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Sugar Ray Leonard Likes Rampage Jackson

By Michael David SmithAug 31st 2007 – 1:54PM

Notes on an excursion to Bristol.Many boxers disparage mixed martial arts. Sugar Ray Leonard is not one of them. At the ESPN headquarters in Bristol on Friday to promote The Contender, Leonard said that as the sport of mixed martial arts has evolved, his appreciation for it has grown."When I first saw it, many years ago,...

With ESPN's E:60, Jeremy Schaap Will 'Blog'

By Michael David SmithAug 31st 2007 – 1:04PM

Notes on an excursion to Bristol.ESPN announced today that it's launching a new news magazine show called E:60 that will be similar to HBO's Real Sports in the way it takes an in-depth, journalistic approach to the major stories in sports. Jeremy Schaap, Lisa Salters, Tom Farey, Rachel Nichols and Michael Smith are the...

Sugar Ray Leonard Has Never Seen the Episode of Seinfeld That Mentions Him

By Michael David SmithAug 31st 2007 – 10:57AM

Notes on an excursion to Bristol.There's a great episode of Seinfeld in which George says to his boss, "Anyone ever tell you you look a lot like Sugar Ray Leonard?" The boss doesn't take it as a compliment, though, and says, "I suppose we all look alike to you, right Costanza?" For the rest of the episode,...

ESPN's Future: Every Game Available Live on Your Cell Phone

By Michael David SmithAug 31st 2007 – 6:53AM

MDS is in Bristol for an ESPN Media Workshop. Here's his latest dispatch from behind the cameras of the Worldwide Leader.ESPN's head of research gave a presentation Thursday about how people get their sports, with lots of bar graphs showing the amount of time viewers spend watching high definition vs. standard definition,...

Can Ron Jaworski Make You Want to Be the Fourth Man in the Booth?

By Michael David SmithAug 30th 2007 – 10:47PM

MDS is in Bristol for an ESPN Media Workshop. Here's his latest dispatch from behind the cameras of the Worldwide Leader.Monday Night Football's first year on ESPN was a huge ratings success, but ESPN decided to make a major change this season, dumping Joe Theismann in favor of Ron Jaworski. Why shake things up when the...

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