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- Bonjour guillaume
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- Dans les prisons de Nantes
- Ma grand-mère est enfermée
- C'était un âne gris
- Hi, hi, je ris
- Ah ! Dis moi donc bergère
- Pour aller à la chasse
- Le roi Arthur
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- Matelot, puisqu'il fait bon vent
- Un petit chat gris
- Belle qui tiens ma vie
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- J'ai des poules à vendre
- 3 jeunes filles
- Petit chat chocolat
- Petit chien qui mange du pain
- Où vas-tu, petit bossu ?
- Les pinsons
- Quand li patates
- J'ai des roses
- La belle s'est endormie
- Je vais à la noce
- Zaļa zied zālīte
- Atiti leldīna
- Pirmais pērkons
- Balādīte
- Meitas gula ābolāje
- Ganiņš biju
- Es gulu, gulu
- Iesēju liniņus
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- Aiz kalniņa
- Sauleite lēce
- Tas vējiņš pūta/ Nāk rudentiņis
- Kakeišami tāvs nūmyra
- Vecgada vakars
- More Than I Can Say (saxophone)
- La Paloma (guitar)
- Rain Star (piano)
- Right Here Waiting for You (flute)
- Conquest (saxophone)
- Oh Carol (saxophone)
- Everything I Do, I Do It for You (guitar)
- Can You Feel the Love Tonight (flute)
- Les Premiers Sourires De Vanessa (piano)
- My Heart Will Go On (flute)
- Love Story (guitar)
- I Will Always Love You (flute)
- Dolannes Melody (piano)
- Jasmine Flower (saxophone)
- Sailing (saxophone)
- Quelquse Notes Poan Anna (guitar)
- Unchained Melody (flute)
- Ballade for Adeline (piano)
- Hotel California (saxaphone)
- Moon River (violin & guitar)
- ガムラン・ゴン・クビャール:パクシ・ングラヤン
- ガムラン・スマル・プグリンガン:ガンバンガン
- ガムラン・スマル・プグリンガン:リアル・サマス
- ガムラン・ゴン・グデ:タブ・トゥル
- グンデル・ワヤン:スカル・ギノタン
- ガムラン・スロンディン:レンテ
- ガムラン・ブルガンジュール:ギラㇰ
- M-57 Prologue: Science Ninja Team
- M-57 Prologue: Opening Theme Song-Destroy! Gallactor (TV Length)
- Emblem G: M-51 The White Shadow
- Emblem G: M-15 International Science Organization
- Emblem G: M-9 Birdstyle
- Emblem G: M-33 Scramble
- Emblem G: M-6 Gather God Phoenix
- Gallactor Versions: M-54 Dangerous
- Gallactor Versions: M-14 Zero Angle
- Gallactor Versions: M-55 Sniper
- Gallactor Versions: M-25 Death Clash
- Gallactor Versions: M-24 Iron Beast
- Fighting Phoenix: M-43 Snack Jun
- Fighting Phoenix: M-12 Gatchaman Attack
- Fighting Phoenix: M-10 Birdmissile
- Fighting Phoenix: M-41 And Then.... Victory
- Fighting Phoenix: M-45 Return to the Sunrise
- Coral Reef (Bridges 1): M-50
- Coral Reef (Bridges 1): M-61
- Coral Reef (Bridges 1): M-53
- Coral Reef (Bridges 1): M-67
- Coral Reef (Bridges 1): M-65
- Crescent Moon: M-4 Good Morning Phoenix
- Crescent Moon: M-37 Morning Service
- Crescent Moon: M-30 Croissant
- Crescent Moon: M-36 At Dusk
- Crescent Moon: M-39 Goodnight Seahorse
- (Behind) Shaded Eyes: M-11 Shadow Of Galactor
- (Behind) Shaded Eyes: M-17 Burning City
- (Behind) Shaded Eyes: M-18 Into Dark Depths
- (Behind) Shaded Eyes: M-16 The Hidden Devil
- (Behind) Shaded Eyes: M-19 A Night Of Unrest
- (Behind) Shaded Eyes: M-26 Devastation Of The Earth
- Katse, The Helmet Strap Tightens (Bridges 2): M-48
- Katse, The Helmet Strap Tightens (Bridges 2): M-59
- Katse, The Helmet Strap Tightens (Bridges 2): M-62
- Katse, The Helmet Strap Tightens (Bridges 2): M-60
- Katse, The Helmet Strap Tightens (Bridges 2): M-68
- Gatchaman: M-52
- Fighter G: M-46 Invasion Assault
- Fighter G: M-58 Army Corps
- Fighter G: M-5 Capture
- Fighter G: M-27 Pursuit
- Fighter G: M-44 A Sudden Change
- Fighter G: M-13 Violent Force
- Red Illusion: M-49 Red Wing
- Red Illusion: M-56 Red Partner
- Red Illusion: M-8 Red Memory
- Red Illusion: M-38 Red Impulse
- Alone On The Earth (Bridges 3): M-3'
- Alone On The Earth (Bridges 3): M-63
- Alone On The Earth (Bridges 3): M-64
- Alone On The Earth (Bridges 3): M-66
- Alone On The Earth (Bridges 3): M-69
- Alone On The Earth (Bridges 3): M-70
- Alone On The Earth (Bridges 3): M-2"
- A Pledge To The Open Sky: M-34 Surrender To Fate
- A Pledge To The Open Sky: M-28 Strong Flapping Wings
- A Pledge To The Open Sky: M-1 Stable, Lifting Wings
- 0002: M-32 Unknown Figure
- 0002: M-21 Mutant
- 0002: M-20 Cross Karakorum
- 0002: M-7 A Living Island
- 0002: M-42 Target X
- 0002: M-47 Rushing In
- The Phoenix Can: M-29 Visiting Tomorrow
- The Phoenix Can: M-35 We Are The Flock...
- The Phoenix Can: M-40 Daybreak
- The Phoenix Can: M-2 The Immortal Ninja Team
- Epilogue: Ending Theme Song-Gatchaman's Song (TV Length)
- King Porter Stomp
- Happy as the Day Is Long
- I'm Walking Through Heaven With You
- White Jazz
- Mahogany Hall Stomp
- Blue Lou
- Dance of the Lame Duck
- Mood Indigo
- Charmaine
- Walk, Jennie, Walk
- 't Is rood
- Die nieuwe
- XO-man
- Ik maak het wel
- Vrienden om je heen
- Aan de slag
- De les die je leert
- Wie zegt dat delen moet
- Poets je tanden
- Strakjes ben ik een ster
- Groen geval
- Wat zou er in de ruimte zijn
- Volg mij maar
- Even over badtz
- De langste van de stad
- Klein zijn valt best mee
- Pak me als je kan
- De kerstman stelt je nooit teleur
- Cadeautjes voor iedereen
- Verstoppertje
- Mijn vissenvriend
- Stem het liefst op mij
- Weg met huiswerk
- Vlieg met me mee
- Samenwerken
- Hoog in de lucht
- Someone Is Standing Outside
- One Hand One Heart
- Passing Stranger
- Nocturne
- Tout ce que veut Lola
- Tango Chitara Romana
- Alma Portena
- Dejame En Paz
- Nutcracker Waltz
- Anyone Who Has a Heart
- That's Amore
- Makin' Whoopee
- Ich Hab Noch Einen Koffer in Berlin
- Destination Moon
- Memories Are Made of This
- Powder Your Face
- Jumping Jack
- Hunting the Dancer
- Swing and Dance
- Oh Mio Bambino Caro
- Bomboncito
- Sous le ciel de Paris
- Nobody Does It Better
- That's a Plenty
- Tropical Dream
- Hawaiian Breeze
- Jamaican Nights
- Hula Days
- Rio Fiesta
- Caribbean Paradise
- Let's Just Hula
- Bahama Beach
- Honolulu Moonlight
- Maui Magic
- Carnivale Sunset
- San Juan Winters
- Aqua Blues
- Volcano Surfing
- Michelle
- And I Love Her
- Here, There and Everywhere
- Norwegian Wood
- Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
- Ob La Di, Ob La Da
- Yesterday
- If I Fell
- She’s Leaving Home
- Nowhere Man
- Martha My Dear
- Yellow Submarine
- The Ants Go Marching on Parade
- On Top of Spaghetti
- Apples & Bananas
- If I Had a Boat
- Mrs. Murphy's Chowder
- There's a Hole in the Middle
- Skinamarink
- The Limerick Song
- My Little Dog Lost His Woof, Woof, Woof
- Sippin' Cider Through a Straw
- Throw It Out the Window
- The Green Grass Grows All Around
- Michael Finnegan
- Two Birds in a Cage
- Where Has My Little Dog Gone
- Mary Ann McCarthy
- Buffalo Boy
- Turkey in the Straw
- Goober Peas
- Do Your Ears Hang Low
- The Ants Go Marching on Parade
- On Top of Spaghetti
- Apples & Bananas
- If I Had a Boat
- Mrs. Murphy's Chowder
- There's a Hole in the Middle
- Skinamarink
- The Limerick Song
- My Little Dog Lost His Woof, Woof, Woof
- Sippin' Cider Through a Straw
- Throw It Out the Window
- The Green Grass Grows All Around
- Michael Finnegan
- Two Birds in a Cage
- Where Has My Little Dog Gone
- Mary Ann McCarthy
- Buffalo Boy
- Turkey in the Straw
- Goober Peas
- Do Your Ears Hang Low
- Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
- Underneath the Spreading Chestnut Tree
- Put Your Finger on Your Head
- Hokey Cokey
- I Went to School This Morning
- Johnny Taps With One Hammer
- My Hat It Has Three Corners
- A Sailor Went to Sea, Sea, Sea
- Ten Green Bottles
- One Finger, One Thumb Keep Moving
- The Bear Went Over the Mountain
- Chip Chop, Chip Chop, Chipper Chopper Joe
- Looby Lou
- Ten in a Bed
- We All Clap Hands Together
- John Brown's Baby
- If You're Happy and You Know It
- Bobbing Up and Down Like This
- John Brown Stamped His Feet
- Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
- Sealed With a Kiss
- Under the Influence of Love
- Daytime Friends
- Let Your Love Flow
- Physical
- The Happening
- It Never Rains in Southern California
- Albatross
- Hardrock Cafe
- Hopelessly Devoted to You
- Isn't She Lovely
- You Light Up My Life
- Song Sung Blue
- Blue Bayou
- Green Onions
- Rhapsody in White
- Stranger on the Shore
- The Hustle
- Wipe Out
- Summer of '42
- The Eve of the War
- Twin Peaks Theme
- Oxygene, Part IV
- Aurora
- Madame Curie
- Quadrophonia
- Sexcrime
- Pop Muzik
- Chariots of Fire
- To the Unknown Man
- Popcorn
- Autobahn
- Rotations Logic
- Radio Gaga
- Blue Monday
- St. Elmo's Fire
- Arrival
- Chi Mai
- Velvet
- From Silivria
- From Tsirigo
- Ballos Dance - Mastich
- Apple of mine and tangerine
- Kechagias
- Girl who weave in the loom
- Seedling
- "Yavas - yavas"
- Mullet
- At your neighborhood
- Little carnation
- Sea from all the islands
- Our ragged boat
- In the Aegean
- Lady from Samos
- Little sea of mine
- "Sousta" dance
- Narrhalla-Marsch
- Freut Euch Des Lebens
- Wir Kommen Alle in Den Himmel
- Schnaps, Das War Sein Letzies Wort
- Humba Tatara
- Am 30, Mai Ist Der Weltuntergang
- Wer Soll Das Bezahlen?
- Das Kannst Du Nicht Ahnen
- Heute Blau Und Morgan Blau
- Der Schonste Platz Ist Immer an Der Theke
- Jetzt Trink'n Ma Noch a Flascherl Wein
- Heidewitzka Herr Kapitan
- So Ein Tag, So Wunderschön Wie Heute
- Wenn Das So Weitergeht
- Wir Machen Durch Bis Morgen Fruh
- Ein' Prosit
- Schau Nicht Auf Die Uhr
- Wir Versaufen Unserer Oma Ihr Klein Hauschen
- Kornblumenblau
- Nach Hause Geh'n Wir Nicht
- Du Kannst Nicht Treu Sein
- Oh, Wie Bist Du Schon
- Dass Du Mich Liebst (Schrammelmarsch)
- Mein Herz, Das Ist Ein Bienenhaus
- Rheinische Lieder
- Du Darfst Mich Lieben Fur Drei Tolle Tage
- Am Aschermittwoch
- Der Treue Husar
- The Bare Necessities
- Yellow Bird
- Humpty Dumpty
- Whistle While You Work
- The Animals Went In Two By Two
- I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing
- The Owl and the Pussycat
- Mud, mud, glorious mud
- Jimmy Crack Corn
- Oh Dear What Can The Matter Be
- Kookaburra
- Girls And Boys Come Out To Play
- One Potato, Two Potato
- Inchworm
- There was an old lady who swalloed a fly
- Farmyard Cabaret
- Chip chop, chip chop, chipper chopper Joe
- Hickory Dickory Dock
- Five brown eggs in a nest of hay
- Santa's Elves
- Little Miss Muffet
- I went to visit a farm one day
- You can't keep a horse in a lighthouse
- Daddy Wouldn't Buy Me A Bow-Wow
- Little Jack Horner
- Brown Bear's Snoring
- Ugly Bug Ball
- One little cockerel
- Little Boxes
- I'm A Hippopotamus
- Frog Went A-Courtin'
- Day Oh
- Hot Cross Buns
- Swallows Return in the First and Second Months
- We Close the Village for Rituals
- Trees Cannot Bar Us
- If I Don't Sing, My Friends Say I Am Proud
- If We Don't Sing, Youth Will Pass Us by Like Flowing Water
- Building a Pond
- Spring Is Here, Swallows Fly
- My Mother Forces Me to Marry
- Separated by Mountains and Waters
- I Use a Blue Cloth to Hide My Heart
- When I Can Meet My Love?
