August 10, 2015
NASCAR legend and broadcaster Elzie Wylie "Buddy" Baker has passed away from lung cancer at the age of 74.
July 8, 2015
When the Ten Minute Podcast debuted in 2012, it’s premise was simple: with most podcasts being an hour to 90 minutes long, how ’bout one that’s […]
July 2, 2015
Gee, why does that sound familiar? According to the Hollywood Reporter, ESPN has been pushing Keith Olbermann to stop doing his special commentaries during recent contract talks.
June 13, 2015
Bill Simmons was fired from Grantland by ESPN earlier this year. Under Simmons' stewardship, his vanity site became a popular and critically-acclaimed mix of sports and pop culture.
June 13, 2015
In the late 90's, wrestling had become a television juggernaut. Even if you didn't watch, anyone in school at the time saw an explosion of WWF and WCW t-shirts, and heard the previous night's action disseminated for hours behind the teacher's back. At the same time, The Nashville Network had a motorsports empire, with racing programming that was even more profitable than its country fare. Besides NASCAR, the network had Trans-Am, World Of Outlaws sprints, ASA stock cars, and a Friday night showcase called Motor Madness. And in 1998, those two worlds collided in a disastrous experiment that involved Dusty Rhodes, "The American Dream."
January 28, 2015
Coming off their successful Jason Sudekis/Ted Lasso campaign for the Premier League, NBC Sports has enlisted Nick Offerman to help promote the return of NASCAR to the network.
January 18, 2015
Canadian comedian Don Harron has passed away at his Toronto home at the age of 90. He started his career as a “chalk talk” artist at […]
January 5, 2015
You asked it at some point this holiday season, right? "How many of these damn college bowl games are there?"
August 29, 2014
Sports television has become a vast wasteland. But could its salvation come from the Sport of Kings?
August 29, 2014
After 33 seasons at Midway Stadium, the independent St. Paul Saints are moving to a new ballpark downtown. So when the team played their final game Thursday night, guess who was taking tickets right out front? None other than one of the club's owners (and Team Psychologist) Bill Murray. He would later catch the ceremonial first pitch from the mayor (and then throw it into the crowd).
June 26, 2014
Yeah, we hear you. "Look at all those soccer girls acting like they got shot! You'd never see that in American football!"
March 30, 2014
Is America in need of another revolution? Perhaps from it's own #1 sport?