National Speed Sport News, a staple of racing enthusiasts, is returning in March with a Web site, mobile updates and a monthly magazine, but without the long-running weekly newspaper.
# bristolmetrics This is a regular feature breaking down, minute-by-minute, the content that appears on ESPN's 11 p.m. edition of SportsCenter throughout the week. Graphic by Jim Cooke. More »
Washington may have created some animosity among some of its Pac-12 brethren with the way it put its new coaching staff together.
On February 6, 2012, word was released that the Maloof Money Cup skateboarding series is working on something big for 2012. Here are a few more details: About the News During an interview with ESPN's Chris Nieratko, Maloof Money Cup President Tim McFerran let drop that the...
He hated the report, knew he would hate it, and told the world he hated it as soon as ESPN hit "publish." But UFC president Dana White said he's communicating again with the sports news giant since a report on fighter pay got everyone talking. White didn't characterize the nature of the talks but said, "we're working on this relationship."
Questions abound as the tennis world -- with U.S. vistas supplied from myriad ESPN platforms and Tennis Channel -- convenes in Melbourne over the next fortnight at the sport's first major, the Australian Open.
Nokia Lumia 900, which won "The Best Smartphone of 2012" title at the Consumer Electronics Show, is expected to be released very soon. The phone, with its head-turning looks and stunning features, has already generated great amount of interest among smartphone lovers.
ASPEN, Colo. -- One week after the death of freeskiing icon Sarah Burke, ESPN aired a tribute Thursday night during the live Winter X Games broadcast to honor the late pioneer, who has been a constant subject of discussion here this week. In addition to the taped tribute, a group of Burke's peers and former rivals held a candlelight vigil at the top of the Buttermilk SuperPipe, then skied ...
With 17 Winter X Games medals and two Olympic gold medals (not to mention five summer X Games medals in Skateboard Vert) there isn't much left for snowboarding superstar Shaun White to accomplish — especially now that he can claim to have completed the first-ever perfect run through the halfpipe at the X Games in Aspen last weekend.
# sportscenter This is a regular feature breaking down, minute-by-minute, the content that appears on ESPN's SportsCenter throughout the week. Graphic by Jim Cooke . More »
In the News: Tour de France champion Alberto Contador was stripped of his 2010 title when sports' highest court rejected the Spanish cyclist's story that contaminated meat caused him to fail a drug test.
ABC News’ Melinda Arons and Lauren Effron report: Although Denver quarterback Tim Tebow didn’t lead the Broncos to the Super Bowl, he continues to silence his critics over how he plays the game. “No matter what happens, you’re always going to have those critics and...
Peyton Manning illustrated last week why football is like anything else in entertainment. He has a future that is essentially unknowable, but storms of speculation swirled around him in a way that was curious because we’re not so good in sports at accepting “I don’t know” as a correct answer to a question, especially not in the soap-opera-for-males world of sports. This led to Yahoo! reporting ...
There are two ways to look at the announcement last week that network television coverage of the Breeders’ Cup is returning to NBC after six years at ESPN.
The wife of New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman filed for divorce papers, according to ESPN.com.
Alberto Contador was stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title Monday and banned for two years after sports' highest court found the Spanish cyclist guilty of doping.
Nitz writes about how disappointing the ESPN network is these days.
The latest ESPN NBA power rankings from Marc Stein are out and the Denver Nuggets are the No. 3 team in this set. This represents a five-spot jump from last week, and it includes a move ahead of the Oklahoma City Thunder . Only the Chicago Bulls and the Miami Heat are ahead of the Nuggets. As Stein writes: They're a win in Sacramento away from a 5-0 road trip and sport the league's third-best ...
The last week has been busy for ESPN commentator Kirk Herbstreit even by his typically intense standards — the Rose Bowl, the Sugar Bowl and, after a week of buildup, Monday night's BCS title game. Kirk Herbstreit is his generation's Keith Jackson.
It is important as a writer to try your best to keep your opinions unbiased, and to remain as objective as possible. Despite this, it is difficult to not have your personal history influence the way you view the world.
