"30 For 30" To Feature Pistons' Bad Boys

ESPN Films VP & Exec Producer Connor Schell this week said that a two-hour documentary dubbed "Bad Boys" will air "in the spring of 2014 sometime between the end of the NBA regular season and the NBA Finals as part of ESPN's '30 for 30' series," according to Richard Deitsch of SI.com. The idea f ...

Tags: Media, ESPN, NBA, Detroit Pistons

Winston-Salem Poised To Sell Arena To WFU

The Winston-Salem, N.C., City Council yesterday voted 5-2 to sell Joel Coliseum to Wake Forest Univ. for $8M, "subject to an 'upset bid' that allows anyone to come up with a better deal within 10 days." A "final sale contract could be signed as early as July." In another vote, the city cou ...

Marketplace Roundup

In Salt Lake City, Landon Hemsley reported MLS Real Salt Lake, which has a jersey sponsorship deal with juice brand Xango, "declined to comment on pending litigation" involving the firm's five founders. RSL VP/Broadcasting & Communications Trey Fitz-Gerald in an e-mail wrote, "Real Salt Lake val ...

Tags: Marketing and Sponsorship

EPL Home Attendance Rises 4%

EPL teams averaged 35,932 fans per game during the '12-13 season, up around 4% from the '11-12 campaign. Manchester United once again led all clubs, with its home average of 75,530 relatively flat. Everton saw the biggest gains at home, up around 9%. Other clubs seeing gains of note were Sunderland ...

Tags: Research and Ratings, English Premier League

Final Jeopardy....

"Who was Harry Truman ?" Truman was referring to when he was informed of the sudden death of President Franklin Roosevelt on April 12, 1945.

COTA Asking Austin For Help Landing X Games

Circuit of the Americas President  Steve Sexton  today is expected to go before the Austin City Council to "ask for help with the circuit's bid to land the X Games." In advance of a Thursday meeting, a memo to the council from City Manager  Marc Ott  stated that "there would ...

Top Ten....Stage Presence

Last night’s Top Ten list was “Top Ten Things Going Through This Woman’s Mind At This Moment.” Video footage was shown of singer Miguel jumping over some audience members during a live performance at the '13 Billboard Music Awards, but coming up short of the stage and inadv ...

Laugh Track....Doing Time In The Big House

NBC’s Jay Leno : “ OJ Simpson is still trying to get his conviction overturned. Oh my God, have you seen how fat OJ has gotten? He is so fat, he asked the judge to throw the cookbook at him. He is so fat, when he demanded a jury of his peers, they had to go to ‘The Biggest Loser. ...

Final Jeopardy!

Last night's "Final Jeopardy!" category was "20th Century People." "In a PS to an April 12, 1945 letter, he wrote, 'This was dictated before the world fell in on me. … What a blow it was. But – I must meet it.'"

Twitter Me This....

Dodgers CF Matt Kemp : “I'm giving $1000 for tonight's HR and every HR until the All-Star break for the victims of my hometown in OKC. #PrayforOklahoma.” Golfweek's David Dusek : " @cobragolf 's Bob Philion: Golf lost today. This isn't the direction we should be going. It wil ...