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Hot Reads
Published December 14, 2009
Monday, December 14, 2009
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MLB Network's Peter Gammons writes of his 21+ years with ESPN, "I didn't change the television journalistic world. [ESPN Exec VP & Exec Editor] John Walsh and ESPN changed it. I was to John Walsh and ESPN what Jerry Kramer was to Vince Lombardi and the Packers" (ESPN.com). Meanwhile, ESPN's baseball personalities write of their appreciation for Gammons as a colleague and mentor (ESPN.com). WASHINGTON POST columnist George Will writes U.S. Rep. Joe Barton's (R-TX) bill regarding the BCS, "which should draw a 15-yard penalty for unnecessary roughness to the idea of limited government, demonstrates how Congress' power to regulate interstate commerce has become an end run around that idea" (WASHINGTON POST). |
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On Tiger Woods:
- How did such a scrutinized athlete keep his affairs secret for so long?
- Next sex scandal in pop culture will make things easier for Woods.
- Controversy speaks volumes about the nature of modern celebrity.
- In only two weeks, the legend of Tiger Woods has been shattered.
- Tiger has joined the ranks of great athletes who fell from grace.
Also:
- Writer offers overview of the decade in sports broadcasting.
- Idea of an international draft in MLB is easier said than done.
- Tony Dungy has greater influence on NFL now than as a coach.
- Q&A with ECACHL conference Commissioner Steve Hagwell.
