Enterprise Journalism Release — April 21, 2011
Outside the Lines (Sunday,9 a.m. ET, ESPN)
SportsCenter (11 p.m., ESPN)
The Sporting Life with Jeremy Schaap (Friday, 10 p.m., ESPN Radio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc05HiMu0G8
ABC’s Wide World of Sports debuted 50 years ago — April 29, 1961 — and set the template for how sports would forever be covered on television. OTL looks at the many events, locations, legendary moments, and colorful personalities that helped form television’s most endearing sports series. Scenes from journeys to exotic and mysterious locations, including off-limit countries like Russia and Cuba, and highlights from recurring stars like Muhammad Ali and Evel Knievel, will be featured. Legendary producers and announcers reflect on the revolutionary technical innovations and the “Up Close and Personal” storytelling approach they pioneered.
“Wide World was able to draw the curtain back and open up the whole world.” – Al Michaels
“Wide World of Sports overrode political differences and connected people on both sides of the Iron Curtain.” – Doug Wilson, producer
“They realized that we weren’t as bad as they thought we were, and we realized they weren’t as bad and evil as we thought they were.” – Frank Gifford, on covering athletes behind the Iron Curtain
“That was not the way television had been done up ‘til then. And the reality is that by us focusing on moments of defeat, we humanized a lot of sports.” – Dennis Lewin, producer
Back in the Game
Outside the Lines (Sunday, 9 a.m., ESPN)
The Sporting Life with Jeremy Schaap (Friday, 10 p.m., ESPN Radio)
Former North Carolina defensive tackle Marvin Austin was one of the top players in college football, predicted by many to leave after his junior season to enter the 2010 NFL Draft. However, Austin decided to return to the Tar Heels to work on his game and help his team compete for a national championship. He never got the chance. Last summer, the NCAA began investigating him for accepting improper benefits, including trips to Florida, California, and Washington D.C., and soon after, UNC began its own investigation and eventually dismissed him from the team, causing him to miss his senior season. Now, as the 2011 NFL Draft approaches, Marvin Austin talks about the actions that led to his dismissal, and his intense training regimen to prepare for the NFL. Kelly Naqi reports.
Naqi: “Did you ever think when you were posting these pictures (at a party in Miami Beach) and knowing you were taking illegal benefits, that maybe you shouldn’t do that?”
Austin “At the time, I wasn’t really thinking about it. It was like being caught on the 4th of July for shooting fire crackers — you’re not supposed to, but everybody does it.”:
KN: “What do you mean everybody does it, everybody does what?”
MA: “Receives extra benefits. Extra benefit is anybody who you don’t know prior to you being recruited to that university giving you anything. It’s something that has plagued college football for years.”
KN: “What did Carolina offer?”
MA: “A great education.”
KN: “Anything else?”
MA: “Great friendships.”
KN: “Any illegal benefits?”
MA: “No illegal benefits.”
“I did things wrong and I suffered the consequences. I suffered the biggest penalty that you could possibly suffer, and that’s not being able to go out there and compete with my teammates and not being able to play the game that I love.” – Austin
E:60, ESPN’s award-winning prime time newsmagazine, continues Tuesday, April 26, at 7 p.m. ET
Ozzie Guillen: The Best Sound Bite in Baseball
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwo_KYbRMKA
Even with a roster that boasts several superstars, the Chicago White Sox’s biggest star is manager Ozzie Guillen. Although he boasts 600 wins and a World Series title, the 47-year-old Guillen is celebrated less for his baseball acumen than for his colorful and controversial persona. Jeremy Schaap reports.
Jake Locker: Money Comes Second
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI6xSpYj_GE
Why would a potential No. 1 NFL pick choose to return for another year? That’s usually the first question people ask 22-year-old University of Washington quarterback Jake Locker, who a year ago opted to stay in school and forgo millions of dollars out of loyalty and commitment to the people of his community. As he prepares for the NFL Draft, E:60 looks at an athlete who has set himself apart from other NFL prospects.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ripK_qTTbeY
Barcelona, Real Madrid Top Sports’ 100 Highest-Paying Teams
ESPN The Magazine
World soccer powerhouses Barcelona and Real Madrid, Major League Baseball’s defending champion New York Yankees, and the defending NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers lead this year’s list of the Top 100 best-paying sports teams in the world listed in ESPN The Magazine’s “All About The Money” issue hitting newsstands tomorrow. The survey was compiled for ESPN The Magazine by SportingIntelligence.com, and encompassed 272 teams in 14 major pro leagues in seven sports.
Where Is The Puck?
ESPN.com
Wayne Drehs writes: “The puck Patrick Kane shot past Michael Leighton to give the Chicago Blackhawks their first Stanley Cup in 49 years is nothing more than a 6-ounce piece of rubber. But try telling that to Blackhawks fans. This is the puck that scored the most famous goal in Chicago sports history and only the 15th overtime Stanley Cup winner of all time. If the puck doesn’t matter, why did the Hockey Hall of Fame ask for it immediately after the game? And why is a Chicago restaurant owner offering a $50,000 reward for anyone who comes forward with the puck? The case of the missing puck is a story the NHL would like to go away. It’s part CSI, part Slap Shot.”
Always Locked and Loaded
ESPN.com
Luke Scott’s free-speaking ways may draw concern, but not to those who the Baltimore outfielder.
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