Also, ESPN. com Page 2 columnist Bill Simmons often jokes that he is looking forward to running a future network ; SportsCenter anchors appeared as themselves in music videos by Brad Paisley ( I'm Gonna Miss Her ( The Fishin ' Song )) and Hootie and the Blowfish ( Only Wanna Be With You ); and the 1998 TV series Sports Night was based on an ESPN-style network and its titular, SportsCenter-analogue flagship sports results program.

In the March 17, 2003 edition of Sports Illustrated, columnist Frank Deford wrote an article entitled " The Rise and Fall of Kirby Puckett ", that documented Puckett's alleged indiscretions and attempted to contrast his private image with the much-revered public image he had previously maintained.

* Gerry Callahan, popular albeit controversial Boston Herald and former Sports Illustrated sports columnist and co-host of WEEI's Dennis and Callahan, the popular sports radio morning program based in Boston.

* Sports columnist Patrick Reusse of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune spent his early years in Fulda.

* Joe Posnanski – Senior writer at Sports Illustrated and award-winning sports columnist for the Kansas City Star.

* Dan Patrick, Mason High School class of 1974 ( formerly Dan Pugh ); national radio host, NBC Sports host, Sports Illustrated columnist, and former ESPN anchor

* Michael Silver ( 1988 )-NFL columnist for Yahoo Sports ; previously, award-winning NFL writer for Sports Illustrated, authoring the magazine's Super Bowl game story for 12 straight years from 1994 through 2006 ; co-author of books by Jerry Rice, Dennis Rodman, Kurt Warner, and Natalie Coughlin

Sports writer Stephen Brunt left his position at The Globe and Mail to become the magazine's back page columnist.

Larry Felser ( born April 5, 1933 at Buffalo, New York ) is a former sports columnist and writer for the Buffalo Courier-Express and later, The Buffalo Evening News, where he was a football beat writer, a columnist, and rose to the position of Sports Editor.

* George Gross, Corporate Sports Editor, columnist ( deceased )

The Daily Mirrors Peter Wilson, Hugh McIlvanney, first at The Observer and lately at the Sunday Times, Ian Wooldridge of the Daily Mail and soccer writer Brian Glanville, best known at the Sunday Times, and columnist Patrick Collins, of the Mail on Sunday, five times the winner of the Sports Writer of the Year Award.

He is now a pundit at Sky Sports and an editorial sports columnist at the Daily Mail.

In November 2008, TASCHEN published Guts and Glory: The Golden Age of American Football 1958-1978, with an introduction by the late Los Angeles Times Sports columnist Jim Murray.

In 2003, ESPN columnist Jim Caple called the Union Sports Annex the " best place to watch a game.

Between his two stints as a baseball columnist with the Globe, he was lead baseball columnist for Sports Illustrated ( 1976 – 78, 1986 – 90 ), where he covered baseball, hockey, and college basketball.

Sports columnist Arthur Dailey at the New York Times wrote, " This would seem to be the saddest day in the history of American tennis.

His final move was to the Detroit News where he was a columnist and eventually Sports Editor.

Long known for being the " back page " columnist for Sports Illustrated, Reilly moved to ESPN on June 1, 2008 where he is a featured columnist for ESPN. com and wrote the back page column for ESPN the Magazine.

He is also a columnist for the official Liverpool website and has represented Liverpool in the veterans ' side in both the Sky Sports Masters series, which Liverpool have dominated, and special appearances abroad.

Other honorees included Sportscaster of the Year ( Studio Host ) Chris Berman, Hall of Fame inductee Jack Whitaker, Sports Legend Joe Frazier and Honorary Sportscaster Dr. Henry Kissinger.

Sports Illustrateds Joe Posnanski wrote, " There has never been a pitcher in baseball history — not Walter Johnson, not Lefty Grove, not Sandy Koufax, not Tom Seaver, not Roger Clemens — who was more overwhelming than the young Pedro.

Frank Gifford was the play-by-play announcer, while then-ABC Sports analyst Don Meredith and then-Washington Redskins quarterback Joe Theismann served as color commentators.

CBS Sports reporter Pat O ' Brien, meanwhile, was stationed in San Francisco 49ers quarterback Joe Montana's hometown of Monongahela, Pennsylvania.

He is the father of Fox Sports lead NFL and MLB announcer Joe Buck.

Sports Illustrated named Nagurski one of the four greatest athletes in Minnesota state history ( the other three were Dave Winfield, Kevin McHale, and Joe Mauer ).

* Home of Coach Joe Sukovaty, a 2001 inductee into the Nebraska High School Sports Hall of Fame.

Joe Grill Sports Complex, in the southwestern-most point in Pompton Lakes, consists of two baseball field, one large field that is used for baseball and soccer, a softball field, and two t-ball fields.

* Joe Cheves, professional golfer and member of the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame

* Billy Joe Patton, amateur golfer who almost won the 1954 Masters Tournament, member of the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame

* Joe Paterno is named Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year

As Francisco Rodríguez pursued the single-season saves record in 2008, Baseball Prospectus member Joe Sheehan, Sports Illustrated writer Tom Verducci, and The New York Sun writer Tim Marchman wrote that Rodríguez's save total was enhanced by the number of opportunities his team presented, allowing him to amass one particular statistic.

HISD has three athletic facility centers: Herman A. Barnett Sports Complex, Joe K. Butler Sports Complex, and the two-stadium Delmar-Dyer Sports Complex.

In 2007, there was a major shake-up of the Braves broadcasters: Don Sutton departed to be the full-time broadcaster with the Washington Nationals, Skip Caray and Pete Van Wieren went to the Braves Radio Network full time, and Joe Simpson signed with Fox Broadcasting Company to be a color analyst on FSN South and Sports South, and also signed to call a limited schedule of games on TBS with Chip.

