“‘Within the league itself, [gambling] should go back to being taboo.’”
Grant Leiendecker Q&A: An athletics update
“‘We need to renovate. Most of our facilities are due for a refresh and an upgrade, and so that’ll be a big component of our fundraising.’”
Butler Sports Live enters a partnership with ESPN
Butler University students now have the opportunity to broadcast directly to national television, providing real-world professional experience.
OT: The Paralympics deserved more media attention
“ESPN holds such a powerful and meaningful role in sports media — specifically in the short form content — and yet fails to do their due diligence of equitable coverage for the ‘World Wide Leader in Sports.’”
Samantha Smith reflects on ESPN feature highlighting relationship, Project 44
Samantha Smith reflects on ESPN feature that highlighted her relationship with Andrew Smith, as well as how the feature came to be and what it means for Project 44 moving forward.
Butler, Project 44 to be featured on ESPN SportsCenter
Butler University, Andrew and Samantha Smith and Project 44 will be subjects of an “SC Featured” story on SportsCenter March 25.
Butler basketball’s Kethan Savage hits his stride in Big East play
Redshirt senior Kethan Savage has battled back from numerous injuries to lead the Bulldogs to key victories this season.
Butler reported to join Big East next season
ESPN’s Brett McMurphy, Andy Katz and Dana O’Neil have reported Butler will join the “Catholic 7” segment of the Big East next season. The Butler Collegian reported in December that the Big East would be splitting and Butler was considering joining the Catholic 7, despite being in its first season in the Atlantic 10 Conference.…
Men’s Basketball: GameDay brings big production
Months of planning went into preparing for Saturday’s ESPN College GameDay broadcast at Hinkle Fieldhouse. ESPN first alerted the university of its decision to have Butler host the first show of the season last August. The athletics department had been working in coordination with ESPN since October to finalize the logistics of the broadcast. “I’m…
OVERTIME: ESPN botches coverage of tragedy
The 2011 NHL offseason will likely be remembered as the summer from hell. Actually, let me rephrase that in ESPN terms: it will be remembered as the summer where some bad stuff happened, and then we got to watch football again. The NHL’s troubles started when former player Derek Boogaard passed away in May from…