New York attorney general Letitia James started the week with a 250 million civil suit against the Trump Organization September 21, alleging years of fraudulent business practices. She ended her week on another controversial note, albeit one of much less national importance: She’s calling on Apple TV+ to make September 23’s New York Yankees game available for all New Yorkers to watch without a paid subscription. Specifically, to watch it on local Yankees-focused cable channel Yes.
The backstory for those of you don’t follow Buster Olney on Twitter or check in with ESPN throughout the day: Tonight, Aaron Judge, the star Yankees slugger and outfielder, may hit his 61st home run of the season, which would tie him with the record Roger Maris set in 1961 for the most home runs ever by any player from any team in an MLB season to that point, breaking the previous record of 60 established...
The backstory for those of you don’t follow Buster Olney on Twitter or check in with ESPN throughout the day: Tonight, Aaron Judge, the star Yankees slugger and outfielder, may hit his 61st home run of the season, which would tie him with the record Roger Maris set in 1961 for the most home runs ever by any player from any team in an MLB season to that point, breaking the previous record of 60 established...
- 9/23/2022
- by Christian Blauvelt
- Indiewire
Baseball legend David “Big Papi” Ortiz is taking a journey through baseball history in his new ESPN Plus series “Big Papi’s Places.”
Ortiz hosts the sports series, the latest expansion of the football-centric ESPN Plus series “Peyton’s Places,” with the first episode now available to stream.
In an exclusive clip (see below), Ortiz and “Peyton’s Places” host Peyton Manning meet up, with Manning offering Ortiz a chance to host his own show. Of course, there are qualifications. Manning needs to know if Ortiz has at least one World Series ring or has ever hit over 500 homeruns. Ortiz is a three-time World Series champion and finished his 20-season career with 541 homeruns.
“From legends like Babe Ruth to the iconic stadiums of the sport such as Fenway Park and Wrigley Field, baseball is rich with history begging to be shared with more people,” said Ortiz. “To be able to...
Ortiz hosts the sports series, the latest expansion of the football-centric ESPN Plus series “Peyton’s Places,” with the first episode now available to stream.
In an exclusive clip (see below), Ortiz and “Peyton’s Places” host Peyton Manning meet up, with Manning offering Ortiz a chance to host his own show. Of course, there are qualifications. Manning needs to know if Ortiz has at least one World Series ring or has ever hit over 500 homeruns. Ortiz is a three-time World Series champion and finished his 20-season career with 541 homeruns.
“From legends like Babe Ruth to the iconic stadiums of the sport such as Fenway Park and Wrigley Field, baseball is rich with history begging to be shared with more people,” said Ortiz. “To be able to...
- 3/2/2022
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Can Alex Rodriguez do for ESPN’s baseball presentations what Peyton and Eli Manning have done for its “Monday Night Football”? The Disney-backed sports-media giant is going to find out.
ESPN on Friday outlined a new strategy for its flagship “Sunday Night Baseball,” setting up Rodriguez and veteran sports commentator Michael Kay in a special flanker presentation of eight games on ESPN2 while enlisting David Cone in a new multi-year deal alongside Karl Ravech and Eduardo Perez for the original “Snb.” The plan appears to emulate what ESPN has done in the fall, broadcasting its regular “Monday Night Football” on its primary cable network while setting up the Manning brothers and guests ranging from NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to David Letterman in a freewheeling bull session that plays off game action.
“The innovative ‘Sunday Night Baseball with Kay-Rod’ presentations will be informative and entertaining and play a crucial role in...
ESPN on Friday outlined a new strategy for its flagship “Sunday Night Baseball,” setting up Rodriguez and veteran sports commentator Michael Kay in a special flanker presentation of eight games on ESPN2 while enlisting David Cone in a new multi-year deal alongside Karl Ravech and Eduardo Perez for the original “Snb.” The plan appears to emulate what ESPN has done in the fall, broadcasting its regular “Monday Night Football” on its primary cable network while setting up the Manning brothers and guests ranging from NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to David Letterman in a freewheeling bull session that plays off game action.
“The innovative ‘Sunday Night Baseball with Kay-Rod’ presentations will be informative and entertaining and play a crucial role in...
