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Tuesdays with Dani: GM meeting topics include the 1-3-1
The GM's will have their first meeting of the season in Toronto today. Dan Rosen of NHL.com writes that the 1-3-1 system will be a hot button topic being discussed at the meetings. In response to all the questions about Guy Boucher's system, GM Steve Yzerman had some great quotes in Elliotte...
Ross Greenburg Departure From HBO Official, Loss of Manny Pacquiao Still Suspected Cause
In case you missed the news over the weekend, Ross Greenburg, President of Sports Programming at HBO, was rumored to be leaving the network. I confirmed that story with my sources Friday as well as word that V.P. of Sports Programming, Kery Davis, would follow him out the door shortly. It was...
Ross Greenburg Update: Definitely Out at HBO, Both Sides Make Statements
Ross Greenburg is definitely out as President of HBO Sports, but there's spin on the issue avoiding the idea that he was fired or forced out, and instead making it seem as though it was a choice to step down. Richard Sandomir has the following from his Twitter: Ross Greenburg to me: "It was...
What HBO Sports President Ross Greenburg's Rumored Departure Means for Boxing and MMA
In 2007, a major push by HBO to get the UFC on its schedule in an effort to appeal to a younger demographic took a massive hit as then HBO CEO Chris Albrecht was arrested for domestic violence and was forced to resign. At the time the UFC on HBO story had gained huge momentum and UFC president Dana...
Ross Greenburg Expected to Be Replaced at HBO Sports
HBO Sports President Ross Greenburg is expected to be replaced, according to Lem Satterfield and Rick Reeno, and an announcement could come on Monday. Sources indicate that Greenburg's run as the head man at the cable giant's sports division is thanks in large part to Manny Pacquiao jumping ship to...
Rumor: Ross Levinsohn to Be Named New HBO Sports President
Update (May 6, 7:40pm EDT): Thomas Hauser noted the denials from Yahoo! and stated, "In determining the truth of the matter, these denials should be given the full weight that they deserve. The proof of the pudding will be in the eating." Rick Reeno of BoxingScene.com reports today, by word of...
Changing of the Guard: HBO's 2011 Dilemma, and Why Pacquiao-Mosley Suddenly Matters More
2011 is starting off with an in-ring whimper, in my view, but a business bang. The news that Manny Pacquiao's May 7 fight with Shane Mosley will not be with HBO PPV, but instead with Showtime PPV in association with CBS, has really shaken up the perception of HBO as basically the default No. 1...
Mandatory Eight Count - WBC has officially jumped the shark
Lemieux-Rubio ordered | Boxing Scene In what looks like a pretty good step up, the WBC has ordered a title eliminator between David Lemieux and Marco Antonio Rubio. This seems to ignore that Rubio has already won a fight that was purported to be an eliminator, but whatever. Rubio would be the...
HBO's Greenburg knows Mayweather-Pacquiao must happen
HBO Sports president Ross Greenburg is vowing to not let a potential super fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao die, reports Dan Rafael of ESPN.com. Greenburg was on the record calling the fight a must-have as soon as Pacquiao had defeated Miguel Cotto this past weekend in Las...
Ross Greenburg warns Mayweather not to underestimate Marquez
HBO Sports President Ross Greenburg spoke with Newsday's Robert Cassidy, expressing his excitement over the upcoming "Mayweather-Marquez: 24/7" series, and warning the returning and potentially distracted Floyd to not take Marquez lightly. On Mayweather's return to the network that made him a star...
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