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ESPN "30 for 30" Movies Coming to DVD

March 11, 2010

Six will be available on Monday through Amazon.com. They include "Winning Time: Reggie Miller Vs. the New York Knicks," which premieres Sunday on ESPN, and five earlier productions: "Kings Ransom," "Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL?,": "Muhammad and Larry," "Without Bias" and "The Legend of Jimmy the Greek." Still more are available for preorder. I [...]

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De Niro as Vince Lombardi!

March 9, 2010

From ESPN:
Academy Award-winning actor Robert De Niro is attached to play legendary coach Vince Lombardi in the theatrical motion picture LOMBARDI being developed by ESPN Films, Andell Entertainment and the NFL. Additionally, Academy Award-winning screenwriter Eric Roth (Forrest Gump, The Good Shepherd) has come on board the project which will chronicle Lombardi during the years [...]

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Hasselbeck Job Swap

January 14, 2010

This from the folks at ESPN:
Elisabeth Hasselbeck, a Daytime Emmy Award-winning co-host of ABC’s “The View,” and her husband, ESPN NFL analyst Tim Hasselbeck, are changing jobs – for one day.
Elisabeth will spend the afternoon of Tuesday, Jan. 19 on the ESPN campus in Bristol, Conn., where she will appear in Tim’s place on [...]

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Late Sunday Notebook

December 14, 2009

It has been another weekend of scrambling to get things done. About the only recreation was watching the U of Akron men's soccer team on Friday night and Sunday afternoon on TV; they ended up NCAA runner-up, losing the final on penalty kicks. A noble effort, though, and a fine season, not that you would [...]

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ESPN Schedules First of "30 for 30" Movies

August 27, 2009

These are the movies ESPN has commissioned to mark its 30th anniversary.  Topics include Wayne Gretzky's trade to the Los Angeles Kings (Oct. 6, directed by Peter Berg of "Friday Night Lights"); the Colts' leaving Baltimore (directed by Baltimore bard Barry Levinson, Oct. 13), and the death of the USFL (Oct. 20, Mike Tollin). And [...]

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NFL Draft Goes Prime Time

July 23, 2009

Announcement below. Some skepticism here: I suspect it won't be able to end at the scheduled time, since the announcement had an asterisked note saying "end times approximate." And pushing it into prime, as well as on a school night, takes away yet another opportunity for families to bond. ("Daddy, why does picking that running [...]

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Kornheiser Out, Gruden In, at Monday Night Football

May 18, 2009

Here's the top of ESPN's announcement: Former Super Bowl-winning head coach [and Sandusky native] Jon Gruden is joining ESPN’s Monday Night Football. The dynamic, outspoken and often fiery Gruden will join commentators Mike Tirico and Ron Jaworski in the booth when sports television’s signature series kicks off its 40th season this fall. Gruden [...]

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More Praise for Madden

April 16, 2009

The statements in praise of retiring John Madden keep rolling into the email, from Fox, from ESPN, from Al Michaels, Troy Aikman, Howie Long, from the NFL. There's a paste-up of them after the jump.

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