Sports Illustrated's Joe Posnanski wrote of Perry, " My favorite trick pitch of his was the old Puffball, where he would load up on rosin so that a puff of white smoke would release while he threw his pitches.

Just before the fifth and final pitch to Joe Carter, CBS Sports announcer Tim McCarver commented that Carter ( relatively unproductive in the Series to date ) looked awkward and uncomfortable at the plate.

Fox Sports play by play man Joe Buck suggested the celebration may be homage to the Olympics and Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt.

Steinberg has been featured on national television programs such as “ 60 Minutes ,” “ Larry King Live ,” “ The Today Show ,” " Good Morning America ," " CNN ," " CNN World News ," " Charlie Rose ,” Fox Business ,” “ Fox News ,” “ CBS Morning News ,” “ Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous ,” “ The Pat Sajak Show ,” “ Morning Joe ” on MSNBC, “ The Leeza Gibbons Show ,” “ Living Large ,” and “ The Man Show .” A host of magazines have covered him including Business Week, Sports Illustrated, ESPN The Magazine, People, Success, Forbes, Playboy, GQ, FHM, LA Times Sunday Magazine, Chicago Tribune Sunday Magazine, San Francisco Chronicle Magazine, United Airlines ’ Magazine Hemispheres, Hawaiian Airlines ’ Magazine Hana Hou !, and US Airways Magazine.

In 2009, Sports Illustrateds Joe Posnanski spoke about the perceived disparity between Morgan's celebrated playing style and his on-air persona:

* Brothers of Iron: How the Weider Brothers Created the Fitness Movement and Built a Business Empire by Joe Weider and Ben Weider, with Mike Steere, published by Sports Publishing L. L. C., 2006

Joe Montana, listed by Sports Illustrated as the third best player in history was drafted 82nd overall in 1979, the fourth quarterback to be chosen.

With the maturation of quarterback Doug Williams and future 4-time Pro Bowl tight end Jimmie Giles, the first 1000-yard rushing season from running back Ricky Bell, and a smothering, league-leading defense led by future NFL Hall of Famer Lee Roy Selmon, the Bucs kicked off the season with five consecutive victories, a stunning performance that landed them on the cover of Sports Illustrated.

In a graphic from 1968 that accompanied an article in Sports Illustrated magazine, Williams divided the strike zone into 77 baseballs, with each baseball containing his projected batting average for pitches thrown in that location.

* Stacey Williams, supermodel, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue

In late June 2010, Venus Williams released her first book, entitled " Come to Win ; on How Sports Can Help You Top Your Profession " which she co-wrote with Kelly E. Carter.

On October 18, 2007, Vincent appeared with sportscaster Bob Costas at Williams College for " A Conversation About Sports ", moderated by Will Dudley, Associate Professor of Philosophy.

Lance Williams and Mark Fainaru-Wada received the 2004 George Polk Award for Sports Reporting.

The planning skills of Dwight J. Francis and Western Massachusetts Winter Sports Council, including input from Williams, Amherst, Smith, Mount Holyoke, and Massachusetts State Colleges, Greenfield Outing Club, and the Green Mountain Club, resulted in the CCC building the Thunderbolt Ski Trail in 1934 ( named for its resemblance to a Revere Beach, MA, roller coaster ).

In 2003, Sports Illustrated published allegations by former Alcor COO Larry Johnson that the company had mishandled Williams ' head by drilling holes and accidentally cracking it.

In the wake of the Sports Illustrated story, Johnson began a paid-membership website where he displayed what he said were photographs of Williams.

Home meets are primarily held in the 5, 700-seat Sports Pavilion in the Williams Arena.

* Is Sports Illustrated Out to Get John Henry Williams?

Other than this, the Williams 1 and 2 had no sunroof and were painted in 449 Sports Blue.

The old Mariucci Arena within Williams was remodeled into the Sports Pavilion and now houses the volleyball, wrestling, and gymnastic teams.

Robert Guillaume ( born Robert Peter Williams ; November 30, 1927 ) is an American stage and television actor, known for his role as Benson on the TV-series Soap and the spin-off Benson, voicing the mandrill Rafiki in The Lion King and as Isaac Jaffe on Sports Night.

In 2003, an article was published in Sports Illustrated magazine centering around the cryonics organization Alcor Life Extension Foundation ; the article contained accusations from a fired Alcor employee alleging Alcor had mishandled the cryopreservation of baseball star Ted Williams.

When voted into the San Diego Sports Hall of Fame in 1998, Dryer joined athletes such as Ted Williams, Dan Fouts, Dave Winfield, and Tony Gwynn in receiving the preeminent recognition for a San Diego athlete.

The team was founded as W Connection Sports Club in 1986, as a " fete match " team, by brothers David John Williams and Patrick John Williams in San Fernando.

Professional hockey returned to St. John's in 2011 when Winnipeg-based True North Sports and Entertainment announced a lease agreement with former Newfoundland and Labrador premier Danny Williams that saw their AHL franchise ( formerly known as the Manitoba Moose ) relocated to the Mile One Centre.

Sports news is presented by Ken Sutcliffe on Sunday to Thursday nights and Cameron Williams on Friday and Saturday nights.

Incidentally, Williams currently operates the St. John's IceCaps under a lease agreement with the IceCaps ' and Winnipeg Jets ' owner, True North Sports & Entertainment.

Former NFL coach and current NBC Sports analyst Tony Dungy said that he was certain Williams operated a similar system with the Oilers / Titans as well.

In 2010, Williams was inducted into the Central State University Sports Hall of Fame.

Williams is currently the Founder and CEO of World Champion Sports Group, Multi-Faceted Sports, Media, and Entertainment Company.