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Entertaining HBO series gets even better at dramatizing the ’80s adventures of Magic, Kareem, Jerry Buss, Pat Riley and even Larry Bird.
WWE said in the filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that while government investigations into McMahon remain ongoing, no charges have been brought in them.
Netflix’s latest set of thoroughly researched films also fills in some blanks about the BALCO steroid dispensary and Urban Meyer’s Florida Gators.
“I was always a little disappointed because I was supposed to help the Cubbies win that first World Series, and it didn’t quite happen,” McGriff said. “So that one stings a little bit.”
Hughes makes his living speaking extemporaneously to tens of thousands of listeners on Cubs radio broadcasts. So it’s interesting that reading a prepared speech at a private ceremony would make him nervous.
“He more than anyone else got me started in broadcasting,” Hughes said of his brother John, who died in his mid-50s. “He had a very difficult life; just problem after problem.”
If I needed one of them to call the biggest baseball game in city history, it would be Hughes.
The former Bears center, who hasn’t appeared on a Chicago outlet since being fired at CHGO Sports for grabbing the neck of a colleague, will co-host the station’s Bears pregame and postgame shows.
Barkley’s words show him not just as a commentator or funny guy, but as someone who gets it, and is a clear ally of the LGBTQ community.
“We’re talking about probably hundreds, if not thousands of events of abuse, harassment or sexual assault during his tenure,” attorney Parker Stinar said at a Wednesday morning news conference.
I don’t understand how anyone schooled in journalism can toss aside the press hat they wore for decades while the press covers a story that’s right under their nose.
“I understand the appeal with us,” Rodgers said. “There’s a lot of eyes on me, a lot of eyes on our team. A lot of expectations for our squad. They forced it down our throat, and we have to deal with it.”
Exploring both his major impact on the game and his hedonistic lifestyle, visual biography of the Hall of Famer is worthy of the enormous footprint he left.
Vitale tweeted that he had surgery in Boston this week, and tests revealed that he has vocal cord cancer. He said he will undergo six weeks of radiation treatments.
The Jets were selected from a group that included the Bears, the Saints and the Commanders. The Lions were featured in 2022.
Jones, known for shooting awe-inspiring photos and videos from the inside of barreling waves, died after a surfing accident in Indonesia.
The decision impacts more than 35 people in the sports department, according to the Times. No layoffs are planned.
Netflix follows up ‘Drive to Survive’ and ‘Full Swing’ with a deep dive into the challenges three NFL stars face over the 2022 season.
Interviews, photos and newsreel clips inform ‘‘The League,’’ which stands with the best chronicles of baseball integration.
Burke will become the first woman to serve as a game analyst on television for a championship final in one of the four major professional U.S. sports leagues.
Silverman also will host the halftime show, which the station is giving a new format. ESPN 1000’s first day of Bears game-day programming is Saturday.
Mark Krueger, a fixture on the local high school and college broadcasting scene for several decades, has died unexpectedly.
Penn will operate ESPN Bet, which ESPN has agreed to promote across its online and broadcast platforms in order to generate “maximum fan awareness” of the app.
Brown remains suspended for what’s reportedly a violation that may be the most picayune excuse ever to discipline an on-air talent: Telling viewers the team is performing far better than it was in recent years.
Last week, the four-day B1G Experience at the network’s River North office gave 16 participants the chance to learn about various aspects of sports media, from studio and game analysis to interviewing to makeup and styling.
The station’s contract with the Bears expired after last season, and the team took its rights to the market. Ultimately, it agreed to return on a multiyear deal.
It was the network’s most-watched NASCAR Cup Series race in six years, since Indianapolis in 2017, which drew 5.647 million viewers.
Following its “radio-style” blueprint from Watkins Glen, NBC will position commentators in four spots on the city streets, in addition to the pit reporters and studio crew.
Jeff Van Gundy, Suzy Kolber, Jalen Rose and Steve Young are among roughly 20 commentators and reporters who were laid off Friday.
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