- Four Generations Together, in Good Name
- When Elders Live Long, Families Are Harmonious
- Cicadas Are Crying, I Sigh as My Youth Passes By
- My Love Left the Village
- I Dare Not Let Me Heart Wander
- I Offer a Cup of Wine to You, My Love
- A Cup of Wine Is a Dose of Heart
- Missing You
- I Am a Butterfly Searching for Flowers
- My Love, Why Did You Throw Our Love Into the River
- At the Flowing Water, I Am Anxious
- Call From the Mountaintop
- Village Elder Tang Gong
- Ten Thousand People Sing Together
- Sing and Dance Together in Peace
- 今、うん、いい感じ
- どうしても、あなたが
- こんなにも、あなたが
- どうしようもなく、あなたが
- 森野苺 ～六年の重さで～
- まいっちゃったなぁ
- 男の子はがんばる
- スペシャルピンチ
- こんなデートはいかがです?
- 虹は闇に隠れて消えた
- 手を繋いで帰りたいのです
- 加速する衝動
- まりえ、どうしちゃったの!?
- 間雲漂介 ～漂介クン、お大事に～
- まほちゃんは、怒ってます
- いけません☆先生!
- 有限で構わないと思う
- 金曜日のステップ
- 四道跨 ～一度も使われてないよ～
- ヘコみましたが
- 儚く脆い心地
- もう、風も見えない
- 湖を眺めて
- 刻の進みが遅い場所
- でも、好き
- 水面の月
- 縁川小石 ～大人になるための空白～
- Back Image Music
- If You're Happy And You Know It
- See Saw Margery Daw
- Here We Go Looby Loo
- Two Little Dicky Birds
- Jumping Up and Down like this
- Tommy Thumb
- We All Clap Hands Together
- Round And Round The Garden
- One Man Went To Mow
- I'm A Little Teapot
- Cobbler Cobbler
- Ring o Ring o Roses
- Incy Wincy Spider
- Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush
- The Wheels On The Bus
- Pop Goes The Weasel
- My Hands Upon My Head I Place
- Jack and Jill
- Humpty Dumpty
- Five Little Monkeys
- Ride A Cock Horse
- Wee Willie Winkie
- She'll Be Coming Round The Mountain
- Aiken Drum
- Cake
- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Row, Row, Row Your Boat
- One Finger, One Thumb
- The Grand Old Duke Of York
- Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
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ESPN First Take, 50 Cent on Mayweather vs Pacquiao with Skip Bayless
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 11:37
- Updated: 28 Feb 2013
Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson talks about his relationship with Floyd Mayweather Jr., Mayweather ducking Manny Pacquiao, what boxing could learn from MMA, and his upcoming album.
http://wn.com/ESPN_First_Take,_50_Cent_on_Mayweather_vs_Pacquiao_with_Skip_Bayless
Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson talks about his relationship with Floyd Mayweather Jr., Mayweather ducking Manny Pacquiao, what boxing could learn from MMA, and his upcoming album.
Gabbert Known As "Blame Gabbert"
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:18
- Updated: 05 Mar 2013
Skip Bayless and Stephen A. Smith discuss the report that QB Blaine Gabbert is referred to as "Blame Gabbert" around the Jaguars' facility.
http://wn.com/Gabbert_Known_As_Blame_Gabbert
Skip Bayless and Stephen A. Smith discuss the report that QB Blaine Gabbert is referred to as "Blame Gabbert" around the Jaguars' facility.
- published: 05 Mar 2013
- views: 4655
Mark Cuban Calls Out Skip Bayless
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:49
- Updated: 22 Jun 2012
Mark Cuban joins the debate desk to discuss his issue with Skip Bayless and the media.
http://wn.com/Mark_Cuban_Calls_Out_Skip_Bayless
Mark Cuban joins the debate desk to discuss his issue with Skip Bayless and the media.
- published: 22 Jun 2012
- views: 2638475
Common On LeBron Vs. Jordan
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:56
- Updated: 15 Feb 2013
Common talks about playing in the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game and debates who would win one-on-one, LeBron James or Michael Jordan.
http://wn.com/Common_On_LeBron_Vs_Jordan
Common talks about playing in the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game and debates who would win one-on-one, LeBron James or Michael Jordan.
- published: 15 Feb 2013
- views: 107854
Kobe On Fire, Can He Keep It Up? - ESPN First Take
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:12
- Updated: 04 Mar 2013
First Take's Stephen A. Smith and Skip Bayless debate whether the Kobe Bryant and the Lakers can keep up their strong play and make a run at the NBA playoffs.
http://wn.com/Kobe_On_Fire,_Can_He_Keep_It_Up?_ESPN_First_Take
First Take's Stephen A. Smith and Skip Bayless debate whether the Kobe Bryant and the Lakers can keep up their strong play and make a run at the NBA playoffs.
- published: 04 Mar 2013
- views: 9011
The Best 'This is SportsCenter' commercials
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 13:05
- Updated: 10 Oct 2011
about 30 of the best "This is SportsCenter commercials" videos uploaded by ESPN so check out there channel for even more vids
http://wn.com/The_Best_'This_is_SportsCenter'_commercials
about 30 of the best "This is SportsCenter commercials" videos uploaded by ESPN so check out there channel for even more vids
- published: 10 Oct 2011
- views: 985684
Richard Sherman vs. Skip Bayless on ESPN 1st Take
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:44
- Updated: 07 Mar 2013
Richard Sherman vs. Skip Bayless on ESPN 1st Take
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Richard Sherman vs. Skip Bayless on ESPN 1st Take
- published: 07 Mar 2013
- views: 1306811
ESPN First Take | KOBE vs LeBRON; 2013 All Star Game
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:48
- Updated: 18 Feb 2013
Stephen A. Smith and Skip Bayless talk about the Kobe Bryant vs Lebron James match-up at the 2013 NBA All Star Game.
http://wn.com/ESPN_First_Take_|_KOBE_vs_LeBRON;_2013_All_Star_Game
Stephen A. Smith and Skip Bayless talk about the Kobe Bryant vs Lebron James match-up at the 2013 NBA All Star Game.
- published: 18 Feb 2013
- views: 20974
Skip Bayless & Stephen A. Smith on Concern Over Westbrook's Outburst | ESPN First Take
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:58
- Updated: 01 Feb 2013
Stephen A. Smith and Skip Bayless share their level of concern for the Thunder after Russell Westbrook's outburst on Thursday night.
http://wn.com/Skip_Bayless_Stephen_A_Smith_on_Concern_Over_Westbrook's_Outburst_|_ESPN_First_Take
Stephen A. Smith and Skip Bayless share their level of concern for the Thunder after Russell Westbrook's outburst on Thursday night.
- published: 01 Feb 2013
- views: 34799
Unbelievable Buzzer-Beater
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:01
- Updated: 03 Mar 2013
Khalil Edney hits a 55-foot buzzer-beater to give New Rochelle the win over Mount Vernon in Section 1 Class AA championship game in Westchester, NY.
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Khalil Edney hits a 55-foot buzzer-beater to give New Rochelle the win over Mount Vernon in Section 1 Class AA championship game in Westchester, NY.
- published: 03 Mar 2013
- views: 1494919
Dana White Responds to ESPN
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 12:08
- Updated: 16 Jan 2012
Dana White's response to the Outside the Lines "expose" on fighter pay in the UFC.
http://wn.com/Dana_White_Responds_to_ESPN
Dana White's response to the Outside the Lines "expose" on fighter pay in the UFC.
- published: 16 Jan 2012
- views: 526456
ESPN First Take Skip Bayless vs. Jalen Rose with Stephen A Smith (Best Episode Ever) 4.11.2012
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 23:41
- Updated: 11 Apr 2012
Get ya' popcorn ready...
(i do not own the rights to this video)
http://wn.com/ESPN_First_Take_Skip_Bayless_vs_Jalen_Rose_with_Stephen_A_Smith_Best_Episode_Ever_4112012
Get ya' popcorn ready...
(i do not own the rights to this video)
- published: 11 Apr 2012
- views: 108975
ESPN The Mag: Jeremy Lin & James Harden
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:23
- Updated: 26 Nov 2012
Jeremy Lin and James Harden plays "Who Knows Their Teammate Better" with ESPN The Magazine.
http://wn.com/ESPN_The_Mag_Jeremy_Lin_James_Harden
Jeremy Lin and James Harden plays "Who Knows Their Teammate Better" with ESPN The Magazine.
- published: 26 Nov 2012
- views: 76118
Sam Gordon On Wheaties Box
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:56
- Updated: 21 Nov 2012
Sam Gordon joins "SportsCenter" to talk about being a football sensation, getting on a Wheaties Box, being a role model for girls and her favorite sport.
http://wn.com/Sam_Gordon_On_Wheaties_Box
Sam Gordon joins "SportsCenter" to talk about being a football sensation, getting on a Wheaties Box, being a role model for girls and her favorite sport.
- published: 21 Nov 2012
- views: 191839
Dwight Howard vs. Jameer Nelson
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:50
- Updated: 07 Mar 2013
Stephen A. Smith and Skip Bayless debate who is right in the Dwight Howard and Jameer Nelson exchange.
http://wn.com/Dwight_Howard_vs_Jameer_Nelson
Stephen A. Smith and Skip Bayless debate who is right in the Dwight Howard and Jameer Nelson exchange.
- published: 07 Mar 2013
- views: 15480
Barcelona 1-3 Real Madrid (Copa del Rey - Vuelta) - Fuente: ESPN (Canal 52,504 y 752 Movistar TV)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:49
- Updated: 26 Feb 2013
Fuente: ESPN (Canal 52,504 y 752 Movistar TV)
http://wn.com/Barcelona_1-3_Real_Madrid_Copa_del_Rey_Vuelta_Fuente_ESPN_Canal_52,504_y_752_Movistar_TV
Fuente: ESPN (Canal 52,504 y 752 Movistar TV)
- published: 26 Feb 2013
- views: 27753
ESPN analyst Eric Mangini shares his Brett Favre free agency story on SportsCenter
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:33
- Updated: 06 Mar 2013
Analyst Eric Mangini shares a free agency recruiting story with anchor Kevin Negandhi. Watch and see how a promise to Brett Favre had some ramifications with Mangini's wife.
http://wn.com/ESPN_analyst_Eric_Mangini_shares_his_Brett_Favre_free_agency_story_on_SportsCenter
Analyst Eric Mangini shares a free agency recruiting story with anchor Kevin Negandhi. Watch and see how a promise to Brett Favre had some ramifications with Mangini's wife.
- published: 06 Mar 2013
- views: 1382
SNL: @JayPharoah Impersonates ESPN's @StephenASmith. - DaLaughingBarrel.Com
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:03
- Updated: 21 May 2012
http://DaLaughingBarrel.com/ - More Funny Videos, And Comedy Daily.
Jay Pharoah impression of first take espn stephen / steven a smith for Saturday Night Live.
http://wn.com/SNL_@JayPharoah_Impersonates_ESPN's_@StephenASmith_DaLaughingBarrelCom
http://DaLaughingBarrel.com/ - More Funny Videos, And Comedy Daily.
Jay Pharoah impression of first take espn stephen / steven a smith for Saturday Night Live.
- published: 21 May 2012
- views: 767465
E:60 - Georges St-Pierre
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:20
- Updated: 30 Oct 2012
E:60 gets a rare look at the training regimen of UFC superstar Georges St-Pierre as he prepares to return to the Octagon in November.
http://wn.com/E60_Georges_St-Pierre
E:60 gets a rare look at the training regimen of UFC superstar Georges St-Pierre as he prepares to return to the Octagon in November.
- published: 30 Oct 2012
- views: 189569
Is That Carmelo Anthony Or A Wax Figure?
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:08
- Updated: 27 Jun 2012
Carmelo Anthony celebrates the unveiling of his wax statue at Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum by scaring unsuspecting visitors.
http://wn.com/Is_That_Carmelo_Anthony_Or_A_Wax_Figure?
