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Sentimentalists, Rejoice! Roger Federer Beats Novak Djokovic, Heads Back To Wimbledon Final
And now the soap opera that is the men's tennis game just got a completely unexpected twist: Roger Federer is going back to the Wimbledon men's final after beating Novak Djokovic in four-set shocker....
Federer And Djokovic Are Tied One Set Apiece. Let's Watch It Together
Roger Federer came flying out of the gates and took the first set 6-3. Djokovic got the early break in the second and rolled 6-3. Both sets were played in under an hour. It's the third set and maybe both players will play well at once now! Also, John and Patrick McEnroe are in a crowded three-man bo...
At Last, A Women's Final Worth Watching: The Serena Williams-Aggie Radwanska Match Will Be Awesome
When the Serena Williams-Victoria Azarenka Wimbledon semifinal started today, Mike Tirico and Mary Joe Fernandez made it pretty clear that they considered the match the de facto final. This was a popular theory, but it's wrong. Serena's straight-set victory put her into the final against Agnieszka ...
ESPN Didn't Try That Hard To Keep Erin Andrews: How The Sideline Reporter Wound Up At Fox
Everyone in Bristol figured Erin Andrews would return. Andrews told SI's Richard Deitsch:...
Erin Andrews Is Leaving ESPN
ESPN just confirmed that the network's relationship with Erin Andrews is over. It looks like she's headed to Fox, per a Richard Deitsch column....
Holy Shit The Roger Federer Match Is Going To A Fifth Set. Let's Watch It Together.
Rafael Nadal was upset yesterday. Roger Federer was two points away from losing this match. He wound up closing out the fourth set and now we're going to a fifth. Let's discuss below....
Jets Owner Woody Johnson Is An Expert On Constitutional Law, In His Mind
Woody Johnson is the Jets owner, a big Mitt Romney fundraiser, and a complete moron....
Is <em>USA Today</em>'s Veteran Gambling Guy Buying Twitter Followers?
Remember our old friend Sarah Phillips, the internet huckster and former ESPN columnist? One of her many tricks, we learned, was to buy followers on Twitter—a new scheme for a new era. The more followers you have, the more influence you can claim to have. In a monetized social-media landscape, the T...
Shock! Rafael Nadal Loses In Second Round Of Wimbledon To—Wait, Who? Lukas Rosol!
So: Greatest upset in Grand Slam history?...
ESPN Finally Relents And Will Let Chris Berman In The Booth For One <em>MNF</em> Game
For years, Chris Berman has wanted to call a pro football game—something he hasn't done in all his time at ESPN. Before the 2009 season, we've heard, Berman asked the network if he could call just one game, maybe a late-season nothingburger like Cardinals-49ers. And ESPN, as it always has, slammed t...
Meet The "This ... Is SportsCenter" Guy (Who Is A Little Terrifying)
There he is. That's Chris Kelley. Now you can put a face to the voice behind "This ... is SportsCenter."...
Women's Tennis Is Creating A Grunt-O-Meter
In an effort to address the sport's most overheated and overrated controversy, the Women's Tennis Association is introducing some sort of preposterous grunt-o-meter. Here's USA Today's Doug Robson on what the WTA will be rolling out:...
Venus Williams Crashes In First Round At Wimbledon
Grass is Venus Williams's favorite surface. Even if she's been fading everywhere else for some time—she hasn't been to a final of a non-Wimbledon Grand Slam in nine years—she would reliably muster up a respectable (and sometimes dominant!) performance in England....
Memo: Layoffs Coming To <em>Sports Illustrated</em>
Job cuts are coming to Sports Illustrated and now we have a rougher idea of how many people are getting cut....
Why Was David Stern Sitting Next To One Of Rupert Murdoch's Sons Last Night?
James, as you may already know, is Rupert Murdoch's youngest son. He also is entangled in that whole phone-hacking mess in London....
Turner Closing In On A $200 Million Deal To Buy Bleacher Report, For Some Reason
That's the word from Peter Kafka. He reports:...
Darren Rovell Is Indeed Going To ESPN, ABC News, Reportedly For More Than $500,000 A Year
And it's official: Sports biz guy Darren Rovell is leaving CNBC after six years, having reached an "agreement in principle" with his old home, ESPN. Rovell tweeted this morning:...
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Darren Rovell Is Very Likely Going Back To ESPN [UPDATE]
Two weeks ago, we revealed that CNBC'S Darren Rovell was duped by a teenager who claimed to have a fake escort service. This evening, ex-Fox Sports PR guy Vince Wladika tweeted this:...
Erin Andrews's Contract Is About To Expire, And No One Wants To Hire Her Away From ESPN
Around the time that news of Michelle Beadle's departure leaked, there was (surprise!) a US Weekly report that ESPN sideline reporter Erin Andrews and Gossip Girl guy Chace Crawford had gone out on a "couple" of dates. There were also a bunch of tweets about how much time Andrews spends with models ...
The USTA Will Make The U.S. Open The Most Fogeyish Grand Slam Tournament
For years, the U.S. Open was the antidote to Wimbledon and Roland Garros' fussiness (the Australian was basically just irrelevant and a big Whatever). At the Open there were ungodly late matches, bigger stadiums, the made-for-TV scheduling bonanza in Super Saturday, loud music, longer commercial bre...