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Kobe On Rovell: "The Voice Of Biz." Oh My God, I Am Dying

Seriously, though, congrats Darren. The best voice of biz in the biz. #mindonbiz #mambabiz...

ESPN's Darren Rovell And The Fitness Model: A Brief History [Update]

May 11, 2009: Darren Rovell writes about Nora Tobin, a model he's never heard of whom he saw in an advertisement on his CNBC blog:...

Joe Buck Calls A Hockey Game (Sort Of)

St. Louis's favorite son, Joe Buck, was on hand for Blues-Kings last night and the St. Louis booth of Darren Pang and John Kelly invited Joe inside for some lively banter and a surprise play-by-play turn. Buck admittedly has no idea who any of the Kings are—to be fair to Joe, neither does Los Angel...

Editor emeritus Will Leitch has a fascinating theory about Darren Rovell: Darren Rovell doesn't know that he sucks....

Bristolmetrics: Too Much Rick Reilly, Too Much Darren Rovell, And 15 Seconds Of Hockey

This is a regular feature breaking down, minute-by-minute, the content that appears on ESPN's 11 p.m. edition of SportsCenter throughout the week. ...

Alabama Barely Beats Georgia For SEC Title, Right To Demolish Irish In National Title Game

Your national title game will be SEC semifinal champion Alabama against Notre Dame, which in a just alternate universe just got piss-pounded by Ohio State in the Big Ten title game and ceded its title game slot to Florida. In this universe, though, Notre Dame spent the afternoon licking its chops as...

Darren Rovell Gets Duped Again And Then Edits His Story Like Nothing Ever Happened [UPDATE]

Darren Rovell makes mistakes. We know this. But today he didn't even bother correcting one....

Darren Rovell Erroneously Reports Alex Karras's Death, Plays It Cool

Darren Rovell tweeted something tonight that incorrectly assumed Detroit Lions great Alex Karras had died. Karras is gravely ill, but not dead. Rovell's tweet was unfortunate, but everyone makes mistakes. Alas, he followed it up with this:...

Did ESPN Double Darren Rovell's Salary?

It's Darren Rovell's first day back at ESPN, and he started it with an Twitter interview with Those Guys Have All The Fun author Jim Miller....

Sportswriters: Just Because You're Simpletons, That Doesn't Make You Forrest Gump

On Sunday, the usually great Times reporter Karen Crouse came out with this unfortunate bit of imagery:...

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:...

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:...

Who Will Win This Year's U.S. Open? Probably Someone You've Never Heard Of

Golf's major tournaments just haven't been that interesting lately. Over the last 17 majors, there have been 16 winners. In theory, this could be nice! A little diversity, a little surprise. But since Tiger's sabbatical, we've lost any hope of narrative. Individual sports thrive on story lines, riva...

How A Teenager With A Fake Escort Service Duped Darren Rovell And CNBC [UPDATE]

An 18-year-old high school senior named Tim was bored one day last November when CNBC's sports biz guy, Darren Rovell, sent out the following tweet:...

Darren Sharper Says The Saints' Super Bowl Season Has "A Little Bit Of A Black Mark"

Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: All Bountygate, all the time....

Darren Rovell Thinks This Jets Logo With A Crucified Jesus Christ Is Worth Your Attention

There is absolutely no reason why the Jets would need to redo their logo just because Tim Tebow, who happens to be extremely religious, is about to bring his own unique brand of "football" to the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area. Therefore, we're confused why CNBC's Darren Rovell would feel com...

If You Weren't Hanging Out With Joe Buck And Dave Coulier Last Night, You're Nobody

So Joe Buck, Dave Coulier, Darren Pang, and radio guy Kelly Chase got together for last night's Blues game. And you still think the Illuminati aren't real? Wake up, sheeple. [Twitter]...

The Ten People Who Followed Darren Rovell's Daughter On Twitter Before Darren Rovell Did: A Slideshow

Think of these people what you will, but you'll never be able to say they did not have the wherewithal to follow Twitter aficionado Darren Rovell's hours-old daughter Harper before he thought to follow her....

Darren Rovell Wasn't On Twitter Earlier Today Because His Wife Delivered A Baby Girl Who Already Has A Twitter Account

Per Darren Rovell's recent Tweet, "Lack of tweets today have 1 great explanation: Welcome to the world, my beautiful daughter, @HarperRovell."...

Darren Rovell Appeared On WFAN To Explain His Indecent Proposal To Kate Upton

CNBC's Darren Rovell dropped by WFAN this morning and attempted to explain Tuesday's appearance on the network with Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Kate Upton, during which the sports business reporter asked Upton to be his Valentine (and was rejected)....