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Apr 29 2013 10:41 PM ET

ESPN's Chris Broussard calls homosexuality a 'sin' in segment about Jason Collins

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In a segment on Monday about NBA player Jason Collins’ coming out, EPSN analyst Chris Broussard said that as a Christian he does not “agree with homosexuality” and implied that by coming out as gay, Collins is “walking in open rebellion to God and Jesus Christ.”

Broussard has come under fire for that comment, made on the network’s one-hour special episode of Outside the Lines, which focused on Collins’ essay in Sports Illustrated where he announced he is gay, becoming the first openly gay male major American professional sports player. READ FULL STORY »

Apr 1 2013 09:01 AM ET

CBS looks away after gruesome NCAA basketball injury

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After two initial replays, CBS stopped showing footage Sunday of Louisville basketball player Kevin Ware breaking his leg during the first half of his team’s NCAA men’s tournament game against Duke.

The injury during the nationally televised game, and the shocked reaction of Ware’s fellow players, called to mind the gruesome broken leg suffered by Washington Redskins quarterback Joe Theismann in a Monday Night football game in 1985. During Sunday’s game, Theismann tweeted his best wishes to Ware.

Ware had leaped to try and block a shot by Duke’s Tyler Thornton. His leg landed awkwardly, buckled and flopped as he fell to the ground. The first hint that the injury was out of the ordinary came from Thornton, who put his hands to his face and had an anguished look as he ran back on defense.

CBS commentator Clark Kellogg described the injury was “gruesome.”

“If you can bear to watch it, take a look but it’s a gruesome-looking injury,” Kellogg said. READ FULL STORY »

Mar 5 2013 10:34 AM ET

Regis Philbin to host Fox Sports cable show -- UPDATE

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He’s baaack!

Television legend Regis Philbin has been without a regular TV gig since leaving Live! With Regis and Kelly in 2011. But this summer, Reeg will return to the airwaves with a series on Fox Sports 1 — a new channel that will replace the Fox-owned Speed channel on cable.

Philbin’s new show — and Fox Sports 1′s very existence — won’t officially be announced until this afternoon. [Update: It's official!] Still, the advent of both is one of showbusiness’s worst-kept secrets; after some prodding from Barbara Walters, Philbin spilled the beans about his upcoming project on The View yesterday. “Yes, I think I will be doing another show,” the host said vaguely before giving a few specifics: “Fox is starting a sports channel. Everybody is starting a sports channel now, you know? Nothing but 24 hours of sports … Regis is going to have a show on that.” READ FULL STORY »

Feb 5 2013 10:54 AM ET

Budweiser Clydesdale foal from Super Bowl commercial is named Hope

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The three-week-old star of Budweiser’s Super Bowl ad now has a name: Hope.

Anheuser-Busch said Tuesday that its contest to find a name for the foal born Jan. 16 at the company’s Clydesdale ranch in mid-Missouri generated more than 60,000 tweets, Facebook comments and other messages. Hope was one of the more popular names generated through the social media effort. READ FULL STORY »

Jan 25 2013 05:52 PM ET

'Necessary Roughness' producers: We would consider doing a Manti Te'o-inspired episode

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The story of Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o's fake girlfriend might provide some very real inspiration for the producers of USA’s Necessary Roughness.

As details continue to emerge about Te’o encounter with an alleged internet hoax — which led him to believe his girlfriend, whom he’d never met in person and did not actually exist, died of cancer — executive producers and co-creators Liz Kruger and Craig Shapiro say they’re considering using the story for inspiration in an episode in the next season.

“We only just now started to map out season 3, [but] of course it comes up about every five minutes in the [writer's] room,” says Shapiro. “We’ve yet to determine if we’ve figured out a way how to slot it into what we do on our show, [but] we’d like to.”

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Jan 15 2013 01:59 PM ET

First promo for Lance Armstrong's Oprah interview -- VIDEO

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It’s here. The first promo for the two-part Lance Armstrong sitdown with Oprah Winfrey has been released.

In the short clip, Winfrey says, “We agreed there would be no conditions on this interview and that this would be an open field. So here we go.”

Winfrey appeared on CBS This Morning this morning and confirmed that Armstrong confessed to using performance-enhancing drugs. However, she added, “He did not come clean in the manner I expected.”

Armstrong’s interview will air Thursday, Jan. 17 from 9-10:30 p.m. ET, and Friday, Jan.18 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on OWN. The interview will be simultaneously streamed live worldwide both nights on Oprah.com.