- 1/7/2022
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
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Live sports are a major part of a well-rounded entertainment diet, and whether you return to arenas this year or play it safe at home, you can watch baseball, basketball, hockey, soccer, tennis, college football, and pretty much every other nationally broadcast sport on ESPN+.
Not signed up? A subscription to ESPN+ comes with access to live sports and archival games, sure, but more importantly, the sports network’s trove of deeply fascinating “30 for 30” documentaries. Each film meticulously examines an event, a season, a star, or even a single play in an enlightening 90-minute package that’s engrossing for die-hard sports fans and disinterested novices alike.
You can access the entire archive of...
Live sports are a major part of a well-rounded entertainment diet, and whether you return to arenas this year or play it safe at home, you can watch baseball, basketball, hockey, soccer, tennis, college football, and pretty much every other nationally broadcast sport on ESPN+.
Not signed up? A subscription to ESPN+ comes with access to live sports and archival games, sure, but more importantly, the sports network’s trove of deeply fascinating “30 for 30” documentaries. Each film meticulously examines an event, a season, a star, or even a single play in an enlightening 90-minute package that’s engrossing for die-hard sports fans and disinterested novices alike.
You can access the entire archive of...
- 7/16/2021
- by Jean Bentley and Latifah Muhammad
- Indiewire
The diamond battle of Chicago will get some network airtime next month. ESPN said today that ABC will televise the August 8 White Sox-Cubs matchup from Wrigley Field — the first time the broadcast net has aired its Disney sibling’s Sunday Night Baseball game of the week.
Matt Vasgersian will handle play-by-play for the telecast alongside with analyst Alex Rodriguez and reporter Buster Olney. Baseball Tonight: Sunday Night Countdown will precede Sunday Night Baseball at 6 p.m. Et on ESPN.
The Cubs hosting the first-place White Sox also will stream on the ESPN app and air on ESPN Deportes and ESPN Radio, starting at 7 p.m. Et.
ABC last season aired its first MLB postseason game since 1995 during the MLB Wild Card Series, which ESPN produced.
Matt Vasgersian will handle play-by-play for the telecast alongside with analyst Alex Rodriguez and reporter Buster Olney. Baseball Tonight: Sunday Night Countdown will precede Sunday Night Baseball at 6 p.m. Et on ESPN.
The Cubs hosting the first-place White Sox also will stream on the ESPN app and air on ESPN Deportes and ESPN Radio, starting at 7 p.m. Et.
ABC last season aired its first MLB postseason game since 1995 during the MLB Wild Card Series, which ESPN produced.
- 7/7/2021
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
In today’s TV news roundup, HBO released the premiere date of its film “Black Art: In the Absence of Light” and Netflix unveiled the trailer for its live-action adaptation of “Winx Club,” “Fate: The Winx Saga.”
Dates
Tiffany Haddish’s “They Ready” will return for Season 2 on Feb. 2, Netflix announced. The Emmy-nominated stand-up comedy series features comedians personally chosen by Haddish performing a 15 to 20-minute sets and reminiscing over their time in the business with Haddish. This season will feature Dean Edwards, Kimberly Clark, Tony Woods, Barbara Carlyle, Godfrey and Erin Jackson. Watch the a below.
Netflix’s “Behind Her Eyes,” a British psychological thriller based on Sarah Pinborough’s novel of the same name, will premiere Feb. 17. Created by Steve Lightfoot, the limited series follows Louise, a single mom working at a psychiatrist’s office who begins an affair with her boss and strikes up a secret friendship with his wife.
Dates
Tiffany Haddish’s “They Ready” will return for Season 2 on Feb. 2, Netflix announced. The Emmy-nominated stand-up comedy series features comedians personally chosen by Haddish performing a 15 to 20-minute sets and reminiscing over their time in the business with Haddish. This season will feature Dean Edwards, Kimberly Clark, Tony Woods, Barbara Carlyle, Godfrey and Erin Jackson. Watch the a below.
Netflix’s “Behind Her Eyes,” a British psychological thriller based on Sarah Pinborough’s novel of the same name, will premiere Feb. 17. Created by Steve Lightfoot, the limited series follows Louise, a single mom working at a psychiatrist’s office who begins an affair with her boss and strikes up a secret friendship with his wife.
