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Dolphins’ Story Merits Extensive ESPN Coverage
ESPN platforms have presented news, analysis and opinion on the Richie Incognito / Jonathan Martin Miami Dolphins alleged bullying issue throughout the week. From Miami to Los Angeles, entities includingSportsCenter, ESPN.com, ESPN Radio and Outside the Lines continue to offer topical and timely reports, along with NFL programming including Sunday NFL Countdown, NFL Live and NFL Insiders. One upcoming piece on SportsCenter and NFL Countdown, reported by Greg Garber
| “Our objective is to present the most accurate and thorough coverage of big stories, and the Richie Incognito/ bullying story is developing into one of the biggest of the year,” said Vince Doria, ESPN Sr. VP and Director of News. “From the persistent work of our NFL Insiders, to on-site reports, to studio analysis and opinion, we’ll continue to devote our resources to giving fans all they need to know as events unfold.” |
OTL to Kick Off Sunday Dolphins Reporting
Outside the Lines (Sunday 7 a.m. ET, ESPN2; 8 a.m. ESPNEWS)
Bob Ley leads a discussion with panelists on Wednesday’s Outside the Lines.
From its 7 a.m. time slot on ESPN2, OTL is in position to present the day’s latest Richie Incognito/Jonathan Martin/bullying news leading into NFL Sunday’s league-wide coverage of the topic. Sunday’s OTL will include profiles of Martin by Mark Fainaru-Wada, and Incognito, by Kelly Naqi, who will interview former Nebraska walk-on lineman Jack Limbaugh, who was reportedly bullied by then-freshman Incognito. The show’s topic discussion will include ESPN Dolphins NFL 32 reporter James Walker and ESPN NFL Business Analyst Andrew Brandt, among others.
Selected Stories from the Week
Cris Carter on Thursday’s Mike & Mike
Trent Dilfer on Monday’s The Herd
Tim Hasselbeck on Tuesday’s SVP & Russillo
Failure lies with Dolphins leadership, ESPN The Magazine Senior Writer Tim Keown
Football getting harder to watch, ESPN.com Senior Writer Rick Reilly
Martin had choices, a commentary by ESPNNewYork.com columnist Johnette Howard
Veterans Day Coverage
Continues through Monday
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ESPN’s recognition of Veterans Day 2013, its fifth annual “America’s Heroes: A Salute to the Troops Presented by USAA”initiative, continues Friday with live, day-long SportsCenter coverage from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. It will include Friday’s Armed Forces Classic men’s basketball game from South Korea, and Monday’s live television and radio programming form the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Great Neck, N.Y.
Another highlight will be a feature by Hannah Storm titled The Belichick Way: Father and Son (SportsCenter, Friday 6 p.m. ESPN). Patriots’ head coach Bill Belichick discusses his childhood at the Naval Academy where his father was a long-time assistant coach and scout. Before the age of 10, Bill was breaking down film and tossing a ball around with Navy quarterback Roger Staubach. Storm reports on the bond between father and son and how the military way led to the “Patriot Way.”
“He gave a lot of tough love that I think we all need — I needed, his athletes and other people needed. It was a tougher love, but it was a compassionate love.”– Bill Belichick, on his father’s coaching style