Carmelo Anthony celebrates the unveiling of his wax statue at Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum by scaring unsuspecting visitors.
- published: 27 Jun 2012
- views: 576526
Is Kobe Bryant Overpaid?
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:07
- Updated: 22 Aug 2012
Skip Bayless and Stephen A. Smith discuss Kobe Bryant being the highest paid player in the NBA.
http://wn.com/Is_Kobe_Bryant_Overpaid?
Skip Bayless and Stephen A. Smith discuss Kobe Bryant being the highest paid player in the NBA.
- published: 22 Aug 2012
- views: 240470
Gotta Be the Shoes (Michael Jordan's 50th anniversary)
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- Duration: 7:27
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Long ago, a shoe endorsement was the pinnacle of an athlete's commercial success. Then, Michael Jordan arrived and became the first athlete to be a "brand." After the first pair of Nike "Air Jordan" basketball shoes rolled out, the former Chicago Bulls guard elevated his profile from superstar to transcendent, cross-over commercial icon. Now, almost 30 years since the first sneakers debuted and nearly a decade since Jordan retired as a pro athlete, his brand endures and continues to perpetuate his basketball legacy. All trademarks and copyrights belong to their respective owners.
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Long ago, a shoe endorsement was the pinnacle of an athlete's commercial success. Then, Michael Jordan arrived and became the first athlete to be a "brand." After the first pair of Nike "Air Jordan" basketball shoes rolled out, the former Chicago Bulls guard elevated his profile from superstar to transcendent, cross-over commercial icon. Now, almost 30 years since the first sneakers debuted and nearly a decade since Jordan retired as a pro athlete, his brand endures and continues to perpetuate his basketball legacy. All trademarks and copyrights belong to their respective owners.
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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to share a name with a superstar? Here, we follow an ordinary man who has been saddled with a legendary name. It's not crazy, it's sports.
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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to share a name with a superstar? Here, we follow an ordinary man who has been saddled with a legendary name. It's not crazy, it's sports.
Jose Mourinho, Fabio Capello, Arsene Wenger, Sir Alex Ferguson, Harry Redknapp, Sven Goran Eriksson, Rafa Benitez, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United, Newcastle United, West Ham United, Tottenham Hotspur, Cricket, Rugby, Olympics, Tennis, World Cup, UEFA, Champions League, Premier League, Championship, Racing, Football, Golf, Formula 1
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photo: AP / CERN
14 Mar 2013
Zeenews Bureau. Geneva. Physicists have announced on Wednesday that the subatomic particle discovered at CERN last year looked like a basic Higgs boson rather than any "super-Higgs" ... But CERN has yet to confirm that ... However, more analysis is still required before a definitive statement can be made.” ... (With Agency inputs) ... First Published. Thursday, March 14, 2013, 09.33. ....(size: 1.7Kb)
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13 Mar 2013
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - The rotting bodies of about 6,000 pigs in a river that supplies tap water to Shanghai has drawn attention to an ugly truth - China's pig farms are often riddled with disease and one way or another, sick animals often end up in the food chain ... To make matters worse, Feng said insurance companies were unwilling to insure pig breeders because the risks were so high ... The supplier denied it ... "TOUGH JOB"....(size: 4.0Kb)
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15 Mar 2013
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. After traveling from Venezuela to tour Europe in 1804, Simon Bolivar, age 22, stood with his tutor, Simon Rodriquez, surveying the skyline of Rome ... Then claiming that, "The heart of man's problem, freedom, seems to have been ignored," and, "It seems the mystery will not be solved except in the New World," he turned his back on decadent Rome and faced his mentor ... was ... Marines...Mr ... Empire....(size: 7.3Kb)
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15 Mar 2013
WASHINGTON — The United States will deploy additional ballistic missile interceptors along the Pacific Coast to increase the Pentagon’s ability to blunt a potential attack from North Korea, in a clear response to recent tests of nuclear weapons technology and long-range missiles by the North. Connect With Us on Twitter. Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. Twitter List. Reporters and Editors ... ....(size: 5.1Kb)
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15 Mar 2013
An inquiry into the deaths of nearly 900 protesters during Egypt's revolution has concluded that the police were behind nearly all the killings. The report, parts of which were obtained by The Associated Press on Thursday, said the police force used snipers on rooftops overlooking Cairo's Tahrir Square to shoot into the crowds ... The findings were leaked at a sensitive time for the country's police. ... 397 Source.. AP. Share ... News ... " /> ... ....(size: 7.0Kb)
The Wichita Eagle
16 Mar 2013
Ray Lewis, who officially joined ESPN's announcing crew this week, has great potential as an analyst ... ESPN executives ordered Bill Simmons to "lay low for a few days" on Twitter after he used that platform to criticize one of the network's shows, according to a source close to the situation ... Including ESPN" � were spot-on but in violation of the company's social-media policy....(size: 3.5Kb)
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
16 Mar 2013
.. Chicago – ESPN’s Dan Dakich, one of the more blunt college basketball analysts, waxed poetic about Wisconsin’s toughness in the final minute of the Badgers’ 68-59 victory over Michigan on Friday in the Big Ten tournament ... “Sometimes you win a game on toughness,” he said. “And I really believe this. I think Ryan Evans ... “And what I mean by that is, let’s take Jackson for example ... Tags....(size: 5.4Kb)
The State
16 Mar 2013
AUTO RACING. 9 a.m. NASCAR, Sprint Cup, practice for Food City 500. SPEED. 10.30 a.m. American Le Mans Series, 12 Hours of Sebring. SPEED. Noon NASCAR, Sprint Cup, final practice for Food City 500. SPEED. 1 p.m. American Le Mans Series, 12 Hours of Sebring. SPEED. 2 p.m. NASCAR Nationwide Series, Jeff Foxworthy’s Grit Chips 300. ESPN2. 1.30 a.m. Formula One, Australian Grand Prix. NBCSN. BASEBALL. 1 p.m ... MLB. BOXING ... HBO ... ESPN ... ESPN ... ESPN ... ESPN ... ESPN....(size: 2.8Kb)
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16 Mar 2013
LIVE EVENTS. Horse Racing. • Buffalo Raceway, 6.40 p.m. NHL. • Ottawa at Buffalo, 3 p.m., First Niagara Center. ON TELEVISION. Saturday. Auto Racing. • Nationwide Grit Chips 300, 2 p.m., ESPN2 ... ESPN2 ... Boxing ... vs ... 4 ... 7. • ACC semifinal TBA, 1 p.m., ESPN ... • ACC semifinal TBA, 3 p.m., ESPN ... • Big 12 final TBA, 5.30 p.m., ESPN ... • Big East final TBA, 8.30 p.m., ESPN ... • Pac-12 final TBA, 11 p.m., ESPN....(size: 3.2Kb)
The News & Observer
16 Mar 2013
Schedule subject to change. Saturday. AUTO RACING. 9 a.m ... 10.30 a.m ... 1 p.m ... 2 p.m ... 10.30 p.m ... (same-day tape), ESPN2 ... NC State, at Greensboro, ESPN, WRAL, WCTI, WRAL-101.5, WCMC-99.9, WDNC-620 ... UNC/Florida State winner, at Greensboro, ESPN, WRAL, WCTI, WCMC-99.9, WDNC-620 ... Kansas State-Oklahoma State winner, at Kansas City, Mo., ESPN ... Louisville-Notre Dame winner, at New York, ESPN ... Pac-12 Conference, championship, teams TBD, at Las Vegas, ESPN....(size: 5.6Kb)
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TELEVISION. Broadcasts subject to change and blackout. For TV channel questions and availability please contact your cable or satellite provider. For more TV, radio and media coverage, go to www.MySA.com and click on Sports Media in Blogs. TODAY. AUTO RACING. 8 a.m.. NASCAR. Sprint Cup Series, practice for Food City 500, at Bristol, Tenn., SPEED ... 11 a.m. ... State, ESPN ... North Carolina, ESPN ... winner, ESPN ... Louisville, ESPN ... Utah-Oregon winner, ESPN....(size: 5.9Kb)
Houston Chronicle
16 Mar 2013
Staff reports . March 15, 2013 . Updated. March 15, 2013 11.29pm. Comments (0) E-mail Print. Tweet. Page 1 of 1. Baseball World Baseball Classic MLB noon. Baseball L.A. Angels at Oakland (ss) MLB 3 p.m. Baseball Kansas City at Chicago Cubs WGN 3 p.m. Col. baseball Kentucky at Florida FSSW 11 a.m. Col. baseball LSU at Mississippi St. CSNH 6 p.m. Col. basketball Memphis vs ... Col ... Col ... ESPN noon ... Carolina ESPN 2.30 p.m ... ESPN 4.30 p.m ... Louisville ESPN 7.30 p.m....(size: 8.3Kb)
The Miami Herald
16 Mar 2013
MILWAUKEE -- From here on out, it’s the Heat vs. the NBA. Everyone wants to be the team that ends the Heat’s winning streak. “Teams want to beat us more and more,” Dwyane Wade said. “They’re tired of hearing about it on ESPN. They want to watch ESPN like everyone else. They’re tired of hearing the Heat.”. Or, if you’re Paul Pierce, you just want the Heat to lose period ... ....(size: 4.1Kb)
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16 Mar 2013
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Sporting News
16 Mar 2013
Free agent wide receiver Greg Jennings has agreed to a five-year deal with the Minnesota Vikings, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported via Twitter. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed ... Greg Jennings gives the Minnesota Vikings a proven wide receiver. (AP Photo) ... « OLDER ... ....(size: 1.3Kb)
Chicago Tribune
16 Mar 2013
Financial terms of the deal were not available, according to ESPN.com and the NFL Network ... Jennings is expected to be the Vikings' No ... ....(size: 1.0Kb)
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| ESPN logo since 1985 | |
| Launched | September 7, 1979 |
| Network | ESPN Network |
| Owned by | ESPN Inc. (The Walt Disney Company–80% Hearst Corporation–20%) |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) 720p (HDTV) |
| Slogan | The Worldwide Leader In Sports |
| Language | English |
| Broadcast area | Worldwide |
| Headquarters | Bristol, Connecticut |
| Sister channel(s) | ESPN2 ESPN3 ESPNews ESPNU ESPN Classic ESPN Deportes ESPN Plus ESPN on ABC Longhorn Network |
| Website | ESPN |
| Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| DirecTV | 206 (SD/HD) 210 Alternate feed (SD) 210-1 Alternate feed (HD) 1206 VOD |
| Dish Network | 140 (SD/HD) 145 147 148 Alternate feeds |
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| Available on most cable systems | Check local listings for channels |
| Verizon FiOS | Channel 70 (SD) Channel 570 (HD) |
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| AT&T U-Verse | Channel 602 (SD) Channel 1602(HD) |
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming.
Founded by Bill Rasmussen, his son Scott Rasmussen and Aetna insurance agent Ed Eagan, it launched on September 7, 1979, under the direction of Chet Simmons, the network's President and CEO (and later the United States Football League's first commissioner). The Getty Oil Company provided funding to begin the new venture via executive Stuart Evey. John Skipper is ESPN's current president, a position he has held since January 1, 2012.
ESPN's signature telecast, SportsCenter, debuted with the network and aired its 30,000th episode on February 11, 2007. ESPN broadcasts primarily from its studios in Bristol, Connecticut. The network also operates offices in Miami; New York City; Seattle; Charlotte, North Carolina; and Los Angeles. The Los Angeles office, from which the late-night edition of SportsCenter is now broadcast, opened at L.A. Live in early 2009.
While ESPN is one of the most successful sports networks, it has not been free from criticism. This criticism includes accusations of biased coverage[1], conflict of interest, and controversies with individual broadcasters and analysts.
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History[link]
Main article: History of ESPN
High definition[link]
ESPN launched its 720p high-definition simulcast, originally branded as ESPNHD, on March 20, 2003. All Bristol and L.A. Live studio shows, along with most live events on ESPN, use high definition. ESPN is one of the few networks with an all-digital infrastructure. Shows recorded elsewhere − such as Jim Rome Is Burning (Los Angeles) are presented in a standard definition, 4:3 format with stylized pillarboxes. Pardon the Interruption and Around the Horn began airing in HD on September 27, 2010.[2]
ESPN and all of ABC and Disney's cable networks use the 720p HD line standard because ABC executives proposed a progressive scan signal that resolves fluid and high-speed motion in sports better, particularly during slow-motion replays.[3]
In 2011 ESPNHD began to downplay its distinct logo in promotion in preparation for a shift of its standard definition-feed to letterboxed widescreen, which occurred on June 1, 2011.