Watch the preview below: READ FULL STORY »

Jan 15 2013 10:21 AM ET

Lance Armstrong's interview with Oprah to air over two nights

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Oprah Winfrey’s much-anticipated interview with disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong will air over two nights instead of one, starting Jan. 17, Winfrey’s OWN network announced today.

The move comes as curiosity over the contents of the interview continues, and Winfrey herself went on CBS This Morning Tuesday and confirmed that Armstrong confessed to using performance-enhancing drugs during their sitdown in Austin, Texas. However, she added, “he did not come clean in the manner I expected.” READ FULL STORY »

Jan 15 2013 08:07 AM ET

Lance Armstrong tells Oprah Winfrey he doped

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Lance Armstrong has finally come clean.

After years of bitter and forceful denials, he offered a simple “I’m sorry” to friends and colleagues and then admitted he used performance-enhancing drugs during an extraordinary cycling career that included seven Tour de France victories. READ FULL STORY »

Dec 13 2012 03:21 PM ET

'The Office': Julius 'Dr. J' Erving to guest -- EXCLUSIVE

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Julius Erving, a.k.a. Dr. J, has a new teammate, and his name is… Jim Halpert? The basketball Hall of Famer will guest-star as himself on The Office, EW has learned. In the episode, Dr. J becomes an investor in the sports marketing business that Jim (John Krasinski) is trying to launch in Philadelphia, where Erving scored more than a few baskets as a 76er. And as you can see in the photo below, the 62-year-old legend winds up showing Jim a thing or two on the court. READ FULL STORY »

Dec 11 2012 12:00 PM ET

Best of 2012 (Behind the Scenes): Yes, NBC's Olympic diving producer knew you'd love those Tom Daley shower shots

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The Summer Olympics wasn’t just about Phelps vs. Lochte, or smiling with Gabby Douglas while crying with Jordyn Wieber. It was also about those shower shots of British diver Tom Daley, bronze medalist in the men’s tense 10m platform competition. While NBC Olympic diving producer David Gibson insists he didn’t intentionally place graphics over the divers’ trunks to make them appear nude (“That was a coincidence,” he says, with a laugh), he does confirm that those Daley shower shots were, in fact, something he knew would be a hit with viewers. “I think we pretty much knew instantly, like yourself,” he says. “You could just tell. You could feel it in the truck. In the arena, when they put him up on the Jumbotron, people reacted to it.” For more stories behind this year’s top TV and movie moments, click here for EW.com’s Best of 2012 (Behind the Scenes) coverage.  READ FULL STORY »

Nov 5 2012 05:19 PM ET

'Elementary' lands prime post-Super Bowl slot

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CBS has announced that freshman drama Elementary has scored the coveted post-Super Bowl slot. A special episode of the modern-day Sherlock Holmes series starring Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu will air following Super Bowl XLVII on Feb. 3. The show averages 14.2 million viewers. It’s been picked up for a full season.

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Nov 2 2012 03:03 PM ET

ESPN's Bill Simmons on joining 'NBA Countdown' and his close encounter with Mike Francesa

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When Bill Simmons first became the Boston Sports Guy, writing an obscure blog for AOL in the early days of the internets, he gradually cultivated a loyal audience who appreciated his exhaustive essays dissecting Beantown’s sport fandom while sprinkling in Karate Kid and Road House references. He wrote from a fan’s perspective, which is the only perspective he could afford at the time, but that voice ultimately made him famous and influential. He’s been at ESPN now since 2001, and if he doesn’t yet run the network, he certainly is one of the Sports Leaders’ most important assets. In addition to being the editor in chief of Grantland.com, he also is an executive producer of their heralded 30 for 30 documentary film series, the host of the popular B.S. Report podcast, and an occasional guest on Pardon the Interruption.

Beginning tonight, he’ll also be taking a seat next to Magic Johnson, Jalen Rose, and Michael Wilbon as a contributor on the KIA NBA Countdown show, ABC/ESPN’s basketball showcase studio show. The one-time outsider is now the ultimate basketball insider. It didn’t happen overnight or by accident. The best-selling author of The Book of Basketball spoke to EW about conquering the business from the outside-in, why he said no to the show last year, and a hilarious Godfather-like offer he once received from one Mike Francesa.

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Oct 31 2012 05:40 PM ET

Hurricane Sandy: NBA game postponed due to transit issues

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Sorry, Knicks and Nets fans.

The pair’s face-off, which was set to open be the first regular-season NBA game at the new Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn, has been cancelled, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced, citing ongoing transit issues in New York City following Hurricane Sandy.

Thursday’s matchup would have been the season opener for both teams and was set to air on TNT.

The Nets’ first game will now be Saturday against the Toronto Raptors.

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