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Viewing Picks for May 23, 2013
All Times Eastern
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College Baseball
ACC Tournament, Durham, NC
Pool Play
Virginia vs. Georgia Tech -- Fox Sports Net-regional, 11 a.m.
Miami vs. North Carolina -- Fox Sports Net-regional, 3 p.m.
Florida State vs. Virginia Tech -- Fox Sports Net-regional, 7 p.m.
Big Ten Tournament, Minneapolis, MN
2nd Round
Illinois vs. Michigan -- Big Ten Network, 1 p...
Spurs win Game 2, fan screams "We did it!"
The San Antonio Spurs beat the Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday night, giving them a valuable 2-0 lead in the Western Conference Finals. A 2-0 series lead is pretty exciting stuff, especially for one fan who was caught screaming "We did it!" at the top of his lungs shortly after the final buzzer.Â
Remarkably, this is the second time we've highlighted a Spurs fan this...
How a tasty feud turned sour - Tiger Woods vs Sergio Garcia
Tiger Woods, the greatest golfer in this generation and perhaps the most recognizable current athlete on the planet, has never truly had a rival. Â Sure Phil Mickelson has his followers, Vijay Singh had his run-ins with Woods, and Rory McIlroy may be the next thing. Â But Tiger Woods has never had that one person who could consistently challenge him on the course, draw the best out...
NFL reportedly looking to make Pro Bowl "more like a game show"
Professional football is so powerful in the United States that even the Pro Bowl manages to perform quite well in terms of viewership. But the NFL knows that the game itself sucks and the league continues to consider ways to tweak it in order to improve on those ratings. The latest gimmicky consideration comes via NFL Network's Albert Breer per Pro Football Talk:Â
Albert...
The LA Kings Twitter account tweets out a sexual assault joke from a radio host
The Los Angeles Kings have had the best team Twitter account in sports. Â Funny, irreverent, engaging, topical, not afraid to take a dig at their rivals, worth following even if you weren't a Kings fan... pretty much the opposite of every single other North American professional sports team that operates in the social media space.
And then, for some reason, the Kings decided...
The Schwab is still stumping the masses, and enjoying it
How did a man who started at ESPN in 1987 as a freelance researcher become a cult favorite and television star nearly 20 years later?
After working behind the scenes on the ESPN trivia show 2 Minute Drill in the early 2000s, Howie Schwab walked into Mark Shapiro's Bristol office and was told he was going to be the star of ESPN's next game show - Stump The Schwab.
...
Fox Sports 1 hires Andy Roddick
Fox Sports 1 has made another big-name hire. Retired tennis player Andy Roddick will join the network as a co-host of Fox Sports Live. Roddick joins ESPN's Charissa Thompson as well as TSN SportsCentre anchors Jay Onrait and Dan O'Toole as the key figures announced thus far for Fox Sports 1's daily news and highlights show.
According to SI.com's Richard Deitsch...
ESPN analyst Ed Cunningham has a new project that needs to be seen to be believed
Ed Note: Did you know that ESPN college football analyst Ed Cunningham doubled as an award winning documentary producer? Â While he's away from his ESPN duties, Cunningham dedicates himself to filmmaking. Â Bloguin's Aaron Torres caught up with Cunningham at Crystal Ball Run and talked with him about his latest film project - a bizarre story about a North Carolina man'...
Video: Emmanuel Eboue tackles Turkish reporter after winning league title
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The staff at Awful Announcing scours feeds from all over the world to find the most amazing videos for you. For this story, we bring you a visual treasure from the Turkish Football Championship that took place over the weekend. Galatasaray won the title. Over whom it doesn't matter and you probably don't care.
After the game, Emmanuel Eboué decided to mess with...
Viewing Picks for May 22, 2013
All Times Eastern
College Baseball
ACC Tournament, Durham, NC
Pool Play
Georgia Tech vs. Florida State -- Fox Sports Net-regional (Arizona/Florida/North Plus/San Diego/South/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/NESN), 11 a.m.
Virginia Tech vs. Virginia -- Fox Sports Net-regional (Arizona/Florida/North Plus/San Diego/South/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/NESN), 3 p.m.
Clemson...
Paul Finebaum is joining ESPN Aug. 1
We finally know where the wildly popular, sometimes controversial and always entertaining Paul Finebaum will be taking his talents after the radio host went silent earlier this year. And the good news for Finebaum fans -- and frankly, college football fans in general -- is that he'll soon have a much larger audience.Â
He'll start at ESPN on Aug. 1, according to the...
AA Podcast #48 - Ed Olczyk, NBC Sports
Today's podcast guest is the lead analyst for the NHL on NBC, a Stanley Cup champ, and NHL veteran who played over 1,000 games in the NHL. After his playing and coaching careers, Eddie Olczyk has transitioned to a successful broadcasting career calling the Stanley Cup Finals and Olympics for NBC as well as the Blackhawks locally in Chicago. Eddie joins us to talk about the Red...
Your MLB Announcing Schedule for 5/21 - 5/26
Tuesday, May 21
New York Yankees @ Baltimore Orioles (MLBN 7PM) Bob Costas, John Smoltz, Tom Verducci [Alt: Rays @ Blue Jays]
Wednesday, May 22
Cincinnati Reds @ New York Mets (MLBN 1PM) Local Broadcast [Alt: Dodgers @ Brewers]
Chicago Cubs @ Pittsburgh Pirates (WGNA 7PM) Len Kasper, Jim Deshaies
New York Yankees @ Baltimore Orioles (ESPN 7PM) Karl Ravech, Barry Larkin...