ESPN 3D[link]
Main article: ESPN 3D
On January 5, 2010, ESPN announced that it would launch a new 3D television channel, ESPN 3D. The network launched on June 11, 2010, with coverage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. During its first year, ESPN projected that it would air around 100 events in 3D within its first year.[4][5]
Originally, ESPN 3D only aired simulcasts of 3D events from other ESPN channels, but on February 14, 2011, the network switched to a 24 hour format with repeat airings of past 3D events.[6]
Programming[link]
Alongside its live sports broadcasts, ESPN also airs a variety of sports highlight, talk, and documentary styled shows. These include:
- SportsCenter – The flagship program of ESPN, a daily sports news program delivering the latest sports news and highlights
- Around the Horn – Competitive debating between four sports writers across the country, moderated by Tony Reali
- Baseball Tonight – A daily recap of the day's Major League Baseball action that airs throughout the baseball season.
- College GameDay (Basketball) – Weekly college basketball show airing from the Saturday Primetime game of the week site.
- College GameDay (Football) – Weekly college football preview show airing from the site of a major college football game.
- E:60 – An investigative journalism newsmagazine show focusing on American and international sports.
- Monday Night Countdown – Weekly recap show aired on Monday evenings during the NFL season, also serves as the pre-game show for Monday Night Football
- Outside the Lines – Talk and debate show that examines critical sports issues on and off the field of play
- Pardon the Interruption (PTI) – Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon debate a fast-paced array of sports topics
- Sunday NFL Countdown – Weekly preview show that airs on Sunday mornings during the NFL season.
- SportsNation - Michelle Beadle and Colin Cowherd debate various sports topics through different segments.
- "Mike and Mike in the Morning" - Mike Golic and Mike Greenberg talk about the biggest sports stories of the day every weekday from 6 AM to 10 AM on ESPN and ESPN2.
Executives[link]
- John Skipper: President, ESPN, Inc.[7]
- Sean Bratches: Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing[8]
- Christine Driessen: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer[9]
- Ed Durso: Executive Vice President, Administration[10]
- Charles Pagano: Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer[11]
- Norby Williamson: Executive Vice President, Programming[12]
- Russell Wolff: Executive Vice President and Managing Director, ESPN International[13]
- John Wildhack: Executive Vice President, Production
- John Kosner: Executive Vice President, Digital and Print Media
- John A. Walsh: Executive Vice President and Executive Editor
In popular culture[link]
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ESPN has become a part of popular culture since its inception. Many movies with a general sports theme will include ESPN announcers and programming into their storylines (such as in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, which gently lampoons the channel's multiple outlets by referencing the as-yet-nonexistent ESPN8, "The Ocho,"[14] a reference to a nickname formerly used for ESPN2, "the Deuce"; the slogan for the network was "If it's almost a sport, you'll find it here!"). In the film The Waterboy, Adam Sandler's character Bobby Boucher has his college football accomplishments tracked through several fictional "SportsCenter" newscasts including the "Bourbon Bowl." 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. Also, Ron Burgundy, Will Ferrell's character from the film Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, fictitiously auditions for a position on SportsCenter just days before the network's launch in 1979, and fails miserably. He then claims that the idea (of a 24 hour sports network) will never become popular, and will be a financial and cultural disaster (claiming it's as ridiculous as a 24-hour cooking network or an all music channel). This was originally shot as a SportsCenter piece celebrating ESPN's 25th anniversary in 2004, and was subsequently included as an extra on the Anchorman DVD.
Many jokes have been made by comedians about fake obscure sports that are shown on ESPN. Dennis Miller mentioned watching "sumo rodeo," while George Carlin stated that ESPN showed "Australian dick wrestling." One of several Saturday Night Live sketches poking fun at the network features ESPN2 airing a show called Scottish Soccer Hooligan Weekly, which includes a fake advertisement for "Senior Women's Beach Lacrosse." SNL also parodies ESPN Classic with fake archived obscure women's sportscasts from the 1980s such as bowling, weight lifting and curling, with announcers who know nothing about the sport, and instead focus on the sponsors which are always women's hygiene products. In the early years of ESPN, Late Night with David Letterman even featured a "Top Ten List" poking fun at some of the obscure sports seen on ESPN at the time. One of the more memorable sports on the list was "Amish Rake Fighting." A recurring skit on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon named Sports Freak-Out! is a parody of SportsCenter's overexcited anchors.
A common joke in comedic television and film involves people getting ESP (an abbreviation for Extrasensory Perception, and an irony considering ESPN was initially supposed to be named "ESP") confused with ESPN, often including someone saying something along the lines of "I know these kind of things, I've got ESPN". Electronic Arts in the early 1990s used to have a faux sports network logo on their sports games called EASN (Electronic Arts Sports Network), but soon changed to EA Sports after ESPN requested that they stop using it. There are at least 22 children named after the network.[15][16][17]
Criticism[link]
Main article: Criticism of ESPN
ESPN is often accused of having a bias towards certain teams, including those in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), particularly the Duke Blue Devils and North Carolina Tar Heels.[18] ESPN and the ACC have a rights deal that extends through the 2026-27 season which provides additional football, men's and women's basketball and Olympic sports coverage on a variety of platforms, suggesting the bias may have a financial motivation.[19]
It is also commonly accused of having bias towards the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, and Philadelphia Phillies, among other teams, when airing highlights and games.[citation needed] Red Sox-Yankees games are common on ESPN Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday night baseball broadcasts.
ESPN has been criticized for not reporting a taped recording of Bernie Fine's wife apparently acknowledging that she knew her husband may have molested children, [20] particularly because ESPN ran a number of articles criticizing Joe Paterno for not taking enough affirmative action to report Jerry Sandusky's alleged child abuse. [21]
Network slogans[link]
- The Total Sports Network (1979–1985)
- The Number One Sports Network (1985–1991)
- All Sports, All the Time (1991–1994)
- America's No.1 Sports Network (1994–1998)
- The Worldwide Leader in Sports (1998– )
Competitors[link]
National Sports Networks
Speciality Networks
- Fox Soccer
- GOL TV
- Golf Channel
- MLB Network
- NBA TV
- NFL Network
- NHL Network
- Speed Channel
- Tennis Channel
- TVG Network
- WWE Network
See also[link]
Notes[link]
- ^ [1] ESPN.com, August 15, 2008.
- ^ ESPN Yakkers Go HD Next Week TVPredictions.com September 20, 2010.
- ^ "The HD Experience" (PDF). ESPN. Archived from the original on March 9, 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080309195610/http://hd.espn.com/hd/pdfs/playbook.pdf. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
- ^ Gibbons, Kent (May 25, 2010). 3DTV 2010 "Event: Bratches Bullish on ESPN 3D Uptake". Multichannel.com. http://www.multichannel.com/article/453022-3DTV_2010_Event_Bratches_Bullish_on_ESPN_3D_Uptake.php 3DTV 2010. Retrieved July 15, 2011.
- ^ ESPN 3D to show soccer, football, more ESPN, January 5, 2010.
- ^ Lynch, Colleen (January 5, 2011). "ESPN 3D Expands Programming Line Up – Will Air 3D Content All Day, Everyday". ESPN.com. http://www.espnmediazone3.com/us/2011/01/05/espn-3d-expands-programming-line-up-will-air-3d-content-all-day-everyday/. Retrieved July 15, 2011.
- ^ James, Meg (23 November 2011). "John Skipper is promoted to ESPN president". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 24 January 2012. http://www.webcitation.org/64wKLSlTx. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
- ^ "SEAN R. H. BRATCHES Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing". ESPN. http://media.espn.com/MediaZone/bios/executives/BratchesSean.htm. Retrieved April 7, 2007.
- ^ "CHRISTINE F. DRIESSEN Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer". ESPN. http://media.espn.com/MediaZone/bios/executives/DriessenChris.html. Retrieved April 7, 2007.
- ^ "EDWIN M. DURSO Executive Vice President, Administration". ESPN. http://media.espn.com/MediaZone/bios/executives/DursoEdwin.htm. Retrieved April 7, 2007.
- ^ "CHUCK PAGANO Executive Vice President, Technology". ESPN. http://media.espn.com/MediaZone/bios/executives/PaganoChuck.htm. Retrieved April 7, 2007.
- ^ "NORBY WILLIAMSON Executive Vice President, Studio and Remote Production". ESPN. http://media.espn.com/MediaZone/bios/executives/WilliamsonNorby.htm. Retrieved April 7, 2007.
- ^ "RUSSELL WOLFF Executive Vice President and Managing Director, ESPN International". ESPN. http://media.espn.com/MediaZone/bios/executives/WolffRussell.htm. Retrieved April 7, 2007.
- ^ "Movie Preview: Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story". Entertainment Weekly. April 21, 2004. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,613698,00.html. Retrieved July 30, 2008.
- ^ Parents name baby after ESPN, Joe Montana, NBC Sports, October 9, 2006.
- ^ "Texas toddler at least third named ESPN". ESPN. June 16, 2006. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=1829996.
- ^ Hiestand, Michael (February 7, 2006). "Lampley nearing most-called Olympics". USA Today. http://usatoday.com/sports/columnist/hiestand-tv/2006-02-07-hiestand-lampley_x.htm. Retrieved June 9, 2008. "ESPN says it's heard of at least 22 babies named ESPN"
- ^ Le Anne Schreiber (August 15, 2008). "Geography lesson: Breaking down the bias in ESPN's coverage". ESPN. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=schreiber_leanne&id=3534299. Retrieved November 15, 2008.
- ^ "ACC, ESPN agree to extend deal". ESPN. 11 May 2012. http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/7910112/atlantic-coast-conference-espn-extend-rights-deal-2026-27. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
- ^ Kekis, John (November 28, 2011). Fine tape a moral loss for media "Event: Bratches Bullish on ESPN 3D Uptake". Multichannel.com. http://www.buffalonews.com/city/columns/donn-esmonde/article659405.ece Fine tape a moral loss for media. Retrieved December 7, 2011.
- ^ staff, Laschout (December 1, 2011). ESPN Defines the Height of Hypocrisy "Event: Bratches Bullish on ESPN 3D Uptake". Multichannel.com. http://www.laschout.org/2011/12/01/espn-defines-the-height-of-hypocrisy/ ESPN Defines the Height of Hypocrisy. Retrieved December 7, 2011.
Bibliography[link]
- Miller, James Andrew; Tom Shales (2011). Those Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN. New York, NY: Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 978-0-316-04300-7.
External links[link]
- Official website (Mobile)
- ESPN Video Archive Official ESPN Video Archive
- ESPN Fan Zone (Official ESPN Research via Surveys and Forums)
- ESPN Jobs
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| Birth name | Curtis James Jackson III |
| Born | (1975-07-06) July 6, 1975 (age 36) |
| Origin | South Jamaica, Queens, New York City, New York, United States |
| Genres | Hip hop |
| Occupations | Rapper |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Labels | Aftermath, Shady, G-Unit |
| Associated acts | G-Unit, Dr. Dre, Eminem, Sha Money XL, DJ Whoo Kid |
| Website | 50cent.com |
Curtis James Jackson III (born July 6, 1975), better known by his stage name 50 Cent, is an American rapper, entrepreneur, investor, record producer, and actor. He rose to fame with the release of his albums Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003) and The Massacre (2005). His album Get Rich or Die Tryin' has been certified eight times platinum by the RIAA.[1]
Born in the South Jamaica of Queens, New York City, Jackson began drug dealing at the age of twelve during the 1980s crack epidemic.[2] After leaving drug dealing to pursue a rap career, he was shot at and struck by nine bullets during an incident in 2000. After releasing his album Guess Who's Back? in 2002, Jackson was discovered by rapper Eminem and signed to Interscope Records. With the help of Eminem and Dr. Dre, who produced his first major commercial successes, Jackson became one of the world's highest selling rappers. In 2003, he founded the record label G-Unit Records, which signed several successful rappers such as Young Buck, Lloyd Banks, and Tony Yayo.
