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• Mizzou Quarterbacks Chase Daniel and Chase Patton on the Cover of ESPN The Magazine

  - 2008-10-10

  2008 NBA Fantasy Preview Offers up "Best Bets", "Bust Bets" and Much More Rick Reilly on Trying to Walk Away From the NFL: Ask John Lynch it's Not Easy NEW YORK -- "Why is it that some of the greatest college quarterbacks never make it to the pros?"...

  Tags: Backups, ESPN, football, Games, MARKETING, NBA, NFL

• Max Mara & ESPN Monday Night Football Reporters, Michele Tafoya & Suzy Kolber, Team up for NFL Season

  - 2008-09-22

  NEW YORK -- Max Mara and ESPN have teamed up to dress Monday Night Football MNF reporters Suzy Kolber and Michele Tafoya for the National Football League NFL regular season for all Monday night games on ESPN. For 16 weeks straight, Suzy and Michele will be dressed head-to-toe in...

  Tags: ESPN, FINANCE, Games, NFL, team

• Hiestand on TV

  - 2008-09-03

  Inside the industry One hotspot this season in the Cold War between TV networks carrying the NFL: The highlights immediately following late Sunday afternoon games. ESPN announced Tuesday that Tom Jackson and John Saunders will join Chris Berman on the 7p.m. ET SportsCenter that will become...

  Tags: ESPN, Games, NBC Universal Inc., NFL, TVs

• Hiestand on TV

  - 2008-08-27

  Inside the industry ESPN pays the NFL far more for its TV rights -- $1.1billion annually just for Monday night games and no playoff games -- than the other networks carrying NFL action. But that, obviously, doesn't buy it any special favors. ...

  Tags: ESPN, Games, NFL, TVs

• 'Bachelor' stint helps Palmer in booth

  - 2008-08-22

  The latest twists in ESPN's Thursday night college football games, which have been rising from relative obscurity to a high-profile perch, include more big-name teams. For the first time, each game this season includes at least one team from the six conferences that get automatic berths in the Bowl Championship...

  Tags: ESPN, Florida, Games, NFL, Palmer, team

• Hiestand on TV

  - 2008-08-20

  Inside the industry CBS re-signed a veteran quarterback Tuesday and picked up some help on defense. Dan Fouts, a CBS analyst from 1988 to 1993 after a Hall of Fame NFL quarterbacking career, will be an analyst on some CBS NFL games...

  Tags: ABC Inc., analyst, CAREER, CBS Corp., ESPN, Games, NBC Universal Inc., NFL, TVs

• Del Grande: Tuning in NBA now slam dunk

  - 2008-05-06

  THE BAY AREA basketball and hockey seasons are over. The NFL draft and Kentucky Derby are history. And there'll be plenty of opportunities to watch the Giants and A's this summer. It's time to dial in the NBA playoffs, sports fans, and enjoy. Few...

  Tags: E-mail, ESPN, FINANCE, Games, NBA, NFL

• Pre-draft coverage to get more air

  - 2008-04-23

  The highest-rated shopping spree in TV sports -- the NFL draft -- might someday get its own year-round TV channel. Until then, viewers will have to sate themselves with ever-expanding coverage: Saturday, both ESPN and the NFL Network will air new four-hour lead-in shows before waves...

  Tags: ESPN, Games, NFL, TVs

• Del Grande: NFL, go back to drawing board

  - 2008-04-22

  THE NFL ANNOUNCED its schedule last week. On behalf of Fox, CBS and ESPN, I must ask: What was the hurry? Some of the season's most intriguing matchups will develop this weekend. The NFL draft not only creates some fun homecomings for rookies but also in recent...

  Tags: CBS Corp., ESPN, Games, NFL

• Phil Sheridan: Weeks and weeks of those geeks

  - 2008-02-07

  The worst thing about the Super Bowl's being over is the ensuing invasion of the sports wonks. One day you're watching the millionth replay of David Tyree's one-handed, one-headed catch against the Patriots; the next you're watching doofuses (doofi?) in jackets and ties analyze the college choices of high school...

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