ESPN reportedly laying off hundreds of employees
These are headlines you never want to see in any industry. Â Today, out of nowhere, ESPN laid off hundreds of employees across the country. Â The troublesome signs first appeared on the Twitter page of bestselling author and ESPN authority Jim Miller.
ESPN workforce hasn't faced reductions in its numbers for at least several years. That may no longer be the case. Fastenâ...
Screengrab Snafu: College Logo Madness
This graphic appeared on an ESPN college baseball broadcast Monday for the upcoming ACC Tournament and there are just a few issues at hand in matching correct logos with teams. Â In fairness, at least Tennessee and Clemson have the same color, so that's a positive, and the "T" could stand for Tigers! Â Elsewhere, I'm not sure how the Florida Gators logo got in there...
So about that ACC Network ...
Earlier this month, ESPN and the SEC announced the formation of the SEC Network whch will launch next year. It was thought that an ESPN-run ACC Network was not far behind, but now we learn that it may not be coming to fruition any time soon.
John Ourand in Sports Business Journal reports that due to syndicated rights issues with Fox Sports Net and Raycom, we may not see an...
NFL Draft moving to May next year
The NFL is reportedly looking into moving the 2014 Draft due to a conflict with Radio City Music Hall. The reported date would be May 15th according to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport, a solid three weeks later than this year's Draft. Everything else on the NFL schedule would reportedly stay the same, including the Combine. Adam Schefter reports for 2015 and 2016, the NFL Combine...
Indians walkoff homer results in three emotional calls
When the Cleveland Indians beat the Seattle Mariners 10-8 in ten innings yesterday (despite what Root Sports may tell you) on a three-run homer by Yan Gomes in the tenth, the reactions from the Mariners TV crew, Indians TV crew, and Indians radio crew were very, very different.
First, we'll lead with the Mariners TV call by Rick Rizzs, Dave Sims, and Mike Blowers. Note the...
Grizzlies-Spurs Game 1 draws awful ratings, as expected
We all saw this coming, but I don't think we realized it would be this bad: the Grizzlies-Spurs Western Conference Finals opener on Sunday drew a putrid 3.9 overnight rating, the lowest for a Conference Finals Game 1 since 2007, when both the Pistons-Cavaliers (3.5, TNT) and Jazz-Spurs (3.8, ABC) did worse than this series.
Let's put thie Game 1 in perspective, shall...
Viewing Picks for May 21, 2013
All Times Eastern
College Baseball
SEC Tournament, Hoover, AL
Quarterfinals
Kentucky vs. Mississippi -- Fox Sports Net, 10:30 a.m.
Alabama vs. Auburn -- Fox Sports Net, 2 p.m.
Florida vs. Texas A&M -- CSS, 4:30 p.m.
Mississippi State vs. Missouri -- CSS, 8 p.m.
College Football
College Football Live -- ESPN, 3:30 p.m.
College Volleyball
AVCA Sand Championship...
Screengrab Snafu: Mariners win! Wait, what?
It was a pretty rough day in Cleveland for the Mariners, as Seattle blew leads in both the ninth and ten innings. The Mariners ended up losing 10-8 after a three-run walkoff homer by Indians catcher Yan Gomes in the bottom of the tenth. Apparently, nobody told the fine folks at Root Sports Northwest, as they scrubbed Gomes' homer from the record and proclaimed the Mariners 8...
Stephen A. Smith has some advice for RGIII's fiancee... oh no...
Screamin' Stephen A. Smith filled in for one of the Mikes on Mike & Mike today as part of six consecutive hours on ESPN2 this morning. Whoever thought of that idea in Bristol needs to have a severe reality check. At one point, the topic shifted to random fans buying gifts for RGIII and his fiancee off their wedding registry. Some people have not taken kindly to this, and...
Your NBA Conference Finals Announcing Schedule
Eastern Conference Finals
Miami Heat vs. Indiana Pacers
TNT - Marv Albert, Steve Kerr, Reggie Miller & Craig Sager (Reporter)
ESPN Radio - Kevin Calabro, Hubie Brown
Game 1 Wednesday, May 22 @ Miami (TNT 8:30PM)
Game 2 Friday, May 24 @ Miami (TNT 8:30PM)
Game 3 Sunday, May 26 @ Indiana (TNT 8:30PM)
Game 4 Tuesday, May 28 @ Indiana (TNT 8:30PM)
Game 5...
Metta World Peace delivers hysterical weather report
On Friday in Los Angeles, Metta World Peace gave what can only be described as the most MWP weather report ever.
He hopped on KTTV-TV to talk basketball and weather.
They also showed a clip of World Peace attempting to do the same in Canada for CTV last year. He said of Victoria, "she sounds like she's hot," and "couldn't quite read the Canadian slang...
AA Podcast #47 - Tom Verducci
On today's AA Podcast we welcome award winning sports reporter Tom Verducci. Tom's an award winning field reporter for TBS and MLB Network as well as a game analyst for Fox and a respected writer for Sports Illustrated. Tuesday Tom will appear as a field reporter for MLB Network's coverage of Yankees-Orioles. Tom chats with AA about his many different duties in the baseball...
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