Jackson has engaged in feuds with other rappers including Ja Rule, Nas, Fat Joe, Jadakiss, Cam'ron, Puff Daddy, Rick Ross, and former G-Unit members The Game and Young Buck. He has also pursued an acting career, appearing in the semi-autobiographical film Get Rich or Die Tryin' in 2005, the Iraq War film Home of the Brave in 2006, and Righteous Kill in 2008. 50 Cent was ranked as the sixth-best artist of the 2000s by Billboard magazine. The magazine also ranked him as the fourth top male artist and as the third top rapper behind Eminem and Nelly.[3] Billboard magazine also ranked him as the sixth best and most successful Hot 100 Artist of the 2000s[4] and as the number one rap artist of the 2000s.[5] Billboard ranked his album Get Rich or Die Tryin' as the twelfth best album of the 2000s[6] and his album The Massacre as the 37th best album of the 2000s.[7] As of September 2011, 50 Cent is working on his fifth studio album, which is set to be released in 2012.[8]
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Curtis Jackson III grew up in South Jamaica, a poverty-stricken urban neighborhood in Queens, New York City. He grew up without a father and was raised by his mother, Sabrina, who gave birth to him at the age of fifteen. Sabrina, a cocaine dealer, raised Jackson until the age of eight, when she was killed in 1983. Twenty-seven years old at the time, she became unconscious after someone drugged her drink. She was then left for dead after the gas in her apartment was turned on and the windows shut closed.[9][10]
After her death, Jackson moved into his grandparents' house with his eight aunts and uncles.[11][12][13] He recalls, "My grandmother told me, 'Your mother's not coming home. She's not gonna come back to pick you up. You're gonna stay with us now.' That's when I started adjusting to the streets a little bit".[14]
Jackson began boxing around the age of eleven. At fourteen, a neighbor opened a boxing gym for local kids. "When I wasn't killing time in school, I was sparring in the gym or selling crack on the strip", he recalled.[15] In the mid 1980s, he competed in the Junior Olympics as an amateur boxer. He recounts, "I was competitive in the ring and hip-hop is competitive too... I think rappers condition themselves like boxers, so they all kind of feel like they're the champ".[16] At the age of twelve, Jackson began dealing narcotics when his grandparents thought he was at after-school programs.[17] He also took guns and drug money to school. In the tenth grade, he was caught by metal detectors at Andrew Jackson High School. He later stated, "I was embarrassed that I got arrested like that... After I got arrested I stopped hiding it. I was telling my grandmother [openly], 'I sell drugs.'"[14]
Following time spent in a correctional boot camp, Jackson adopted the nickname "50 Cent" as a metaphor for "change".[18] The name was derived from Kelvin Martin, a 1980s Brooklyn robber known as "50 Cent". Jackson chose the name "because it says everything I want it to say. I'm the same kind of person 50 Cent was. I provide for myself by any means".[19]
Music career[link]
1996–99: Early career[link]
Jackson started rapping in a friend's basement where he used turntables to record over instrumentals.[20] In 1996, a friend introduced him to Jam Master Jay of Run-DMC who was organizing his label Jam Master Jay Records.
Jay taught him how to count bars, write choruses, structure songs, and how to make a record.[21][22] Jackson's first official appearance was on a song titled "React" with the group Onyx on their 1998 album Shut 'Em Down. He credited Jam Master Jay as an influence who helped him improve his ability to write hooks.[16] Jay produced Jackson's first album; however, it was never released.[9]
In 1999, after leaving Jam Master Jay, the platinum-selling producers Trackmasters took notice of Jackson and signed him to Columbia Records. They sent him to a studio in Upstate New York where he produced thirty-six songs in two weeks.[10] Eighteen were included on his unofficially released album, Power of the Dollar in 2000.[23] He also started the now-defunct Hollow Point Entertainment with former G-Unit affiliate Bang 'Em Smurf.[24][25]
Jackson's popularity started to increase after the successful but controversial underground single, "How to Rob", which he wrote in half an hour while in a car on the way to a studio.[18][26] The track comically explains how he would rob famous artists. He explained the reasoning behind song's content as, "There's a hundred artists on that label, you gotta separate yourself from that group and make yourself relevant".[18] Rappers Jay-Z, Kurupt, Sticky Fingaz, Big Pun, DMX, Wyclef Jean and the Wu-Tang Clan replied to the song[26] and Nas, who received the track positively, invited Jackson to travel on a promotional tour for his Nastradamus album.[13] The song was intended to be released with "Thug Love" featuring Destiny's Child, but two days before he was scheduled to film the "Thug Love" music video, Jackson was shot and confined to a hospital due to his injuries.[27]
2000–01: Shooting[link]
On May 24, 2000, Jackson was attacked by a gunman, alleged to be Darryl "Hommo" Baum, outside his grandmother's former home in South Jamaica, Queens. He went into a friend's car, but was asked to return to the house to get jewelry.
His son was in the house, while his grandmother was in the front yard.[10] Upon returning to the back seat of the car and already seated, another car pulled up nearby. An assailant then walked up to Jackson's left side with a 9mm handgun and fired nine shots at close range. He was shot nine times: in the hand (a round hit his right thumb, to where the bullet passed through and out his little finger), arm, hip, both legs, chest, and his face (his left cheek).[9][14][28] The face wound resulted in a swollen tongue, the loss of a wisdom tooth, and a small slur in his voice.[13][14][29] His friend also sustained a gunshot wound to the hand. They were driven to the hospital where Jackson spent thirteen days.
Baum, the alleged shooter, was killed three weeks later.[30]
Baum was also Mike Tyson's close friend and bodyguard.[31]
Jackson recalled the incident saying, "It happens so fast that you don't even get a chance to shoot back.... I was scared the whole time.... I was looking in the rear-view mirror like, 'Oh @#!*% , somebody shot me in the face! It burns, burns, burns.'"[14] In his autobiography, From Pieces to Weight: Once upon a Time in Southside Queens, he wrote, "After I got shot nine times at close range and didn't die, I started to think that I must have a purpose in life... How much more damage could that shell have done? Give me an inch in this direction or that one, and I'm gone".[11] He used a walker for the first six weeks and fully recovered after five months. When he left the hospital, he stayed in the Poconos with his then-girlfriend and son. His workout regime helped him attain his muscular physique.[9][14][32]
While in the hospital, Jackson signed a publishing deal with Columbia Records. However, he was dropped from the label and "blacklisted" in the recording industry because of his song "Ghetto Qu'ran".
Unable to find a studio to work with in the U.S, he traveled to Canada.[33][34] Along with his business partner Sha Money XL, he recorded over thirty songs for mixtapes, with the purpose of building a reputation.
According to Shady Records A&R Marc Labelle in an interview with HitQuarters, Jackson shrewdly used the mixtape circuit to his own advantage saying, "He took all the hottest beats from every artist and flipped them with better hooks. They then got into all the markets on the mixtapes and all the mixtape DJs were messing with them."[35] Jackson's popularity rose and in 2002, he released material independently on the mixtape, Guess Who's Back?. Beginning to attract interest, and now backed by G-Unit, Jackson continued to release music including 50 Cent Is the Future. The mixtape revisited material by Jay-Z and Raphael Saadiq.[23]
2002–09: Rise to fame[link]
In 2002, Eminem listened to a copy of Jackson's Guess Who's Back? CD. He received the CD through Jackson's attorney, who was working with Eminem's manager Paul Rosenberg.[27] Impressed with the album, Eminem invited Jackson to fly to Los Angeles, where he was introduced to Dr. Dre.[9][21][27] After signing a $1 million record deal,[21] Jackson released the mixtape, No Mercy, No Fear. It featured one new track, "Wanksta", which was put on Eminem's 8 Mile soundtrack.[23] He was also signed to Chris Lighty's Violator Management and Sha Money XL's Money Management Group.
In February 2003, Jackson released his commercial debut album, Get Rich or Die Tryin'. Allmusic described it as "probably the most hyped debut album by a rap artist in about a decade".[36] Rolling Stone noted the album for its "dark synth grooves, buzzy keyboards and a persistently funky bounce" with Jackson complementing the production in "an unflappable, laid-back flow".[37]
It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling 872,000 copies in the first four days.[38] The lead single, "In da Club", which The Source noted for its "blaring horns, funky organs, guitar riffs and sparse hand claps",[39] broke a Billboard record as the most listened-to song in radio history within a week.[40]
Interscope granted Jackson his own label, G-Unit Records in 2003.[41] He signed Lloyd Banks, Tony Yayo, and Young Buck as the established members of G-Unit. The Game was later signed under a joint venture with Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment.
In March 2005, Jackson's second commercial album, The Massacre, sold 1.14 million copies in the first four days-the highest in an abbreviated sales cycle[38]- and peaked at number one on the Billboard 200 for six weeks.[42]
He became the first solo artist to have three singles on the Billboard top five in the same week with "Candy Shop", "Disco Inferno", and "How We Do".[43] Rolling Stone noted that "50's secret weapon is his singing voice - the deceptively amateur-sounding tenor croon that he deploys on almost every chorus".[44]
After The Game's departure, Jackson signed singer Olivia and rap veterans Mobb Deep to G-Unit Records. Spider Loc, M.O.P., 40 Glocc and Young Hot Rod later joined the label.[45][46] Jackson expressed interest in working with rappers outside of G-Unit, such as Lil' Scrappy of BME, LL Cool J from Def Jam, Mase from Bad Boy, and Freeway of Roc-A-Fella, some of whom he recorded with.[47] In September 2007, he released his third album Curtis, which was inspired by his life before Get Rich or Die Tryin'.[48] It debuted at number two on the Billboard 200, selling 691,000 units in the first week,[49] behind Kanye West's Graduation, whom he had a sales competition with, as both albums were released on the same day.
He confirmed on TRL on September 10, 2008 that his fourth studio album, Before I Self Destruct, will be "done and released in November".
On May 18, 2009, Jackson released a song entitled "Ok, You're Right". The song was produced by Dr. Dre and was included in Before I Self Destruct.
In Fall 2009, 50 Cent appeared in the new season of VH1's Behind The Music.
On September 3, 2009 months upon the release of his "Before I Self Destruct" album 50 Cent posted a video[50] for the Soundkillers' Phoenix[51] produced track "Flight 187" which introduced his mixtape, the 50th LAW, and was also featured as a bonus track on his iTunes release of Before I Self Destruct. The song ignited speculation that there was tension between rapper 50 Cent and Jay Z for Jackson's comments in the song.[52]
2010–present[link]
In an interview with the British entertainment website ContactMusic, 50 Cent announced that he was working on a dance album named Black Magic. 50 Cent said he was inspired by the European nightclubs. "First they played hip-hop which suddenly changed to uptempo songs, known as Eurodance".[53] He went on The Invitation Tour in the summer of 2010, in support of Before I Self Destruct album, and the then shelved Black Magic album. He "recorded 20 songs to a whole different album concept" before he put those to the side and did something different.[54]
50 Cent revealed that he wanted his new album to have the same "aggression" as his debut record, Get Rich or Die Tryin'.[55][56]
He later tweeted that the album was "80 percent done", and stated that fans can expect the album in the summer of 2011; however, the album has been delayed to 2012 at the earliest, due to tensions and disagreements at Interscope Records, Later 50 Cent said that he will release his album in November 2011[8] and it has also been confirmed that "Black Magic" will not be the album's title.[8] 50 Cent has already confirmed that Eminem will appear on the album, but he also confirmed that he has been working with new producers such as Boi-1da and Alex da Kid.[57] Cardiak, who produced Lloyd Banks' “Start It Up”, also confirmed that he had produced a song for the upcoming album.[58]
DJ Whoo Kid confirmed in an interview that 50 Cent was filming a new movie with Robert DeNiro in New Orleans.[59]
50 Cent released the first song from his fifth studio album, titled "Outlaw", to the Internet on June 16, 2011.[60]
The single was produced by Cardiak.
It was released to iTunes on July 19, 2011,[61] although 50 Cent confirmed through his Twitter account that the song was not the album's first single.[62]
50 Cent is set to release a book titled Playground.
Unlike his previous literary efforts — which focus on his life story and the rules of power — this time he's aiming at a teen audience with a semi-autobiographical novel about bullying. According to a statement from the book's publisher, the first-person novel is slated for release in January 2012 and will tell the story of a 13-year-old schoolyard bully "who finds redemption as he faces what he's done."[63]
50 Cent has promised to deliver his fifth studio album album over the past few years, but the LP may be delayed until 2012. In a series of tweets, 50 Cent explained that him and his label Interscope Records aren’t on the same page on how to roll out the album and that he’s delaying its release until they see eye to eye.[8]
50 Cent later suggested that his album will be releasing in November 2011, along with his headphone line SMS by 50.[8]
50 Cent spoke to MTV in relation to the possibility of leaving Interscope Records. "I don't know," 50 told MTV News when asked if he would ink back with Interscope once his five-album deal was fulfilled. "It will all be clear in the negotiations following me turning this actual album in. And, of course, the performance and how they actually treat the work will determine whether you still want to stay in that position or not."[64]
On June 20, 2011, 50 Cent announced that he will release an LP titled Before I Self Destruct II. The announced sequel to his 2009 LP is suggested to be released after his fifth studio album.[65]
On June 26, 2011, 50 Cent planned to shoot a music video for the lead single from his fifth studio album titled I'm On It.[66] However, the music video never surfaced.[67]
50 Cent spoke to Shade45 in relation guest appearances for his fifth studio album. "I did four songs in Detroit with Eminem. I did two with Just Blaze, a Boi-1da joint, and I did something with Alex da Kid. We made two that are definite singles and the other two are the kinds of records that we been making, more aimed at my core audience, more aggressive, more of a different kind of energy to it."[68]
In September 2011, 50 Cent released a song titled "Street King Energy Track #7" in attempt to promote his charitable energy drink Street King.[69]
On September 28, 2011, it was confirmed that 50 Cent is shooting a music video for his lead single from his fifth studio album titled "Girls Go Wild", which features Jeremih.[70][71]
On October 26, 2011, 50 Cent announced that his fifth studio album will be released in December 2011.[72] However, the album was delayed, and it was announced that the album will now be released on July 2, 2012.[73]
Other ventures[link]
Jackson has established himself in a variety of fields. In November 2003, he signed a five-year deal with Reebok to distribute a "G-Unit Sneakers" line as part of his G-Unit Clothing Company.[74][75] He provided the voice-over as the protagonist in the video game 50 Cent: Bulletproof, which was released for PlayStation 2, Xbox, and the PlayStation Portable.