- 1/19/2021
- by Natalie Oganesyan
- Variety Film + TV
The World Series gets underway tonight when the Los Angeles Dodgers take on the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 1 of a best-of-7 showdown to crown the champion of this most unusual Major League Baseball season.
Fox is airing all seven games of the series, with the first pitches for each set for 8:09 p.m. Et/5:09 p.m. Pt from Globe Life Field in Arlington, TX — the first World Series ever to be played at a neutral site.
All games will also be available to stream in the U.S. on MLB.TV with authentication, and on Fubu TV via a seven-day free trial. Fox will also offer bonus feeds on its digital platforms (the Fox Sports app and FoxSports.com) including bullpen cameras and the celebration cam.
For Fox, Joe Buck and John Smoltz will call the games, with Ken Rosenthal and Tom Verducci the sideline reporters. Pregame shows will begin at 7 p.
Fox is airing all seven games of the series, with the first pitches for each set for 8:09 p.m. Et/5:09 p.m. Pt from Globe Life Field in Arlington, TX — the first World Series ever to be played at a neutral site.
All games will also be available to stream in the U.S. on MLB.TV with authentication, and on Fubu TV via a seven-day free trial. Fox will also offer bonus feeds on its digital platforms (the Fox Sports app and FoxSports.com) including bullpen cameras and the celebration cam.
For Fox, Joe Buck and John Smoltz will call the games, with Ken Rosenthal and Tom Verducci the sideline reporters. Pregame shows will begin at 7 p.
- 10/20/2020
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
As strange as it may seem, Major League Baseball has its own political action committee. It isn’t afraid to spread its money around Washington, either. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, the league has given $245,000 this year to a diverse array of politicians, from Republicans like Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-ca) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-tx) to Democrats like Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-ny) and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-mn). On Sunday, independent journalist Judd Legum reported the league also gave the maximum donation of $5,000 to Cindy Hyde-Smith, the U.S. Senate...
- 11/27/2018
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Sunday night’s Mlb game was not only a big win for the Boston Red Sox. The faceoff between the Red Sox and the New York Yankees, which saw Boston defeat New York in 10 innings, delivered the best Sunday Night Baseball rating in four years for ESPN, according to Nielsen. The telecast drew a 2.2 metered market rating, making it the highest-rated Sunday Night Baseball telecast since the Texas Rangers-Los Angeles Angels’ faceoff on June 22, 2014 (2.4 rating). This excludes the Chicago Cubs vs. St. Louis Cardinals 2017 Opening Night telecast, held on a Sunday.
The telecast, which saw the Sox score three runs in the bottom of the ninth to tie the game, then beat the Yankees 5-4 in the 10th inning on a three-hop single by Andrew Benintendi, was up 83 percent from last year’s comparable game between the New York Mets and Los Angeles Dodgers (1.2 rating).
The telecast generated...
The telecast, which saw the Sox score three runs in the bottom of the ninth to tie the game, then beat the Yankees 5-4 in the 10th inning on a three-hop single by Andrew Benintendi, was up 83 percent from last year’s comparable game between the New York Mets and Los Angeles Dodgers (1.2 rating).
The telecast generated...
