Steve Carrell Set to Hit Course for Golf Comedy Missing Links

Steve Carell is set to tee off in a golfing comedy based off the novel by ESPN writer, Rick Reilly. While I do love the crew from the Apatow world and the Will Ferrell world, the sports comedies are wearing thin. Will Ferrell has now giving his pal Carrell a chance to try a sports comedy. The film is based off the 1997 comedy novel by sportswriter Reilly, which follows the comedic escapades of four golfing buddies who tire of golfing at shoddy public course and hatch a series of plots to try a

ESPN Sends Steve Phillips Packing

Filed under: Talk Sports David Letterman he is not -- only a few days after news broke of ESPN analyst Steve Phillips' affair with a 22-year-old production assistant, he's out of a job.An ESPN spokesperson said Phillips' ability to be an effective analyst was significantly ... Permalink

Steve Phillips fired from ESPN

It appears that ESPN doesn’t stand for “Exhalting Steve Phillips’ Naughtiness.” The sports network has reportedly fired the sack-hopping analyst after details of his affair with 22-year-old ESPN analyst Brooke Hundley made headlines last week. As is often the case with hard news these days, the source of the information is twitter – more specifically [...] Related posts: PHOTOS Letter to the wife of ESPN’s Steve Phillips from mistress Brooke Hundley Brooke Hundley ESPN scandal photos plus

BOB Griese Juan Pablo Montoya

Latest news updates about BOB Griese Juan Pablo Montoya,During a promo for the Chase on ESPN’s telecast of the Ohio State-Minnesota college football game, the network ran a list of the top five in the Cup standings. The following exchange occurred during the broadcast: “Where’s Juan Pablo Montoya?” asked analyst Chris Spielman, to which his broadcast partner, Bob Griese, replied, “He’s out having a taco.” If there was anything more remarkable than the tone-deaf nature of Griese’s comments ab

The Danger of Rush Limbaugh, Silence, and Understatement (The National Sports Review)

The Danger of Rush Limbaugh, Silence, and Understatement (The National Sports Review) Now that it’s safe for ESPN to discuss Rush Limbaugh at length, we know Dave Checketts has dropped Limbaugh from his investment group seeking to purchase the St. Louis Rams. The fear here is that the players who spoke out against Limbaugh and NFLPA chief DeMaurice Smith will cease being vigilant in ensuring that people who [...] Delivering a knockout: America’s best sports towns (San Jose Mercury News) Some spo

Watching E:60? Get A Hanky.

Confession: I’ve teared from watching TV about three times in my entire life. All of those times I was watching E:60 . It’s true – the most consistently moving, compelling and uplifting stories on television are being reported on ESPN. Mediaite has mentioned before how strong — and emotional — E:60 ’s interviews have been. Last week’s story, for instance, about the Dallas Cowboys’ DeMarcus Ware and his wife’s fertility issues was both heart-wrenching and heart-warming. While these ins

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First Impressions – ESPNBoston.com

The new ESPNBoston.com launched yesterday, coinciding with the start of the Patriots season on ESPN’s Monday Night Football . This is the second localized ESPN site that the company has launched, Regular initial contributors to the site are as follows: Mike Reiss – Former Boston Globe NFL writer, who will cover the New England Patriots; Tedy Bruschi – Three-time New England Patriots Super Bowl champion will offer his NFL insights and analysis in multiple contributions per wee

Mark Seif Joins the Inside Deal Crew for Latest Episode

On the latest episode of ESPN.com’s Inside Deal , Absolute Poker Pro Mark Seif joined Andrew Feldman and Bernard Lee in the Bristol studio to talk about the latest poker news, balancing poker and a family life and even got into some details about the Absolute and Ultimate Bet poker scandals. Feldman filled in as co-anchor for a vacationing Laura Lane and he and Lee kicked off Tuesday’s show with the announcement that the upcoming Sports Legends Challenge had been postponed until

The Fundamentals

Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle : “Rockets center Yao Ming’s status and the prognosis for his recovery from extensive left foot surgery has not changed since his surgery July 21, Daryl Morey said Monday. Responding to an ESPN.com story quoting Morey saying Yao is progressing well and has not been ruled out to play next season, Morey cited his and Rockets doctors’ comments after Yao’s July 17 announcement that he had chosen to have the surgery. ‘The only thing new is that nothing has go

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