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A 10 Year-Old Almost Won the ESPN Bracket Challenge

Joe Student — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:30:36 +0000

Remember all the time you took researching your NCAA tournament bracket selections last month? Next time, just give your bracket to a 10-year-old kid — as long as the kid is as savvy as Brayden Schager. The 10-year-old resident of Dallas, Tex. was a Michigan victory in last Monday’s NCAA title game away from having [...]

Real Talk with ESPN Basketball Analyst Jay Bilas [Interview]

Amanda Rykoff — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 20:46:54 +0000

If you’re even tangentially affiliated with college basketball, Atlanta is the place to be for this weekend’s Final Four. Walk down the streets of downtown and you’re sure to see a lot of tall men with familiar faces. No face is more familiar to college hoops fans than Jay Bilas, ESPN’s outspoken college basketball analyst and noted Young Jeezy enthusiast.

ESPN To Broadcast Ultimate Frisbee

Joe Student — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:44:00 +0000

ESPN signed an agreement on Tuesday which will allow it to broadcast people playing with a Frisbee to more than 83 million households nationwide. The self-proclaimed “Worldwide Leader In Sports” inked a multi-year agreement with USA Ultimate, the governing body for ultimate Frisbee in the United States. ESPN will broadcast Ultimate’s major events: the College [...]

ESPN's Doug Glanville Says Yankees Injuries Like 'Brokeback Mountain'

Joe Student — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 23:58:10 +0000

Fate is making the Yankees rally around each other, but maybe the team isn't as close-knit as ESPN's Doug Glanville thinks. Glanville, a baseball analyst for ESPN, described the Yankees injury situation as 'Brokeback Mountain' on

Rachel Nichols Leaving ESPN for CNN — Roster of People to Report On Tim Tebow Gets Smaller

Drew Weisholtz — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:47:30 +0000

ESPN’s cavalcade of reporting stars is shrinking quicker than the Falcons lead over the 49ers in the NFC Championship Game. Rachel Nichols is leaving ESPN for a competing set of non-alphabetical letters. The reporter, who spent nine years with the all-sports cable channel, is joining CNN and Turner Sports and will waste no time getting [...]

Will ESPN Football Analyst Craig James Take Up a Senate Seat?

Danny Groner — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:24:25 +0000

College football analyst Craig James is taking some time off from his duties with ESPN to contemplate a run for US Senate in Texas. If he does decide to run before the Monday deadline, he’d do so as a Republican, and face some steep competition as he eyes the vacated seat of the retiring Kay Bailey Hutchison.

Hank Williams Jr. Tells 'Fox & Friends' and ESPN, 'I'll Keep My …"

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 18:26:38 +0000

The Obama-Hitler comparison made on ‘Fox & Friends’ by Hank Williams Jr. a while back forced ESPN to sack the singer’s opening theme song from Monday Night Football.

Now, according to sources who spoke with the Associated Press, the 62-year-old has fired back at both ESPN and ‘Fox & Friends’ in a new song titled ‘I’ll Keep My …,’ which he recorded in a Nashville studio on Friday.

'Monday Night Football' Drops Hank Williams Jr. Theme for Good

Shauna Wright — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 19:07:22 +0000

On Monday, after Hank Williams Jr. appeared on Fox News and compared President Obama and House Speaker John A. Boehner’s recent golf outing to “Hitler playing golf with Netanyahu,” ESPN pulled Williams’ classic opening theme from that night’s airing of ‘Monday Night Football.’

‘All My Rowdy Friends Are Here on Monday Night,’ which includes the catchphrase, “Are you ready for some football?,” had opened the show for nearly 20 years. At the time, the network declined to say whether the benching would be permanent or not, but now it seems it is.

ESPN And Hank Williams Jr. Part Ways After 'Controversial' Comments [VIDEO]

Steve Kelly — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:51:24 +0000

ESPN and Hank Williams Jr. have parted ways and both agree to disagree on who broke up with who. Both sides have come out with statements and said that they broke it off with the other one, after 22 years the Hank Williams Jr. and ESPN marriage is over.

Hank Williams Jr. Issues Statement Clarifying Controversial Hitler Comment

Jeff Giles — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:18:28 +0000

It may not do anything to save his long-running gig as the musical kickoff for ‘Monday Night Football,’ but Hank Williams, Jr. has issued a personal statement in response to the brouhaha that erupted after his recent appearance on ‘Fox and Friends.’

Williams, who compared a golf match between President Obama and Republican House Speaker John Boehner to “Hitler playing golf with Netanyahu,” attempted to clarify his remarks through a post on his website.

Hank Williams Jr. Dropped From 'Monday Night Football' After Obama 'Hitler' Remark [VIDEO]

Nick Nadel — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 14:05:36 +0000

ESPN has yanked Hank Williams Jr.’s rousing ‘Monday Night Football’ theme after the country singer compared Pres. Barack Obama to Hitler on ‘Fox & Friends.’

While discussing House Speaker John Boehner’s recent golf outing with Obama, Williams compared the friendly game to, “Hitler playing golf with Benjamin Netanyahu.” It’s safe to say that Hank and all of his rowdy friends will no longer be coming over tonight.

Is There a Kid Being Abducted in the Background of This ESPN Interview? [VIDEO]

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 17:53:02 +0000

There must be a perfectly legitimate explanation as to why a large man is dragging a small child away in the background of this ESPN interview with pro skater Nyjah Huston. Because if not, we’re dealing with a bad guy so bent on child abduction that he has no qualms about committing this dastardly deed [...]