- 8/6/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Espn’s six-game Mlb Spring Training broadcast schedule starts Thursday, March 17, with the Arizona Diamondbacks at the Chicago Cubs at Sloan Park in Mesa, Ariz., beginning at 7pm Et. The Cubs, expected to be Nl pennant contenders, appear twice on Espn’s exhibition schedule, as do the Boston Red Sox and the St. Louis Cardinals. Espn’s new Sunday Night Baseball announcing crew of play-by-play commentator Dan Shulman, analysts Jessica Mendoza and Aaron Boone, and reporter Buster Olney, makes its debut on Monday, March 21, with the Red Sox at the Cardinals in Jupiter, Fla. Also featured is the Tampa Bay Rays playing … Continue reading →
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- 3/17/2016
- by Ryan Berenz
- ChannelGuideMag
An ESPN2 edition of Sunday Night Baseball sees the first pitch of the 2015 Mlb regular season Sunday, April 5, at 8pm Et at historic Wrigley Field (currently under renovation) in Chicago as the Cubs take on the Nl Central rival St. Louis Cardinals. Espn’s Dan Shulman, analysts Curt Schilling and John Kruk and reporter Buster Olney are the broadcast team. All Sunday Night Baseball games are available online and on mobile devices through WatchESPN. Espn Sunday Night Baseball 2015 schedule All games scheduled for 8pm Et on Espn unless otherwise noted. Additional games to be announced. Date Game April 5 St. Louis Cardinals at … Continue reading →
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- 4/4/2015
- by Ryan Berenz
- ChannelGuideMag
Mlb Home Run Derby 2014 TV coverage on Espn begins Monday, July 14, at 8pm Et from Target Field in Minneapolis as part of the 2014 Mlb All-Star break festivities. Espn airs the 2014 Gillette Home Run Derby Monday, July 14, beginning at 8pm Et from Target Field in Minneapolis. Chris “Back Back Back Back, etc.” Berman will host the telecast with analyst John Kruk. Buster Olney and Pedro Gomez provide reports and interviews with participants. The Derby has a new format this year that should speed up the pace (thankfully!) and keep the participants fresh for the finals. There … Continue reading →
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- 7/14/2014
- by Ryan Berenz
- ChannelGuideMag
Espn’s Sunday Night Baseball 2014 schedule begins on March 30 with an opening night game between the L.A. Dodgers and the San Diego Padres at Petco Park. Espn’s schedule is loaded up with the usual big-market and marquee teams, with multiple appearances by the Dodgers, Cardinals, Red Sox and Yankees. So we hope you like those teams. Dan Shulman calls the games with analyst John Kruk and reporter Buster Olney. (Curt Schilling, who had been previously added to the Sunday Night Baseball broadcast booth, is undergoing cancer treatments.) It’s the first year of Mlb’s new eight-year, $12.4 billion TV rights … Continue reading →
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- 3/28/2014
- by Ryan Berenz
- ChannelGuideMag
2013 Spring Training TV schedule includes more than 150 live and tape-delayed games on Mlb Network and eight live games on Espn and ESPN2. Coverage begins Saturday, Feb. 23 on Mlb Network. The new Espn Sunday Night Baseball broadcast team – Dan Shulman, Orel Hershiser and John Kruk with reporter Buster Olney – gets their first practice together on March 18 with the Phillies at the Braves. 2013 Mlb Spring Training on Espn/ESPN2 Monday, March 11: St. Louis at N.Y. Yankees, 1pm Et (Espn) Monday, March 18: Philadelphia at Atlanta, 1pm Et (Espn) Tuesday, March 19: N.Y. Yankees at Philadelphia, [...]...
- 2/22/2013
- by Ryan Berenz
- ChannelGuideMag
Tonight in Detroit, the Yankees dynasty might very well be given its last rites.
Down 2-0 to the Detroit Tigers in the best-of-7 playoff series, missing their captain Derek Jeter after a fractured ankle, and featuring a lineup of high-priced, underperforming sluggers, the New York Yankees are seemingly doomed. On the mound for the Tigers is their ace, Justin Verlander, he of the 100 m.p.h. fastballs that Alex Rodriguez will need to start swinging at now to have any prayer of contact. If Verlander stomps the Yankees tonight in Detroit, the writing will be on the wall. As Yankee fans know all too well,...
Down 2-0 to the Detroit Tigers in the best-of-7 playoff series, missing their captain Derek Jeter after a fractured ankle, and featuring a lineup of high-priced, underperforming sluggers, the New York Yankees are seemingly doomed. On the mound for the Tigers is their ace, Justin Verlander, he of the 100 m.p.h. fastballs that Alex Rodriguez will need to start swinging at now to have any prayer of contact. If Verlander stomps the Yankees tonight in Detroit, the writing will be on the wall. As Yankee fans know all too well,...
- 10/16/2012
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW.com - PopWatch
In sporting news, the 28 year old slugger Adrian Gonzalez of the San Diego Padres has been shipped off to the Red Sox according to sources close to the situation.
The First Baseman Gonzalez who jacked over 30 home runs in each of the last four seasons, has been traded to the Boston Red Sox for a slew of other prospects, Espn’s Buster Olney reported.