Its sequel, 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand, was released in early 2009.[76][77] He worked with Glacéau to create a vitamin water drink called Formula 50. In 2007, Coca-Cola purchased Glacéau for US$4.1 billion. Forbes estimated Jackson, who owns a stake in the company, earned $100 million from the deal after taxes.[78] He has teamed up with Right Guard to launch a body spray called Pure 50 RGX Body Spray and a condom line called Magic Stick Condoms,[79] in which he planned to donate part of the proceeds to HIV awareness.[80]
Jackson has signed a multi-year deal with Steiner Sports to sell his memorabilia.[81]
In 2005, Jackson made a cameo appearance on The Simpsons episode "Pranksta Rap", in which he makes light of his legal troubles. The same year, he starred alongside Terrence Howard in the semi-autobiographical film Get Rich or Die Tryin'. He starred in the 2006 film Home of the Brave, as a soldier returning home from the Iraq War, traumatized after killing an Iraqi woman.[82]
Jackson is working[when?] on a role as a fighter in an Angola State Prison in Spectacular Regret alongside Nicolas Cage, and starred opposite Al Pacino and Robert De Niro in 2008's Righteous Kill, a movie regarding a police death.[83]
He also started the film production companies G-Unit Films in 2007 and Cheetah Vision in 2008.[84][85]
In August 2007, Jackson announced plans to launch a dietary supplement company in conjunction with his movie Spectacular Regret.[86]
In August 2005, shortly before appearing in Get Rich or Die Tryin', Jackson published an autobiography entitled From Pieces to Weight: Once upon a Time in Southside Queens. In it, Jackson explores the cultural and economic forces that led him to sell cocaine and crack, details his entrepreneurship as a drug-dealer and then as a rapper, and reflects on his own ethos and on society.
On January 4, 2007, Jackson launched his G-Unit Books imprint at the Time Warner Building.[87] He also co-wrote The Ski Mask Way, a novel about a small-time drug dealer who attempts to rob his employers, which is to be turned into a film.[80] Jackson said he read Robert Greene's The 33 Strategies of War and worked with the author on a book titled The 50th Law, an urban take on The 48 Laws of Power.[80][88] In May 2008, Jackson met billionaire Patrice Motsepe to forge a joint venture selling 50 Cent-branded platinum.[89]
In 2008, Jackson started a reality television show on MTV titled 50 Cent: The Money and the Power; the winning contestant, Ryan Mayberry, won a $100,000 investment from Jackson.[90]
On September 8, 2009, he published his book The 50th Law.[91]
In 2010, Jackson's film company Cheetah Vision landed $200 million in funding.[92]
In July 2011, 50 Cent revealed his initiative to provide food for millions of people in Africa by 2016. 50 Cent teamed up with Pure Growth Partners to launch a charitable energy drink called Street King that will help aid in combating world hunger. For every purchase of Street King, a portion of the sales will go to providing a daily meal to an underprivileged child around the world. The partnership coincides with Fiddy’s mission statement of feeding a billion people in Africa over the next five years.
“50 Cent and I share a common vision: To address the world’s problems through smart and sustainable business models,” said Chris Clark, the founder and CEO of Pure Growth Partners. “With the rampant starvation in Africa and hunger afflicting children worldwide, we need socially responsible businesses that affect real change now more than ever.”
50 concurs, stating, “I’m inspired by Clarke’s vision and innovative approaches to tackling serious issues. It’s our mission with Street King to really change children’s lives around the world.”[93][94]
Jackson founded SMS Audio, selling headphones with the name Street by 50. He has pledged to donate a portion of the sales to charity.[95]
Personal life[link]
Jackson has a tattoo of "Marquise" with an axe on his right biceps. "The axe is 'cause I'm a warrior. I don't want him to be one, though,"[34] he explains. He also has "50", "Southside", and "Cold World" inscribed on his back because "I'm a product of that environment. It's on my back, though, so it's all behind me."[34]
Family[link]
On October 13, 1997, Jackson's then-girlfriend Shaniqua Tompkins gave birth to a son, Marquise Jackson.[2][96]
The birth of his son changed Jackson's outlook on life: "When my son came into my life, my priorities changed, because I wanted to have the relationship with him, that I didn't have with my father."[97] He credited his son for inspiring his career and being "motivation to go in a different direction".[98]
Politics[link]
In 2005, Jackson expressed support for President George Walker Bush after rapper Kanye West criticized him for the slow response in assisting the Hurricane Katrina victims.[99]
If his felony convictions did not prevent him from voting, he claimed he would have voted for Bush.[100] Jackson identifies with the Republican Party.[101]
He later stated that Bush "has less compassion than the average human. By all means, I don't aspire to be like George Bush."[102]
In response to Obama's endorsement of gay marriage, 50 cent said he also supports legalizing it.[103]
Wealth[link]
In 2007, Jackson was the second wealthiest performer in the rap industry, behind Jay-Z.[104] He resides in Farmington, Connecticut, in the former mansion of ex-boxer Mike Tyson.[105] He is consistently ranked among the richest figures in the American hip hop scene. In 2011, Jackson was ranked the fifth richest figure in American hip hop with a net worth estimated at $100 million.[106]
He put the mansion for sale at $18.5 million to move closer to his son who lives in Long Island with his ex-girlfriend.[107] On October 12, 2007, the Mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut declared it "50 Cent Curtis Jackson Day". He was honored with a key to the city and an official proclamation.[108]
One of his homes in New York purchased for 2.4 million dollars in January 2007 and at the center of a lawsuit between Jackson and ex-girlfriend Shaniqua Tompkins caught fire on May 30, 2008 while he was out of town filming for a movie in Louisiana.[109]
In December 2008 Jackson told the Canadian press that he had been affected by the recession, losing several million dollars in the stock market as an investor. He also went on to say that he had been unable to sell his Connecticut mansion and pushed Before I Self-Destruct back because of the recent economic downturn.[110]
Legal issues[link]
On June 29, 1994, Jackson was arrested for helping to sell four vials of cocaine to an undercover police officer. He was arrested again three weeks later when police searched his home and found heroin, ten ounces of crack cocaine, and a starter gun.
He was sentenced to three to nine years in prison, but managed to serve six months in a shock incarceration boot camp where he earned his GED. Jackson said that he did not use cocaine himself, he only sold it.[11][111][112]
His ex-girlfriend Shaniqua Tompkins sued Jackson for $50 million, claiming that he said that he would take care of her for life; the suit, which includes 15 claims was later dismissed by a judge, calling it "an unfortunate tale of a love relationship gone sour."[113]
50 Cent was sentenced to two years probation on July 22, 2005 from an incident in May 2004 when 50 Cent jumped into the audience after being hit with a water bottle.[114] He was charged with three counts of assault and battery.[114]
Lawsuits[link]
On July 21, 2007, Jackson filed a $1 million lawsuit against advertising company Traffix Inc. of Pearl River, New York for using his image in a promotion which he claims threatens his safety.
He became aware of the internet ad after one of his staff members saw it on a MySpace page. According to court documents, the ad features a cartoon image of the rapper and the message: "shoot the rapper and you will win $5000 or five ring tones guaranteed".
Though the ad did not use his name, the image allegedly intended to resemble him, suggesting he endorsed the ad.
The lawsuit calls it a "vile, tasteless and despicable" use of 50 Cent's image that "quite literally calls for violence against him". The lawsuit seeks for unspecified punitive damages and a permanent injunction against the use of his image without permission.[115][116]
In November 2009, 50 Cent won in a lawsuit against Taco Bell over the fast food chain using his name to promote the brand without his permission.[117]
Feuds[link]
How to Rob[link]
50 Cent said that he intended the single to be a joke, and not meant to disrespect anybody. Nevertheless, a number of rappers mentioned on the song responded on record.
The comments made towards the Wu-Tang Clan were responded to on the Ghostface Killah album Supreme Clientele on a track called "Ghost Deini" and even more directly on a skit called "Clyde Smith" which included one of the Wu-Tang Clan members talking about how they intended to harm the rapper, which is identifiable as Raekwon when the track is sped up. A supposed diss song, "Who the Fuck Is 50 Cent", which circulated the web in the beginning of 2001 was rumored to be by the Clan, but was proven to be recorded by Polite of American Cream Team (Raekwon's then-side project).
Jay-Z also reacted to the comments in the track called "It's Hot (Some Like It Hot)", off the album Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter:
"Go against Jigga yo' ass is dense
I'm about a dollar, what the fuck is 50 Cents?"
Sticky Fingaz responded to the diss with the track "Jackin' for Beats."
"The real 50 from Brooklyn god bless he got outed
You just a fake clown who front and rout about it."
Big Pun responds to this track on his album Yeeeah Baby, in the song "My Turn."
"And to the 50 Cent Rapper, very funny – get your nut off, 'cuz in real life, we all know I'd blow your motherfucking head off...If I'm gonna write a song, it'll be about how I had to beat your mothafuckin' ass. And that'll be the name of the motherfucker: 'That's Why I Had To Beat Your Motherfucking Ass', featuring Tony Sunshine."
Kurupt responded on the diss track "Callin' Out Names."
"Now it's 50 mc's that ain't worth shit
Get ya ass kicked 50 times, beat to 10 cent"
Wyclef Jean responded on the song "Low Income", from his 2000 album, The Ecleftic.
"I stay so hungry that if 50 Cent came to rob me
he'd be part of my charity."
The Inc.[link]
Before signing with Interscope, Jackson engaged in a well-publicized dispute with rapper Ja Rule and his label The Inc.. Jackson claims that a friend robbed Ja Rule of his jewelry and that Ja Rule accused him of setting it up.[118] However, Ja Rule claimed the conflict stemmed from a video shoot in Queens because Jackson did not like seeing him "getting so much love" from the neighborhood.[119] In March 2000, while at The Hit Factory studio in New York, Jackson had an altercation with Murder Inc. associates. He was treated for three stitches after receiving a stab wound.[118][120] Rapper Black Child claimed responsibility for the stabbing, saying he acted in self-defense because he thought someone reached for a gun.[121]
An affidavit by an IRS agent suggested that Murder Inc. had ties to Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff, a New York drug lord who was suspected of being involved in the murder of Jam Master Jay and the shooting of Jackson. An excerpt of the affidavit read:
The investigation has uncovered a conspiracy involving McGriff and others to murder a rap artist who has released songs containing lyrics regarding McGriff's criminal activities. The rap artist was shot in 2000, survived and thereafter refused to cooperate with law enforcement regarding the shooting. Messages transmitted over the Murder Inc. pager indicate that McGriff is involved in an ongoing plot to kill this rap artist, and that he communicates with Murder Inc. employees concerning the target.[33]
In an interview with MTV, Ja Rule acknowledged his defeat against 50 Cent and stated that his new album, The Mirror, will not be continuing any past feuds that he has engaged in. He said: There was a lot of things I wanted to say, and I didn't want there to be any bitter records on the album. Because I'm not bitter about anything that happened [in the past few years].
Fat Joe, Nas & Jadakiss[link]
Before releasing The Massacre, Jackson recorded a song "Piggy Bank", a response to Ja Rule's song "New York", which was leaked before the album's release. The song takes aim at rappers including Fat Joe, Nas, and Jadakiss.[122] Fat Joe responded with a song, "My Fofo", accusing Jackson of taking steroids, hiding in his home, and being jealous of The Game. Jadakiss also responded with a song, "Checkmate", and said that Jackson was trying to "create a buzz for his new album".[123] The "Piggy Bank" music video portrays animated caricatures of Jadakiss (as a Ninja turtle), Fat Joe (as King Hippo from Mike Tyson's Punch-Out), Nas (as a kid chasing a "milkshake" truck in a Superman costume), and The Game (as Mr. Potato Head). He also disses all of them on the beef version of his single "Window Shopper"[124] Kelis, Nas's then-wife, responded to the song on her single "Bossy".[citation needed] Nas later responded with "Don't Body Ya Self (MC Burial)." Nas later dissed 50 on the song "Street Ridaz" on Game's mixtape "Brake Lights".
Sean Combs[link]
Jackson spoke negatively about Bad Boy Entertainment mogul Sean Combs and recorded a song, "Hip-Hop", revealing the reasons behind his negative feelings: primarily, a contract dispute over Mase. In the song, he implied that Diddy knew about The Notorious B.I.G.'s murder and threatened to expose him through former associates.[125] The feud was resolved, with both rappers appearing on MTV's TRL and Sucker Free, respectively, stating that there were no longer problems.[126] The feud reignited in 2010 with 50 Cent dissing Diddy, saying his music "sucks".
