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Salon.com
February 12, 2001
Eric Boehlert |
XFL, Week 2: Sacked! After a big debut, ratings for the "smashmouth" football league tank...   |
Salon.com
February 20, 2001
Eric Boehlert |
Is the XFL taking the WWF down with it? As smashmouth football ratings continue to fall, some wonder whether Vince McMahon is endangering his wrestling empire... |
Salon.com
February 1, 2001
Eric Boehlert |
The XFL won't work Wrestling impresario Vince McMahon and NBC have teamed up for an ultrarough new football league. They're gonna get sacked... |
Salon.com
February 7, 2001
Allen Barra |
Smashmouth football sucks The XFL thinks its brutal, dumbed-down product is what fans want. Actually, fans want more scoring and fewer commercials... |
AskMen.com
November 15, 2000
Mark Simmons |
XFL: As If Football Needed Any More Attitude On February 3rd, 2000, Vince McMahon, Chairman of publicly traded WWF Entertainment Inc., announced to investors that the venerable "sports entertainment" cash cow was going to start a football league, aptly named the XFL... |
Salon.com
February 12, 2001
King Kaufman |
Amateur hour The XFL can't seem to get beyond ineptitude and lame behind-the-scenes material... |
Salon.com
May 11, 2001
King Kaufman |
It leave me The XFL belongs to the ages now, and we're left with only our memories, if we can remember any... |
BusinessWeek
November 24, 2010
Patrick Cain |
The NFL: A Pro Football League of Its Own The history of rivals to the National Football League is one of short-lived ambitions |
Sports Illustrated
February 5, 2001
E.M. Swift |
Take the XFL, leave its announcers Memo to Dick Ebersol and Vince McMahon: Your product doesn't offend me. Your announcers do. Big time... |
Sports Illustrated
April 5, 2000 |
Understanding Wrestling-America ...We really seem to have three Americas now, don't we? There is the United States of America, Miami-America and Wrestling-America.... |
Sports Illustrated
February 7, 2001
Frank Deford |
Great X-pectations XFL is far from matching wrestling's allure... |
The Motley Fool
May 24, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Hockey's Hard Times At its best, hockey is a beautiful sport, blending brutality with finesse. Now, the league must score with the game's dwindling television audience. |
AskMen.com
Steve Seepersaud |
Least Profitable Sports Leagues Many pro sports leagues are running in the red. Here's a look at some of the least profitable pro sports leagues in recent years. |
AskMen.com
Steve Seepersaud |
Alternative Leagues Real pro wrestling... New SlamBall season coming soon... Arena Football team value skyrockets... Euroleague hoops immensely popular... |
Sports Illustrated
January 3, 2002
Frank Deford |
Games glut All-sports, all-the-time has caused ratings erosion... |
Sports Illustrated
February 5, 2001
Peter King |
A Night at the (Soap) Opera This is what I didn't like about the XFL opener Saturday night in the desert just east of here---and what I did like... |
The Motley Fool
June 1, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Are You Ready for Some More Football? The country isn't ready for another football league. If there's a way to out-NFL the NFL at its own game, don't you think someone would have come up with the better mousetrap by now? |
AskMen.com
April 4, 2001
Mark Simmons |
WCW Takeover Vince McMahon recently announced that his WWF would be purchasing its former archenemy; World Championship Wrestling... |
The Motley Fool
June 10, 2010
Adrian Rush |
NBC's Hockey Power Play Last night's Stanley Cup clincher was a relative ratings win. |
Salon.com
May 26, 2000
Eric Boehlert |
Photo finish Read 'em and sweep: ABC and NBC tie for the May TV ratings sweeps, but both sides claim victory. |
Salon.com
June 19, 2001
Eric Boehlert |
Destiny's double dribble What happens when a television network tries to entertain an arena full of basketball fans with platinum pop groups? The fans bite back... |
The Motley Fool
April 19, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Football's Double Reverse NFL fans, it's almost time to adjust your remote-control preferences. Come next year, Disney's ABC will hand off the Monday Night Football franchise to its ESPN subsidiary, while ESPN will be handing off its Sunday night gridiron contests to rival General Electric's NBC. |
