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Sports talk show host Jim Rome to join CBS Sports and Showtime

1/11/2012
Daniel S Levine
Rome will start working with CBS during the network's Final Four coverage

Sports talk show host Jim Rome has agreed to a deal to work for CBS, hosting a show for CBS Sports and Showtime.

Disney and Comcast agree to 10-year streaming and video-on-demand deal

1/4/2012
Daniel S Levine

The Walt Disney Company and Comcast have reportedly signed a 10-year deal that will give subscribers to Comcast’s Xfinity service access to programs through its video-on-demand service, OnDemand, as well as streaming rights on mobile devices.

NFL finalizes TV deal with networks, giving NBC, CBS and Fox broadcast rights through 2022

12/15/2011
Daniel S Levine
All three will pay the NFL a combined $3 billion a year to continue showing games

The National Football League finalized its television deal with NBC, CBS and Fox, extending their broadcast rights for games through 2022. The deal became possibly largely thanks to a new collective bargaining agreement between the NFL Players Association and the team owners, making sure that a lock out will not happen for another 10 years. The networks will now pay a combined $3 billion a year to continue their broadcasting rights.

Erin Andrews suing for hotel videotaping incident

12/9/2011
ESPN television sportscaster Erin Andrews arrives at the 2009 ESPY Awards in Los Angeles in this July 15, 2009 file photograph. Chicago insurance man Michael David Barrett was sentenced to 30 months in prison on March 15, 2010 for making nude videos through hotel peepholes of television sports reporter Erin Andrews and posting them on the Internet.

ESPN reporter Erin Andrews suing for $10 million

12/7/2011
Kinsey Roberts
Andrews is holding the hotel responsible for their negligence
American sportscaster Erin Andrews arrives at the 200th Episode Celebration of ABC's 'Dancing with the Stars' in Hollywood, California November 1, 2010. REUTERS/Fred Prouser (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT)

NFL plans on extending broadcast deal with networks through 2021 according to report

12/6/2011
Daniel S Levine
The deal would mean that Fox, NBC and CBS would pay the NFL $3.2 billion a year to continue covering games for another eight years
Green Bay Packers Aaron Rodgers reacts after throwing a 7 yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter against the New York Giants in week 13 of the NFL season at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey on December 4, 2011. The Packers defeated the Giants 38-35 and remain undefeated for the season at 12-0.

'The Real Rocky' to air on ESPN

10/25/2011
Robert Kirchgassner

A documentary on the boxer who inspired the Rocky series will air Tuesday on ESPN.

The film, entitled The Real Rocky, focuses on boxer Chuck Wepner, whose 1975 fight with Muhammad Ali inspired Sylvester Stallone to write the script for the Oscar-winning movie Rocky (1976).

Hank Williams Jr. rips Fox and ESPN in a news song and plans TV appearances

10/10/2011
Daniel S Levine

When country singer Hank Williams Jr. decided to compare President Obama playing golf with House Speaker John Boehner to Adolf Hitler playing with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Fox News, he probably did not expect it to blow up in his face.

It has, though, ultimately resulting in him being fired from ESPN’s Monday Night Football opening. Williams has issued a response to the firing, ripping both Fox and ESPN in a new song called “I’ll Keep My...” He also plans on making two television appearances this week.

Hank Williams, Jr.: quit or fired?

10/7/2011
Robert Kirchgassner

Hank Williams Jr. will no longer be hosting Monday Night Football on ESPN, but it is unclear whether he was fired or quit.

ESPN officially dumps Hank Williams, Jr. over Hitler comments

10/6/2011
Daniel S Levine

Country singer Hank Williams, Jr. has been an integral part of Monday Night Football, but after getting criticized for using Hitler in a discussion about President Obama, ESPN’s first reaction to the comment was just pulling his intro for this week’s game. Now, the network has announced that Williams has been completely let go.

Williams got himself into hot water on Monday, by comparing President Obama’s golf game with House Speaker Republican John Boehner to Hitler golfing with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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