The transaction could help propel the Red Sox back into the playoffs after they missed the cut last season.
Read more about this and other Mlb stories at Mlb.com and Espn.com.
The First Baseman Gonzalez who jacked over 30 home runs in each of the last four seasons, has been traded to the Boston Red Sox for a slew of other prospects, Espn’s Buster Olney reported.
The transaction could help propel the Red Sox back into the playoffs after they missed the cut last season.
Read more about this and other Mlb stories at Mlb.com and Espn.com.
- 12/4/2010
- by admin
- MoreHorror
Bristol, Conn. -- The show looks and feels pretty much the same, but the day starts pretty early for the crew of Espn's new daytime "SportsCenter."
Monday was the first day of the new live "SportsCenter," a six-hour block beginning at 9 a.m. Et that on weekdays replaces the "SportsCenter" repeats that had run there for years. It's part of a new effort for the network to shore up its live programming during the day and jump on sport stories that break before the 6 p.m. "SportsCenter."
That means Espn and its franchise program starts its day even earlier. The first employees roll into the network's sprawling suburban Connecticut campus around midnight, as the finishing touches are being put on the preparations for the night's final "SportsCenter" beginning at 2 a.m. The late crew gives way to the morning shift that each day will provide six hours of live sports news.
It's the first time that "SportsCenter" has ever been produced that long for that regular a period of time. But they're not reinventing the wheel, said Mark Gross, managing editor of studio production.
"Is it going to be different? Yes. Is it going to be dramatically different? No. It's still going to be scores and highlights," he said.
There are some new features, including a strong link to the new SportsCenter Web site, an interview with an Espn analyst taking viewers' questions called "In Box," and "Word on the Street," talking to an Espn Radio talk show host from around the country. Monday's topic? How Green Bay, Wis., is weathering life after Brett Favre.
Doing a live "SportsCenter" daytime block was on the boards for years, but the network decided this spring that the time finally was right.
It hired veteran sports broadcaster and former "Early Show" co-host Hannah Storm, who anchors the 9 a.m.-noon telecast with Josh Elliott. The broadcast is then passed off to Chris McKendry and Robert Flores for the back three hours. Monday was chosen as the premiere because it's at the beginning of the Summer Olympics, plus near the start of football season and in the stretch of baseball's pennant race.
On Monday, there was no breaking news and only a handful of dropped balls. Favre led off the first newscast, with the U.S. swim team's stunning come-from-behind victory in the men's 4x100 freestyle relay and Team USA's opening victory over host nation China in men's basketball near the top.
Storm and Elliott were in almost constant motion, between two desks and two standup locations. They interviewed in short order former NFL player Cris Carter in the studio, reporter Jeremy Schaap in Beijing and baseball reporter Buster Olney, among others.
Because of the NBC-abc trade that allowed Al Michaels go to "Sunday Night Football" and ABC to have, among other things, Oswalt the Rabbit, Espn has been able to run six minutes of Olympics highlights per hour, up dramatically from years' past. "SportsCenter" used that to full effect with an extend play and several camera angles of Sunday's thrilling relay finish.
It's a dizzying pace, and one that Storm said after the telecast was thrilling and challenging. Storm started full-time work at Espn only at the beginning of the month and estimated that there were only about eight rehearsals before hitting the air. Some of the rehearsals by Flores and McKendry ended up going on the air because of last week's Favre trade to the New York Jets.
"We only had one or two days where we actually did try to pull off a three-hour rehearsal," Storm said.
Previous plans had Espn start the live "SportsCenter" at 6 a.m. Et, but several weeks ago those earlier three hours were scrapped. Gross said the network decided that it wouldn't start out doing 6-9 a.m. but might review it in the next six months.
"The beauty is that we have a whole crew of people in place" in case breaking news forces Espn on the air earlier than 9 am., he said.
It's also hoped that the live nature of the show boosts the ratings after 9, when in the past the re-air ratings dipped. Ratings range from 0.5 in households between 6-9 a.m. to 0.4 at 11 a.m., Nielsen Media Research said. The 10 a.m. re-air averages a 0.6.
"We think there is more upside to the 9 a.m. start," Gross said.