Cam'ron[link]
On February 1, 2007, Cam'ron and Jackson had a live argument on The Angie Martinez Show on Hot 97 radio. Jackson commented that Koch Entertainment was a "graveyard", meaning major record labels would not work with their artists.[127] Cam'ron then ridiculed the record sales of G-Unit members Lloyd Banks and Mobb Deep by stating that Jim Jones outsold their albums despite being signed to an independent label and that his group, The Diplomats, had a distribution deal from several labels.[127] Both rappers released "diss" songs with videos on YouTube. Jackson suggested in "Funeral Music" that Cam'ron is no longer able to lead The Diplomats and that Jim Jones should take his place. Cam'ron responded with "Curtis" and "Curtis Pt. II", in which he makes fun of Jackson's appearance, calling him "a gorilla, with rabbit teeth".[128] Jackson responded by releasing "Hold On" with Young Buck.
Game[link]
Main article: G-Unit vs. The Game feud
Although he was close with The Game, before The Game released his debut album The Documentary, they soon became at odds. After its release, Jackson felt The Game was disloyal for saying he did not want to participate in G-Unit's feuds with other rappers and even wanting to work with artists they were feuding with. He also claimed that he wrote six songs on the album and was not receiving proper credit for his work, which The Game denied.[129]
Jackson later dismissed The Game from G-Unit on Hot 97 radio. After the announcement, The Game, who was a guest earlier in the evening, attempted to enter the building with his entourage. After being denied entry, one of his associates was shot in the leg during a confrontation with a group of men leaving the building.[130][131] When the situation escalated, both rappers held a press conference to announce their reconciliation.[132] Fans had mixed feelings as to whether the rappers created a publicity stunt to boost the sales of the albums they had just released.[133] Nevertheless, even after the situation deflated,[134] G-Unit criticized The Game's street credibility. The group denounced The Game and announced that they will not be featured on his albums. During a Summer Jam performance, The Game launched a boycott of G-Unit called "G-Unot".[135]
After the performance at Summer Jam, The Game responded with "300 Bars and Runnin'", an extended "diss" aimed at G-Unit as well as members of Roc-A-Fella Records on the mixtape You Know What It Is Vol. 3. Jackson responded through his "Piggy Bank" music video, which features The Game as a Mr. Potato Head doll and also parodies other rivals.[136] Since then both groups continued to attack each other. The Game released two more mixtapes, Ghost Unit and a mixtape/DVD called Stop Snitchin, Stop Lyin.
Jackson posted a cover of The Game's head on the body of a male stripper for "Hate It or Love It (G-Unit Radio Part 21)" mixtape, as a response to The Game displaying pictures of G-Unit dressed as Village People.[137] Although he was signed to Aftermath Entertainment, The Game left the label and signed with Geffen Records to terminate his contractual obligations with G-Unit (although others claim Jackson pressured Dr. Dre to kick him off).[138] G-Unit member Spider Loc had also began to insult The Game on various songs. In addition, The Game released "240 Bars (Spider Joke)" and "100 Bars (The Funeral)" both attacking G-Unit, Spider Loc and others. Jackson's response was "Not Rich, Still Lyin'" where he mocks The Game.[139] Lloyd Banks replied to the Game on a Rap City freestyle booth session. The Game quickly released a "diss" record called "SoundScan" where The Game pokes fun at Lloyd Banks' album Rotten Apple falling thirteen spots on the Billboard 200 chart and disappointing second week sales. Lloyd Banks replied on his mixtape Mo' Money In The Bank Pt. 5: Gang Green Season Continues with a song called "Showtime (The Game's Over)". Lloyd Banks states that Jackson wrote half of The Game's first album The Documentary and pokes fun at The Game's suicidal thoughts.
In October 2006, The Game extended a peace treaty to Jackson, which was not immediately replied to.[140] However, a couple days later, on Power 106, he stated that the treaty was only offered for one day.[141] On The Game's album, Doctor's Advocate, he claims that the feud is over on a few of the songs.
In July 2009, The Game stated the beef was squashed with help from Michael Jackson and Diddy,[142] and he apologized for his actions during the beef.[143] Tony Yayo said that neither Jackson (50 Cent) or G-Unit would accept his apology.[144] Since then, The Game continued his old "G-Unot" ways at live concerts. Jackson released "So Disrespectful" a diss song on Before I Self Destruct targeting Jay-Z, The Game and Young Buck.[145] Game later responded with the song "Shake", poking fun of the music video for 50's single "Candy Shop", quote, "Me and 50 aint agreeing on shit so I had to (Shake) Aint no telling what he putting in that protein (Shake) Seen the candy shop video look at this nigga (Shake) And thats the same shit that made the nigga Young Buck (Shake)". He also takes shots at Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo, in which he says, "I'm surprised that Lloyd Banks and Yayo didn't (Shake) Wasn't selling no records Jimmy Iovine said (Shake)". Game also dissed G-Unit several times on the song "400 Bars".
In September 2011, 50 Cent dissed Game on the song "Love, Hate, Love", in which Game responded to on his twitter, saying he was going to diss him back after his tour was finished, quote:
[@50Cent I'm on tour doin shows but as soon as @avanterose find a studio for me i'm killin yo "Planet of the Apes" face havin ass nigga
Rick Ross[link]
In January 2009, Rick Ross started a feud with 50 Cent because he supposedly looked at him the wrong way at the BET Awards. However, Jackson told news sources that he did not even remember seeing Rick Ross there.[146] In late January, a track entitled "Mafia Music" by Rick Ross, leaked onto the Internet. There were several lines that seem to diss Jackson. Days later, Jackson released "Officer Ricky (Go Head, Try Me)" in response to Rick Ross's disparaging remarks on his "Mafia Music" song. The next day Rick Ross appeared on Shade 45, and told Jackson to come up with something better in 24 hours.
Before going to Venezuela, Jackson uploaded a video entitled "Warning Shot", where he warns Rick Ross: "I'ma fuck your life up for fun". In addition, Jackson released the first of a series of "Officer Ricky" cartoons. Early February, Jackson once again made a video which he uploaded to YouTube where he interviews "Tia", the mother of one of Rick Ross's children. She verifies his being a correctional officer and claims his whole persona is fake and fraudulent.[147] On Thursday, February 5, 2009, The Game, who Jackson has a long-standing "beef" with, called up Seattle's KUBE 93 Radio Station. When asked about the beef between Jackson and Rick Ross, The Game sided with Jackson and said that things are not looking good for Rick Ross. However, he offered to help Rick Ross get out of this situation, stating "Rick Ross, holla at your boy, man," and "50 eating you, boy."[148]
On his album Deeper Than Rap, Ross references Jackson in the song "In Cold Blood". A video for the song was released that portrayed Jackson's mock funeral. Upon release, Ross stated that he has ended Jackson's career.[149]
In an interview, Jackson said: "Rick Ross is Albert From CB4. You ever seen the movie? He's Albert," he added. "It never gets worse than this. You get a guy that was a correctional officer come out and base his entire career on writing material from a drug dealer's perspective such as "Freeway" Ricky Ross."[150]
Lil Wayne[link]
After hearing word that Lil Wayne had prepared a song for him after 50 made some unkind remarks, 50 lashed out at Wayne first on August 17, 2007 with the song "Part Time Lover".[151] Wayne never really responded to the song, although a 50 Cent diss track called "Louisianimal" did leak much later on November 17, 2008.[152] Jackson responded to Lil Wayne in January 2009 in a song entitled "Play This On The Radio".[153] As of August 14, 2009, the controversy between Jackson and Lil Wayne seems to have ended after Jackson appeared and performed at Lil Wayne's America's Most Wanted Musical Festival stop in Anaheim, California.[154]
Young Buck[link]
Main article: 50 Cent vs. Young Buck
After numerous rumors of a "beef" within G-Unit, Jackson officially dismissed Young Buck from the group, in 2008. He later assured that he was still signed with the label.[155] Numerous slander songs then arose on the internet from both camps, with Young Buck appearing in a music video of former rival The Game.[156][157] Jackson then leaked a taped phone conversation between himself and Young Buck, which showed one of the true reasons for the falling out; Jackson was owed money by the Southern rapper. Young Buck later stated the conversation took place over a year before the leak.[158] The two camps have since released a multitude of songs against each other, with the feud settling down by 2009, with Young Buck stating he's been working on his latest album, which is still to be released under the G-Unit label.[159]
In April 2012, after being ousted from the crew back in 2008, Young Buck has entered talks to work with the label. Days after indicating that he would be open to re-teaming with his old crew at G-Unit Records, Young Buck now confirms that he has begun negotiations with the label about making his return. Buck provided the update in a recent interview stating "I'ma be honest with you," he said, "Finally we're at a point where we're having some kind of negotiations with what they're going to be able to do for us at G-Unit."[160] The Nashville, Tennessee native said he was ready to make his return to music, whether as a part of G-Unit or not. "Y’all are gonna be hearing from me," he said. "I don't want to put a timing on it, but the wait is absolutely over, and we're just trying to figure out what's the best situation for us, where I'm gonna go." Buck stated in an interview after a concert in California April 4, 2012. Young Buck's last album was the 2010 independent release The Rehab. It’s been a rough go for Buck since he was expelled from 50’s crew in 2008, he has run into financial troubles and he recently escaped an attempted drive-by shooting in his hometown. Although it doesn’t look like the rapper has straightened out his relationship with 50 Cent, but he says the label has finally agreed to negotiate. The negotiations may not lead to a new deal between Young Buck and G-Unit, but the rapper remains optimistic and explained that it’s only a matter of time before he ends up finding a place to take his talent.[161][162]
Discography[link]
Main articles: 50 Cent discography and G-Unit discography
- Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003)
- The Massacre (2005)
- Curtis (2007)
- Before I Self Destruct (2009)
- Fifth studio album (2012)[163][164]
Awards and nominations[link]
Main article: List of awards and nominations received by 50 Cent
Filmography[link]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 50 Cent: The New Breed | Himself | Documentary DVD |
| 2005 | Get Rich or Die Tryin' | Marcus | Film debut |
| 2006 | Home of the Brave | Jamal Aiken | Supporting Role |
| 2008 | Righteous Kill | Spider | Supporting Role |
| Before I Self Destruct | Clarence | Supporting Role | |
| 50 Cent: The Money and the Power | Himself | TV series (one episode: "Choose Your Crew Wisely") | |
| 2009 | Streets of Blood | Stan Johnson | |
| Entourage | Himself | TV series (Season 6, Episode 3: "One Car, Two Car, Red Car, Blue Car") | |
| Dead Man Running | Thigo | ||
| Caught in the Crossfire | Tino | Executive producer | |
| 2010 | 13 | Jimmy | |
| Gun | Rich | ||
| Twelve | Lionel | Supporting Role | |
| Morning Glory | Himself | ||
| 2011 | Vengeance | Black | |
| Blood Out | Hardwick | ||
| Setup | Sonny | ||
| 2012 | All Things Fall Apart | Deon | |
| Freelancers | Malo | ||
| Fire with Fire | – | Producer | |
| Odd Thomas | Shamus Cocobolo | ||
| Lives of the Saints | TBA | Pre-production | |
| 2013 | The Tomb | TBA | In production |
Voice work[link]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | The Simpsons | Himself | TV series (one episode: "Pranksta Rap") |
| 50 Cent: Bulletproof | Himself | Video game, voice only | |
| 2009 | 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand | Himself | Video game, voice only |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2[165][166] | Navy SEAL, announcer | Video game, voice only |
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| Skip Bayless | |
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| Born | John Edward Bayless II (1951-12-04) December 4, 1951 (age 60) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| Education | Vanderbilt University |
| Occupation | Television Sports Commentator (ESPN) commentator, sportswriter, sportswriter |
| Notable credit(s) | ESPN First Take (see Cold Pizza) 1st and 10 |
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| http://www.espnmediazone.com/bios/Talent/SkipBayless-Bio.htm Skip Bayless on ESPN | |
Skip Bayless (born John Bayless II on December 4, 1951) is a sports journalist and television personality. Bayless regularly appears on ESPN2's ESPN First Take and its afternoon show 1st and 10. Bayless previously wrote regular columns for ESPN.com and its "Page 2" section. He is perhaps best known for his strong opinions and sometimes controversial stances on professional athletes.
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Schooling and family[link]
Bayless was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The first child of John and Levita Bayless, he was named John Edward Bayless II on his birth certificate, but his father immediately began calling him Skip or Skipper. The name stuck, and Skip Bayless was never called John by his parents. He eventually had his name legally changed to Skip. His brother is the chef, restaurateur and TV personality Rick Bayless.
Bayless as a junior, along with Jerry Waugh, Jim Hill, and Tony Robinson led Junior Varsity (JV)'s Northwest Classen High School basketball team. [1]
Bayless averaged 1.4 points per game as a senior playing basketball at Northwest Classen High School. [2]
Bayless graduated from Northwest Classen High School and Vanderbilt University where he majored in English and History and was a member of Phi Kappa Sigma.
