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  1. ESPN Star Sports Inks Landmark Five-Year Cricket Broadcast Deal

    ESPN Star Sports Inks Landmark Five-Year Cricket Broadcast Deal

    2:06 am 12/8/2011
    • by Pip Bulbeck

    The contract with Cricket Australia covers tours by major cricketing nations down under including two India tours.Read more

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  2. ESPN Fires Matthew Barnaby Following DUI Arrest

    ESPN Fires Matthew Barnaby Following DUI Arrest

    9:20 pm 12/5/2011
    • by Sofia M. Fernandez

    The NHL analyst and former Sabres player had been employed by the sports network since 2008.Read more

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  3. NHL Adds Russia to Pan-Europe Broadcast Network

    NHL Adds Russia to Pan-Europe Broadcast Network

    1:02 pm 11/30/2011
    • by Etan Vlessing

    The North American pro hockey league inked a deal with VGTRK to telecast live games on its Rossiya 2 and Sport 1 channels. Read more

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  4. TV's Winners and Losers of the NBA Return (Analysis)

    TV's Winners and Losers of the NBA Return (Analysis)

    10:27 am 11/30/2011
    • by Marisa Guthrie

    A 66-game season preserves precious post-season ratings points and sends ad buyers back to the league.Read more

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  5. Why ESPN Sat on Explosive Syracuse Molestation Tape for Nearly 10 Years

    Why ESPN Sat on Explosive Syracuse Molestation Tape for Nearly 10 Years

    10:33 am 11/28/2011
    • by Sofia M. Fernandez

    The sports network possessed tape of a conversation between the wife of assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine and one of his alleged victims before broadcasting it Nov. 27.Read more

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  6. ESPN's Bill Simmons on His Mini-Empire, Why Hollywood 'Sucks' and Why He Won't Write about Sandusky (Q&A)

    ESPN's Bill Simmons on His Mini-Empire, Why Hollywood 'Sucks' and Why He Won't Write about Sandusky (Q&A)

    10:24 am 11/22/2011
    • by Lacey Rose

    America's best-read sportswriter, whose Grantland site is gaining, also tells the new Hollywood Reporter why the Huffington Post "pisses me off."Read more

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  7. Disney's ESPN Head George Bodenheimer to Drop Day-to-Day Duties Jan. 1

    Disney's ESPN Head George Bodenheimer to Drop Day-to-Day Duties Jan. 1

    8:22 am 11/22/2011
    • by Marisa Guthrie

    UPDATED: The company promotes John Skipper to ESPN president and co-chair, Disney Media Networks.Read more

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  8. ESPN Analyst Drops F-Bomb on Live Television (Video)

    ESPN Analyst Drops F-Bomb on Live Television (Video)

    3:16 pm 11/19/2011
    • by Philiana Ng

    Lee Corso apologized minutes later for his unscripted outburst on Saturday.Read more

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  9. Penn State Scandal: Advertisers Bail on ESPN Broadcast

    Penn State Scandal: Advertisers Bail on ESPN Broadcast

    9:30 am 11/14/2011
    • by THR Staff

    At least six companies, including Cars.com, have reportedly removed their ads in wake of the sexual abuse scandal.Read more

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  10. Penn State Game: ESPN Takes High Road in Coverage (Opinion)

    Penn State Game: ESPN Takes High Road in Coverage (Opinion)

    5:12 pm 11/12/2011
    • by Sofia M. Fernandez

    As the Nittany Lions reel from the firing of university president Graham Spanier and longtime football coach Joe Paterno, the sports network employs tact during coverage of Saturday's match against Nebraska.Read more

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