The University of Maryland will hold a press conference for the hiring of their new men’s basketball coach, Mark T urgeon, who was hired this past weekend. The press conference begins live on Comcast SportsNet at 12 today. Those who…
5/11 – Bengals Feature New On-Air Team
The Cincinnati Bengals will remain with Clear Channel as the NFL team signs a three year contract to keep play-by-play on the trimulcast of rock WEBN (102.7), news/talk WLW (700) and “ESPN 1530” WCKY through the 2013 season. The new…
5/11 – DC Sports TV & Radio Schedule
MLB 7 p.m. — Washington at Atlanta » MASN, WJFK (106.7 FM), WFED (820 AM, 1500 AM) 7 p.m. – Seattle at Baltimore, MASN2, WWXT (92.7 FM), WWXX (94.3 FM), WTEM (980 AM) MLB 8 p.m. — St. Louis at…
5/10 – Groupon, Live Nation Form Ticketing Deal Service
Groupon, the Chicago-based group buying service and chief rival of DC-based LivingSocial, said it has launched a joint venture with music promoter Live Nation Entertainment, creating a new online ticketing deals service. The service, to be known as GrouponLive, will…
5/10 – Disney Has Down Qtr, ESPN Faring Well
Walt Disney missed fiscal second quarter earnings estimates and said parks revenue declined. Disney reported 49 cents of EPS, 7 cents worse than analysts’ expectations. Revenue came in at $9.08 billion, worse than expectations for $9.13 billion. Operating income fell…
5/10 – Gus Johnson Makes the Move to Fox
Gus Johnson, 43, is headed to Fox as a National Football League and college football play-by-play announcer, after CBS declined to match the offer, according to e-mails from Christian Gesue, his marketing agent. Johnson, noted for his over-the-top and boisterous…