Friday, November 14th, 2008
If you know anything about ESPN, you probably know that it's based in the relatively isolated hamlet of Bristol, CT. For many sports buffs, this could be considered a utopia and, if your ESPN commercials are to be believed, you trip over athletes like Derek Jeter and LeBron James on ...
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Monday, October 27th, 2008
This country has come a long way since the days before Suffrage. It was a depressed time when women in this country were not allowed to take part of one of this nation’s proudest privileges, voting. Now look at where we are. Opera Winfrey is one of the most powerful ...
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Thursday, August 7th, 2008
Just when I mentioned yesterday that skateboarding, rollerblading, extreme segwaying, and other ‘extreme sports’ needed more funding to grow and become part of the mainstream; ESPN answers my prayers by announcing the birth of the ESPN Action Sports Network. You can’t get any more straight to the point. The new ...
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Thursday, July 17th, 2008
In 2006 it was Shaun White who found himself on the cover of ESPN the Magazine representing action sports as the X Games were around the corner. This year, White's an afterthought and MTV reality star (and sometimes skateboarder) Ryan Sheckler got the honor.
The article is called “Just Another Lonely ...
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Thursday, May 8th, 2008
Attention: anybody out there who wants to use the letter X in any design better watch out. ESPN apparently owns it.
The cable company has sued Quiksilver over its use of a stylized "X" design used on some of the company's apparel designs. It sounds as though ESPN previously ...
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