ESPN must be jealous: CBS will kick off pre-game programming for Super Bowl XLVII six days before the game. CBS’ Les Moonves jokes about Janet Jackson. CBS Sports Network’s David Berson takes on the WWL and Bill Cowher contradicts himself on a coaching return…MORE
The new ’60 Minutes Sports’ reports tonight that Lance Armstrong tried to “donate” $250,000 to the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency. Travis Tygart of USADA also likens Armstrong and his enablers to a “Mafia” that intimidated other riders into doping…MORE
You can start saying goodbye to old-fashioned bullpen phones. MLB and T-Mobile announced a deal to provide baseball managers/coaches with cell phones in dugouts and bullpens in 2013…Budweiser’s new Black Crown brew to debut spot on Super Bowl XLVII…MORE
Is college football passing baseball as America’s real No. 2 sport behind only pro football? Research indicates baseball is still No. 2, but long-term numbers are trending in the direction of the college game…IMG Worldwide acquires Catalyst PR….MORE
The big question in the Big Easy is “what did we learn?” after the New Orleans Saints agreed to make Sean Payton the NFL’s top-paid coach. My question: What kind of example does this set?
Rob Parker asks if Robert Griffin III is a “cornball brother” on ESPN because Washington Redskins QB has white fiancee and (gasp) might vote Republican…Mike McCarthy, ex-boss of MSG Networks turned CEO of St. Louis Blues, joins Manhattan Place Entertainment…MORE
Peter King of Sports Illustrated and NBC warns ESPN will go ‘bat-dung’ if Jon Gruden dumps Monday Night Football for a return to coaching in college or the NFL…MORE
Big East Commissioner Mike Aresco says it’s too early to predict the end of his conference due to realignment in college sports. “Reports of our demise are greatly exaggerated,” he told Sports Biz USA at the 2012 IMG Intercollegiate Athletics Forum…MORE
Spurs coach Gregg Popovich’s lineup on Thursday has cost the team $250,000, courtesy of NBA commissioner David Stern. … Should college football players leave the field?
The NBA’s new ‘Big Color’ jerseys from Adidas helped drive the league’s best-ever Black Friday sales at NBAStore.com and the NBA’s Fifth Avenue store in Manhattan…Superfan ‘Fireman Ed’ turns in his helmet before he gets punched out by angry NY Jets fans…MORE
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