Word: espn
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...ringmasterificator with hair of grandilomentitudinous proportions has lifted his dukes against a force of monumentatious sportumental influence. Translation: DON KING filed a $2.5 billion defamation suit against ESPN last week. "I seek justice," said King, disputing ESPN's SportsCentury profile of him, aired last May, which called the boxing promoter a "snake-oil salesman" and "shameless huckster." The program claimed-- falsely, King says in his suit--that he shortchanged Muhammad Ali and Larry Holmes as well as a hospital owed funds from a boxing charity benefit, and threatened to kill two people. An ESPN spokesman defended SportsCentury as a Peabody...
...have to spend heavily to upgrade its network for two-way TV. That's because NOW Broadband runs over an Internet and interactive TV infrastructure mostly built by Hong Kong Telecom in the 1990s. PCCW also benefited from outbidding I Cable for the exclusive rights to the popular ESPN and Star Sports channels. PCCW's Berriman acknowledges that the acquisition was "very significant...
...they going to watch Fitzpatrick’s stint on ESPN tomorrow...
...play in two senior bowls in the month of January, Crimson Sports Information released this week. Fitzpatrick will play in the East West Shrine Game in San Francisco on Jan. 15 and the Hula Bowl in Kihei, Hawaii, on Jan. 22. Both games will be nationally televised on ESPN and ESPN2, respectively...
...home-field advantage throughout the AFC play-offs, the Steelers have their best shot at a Super Bowl title since the Steel Curtain era of the '70s. "This team has grown up this season, meeting every challenge every single week," says former Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Ron Jaworski, now an ESPN analyst. "Pittsburgh is the best team in football, without a doubt...