For Storm, her first live three hours brought back memories of the excitement and responsibility when she worked at CNN. She also said she enjoyed writing the script and doing other preparation for the sports show, which she hasn't done in six years or so.
But there was one challenge to the whole "SportsCenter" routine. There's no time to get food, so she brought her own: nuts, fruit and the like.
"I didn't like going three hours without eating," she joked.
Monday was the first day of the new live "SportsCenter," a six-hour block beginning at 9 a.m. Et that on weekdays replaces the "SportsCenter" repeats that had run there for years. It's part of a new effort for the network to shore up its live programming during the day and jump on sport stories that break before the 6 p.m. "SportsCenter."
That means Espn and its franchise program starts its day even earlier. The first employees roll into the network's sprawling suburban Connecticut campus around midnight, as the finishing touches are being put on the preparations for the night's final "SportsCenter" beginning at 2 a.m. The late crew gives way to the morning shift that each day will provide six hours of live sports news.
It's the first time that "SportsCenter" has ever been produced that long for that regular a period of time. But they're not reinventing the wheel, said Mark Gross, managing editor of studio production.
"Is it going to be different? Yes. Is it going to be dramatically different? No. It's still going to be scores and highlights," he said.
There are some new features, including a strong link to the new SportsCenter Web site, an interview with an Espn analyst taking viewers' questions called "In Box," and "Word on the Street," talking to an Espn Radio talk show host from around the country. Monday's topic? How Green Bay, Wis., is weathering life after Brett Favre.
Doing a live "SportsCenter" daytime block was on the boards for years, but the network decided this spring that the time finally was right.
It hired veteran sports broadcaster and former "Early Show" co-host Hannah Storm, who anchors the 9 a.m.-noon telecast with Josh Elliott. The broadcast is then passed off to Chris McKendry and Robert Flores for the back three hours. Monday was chosen as the premiere because it's at the beginning of the Summer Olympics, plus near the start of football season and in the stretch of baseball's pennant race.
On Monday, there was no breaking news and only a handful of dropped balls. Favre led off the first newscast, with the U.S. swim team's stunning come-from-behind victory in the men's 4x100 freestyle relay and Team USA's opening victory over host nation China in men's basketball near the top.
Storm and Elliott were in almost constant motion, between two desks and two standup locations. They interviewed in short order former NFL player Cris Carter in the studio, reporter Jeremy Schaap in Beijing and baseball reporter Buster Olney, among others.
Because of the NBC-abc trade that allowed Al Michaels go to "Sunday Night Football" and ABC to have, among other things, Oswalt the Rabbit, Espn has been able to run six minutes of Olympics highlights per hour, up dramatically from years' past. "SportsCenter" used that to full effect with an extend play and several camera angles of Sunday's thrilling relay finish.
It's a dizzying pace, and one that Storm said after the telecast was thrilling and challenging. Storm started full-time work at Espn only at the beginning of the month and estimated that there were only about eight rehearsals before hitting the air. Some of the rehearsals by Flores and McKendry ended up going on the air because of last week's Favre trade to the New York Jets.
"We only had one or two days where we actually did try to pull off a three-hour rehearsal," Storm said.
Previous plans had Espn start the live "SportsCenter" at 6 a.m. Et, but several weeks ago those earlier three hours were scrapped. Gross said the network decided that it wouldn't start out doing 6-9 a.m. but might review it in the next six months.
"The beauty is that we have a whole crew of people in place" in case breaking news forces Espn on the air earlier than 9 am., he said.
It's also hoped that the live nature of the show boosts the ratings after 9, when in the past the re-air ratings dipped. Ratings range from 0.5 in households between 6-9 a.m. to 0.4 at 11 a.m., Nielsen Media Research said. The 10 a.m. re-air averages a 0.6.
"We think there is more upside to the 9 a.m. start," Gross said.
For Storm, her first live three hours brought back memories of the excitement and responsibility when she worked at CNN. She also said she enjoyed writing the script and doing other preparation for the sports show, which she hasn't done in six years or so.
But there was one challenge to the whole "SportsCenter" routine. There's no time to get food, so she brought her own: nuts, fruit and the like.
"I didn't like going three hours without eating," she joked.
- 8/11/2008
- by By Paul J. Gough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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