ESPN expands global reach with sports scores site (Reuters via Yahoo!7 News) NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - ESPN will launch itself into an even wider worldwide pool early next year with the start of ScoreCenter.com, which eventually will provide live scores for 23 sports in 180 countries....more...NFL Network is officially on Santa's bad list (Delta Democrat Times) I told our sports editor, Troy Treasure, last week. Now I'm making it official. I hate the NFL Network....more... ESPN Deportes Names Director of Marketing (Broadcasting and Cable) Maribel Viteri, multicultural-marketing manager for beer, wine and spirits company Diageo, joined Spanish-language ESPN Deportes as director of marketing....more... Sports Media notebook: Expect more of same from NFL Network (San Diego Union-Tribune) SPORTS MEDIA, Nov. 30 (UNION-TRIBUNE): Now that so many of us had to find a place other than our living rooms to watch last night's Packers-Cowboys game, here's an update on the NFL Network situation: It's still hopeless....more... Mediacom, networks stuck in stalemate (The Des Moines Register) As far as Mark Beeler is concerned, the Big Ten Network and the NFL Network can stay right where they are - in a sports-watching realm mostly......more... News ESPNU Goes HD In 2008 The channel will be the fourth from ESPN to go high-def. By Swanni (TVPredictions.com) Washington, D.C. (December 3, 2007) -- ESPN announced today that ESPNU will begin broadcasting in High-Definition on August 28, 2008....more... ESPN WRONG: Herbstreit says he was a victim of bad timing on erroneous U-M-Miles report (Detroit Free Press) College football coaches are criticized for lying about jumping to other schools. ESPN gets criticized for making itself the story....more... Titans lead local TV sports ratings (The Tennessean) Sunday's Titans-Texans game on WTVF-Channel 5 was the highest rated sports program in Nashville last week, according to Nashville Nielsen Overnights....more... John Supinie: Kittner?s roses delivered six years late (The State Journal-Register) CHAMPAIGN ? For former Illinois quarterback Kurt Kittner, the move to the Illini Sports Network radio booth came at just the right time. The first-year analyst will get a trip to the Rose Bowl that?s six years overdue when Illinois (9-3) meets Southern Cal (10-2) on New Year?s Day (3:30 p.m., ABC)....more... |