The heavy, four-fingered-white-gloved hand of Disney Corp. is coming down hard on ESPN, to the tune of a quarter-billion dollars. Just this week, we’ve seen the Worldwide Leader’s cost-cutting measures result in separations with Keith Olbermann and Colin Cowherd, but focus turns to where the real bulk of ESPN’s budget lies: live-game broadcast rights. ESPN […]
Tag: Iowa State Cyclones
Carl Pelini Should Take the Fifth on Reported Lawsuit
I’m not a lawyer — there are no shortage of sports bloggers who fill that niche — but I don’t think I need to pass the state bar to know Carl Pelini suing his former FAU assistant coach, Matt Edwards. Sports Illustrated‘s Thayer Evans first reported the defamation suit. Edwards notified administrators FAU administrators of […]
Wednesday’s College Basketball Primer: Iowa State-Baylor Headlines Full Slate
Block out your evening and prepare yourself for a night of college basketball binge watching. The end of college football season typically rolls right over into the meat of college basketball’s conference play, and this week’s lineup of games certainly proves that. Iowa State-Baylor is the only Wednesday night affair featuring two Top 25 teams, […]
College Basketball Super Sweet 16: Duke or Arizona, Who Is No. 2?
It’s my privilege to welcome you to the first installment of my Super Sweet 16; and no, University Avenue has not purchased the distribution rights to that horrible, mid-2000s MTV monument to greed and teenage delusion. Though, it is worth noting, the intro of that atrocious show featured Louisville Cardinals fan Jennifer Lawrence. This particularly […]
Week 1 Saturday Six-Pack: College Football Picks and Previews
Welcome to the first installment of The College Football Huddle’s season-long college football picks and previews column, the Saturday Six-Pack.