Has it really been 20 years? ESPNthemag.com has a five-part retrospective, featuring interviews with director Ron Shelton and actors Tim Robbins and Kevin Costner.
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The publishing company, not the beer manufacturer. Wait, do they even make Ballantine anymore? I’m showing my age. Anyway, according to an item in the Publisher’s Weekly Web site, this will result in “10 to 12 titles annually, ranging from celebrity sports books to nonfiction and reference.” “ESPN Books has gone through a number of […]
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To the consciousness of New York fans, that is. Former Mets’ manager Bobby Valentine was the subject of the May 4 “Questions for…” section of the New York Times‘ Sunday Magazine. Q; One American tradition you’ve imported to Japan is patting the players on the tush, as the film demonstrates. A: That has really been […]
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Seattle’s Soothing Baseball Voice Headed to Cooperstown – If you’re lucky, your team’s baseball games are broadcast by an announcer like Dave Niehaus, voice of the Seattle Mariners since they first took the field 31 years ago. Neihuas was recently named recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award from the Baseball Hall of Fame. Caple […]
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Page 2’s Preseason MLB Power Rankings – Three little words — pitchers and catchers — indicate that the pre-season predictions are on the way for Major League Baseball. ESPN provides their first in a long line of “Power Rankings,” but they seem to be shaking off the winter funk, too. To wit: The Kansas City […]
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when he asks in his column of Jan. 28 issue, “How do you put an asterisk on the best moment of your life? For him, and many Red Sox/Clemens fans, it was the second time he struck out 20. It came in a mediocre season against the Detroit Tiers and he movingly recreates the emotions […]
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At the risk of appearing heretical, this may seem like a football piece, but it applies to the sports broadcasting industry as a whole. Over the weekend, the local all-news radio station predicted 4-6 inches of snow from Sunday night into Monday morning. My daughter was excited at the possibility of a snow day or, […]
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The New York Times recently ran this article about sportswriters as the new breed of free agent, moving from publication to publication for higher and higher salaries. Rick Reilly recently left Sports Illustrated for ESPN The Magazine, while Dan Patrick did the reverse (think of it as a trade of two superstars). These are just […]
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* ESPN and SI baseball previews: A head-to-head comparison
April 3, 2008
Bearing in mind that SI is a weekly, and ESPN a bi-weekly… Sports Illustrated ESPN The Magazine Cover boy(s) “New generation of Stars,” featuring Ryan Braun, Justin Upton, Troy Tulowitzki, Jacob Ellsbury, Clay Buchholz, and Ryan Zimmerman C.C. Sabathia Lead Story Tulowitzki profile Sabathia profile Sidebars(s) Five future stars (Cameron Maybin, Ryan Braun, Jay Bruce, […]
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