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If you're a sports fan in California, you have it better than a lot of people across the country. Aside from some chilly Bay Area summer evenings, the scene can be set to a sunny and clear forecast. That makes it perfect ...
Bobby Valentine interested in returning to dugout as Cubs managerCount Bobby Valentine among those who would like to manage the Chicago Cubs.The ESPN analyst and former New York Mets and Texas Rangers manager says he's interested in taking over for the retiring ...
As the World Cup continues to set television ratings records on a global scale, America's No. 1 sports network will roll out a soccer-themed documentary from its critically acclaimed 30 for 30 series.. The Two Escobars, which will premiere on ESPN Tuesday ...
For today's Road Trip Picture of the Day challenge, I decided to throw you a softball. While my Road Trip projects usually focus on science, technology, research, architecture, aviation, or the military, I do occasionally visit places that might make a little ...
Jim Joyce, who cost Armando Galarraga a perfect game, voted MLB's best umpire in ESPN pollJim Joyce was voted the best umpire in Major League Baseball in a poll of 100 players conducted by ESPN the Magazine.Joyce made national headlines when he ...

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Ted Giannoulas was a student at San Diego State University in the early 1970s when he accepted a gig to don a chicken suit and hand out Easter eggs to kids at the San Diego Zoo. "His antics were memorable, and he ...

Bonds deserves Hall of Fame: player poll

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Home run record holder Barry Bonds should be enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame despite suspicions he used performance enhancing drugs, according to a poll of Major League Baseball players.An anonymous player poll conducted by ESPN ...
Ted Giannoulas was a student at San Diego State University in the early 1970s when he accepted a gig to don a chicken suit and hand out Easter eggs to kids at the San Diego Zoo. "His antics were memorable, and he ...
ESPN hands ball to filmmakers, and they run with it, with good returns for `30 for 30' seriesESPN's "30 for 30" sports documentary series is approaching halftime with an upbeat spirit and momentum on its side.The sports network launched "30 for 30" ...

Advertisers returning to baseball telecasts

NEW YORK (Mediaweek) - Despite a laggard economy and tepid ratings for the sport in 2009, advertisers have returned to Major League Baseball telecasts this season, and baseball's TV rights holders are close to selling out commercial time on their first few ...