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Frank Deford: A Career Spent Bringing ‘Something New’ To Sports – NPR

Saturday, May 06, 2017

Frank Deford is shown here in 1984, four years into his gig as sports commentator on Morning Edition. Bob Child/AP hide caption toggle caption Bob Child/AP Frank Deford is shown here in 1984, four years into his gig as sports commentator on Morning Edition. Bob Child/AP Frank Deford, NPR’s longest-running sports commentator, announced Wednesday that he’s retiring after 37 years on Morning Edition — 37 years of entertaining, educating and…

NBCU Sports Chief Mark Lazarus Talks Super Bowl Ads, Olympics Viewing and Thursday Night Football – Variety

Saturday, May 06, 2017

Mark Lazarus is the chairman of NBC Broadcasting and Sports, but his job might be more accurately described as the executive in charge of NBCUniversal’s most expensive programming. Lazarus has the ultimate responsibility for TV’s most watched primetime program, “Sunday Night Football,” not to mention NBCUniversal’s Olympics coverage. The work involves wrangling massive rights fees, an army of producers and tech crew, a sense of how to make it available…

The Joy of Watching Sports Alone – GQ Magazine

Saturday, May 06, 2017

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Frank Deford: A Career Spent Bringing ‘Something New’ To Sports – NPR

Friday, May 05, 2017

Frank Deford is shown here in 1984, four years into his gig as sports commentator on Morning Edition. Bob Child/AP hide caption toggle caption Bob Child/AP Frank Deford is shown here in 1984, four years into his gig as sports commentator on Morning Edition. Bob Child/AP Frank Deford, NPR’s longest-running sports commentator, announced Wednesday that he’s retiring after 37 years on Morning Edition — 37 years of entertaining, educating and…

Jay Cutler leaves NFL, heads to broadcast booth with Fox Sports – USA TODAY

Friday, May 05, 2017

A month after Tony Romo traded in his cleats for a mike, Cutler does the same. He will join Kevin Burkhardt and Charles Davis on Fox’s No. 2 team as a game analyst. USA TODAY Sports

Frank Deford: A Career Spent Bringing ‘Something New’ To Sports – NPR

Friday, May 05, 2017

Frank Deford, NPR’s longest-running sports commentator, announced Wednesday that he’s retiring after 37 years on Morning Edition — 37 years of entertaining, educating and yes, annoying some listeners, like any good commentator should. Frank Deford, his wife, Carol, and their dog, Miss Snickers, in his home office in Key West, Florida. On Wednesday, Deford retired from Morning Edition as sports commentator. Tom Goldman/NPR hide caption toggle caption Tom Goldman/NPR Frank…

John 3:16, sports and Aaron Hernandez – Washington Post

Friday, May 05, 2017

During the 2009 college football national championship, University of Florida quarterback Tim Tebow painted “John 3:16″ under his eyes. As a result, some 94 million people Googled the verse. “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life,” is what they found. The verse, which refers to the core Christian belief that God sent his…

Fox Sports hires Jay Cutler – Sports Illustrated

Friday, May 05, 2017

Fox Sports has hired NFL quarterback Jay Cutler to join its broadcast team.   The former Bears quarterback is set to join Kevin Burkhardt and Charles Davis in the broadcast booth for the 2017 season, according to Fox’s Peter Schrager. Burkhardt’s partner last season was John Lynch, who was hired this winter as the general manager of the 49ers.  Cutler released a statement on Friday through Fox Sports.  …

Service and sports, drama at Churchill Downs and Africa’s skate hot spot – ESPN

Friday, May 05, 2017

Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment sports + biz + culture + lifeGet REDEF delivered to your inbox rantnrave:// LeBron James’ reign over the NBA is startling. He has been in the league for 14 years and been its best player for about the past decade. And yet he keeps going. He is unstoppable. The Terminator. At times, he barely seems human because of his size, athleticism and…

Even the sports world can’t deny force of Star Wars Day – Sacramento Bee

Friday, May 05, 2017

May the Fourth be with you – even if you’re more into sports than science fiction movies. Thursday was “Star Wars Day” – an event held on May 4 each year to celebrate George Lucas’ film series. The sports world took part in the fun. Here’s a look:   Get Sports alerts and the Sports Night newsletter with late-breaking developments, stats, scores. Sign up here.

