements to existing facilities and introduction of brand new items in the ballpark concession stands, entertainment options in the   more...
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ESPN's Sunday NFL Countdown pre-game show (11 a.m. - 1 p.m. ET) and the new NFL-focused 7 p.m. Sunday night edition of SportsCenter are off to strong starts after the opening week of the NFL season. The kickoff edition of Sunday Countdown posted a 2.4 rating, representing 2,331,000 households,   more...
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Chick-fil-A is further increasing its association with college football in 2008 by becoming the newest integrated sponsor of ESPN's top-rated College GameDay Built by the Home Depot.(For more on product integration, read The New Mandatory: Integrating Sponsors Into the Game on The Biz of Baseball)   more...
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Any Denver fans who entertained notions that Carmelo Anthony and Allen Iverson would ever lead the Nuggets to playoff glory received a very rude awakening when Nuggets management "traded" starting center Marcus Camby to the L.A. Clippers for the right to swap second round draft picks in 2010. Camby   more...
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Jim Irsay, the owner of the Indianapolis Colts, isn't exactly your typical NFL owner. As if the picture here didn't tell the story, he also has the team's logo tattooed on his right arm, and is a published poet.In the print edition of Forbes magazine, and soon to be published online, revelations   more...
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Any Denver fans who entertained notions that Carmelo Anthony and Allen Iverson would ever lead the Nuggets to playoff glory received a very rude awakening when Nuggets management "traded" starting center Marcus Camby to the L.A. Clippers for the right to swap second round draft picks in 2010. Camby   more...
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