The Fadeaway: What you’ve missed the last 3 days in college hoops
Everyone here at Gossip Sports has a full-time job, so posting daily is harder than one might think. Nonetheless, we will try and do daily updates on college hoops games from the prior day. Monday Win of the Night: Don’t let the 18-point margin fool you. While Kansas dispatched Baylor 92-74 at home, and much [...]
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Grantland a charming, ambitious mess
June 8, 2011: The sports journalism world changes forever with the launch of Grantland. For better or for worse? The reviews are in, and while it’s hard to dispute the quality of writing, it’s easy to dispute the appeal of the site itself – and that’s what we did here.
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Bill Simmons’ Grantland launches today
Grantland.com is Bill Simmons’ murderer’s row of sportswriters, assembled under the ESPN umbrella, united to give intelligent sports fans crackling prose about the discipline they love. But why? And why now?
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University of Texas has authority to fire Longhorn Network talent
ESPN will hire the talent, but if the reporters/hosts don’t play nice or represent the University in a positive night … well … UT reserves the right to bring the hammer down. Or, *ahem*, hook ‘em.
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Get ready … for ESPNuniversityoftexas
Who knows what you’ll really call it … ESPNUT, ESPNT, ESPNtex, ESPNlonghorn. Whatever the case, the school just got a lot richer, and a helluva broadcasting experiment’s about to take place. Will a school-centered national network fly?
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Do we really need an ESPNLonghorn?
ESPN countered a FOX bid to purchase the rights to a sports network focused exclusively on the University of Texas. Not sure that market’s niche enough. Your move, University of South Florida.
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ESPN and Marvel team up for SuperSportsNerd NBA bonanza!
Two great tastes that taste great together: Graphic Novels and NBA Season Previews. Go together like olive oil and soy milk.
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Extree! Extree! Mariotti Glass House in Shards After Mysterious ‘Vandalism’
After an unfortunate arrest for domestic abuse, professional gas-bag, Jay Mariotti, finds his glass house destroyed in an apparent, yet mysterious case of vandalism…
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