Service and sports, drama at Churchill Downs and Africa’s skate hot spot – ESPN

Friday, May 05, 2017

Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment sports + biz + culture + lifeGet REDEF delivered to your inbox rantnrave:// LeBron James’ reign over the NBA is startling. He has been in the league for 14 years and been its best player for about the past decade. And yet he keeps going. He is unstoppable. The Terminator. At times, he barely seems human because of his size, athleticism and…

Service and sports, drama at Churchill Downs and Africa’s skate hot spot – ESPN

Friday, May 05, 2017

Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment sports + biz + culture + lifeGet REDEF delivered to your inbox rantnrave:// LeBron James’ reign over the NBA is startling. He has been in the league for 14 years and been its best player for about the past decade. And yet he keeps going. He is unstoppable. The Terminator. At times, he barely seems human because of his size, athleticism and…

4dBob Pockrass – ESPN

Friday, May 05, 2017

Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment Our experts weigh in on four of the biggest questions in NASCAR as the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series gears up for Talladega Superspeedway this week: Turn 1: NASCAR chairman and CEO Brian France says all sports have attendance issues. Do you see NASCAR’s issues as worse or on par with other sports? Ricky Craven, ESPN NASCAR analyst: Because of the base…

Service and sports, drama at Churchill Downs and Africa’s skate hot spot – ESPN

Friday, May 05, 2017

Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment sports + biz + culture + lifeGet REDEF delivered to your inbox rantnrave:// LeBron James’ reign over the NBA is startling. He has been in the league for 14 years and been its best player for about the past decade. And yet he keeps going. He is unstoppable. The Terminator. At times, he barely seems human because of his size, athleticism and…

3dBob Pockrass – ESPN

Friday, May 05, 2017

Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment Our experts weigh in on four of the biggest questions in NASCAR as the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series gears up for Talladega Superspeedway this week: Turn 1: NASCAR chairman and CEO Brian France says all sports have attendance issues. Do you see NASCAR’s issues as worse or on par with other sports? Ricky Craven, ESPN NASCAR analyst: Because of the base…

A definitive ranking of the 25 best sports GIFs on the internet – For The Win

Friday, May 05, 2017

The GIF is the best gift the internet has ever given us. This isn’t up for debate. It’s just a fact. Another fact: The sports world is responsible for some of the best GIFs the internet has to offer. There are so many good ones. Honestly we could post hundreds of terrific GIFs. But for the sake of your time and data plan, we’ve narrowed this ranking of the best sports…

Police: Armed Customer Fatally Shot Attacker Inside Texas Sports Bar – Fox News Insider

Friday, May 05, 2017

As President Trump makes his New York City return, thousands are taking to the streets to protest his policies! Neil is covering the demonstrations live on a must-see Your World. THEN at 5 PM ET, Nick Adams and Krystal Ball join The Fox News Specialists.

Inside The Upheaval In Fantasy Sports – Forbes

Friday, May 05, 2017

Listen to the full episode: The passion of putting money up to see just how good of a general manager you could be of an MLB, NFL or NBA team has turned into a big industry. There are dozens of websites that cater to fantasy players and the economics can be quite good for those that succeed. Over 57 million people in the U.S. and Canada play fantasy sports. Until…

Service and sports, drama at Churchill Downs and Africa’s skate hot spot – ESPN

Thursday, May 04, 2017

Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment sports + biz + culture + lifeGet REDEF delivered to your inbox rantnrave:// LeBron James’ reign over the NBA is startling. He has been in the league for 14 years and been its best player for about the past decade. And yet he keeps going. He is unstoppable. The Terminator. At times, he barely seems human because of his size, athleticism and…

Sports media: Shepard’s firing leaves WDFN irrelevant – The Detroit News

Thursday, May 04, 2017

Matt Shepard(Photo: iHeartRadio) For being such a great sports town — Chris Ilitch on Wednesday called Detroit the greatest sports city in America — it’s pretty remarkable this market can’t support more than one all-local, sports-talk radio station. Well, the truth is, it probably can, but the powers-that-be who’ve taken a stab at creating competition for 97.1 The Ticket have done a ridiculously poor job of executing a game plan….