By David Hinojosa Published 4:53 pm, Thursday, April 26, 2018 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-3', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 3', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); Photo: Kin Man Hui, Staff / San Antonio Express-News Image 1of/3 CaptionClose Image 1 of 3 Lee's Jenesis Navarro (left) defends Johnson's Deja Kelly (25) in girls basketball at Littleton Gym on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2018. Navarro scored a game-high 37 points to give Lee the victory over Johnson, 76-51, in district play. (Kin Man Hui/San Antonio Express-News) less Lee's Jenesis Navarro (left) defends Johnson's Deja Kelly (25) in girls basketball at Littleton Gym on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2018. Navarro scored a game-high 37 points to give Lee the victory over Johnson, 76-51, in ... more … [Read more...] about Two area players earn spots on latest ESPN women’s basketball recruiting lists
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ESPN Argues No Obligation to Tennis Analyst After Racial Controversy
When providing commentary during the 2017 Australian Open, did ESPN tennis analyst Doug Adler call superstar Venus Williams a "gorilla" or was he commenting about her "guerrilla" style of play? Some fans heard the former and the perceived racial slur went viral on social media. Adler insisted he said the latter and served ESPN with a wrongful termination lawsuit after an uproar caused ESPN to take him off the air. But in a summary judgment motion filed last week, ESPN argues that regardless of whether Adler said "gorilla" or "guerrilla," his legal claims are meritless. "ESPN had no contractual obligation to put Adler on the air; its contractual obligation was to pay him for seven days of possible work," states ESPN's motion. "ESPN did pay Adler; he received 100% of his daily rate for all seven days of the coverage of the 2017 Australian Open, including days he did not work. ESPN was under no contractual obligation to retain Adler for a future announcing assignment." ESPN says its match … [Read more...] about ESPN Argues No Obligation to Tennis Analyst After Racial Controversy
ESPN Says Former Legal Analyst’s “Stale Gossip” Doesn’t Cut It in Court
A year ago, Adrienne Lawrence was dispensing legal wisdom on ESPN and opining on everything from the NFL's suspension of star running back Adrian Peterson for domestic violence to how NBA point guard Derrick Rose beat a lawsuit for allegedly gang-raping a woman. After Lawrence's contract wasn't renewed, she's now in a far different position. She's the plaintiff in a lawsuit against ESPN for allegedly permitting a hostile workplace rife with sexual harassment and retaliating against her for complaints to supervisors and the human resources department. Lawrence, who in 2015 left a $235,000-a-year job as an associate at the prestigious law firm of Greenberg Traurig to take a $75,000 per year fellowship at ESPN, filed a 93-page complaint last month that had many in the sports media world talking. That's because Lawrence not only discussed her own experiences, but also presented four "confidential witnesses" and had dozens of pages directed at the decades-long "misogynistic and predatory … [Read more...] about ESPN Says Former Legal Analyst’s “Stale Gossip” Doesn’t Cut It in Court
ESPN gets best Masters first-round rating since 2015
AUGUSTA, Ga. — The ESPN telecast Thursday of the Masters golf tournament produced a 2.2 overnight Nielsen rating, the highest for an opening round since 2015 (2.4). Not coincidentally, that was the last time Tiger Woods played in the tournament. The rating, which peaked at 2.4 between 6:15 and 7 p.m., was up 40 percent over 2017 (1.5) and 16 percent over 2016 (1.5). The 2015 rating came when Woods played most of his round during the telecast. He was just ending his round Thursday when ESPN came on the air at 3 p.m. The top six metered markets: Louisville 4.8 Greenville, S.C. 4.7 Dayton, Ohio 4.2 Fort Myers, Fla. 4.2 Tampa-St. Petersburg 3.7 Orlando 3.7 … [Read more...] about ESPN gets best Masters first-round rating since 2015
Watch ESPN Accidentally Cut to Commercial At Literally the Worst Possible Moment in a Basketball Game
Oof. Get your act together, ESPN. Wednesday night, just as Josh Hart was set to attempt a game-winning shot for the Los Angeles Lakers with less than one second left in their match-up with the San Antonio Spurs, ESPN suddenly cut to a commercial — missing the shot entirely. The production staff quickly caught its error and promptly cut back to the game. But it was too late. The shot had been taken (and missed, though the Lakers did eventually win in overtime). The damage had been done. People on Twitter were pretty irked by the snafu: I’m just wanna see Josh Hart try and win the gamepic.twitter.com/IfopQczJGl — Lakers For Days (@LakersForDays) April 5, 2018 WTF Espn. I missed that last Josh Hart shot because ESPN went to commercial LOL pic.twitter.com/89ABB723EJ — gifdsports (@gifdsports) April 5, 2018 Never seen that. Josh Hart drives the lane with less than :03 left in a tie game, I’m hoping for a game-winner … and for some reason, ESPN GOES … [Read more...] about Watch ESPN Accidentally Cut to Commercial At Literally the Worst Possible Moment in a Basketball Game