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May 12 2012 - 12:53pm
7th Heaven

A Jessica Biel marathon from the long-running WB series, it’s not — although gearing up for that could prove heavenly in its own right.

Rather...

Apr 27 2012 - 10:51am
1 For (Original) 6

Going for 1 in 6 in sports isn’t good. But for executives on Manhattan’s Avenue of the Americas, Rockefeller Center and Penn Plaza, that ratio wasn...

Mar 25 2012 - 5:16am
Tennis Channel: Fed is the GOAT

Tennis Channel counted down the sport’s 100 best players over the course of a five-part special this week.

Determined by an international panel of...

Feb 5 2012 - 3:05pm
Business, as Usual, at the Super Bowl

The NFL is the model pro sports league. Its weighted/revolving schedule presents many teams with a chance to elevate to the playoffs from the basement the season...

Jan 14 2012 - 3:34pm
Saturday Night's Alright for Tebow?

The followers of the phenomenon that is Tim Tebow will be put to the test on Saturday night in Foxborough.

And I’m not talking about the God-loving,...

Dec 24 2011 - 5:33pm
Romeo Crennel's Christmas Present to David Stern

Does absence really make the heart grow fonder? David Stern and the NBA will find out on Christmas, when the league finally tips off its 2011-12 season.

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Dec 21 2011 - 3:57pm
Review: Showtime Honors The Service Academies

On the surface, Showtime’s A Game of Honor is about wanting to “sing second.” That’s what the victors in the longstanding...

Nov 24 2011 - 1:07pm
Looking to Net a New Viewing Tradition

Officially it’s dubbed the Discovery NHL Thanksgiving Showdown, but the “Black Friday Battle,” “Tryptophan Tussle,” or...

Nov 15 2011 - 12:12pm
NBA Lockout: Commish, Nix the Nuclear Winter Rhetoric

It’s well  before dawn. Our tuxedo cat Donald has awakened me, per usual, begging for food. On ESPN’s season-opening marathon of college hoops,...

Nov 7 2011 - 2:17am
Overnight of the Century

[Updated: Nov. 7] And thus far that moniker also applies to the new millennium for CBS, which tackled its top regular-season, college football Nielsen rating since...