Ten of the National Pastime’s legendary voices have been named as the finalists for the 2015 Ford C. Frick Award, presented annually for excellence in baseball broadcasting by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. The 10 finalists for the 2015 Frick Award are: Richie Ashburn, Billy Berroa, Rene ...
Read More »Fairfield University Basketball To Honor Len Elmore, Jackie MacMullan And Bob Wolff With Third Annual Leader Of The Herd Awards On November 10 In NYC
Fairfield University basketball will present three award-winning sports commentators – ESPN standouts Len Elmore and Jackie MacMullan, and the legendary Bob Wolff – with the Third Annual “Stags Lifetime Achievement Award: Leader of the Herd” for long and meritorious service on Tuesday night, November 10, at the Manhattan Club (@ ...
Read More »Who’s Number One In 2016? Topps Lets the People Decide
Next year is an election year, so Topps is letting the fans pick who will be the number one card in their 2016 set. For the first time ever, the official partner of Major League Baseball is letting fans vote for the player currently active today who replace Derek Jeter ...
Read More »New Apparel Company Boosts Presence With Some Big Name Investors
Nate Checketts has been around big time sports all his life. As the son of former St. Louis Blues owner and President of Madison Square Garden Dave Checketts he probably has a better understanding of the way sports business works, and sometimes doesn’t work, better than most entrepreneurs. So maybe ...
Read More »Watch The ‘Sports Jeopardy!’ Season 1 Championship Final Game Available Today On Crackle
The Sports Jeopardy! Championship, a two-episode event featuring the top players from the show’s first season battling to see whose sports knowledge reigns supreme, will conclude today on Crackle. Sports Jeopardy! is hosted by Emmy® Award-winning sportscaster Dan Patrick, who recently announced his return for Season 2 of the weekly ...
Read More »Watch The ‘Sports Jeopardy!’ Season 1 Championship Finals Part 1 Available Today, September 9, On Crackle
The Sports Jeopardy! Championship, a two-episode event featuring the top players from the show’s first season battling to see whose sports knowledge reigns supreme, will begin Wednesday, September 9 and conclude Wednesday, September 16 on Crackle. Sports Jeopardy! is hosted by Emmy® Award-winning sportscaster Dan Patrick, who recently announced his ...
Read More »EPIX Takes Another Step In Sports
The last few years premium channel EPIX has stirred the pot with a series of sports-related shows designed to create conversations about topics that transcend, but involve sport. There was “Forgotten Four,” the story of the first African American athletes to break the NFL color barrier the year before Jackie ...
Read More »Nickelodeon and NASCAR Find Another Tie
This past summer Nickelodeon continued to strengthen its ties to sport, especially NASCAR, when it signed on as the title sponsor to the race at Kansas Motorspeedway. SpongeBob was everywhere, and the partnership flourished, as race fans don’t appear to ever be far from Bikini Bottom. This past week the ...
Read More »Hall Of Fame Broadcaster Vin Scully To Return For 67th Season
Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully, an icon in American sports history, has announced he will return to the Dodgers broadcast booth for an unprecedented 67th season in 2016. “I talked it over with my wife, Sandi, and my family and we’ve decided to do it again in 2016,” Scully ...
Read More »Topps and Carlos Correa Announce Exclusive Partnership
The Topps Company, Inc., the exclusive trading card partner of Major League Baseball, and Houston Astros rookie standout Carlos Correa are proud to announce they have reached an exclusive memorabilia and autographed trading card partnership. Correa’s autographed memorabilia will be sold exclusively through Topps, which is a first-of-its-kind deal for ...
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