Sports Illustrated
May 30, 2001
Paul Zimmerman |
Catching up is hard to do When I returned from three weeks abroad and I had gone through the mountain of newspapers in front of me, I was struck by one singular thing: Practically nothing had happened on the football landscape. Make that nothing unexpected... |
Sports Illustrated
September 25, 2000
John Walters |
All about Bob Fun and Games for Costas as Olympics enters Week 2... |
Sports Central
June 9, 2006
Bill Hazell |
NBA on ABC Can't Live Up to Predecessors Quite frankly, the game just doesn't look as good on TV anymore. There are a number of reasons for this -- some noticeable, others subtle. |
BusinessWeek
May 9, 2005
Lowry & Grover |
NBC: Now It's Wait-And-See TV The ex-ratings champ hopes its fall lineup will still be worth a premium to advertisers. |
Salon.com
March 19, 2002
Eric Boehlert |
Is the WWF on the ropes? Sunday's Wrestlemania broadcast, with its much hyped match between Hulk Hogan and the Rock, might not have been enough to save Vince McMahon's crumbling empire... |
BusinessWeek
February 2, 2004
Diane Brady |
Is The WWE Rousing Itself Off The Mat? Vince McMahon's wrestling empire is getting a second wind -- but the Street isn't sold yet. |
AskMen.com
April 5, 2013 |
Bob Costas Gives Props To Ludacris Bob Costas might be the last person one would expect to throw down a verse from a Ludacris song on live television. Yet that's exactly what Costas did during an interview on the MLB Network recently. |
Sports Illustrated
May 15, 2001
Peter King |
Where Go Them? There will be no pot of gold at the end of the XFL rainbow, not for the players unemployed in the wake of the league's decision to fold last week and not for NFL teams waiting to pick the bones of the eight expired clubs... |
The Motley Fool
June 16, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Madden Moves to NBC The network shows it's serious about its new football deal. |
BusinessWeek
August 9, 2004
Katie DeWitt |
NBC's Marathon Of Coverage Spread over seven channels, the network will offer more programming than the past five summer Olympics combined. And for the first time, all 28 Olympic sports will air on TV. Will viewers have the stamina to stay tuned for more than 1,200 hours of Games? |
The Motley Fool
May 16, 2005
Brian Gorman |
NBC: Praying for Ratings NBC is embracing religious-themed programming to help its ratings slump. The benefits are less than clear. |
The Motley Fool
May 18, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
See You Next Fall The major broadcasting networks are announcing their new fall schedules this week. Keep an eye on the players as faltering ratings go hand-in-hand with lower sponsor revenues. |
AskMen.com
February 5, 2003
Mark Simmons |
Why The NFL Is So Fantastic As the NFL powers into the 21st century, it is head and shoulders above all other professional sports circuits. It is firing on all cylinders; both in terms of financial metrics and public relations goodwill. |
Sports Illustrated
June 17, 2002
Phil Taylor |
No vacancy U.S. has no room for soccer on its full sports plate. |
AskMen.com
April 20, 2003
Thomas Anderson |
Start Learning From Your Mistakes Rest assured that everyone, including yourself, is likely to commit a few errors in judgment. The only question is: are you wise enough to learn from them? |
The Motley Fool
February 12, 2010
Eric Bleeker |
NBC's Winter Olympics Nightmare Will the peacock's loss on the Vancouver Games be Disney or News Corp.'s gain? |
Sports Central
May 25, 2006
Kevin Beane |
Life After the NFL A primer and preview of the Canadian Football league in time for its June 13th season kickoff. |
AskMen.com
May 30, 2002
Mark Simmons |
WWF.com: Who Should It Belong To? To think that if it were not for the World Wide Web, pandas and wrestlers could coexist in harmony... |
Sports Central
October 13, 2007
Greg Wyshynski |
Strikeforce Marino Dan Marino personifies the worst traits of the ex-jock commentator: unpolished, too reserved, and with this underlying vibe of mandatory attendance -- like he'd rather not suffer the fools he's trading barbs with. |
