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• Fox Sports Net Quietly Rolls Out A Dozen Local Sites

  PaidContent - 2009-11-19

  While ESPN (NYSE: DIS) and Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) have been grabbing headlines for their online local sports expansions, Fox Sports Net has been rolling out the soft launch of a dozen local sites over the past couple of weeks. So quietly that it took an alert reader to clue...

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• Comcast Expands Online Local Sports Teams To Compete With ESPN

  PaidContent - 2009-11-16

  While local media outlets slash sports staffs and travel, national players are coming after fans, ad dollars—and each other. ESPN (NYSE: DIS) already has launched local sports sites for Chicago, Boston and Dallas, with plans for New York and Los Angeles in early 2010. Now Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) is...

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• The New Orleans Hornets' Chris Paul and the Utah Jazz's Deron Williams on the Cover of ESPN The Magazine's NBA Preview Issue

  - 2008-10-24

  Rick Reilly Plays Fantasy With Senator Barack Obama NEW YORK -- Over the past three NBA seasons the who-is-the-better-point-guard debate has grown in lockstep with the New Orleans Hornets' Chris Paul and the Utah Jazz's Deron Williams friendship. The more each tries to outdo the other, the more intertwined...

  Tags: ESPN, NBA, Paul, senator, team

• Capitals Alex Ovechkin on the Cover of ESPN The Magazine - Part of the 2008 NHL Preview

  - 2008-09-26

  EXPN - ESPN The Magazine's Action Sports Publication - is Back Life of Reilly: Getting the Truth from College Football Coach's NEW YORK -- The Washington Capitals have never won a Stanley Cup and after a major victory surge at the end of last season and a trip...

  Tags: ESPN, MARKETING, NHL, team

• 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

• Houston's Mario Williams on the Cover of Latest ESPN The Magazine - Part of the 2008 Football Preview

  - 2008-08-29

  MLB Pullpen Rankings Rick Reilly on How Minor League Baseball Players Got Hosed by Steroids NEW YORK -- Are you ready for some football? ESPN The Magazine is. Its annual NFL Preview issue hits newsstands today and is highlighted by The Texans, who have never finished a season...

  Tags: ESPN, football, Mag, NFL, team

• '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

• LA Galaxy set to name Arena as new coach: report

  - 2008-08-15

  LOS ANGELES AFP — Former US national team coach Bruce Arena is set to be named the new head coach of the Los Angeles Galaxy, ESPN reported on Friday. Arena met Thursday with Galaxy team owner Tim Leiweke, who recently called him the best candidate for the job, ESPN...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, coach, ESPN, team

• Sports in Brief: Arroyo bolts NBA for Israeli team

  - 2008-08-04

  Carlos Arroyo  is heading for Israel, making the veteran point guard and former Orlando Magic player the latest NBA free agent to head overseas, ESPN.com reported last night. Arroyo's agent,  Leon Rose , confirmed the signing to ESPN. Maccabi Tel-Aviv coach  Effy Birenboim  told Israel's national sports network, Sport5, that...

  Tags: agent, ESPN, Fairchild Semiconductor Corp., Israel, NBA, team

• Packers move on minus Favre

  - 2008-07-29

  GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Not here. Not now. The Green Bay Packers held their first training camp practice Monday, and it marked a milestone for the franchise. Brett Favre was not invited. This certainly didn't bring out Favre...

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