28 Jul
So University of South Carolina head football coach Steve Spurrier got himself into some trouble on Friday (July 24) when it was finally revealed that he was the lone Southeastern Conference (SEC) coach to not vote for Florida’s Tim Tebow for quarterback on the ballot for the preseason All-SEC team.
There was a bit of a rumble in [...]
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21 Jul
Big news…no wait…huge news announced earlier this week by ESPN. The “total sports network” says it has plans to extend its reach into local sports media markets by launching individual market-specific Web sites across the country.
Following a successful test run in Chicago with www.ESPNChicago.com, ESPN will next setup Web sites aimed at covering the local [...]
Posted in Sports PR by: Ted Leshinski
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19 Jul
Professional soccer, specifically the MLS (Major League Soccer), received a ton of media attention this week thanks to a newly released book containing comments from one of America’s biggest soccer stars severely criticizing the world’s biggest soccer star.
“The Beckham Experiment – How the World’s Most Famous Athlete Tried to Conquer America” by Sports Illustrated senior [...]
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15 Jul
It’s been a slow week in the world of sports as the MLB All-Star Game has dominated the fans’ attention and recent media coverage.
Sports PR 101 Trivia Question: Name the only two days during the entire year that there’s not at least one game played by any of the four major pro sports leagues (NFL, [...]
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11 Jul
As we enter Day 5 of the Dunk-Gate saga, both Nike and LeBron James continue to look pretty silly and have tainted, just a little bit, their golden images with the way they’ve handled the ridiculous situation.
The situation, of course, occurred Monday in Akron, OH, at LeBron’s Skills Academy when Xavier’s Jordan Crawford, allegedly, dunked on King [...]
Posted in Sports PR by: Ted Leshinski
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