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Tag: ESPN

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How questioning the safety of football cost a broadcaster his career

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 11, 2019, 3:10 PM Feb 11, 2019
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How tight is the National Football League with the TV networks who show the games?

Ask Bob Costas, the veteran NBC sports announcer who tells ESPN that NBC dropped him from last year’s Super Bowl coverage because he appeared at a University of Maryland symposium on football in November 2017 and said ‘the game destroys people’s brains.’ Read more →

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Who will defend Pythagoras from ranting ESPN blowhard?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 21, 2017, 10:11 AM Sep 21, 2017
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It’s 2017 and old sportswriters and sports broadcasters are still railing against mathematics in sports. Here’s the most recent rant, caught on video. Read more →

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The language of layoffs

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 26, 2017, 1:24 PM Apr 26, 2017
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ESPN, which threw way too much money at sports leagues for the right to broadcast games, took its mistake out on its employees again today when it chopped some high-profile personalities, more than a year after it gutted 350 behind-the-camera employees. Read more →

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