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UFC vs ESPN: Lorenzo Fertitta Attempts to Use Boxing to Argue Fighter Pay Case (Video)
There's been a lot said about UFC fighter pay thanks to an ESPN piece (seen above) on the subject, the argument being that UFC grossly underpays their fighters compared to the revenue the company brings in. We've been over this countless times so I won't bore you with the details of it all, but...
Friday Night Fights Studio Host Brian Kenny Leaving ESPN
ESPN Friday Night Fights studio host and occasional play-by-play man Brian Kenny is leaving ESPN, and is likely to be taking job at MLB Network. From USA Today: Kenny will host his final SportsCenter in early September, confirmed ESPN spokesman Mike Soltys. "Brian did great work for us. His ...
Bad Left Hook featured on SportsCenter this morning
I don't know if anyone watched SportsCenter this morning, but in their new "Blog Buzz" feature which looks at the most-blogged about stories in the sports world, Bad Left Hook was featured for Hatton-Pacquiao and quoted. Sage Steele read the quote. You can see the video if you look for...
ESPN2 programming note
If you aren't a football fan but are going to sit in your sweatpants and be lazy all Saturday, ESPN2 is running boxing until midnight. Right now, Holyfield-Qawi I is on. After that: Holyfield-Qawi II Holyfield-de Leon Holyfield-Dokes Holyfield-Foreman Tyson-Johnson Tyson-Ferguson Tyson-Zouski...
ESPN: "Experts" agree that boxing won't literally stop existing in 2009
Talk about your hard-hitting journalism. Guys like Lou DiBella, Bernard Hopkins, Ross Greenburg, Bob Arum and Don King all agree that boxing will not die in 2009. "I'm an eternal optimist. I don't ever count out the sport of boxing. People have been doing it for 100 years," Greenburg said. "The...
ESPN Sunday Conversation: Oscar de la Hoya
Nothing terribly interesting, but it's nice that ESPN is bothering to talk boxing, and another feather in Oscar's cap, as he's apparently the only guy that can actually get himself on the network for more than a 10-second blip.
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