Bayless is a member of the inaugural class of the Vanderbilt Student Media Hall of Fame.[3]
Writing career[link]
Bayless went directly from Vanderbilt to The Miami Herald, where he wrote sports features for two years before being hired away by the Los Angeles Times. There, he was best known for investigative stories on the Dodgers' clubhouse resentment of "golden boy" Steve Garvey and his celebrity wife Cyndy and on Rams owner Carroll Rosenbloom's behind-the-scenes decisions to start different quarterbacks each week (James Harris, Pat Haden or Ron Jaworski). Bayless also won the Eclipse Award for his coverage of Seattle Slew's Triple Crown.
At 25, Bayless was hired by The Dallas Morning News to write its lead sports column, and two years later, the rival Dallas Times Herald hired him away by making him one of the country's highest paid sports columnists—prompting The Wall Street Journal to do a story on the development. Bayless was voted Texas sportswriter of the year three times.
In 1989, Bayless wrote God's Coach, about the rise and fall of Tom Landry's Dallas Cowboys. Following the Cowboys' Super Bowl victory in 1993, Bayless wrote The Boys, which broke the story that coach Jimmy Johnson and owner Jerry Jones were not "best friends" and correctly predicted that Jones would fire Johnson no matter how much success the team had. (Jones fired Johnson after the Cowboys won another Super Bowl the following year.)[clarification needed]
Following a third Cowboys Super Bowl win in four seasons, Bayless wrote the third and final book of his Cowboys trilogy, Hell-Bent: The Crazy Truth About the "Win or Else" Dallas Cowboys. After covering the Cowboys through the 1996 season, Bayless chose to leave Dallas after 17 years and become the lead sports columnist for the Chicago Tribune. In his first year in Chicago, Bayless won the Lisagor Award for excellence in sports column writing and was voted Illinois sportswriter of the year.
Bayless eventually had a highly publicized dispute with the Tribune's executive editor, Ann Marie Lipinski, over limiting all Tribune columns to just 650 or so words. Bayless quit over the policy and was immediately hired by Knight Ridder Corporation to write for its flagship newspaper, the San Jose Mercury News.[4] While in San Jose, Bayless became a fixture on ESPN's Rome is Burning and in a weekly Sunday Morning SportsCenter debate with Stephen A. Smith, "Old School/Nu Skool." ESPN hired Bayless full-time in 2004 to team with Woody Paige on ESPN2's Cold Pizza and to write columns for ESPN.com. In 2007, Bayless stopped writing columns to concentrate on what is now called ESPN First Take (formerly Cold Pizza) and on ESPN's afternoon show, First and 10.
Radio and television[link]
Skip Bayless has occasionally substituted as host for syndicated radio program The Jim Rome Show. He has also previously contributed to ESPN as a recurring panelist on The Sports Reporters, NFL Prime Monday (now ESPN Monday Night Countdown) in the 1990s, and Jim Rome is Burning. For three years (1998–2001), Bayless was a contributor at major championships for the Golf Channel.
KTCK Sports Radio 1310 "The Ticket"[link]
In 1994 Bayless left his show at KLIF in Dallas to help start the city's first sports talk radio station, KTCK Sports Radio 1310, "The Ticket." For two years Bayless was the primary host on the 6–9 a.m. morning show as "the Ticket" became one of the country's most successful sports stations. Bayless also was an original investor and when the ownership decided to accept a lucrative offer to sell the station, the new owners bought out Bayless' contract. He immediately became a regular on ESPN Radio's first national show, The Fabulous Sports Babe, and later co-hosted a weekend show on ESPN Radio with Larry Beil. He was also a regular on Chet Coppock's show on Sporting News Radio.
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Bayless is featured in debate segments on what is now known as ESPN First Take (formerly Cold Pizza), and the segments are re-aired as First and 10 in the afternoons. Bayless debates the day's 10 hottest sports topics with a rotation of sportswriters and ex-athletes including Stephen A. Smith, Rob Parker, Jon Ritchie, Lomas Brown, Hugh Douglas, Kordell Stewart, Greg Anthony, Jalen Rose, Marcellus Wiley, Shaun King, and 2 Live Stews (Ryan and Doug Stewart). Terrell Suggs, Donovan McNabb, Chad Ochocinco, Donnie Wahlberg, and rappers Lil Wayne, Bow Wow, Wale have also taken on Bayless. Recently, Bayless has been tagged with the nickname "Skip Tebow" by many of his guests based on his unrelenting support of New York Jets quarterback Tim Tebow. Bayless openly embraces the nickname.
Bayless is a regular twitter user, and he tweets on the topics and points he made on the ESPN First Take show. He also posts the Podcast from the show regularly from his twitter account.
Bayless has a "I Heart @RealSkipBayless" shirt. This shirt is given to the fans of the show, or if someone who comes to the show and loses a bet to Bayless. The person who loses the bet has to appear on the show and wear the shirt. So far, the shirt is undefeated.
Bayless lists his top five NBA players as of June 15, 2011: Dwyane Wade, Dirk Nowitzki, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant, and Carmelo Anthony.[5]
Cultural references[link]
Bayless, along with Woody Paige and Jay Crawford, appeared in a cameo role in the film Rocky Balboa. The three are seen on their First and 10 segment discussing a possible fight between a retired Balboa and current heavyweight champion Mason Dixon. Bayless opines that Balboa "was completely overrated" and mocks his age.
He appears in the ESPN 30 for 30 film Pony Excess, the story about the Southern Methodist University football scandal, covering the Mustangs while writing for both Dallas Morning News and the Dallas Times Herald.
Bibliography[link]
- God's Coach: The Hymns, Hype, and Hipocrisy of Tom Landry's Cowboys, Simon and Schuster, 1990. ISBN 0-671-70581-4.
- The Boys: The Untold Story of the Dallas Cowboys' Season on the Edge, Simon and Schuster, 1993. ISBN 0-671-79359-4.
- Hell-Bent: The Crazy Truth About the "Win or Else" Dallas Cowboys, HarperCollins Publishers, 1996. ISBN 0-06-018648-8.
See also[link]
- Rick Bayless – celebrity chef and brother of Skip Bayless
References[link]
- ^ http://www.thelostogle.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/skip-bayless-jv-article.jpg
- ^ http://www.thelostogle.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/skip-bayless-varsity-high-school-basketball-stats.jpg
- ^ Student Media Hall of Fame's inaugural class named | myVU | Vanderbilt University: myVU. Vanderbilt.edu (2009-08-18). Retrieved on 2011-11-08.
- ^ http://thestartingfive.net/2009/02/24/the-skip-bayless-interview-part-i-colorful-conscious-and-of-course-controversial/
- ^ "Skip Bayless' Twitter". http://twitter.com/#!/RealSkipBayless/status/80756407581941760. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
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| Mark Cuban | |
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 Cuban at the 2005 Web 2.0 Conference. |
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| Born | (1958-07-31) July 31, 1958 (age 53) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Indiana University |
| Occupation | Owner of Dallas Mavericks Co-owner of 2929 Entertainment Chairman of HDNet |
| Net worth |  US$2.3 billion (2012)[1] |
| Spouse | Tiffany Stewart (m. 2002) «start: (2002)»"Marriage: Tiffany Stewart to Mark Cuban" Location: (linkback:http://en-wiki.pop.wn.com/index.php/Mark_Cuban) |
| Children | 2 daughters, 1 son[2] |
Mark Cuban (born July 31, 1958)[3] is an American business magnate. He is the owner of the National Basketball Association's Dallas Mavericks,[4] Landmark Theatres, and Magnolia Pictures, and the chairman of the HDTV cable network HDNet.[5] He is also a "shark" investor on the television series Shark Tank. In 2011, Cuban wrote an e-book, How to Win at the Sport of Business, in which he chronicles his life experiences in business and sports.
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Biography[link]
Cuban was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[6][7] and grew up in the Pittsburgh suburb of Mt. Lebanon, in a Jewish[8] working-class family. His last name was shortened from "Chabenisky" when his Russian grandparents landed on Ellis Island.[9] Cuban's father Norton was an automobile upholsterer.[6][10][11] Cuban's first step into the business world occurred at age 12, when he sold garbage bags to pay for a pair of expensive basketball shoes.[6][12] While in school, he held a variety of jobs, including bartender, disco dancing instructor, and party promoter. He paid for college by collecting and selling stamps, and once gained about $1,100 from starting a chain letter.[6]
Rather than attending high school for his senior year, Cuban enrolled as a full time student at the University of Pittsburgh. After one year at the University of Pittsburgh, he transferred to Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana and graduated from the Kelley School of Business in 1981 with a bachelor's degree in business administration.[13] He chose Indiana's Kelley School of Business without even visiting the campus because it had the least expensive tuition of all the business schools on the top 10 list.[14] While in school he bought a popular college hangout on Kirkwood Avenue called Motley's Pub. Before that he gave disco lessons at sororities and says he paid for his junior year with a chain letter.[14]
Family[link]
In September 2002, Cuban married Tiffany Stewart in Barbados,[15] with a wedding reception at the American Airlines Center. Their first daughter, Alexis Sofia, was born on September 25, 2005; their second daughter, Alyssa, was born in 2007.[16] Tiffany and Mark also have a son born in early 2010.[2] The family lives in the Preston Hollow area of Dallas, in a 24,000-square-foot (2,200 m2) mansion.[17]
Early career[link]
In 1982, Cuban moved to Dallas, Texas. Cuban first found work as a bartender,[18][19] then as a salesperson for Your Business Software, one of the first PC software retailers in Dallas. He was terminated less than a year later, after meeting with a client to procure new business instead of opening the store.[20]
Cuban started a company, MicroSolutions, with support from his previous customers from Your Business Software. MicroSolutions was initially a system integrator and software reseller. The company was an early proponent of technologies such as Carbon Copy, Lotus Notes, and CompuServe.[21] One of the company's largest clients was Perot Systems.[22] In 1990, Cuban sold MicroSolutions to CompuServe—then a subsidiary of H&R Block—for $6 million.[23] He retained approximately $2 million after taxes on the deal.[24]
In 1995, Cuban and fellow Indiana University alumnus Todd Wagner started Audionet, combining their mutual interest in Indiana Hoosier college basketball and webcasting. With a single server and an ISDN line,[25] Audionet became Broadcast.com in 1998. By 1999, Broadcast.com had grown to 330 employees and $13.5 million in revenue for the second quarter.[26] In 1999, during the dot com boom, Broadcast.com was acquired by Yahoo! for $5.9 billion in Yahoo! stock.[27]
Business career[link]
After the sale of Broadcast.com, Cuban diversified his wealth to avoid exposure to a market crash.[28] As of 2011, Cuban is No. 459 on Forbes' list of "World's Richest People", with a net worth of $2.3 billion.[29] The Guinness Book of Records credits Cuban with the "largest single e-commerce transaction", after he paid $40 million for his Gulfstream V jet in October 1999.[30]
Cuban continues to work with Wagner in another venture, 2929 Entertainment, which provides vertically integrated production and distribution of films and video.[31]
On September 24, 2003, the firm purchased Landmark Theatres, a chain of 58 arthouse movie theaters.[32] The company is also responsible for the updated version of the TV show Star Search, which was broadcast on CBS.[33] 2929 Entertainment released Bubble, a movie directed by Steven Soderbergh, in theaters and on DVD on the same day in January 2006 as a simultaneous release.
Cuban was featured on the cover of the November 2003 premiere issue of Best magazine[34] announcing the arrival of High Definition Television. Cuban also was co-founder (with Philip Garvin) of HDNet, the first high-definition satellite television network.[35]
In February 2004, Cuban announced that he would be working with ABC television to produce a reality television series, The Benefactor. The premise of the six-episode series involved 16 contestants trying to win $1 million by participating in various contests, with their performances being judged by Cuban. It premiered on September 13, 2004 but due to poor ratings was canceled before the full season aired.[36]
Cuban financially supported Grokster in the Supreme Court case, MGM v. Grokster.[37] He is also a partner in Synergy Sports Technology, a web based basketball scouting and video delivery tool, used by many NBA teams.
He has also spearheaded ventures in the social software and Distributed Networking industries. He's an owner of IceRocket, a search engine which scours the blogosphere for content.[38] Cuban was also a partner in RedSwoosh[39]—a company which uses peer-to-peer technology to deliver rich media, including video and software to a user's PC, later acquired by Akamai. He was also an investor in Weblogs, Inc. which was acquired by AOL.[40]
In 2005, Cuban invested in Brondell Inc., a San Francisco startup making a high-tech toilet seat called a Swash that works like a bidet but mounts on a standard toilet. "People tend to approach technology the same way, whether it's in front of them, or behind them," Cuban joked.[41] He also invested in Goowy Media Inc., a San Diego internet software startup. In April 2006, Sirius Satellite Radio announced that Cuban would host his own weekly radio talk show, Mark Cuban's Radio Maverick.[42] However, the show has not materialized.
In July 2006, Cuban financed Sharesleuth.com,[43] a website created by former St. Louis Post-Dispatch investigative reporter Christopher Carey to uncover fraud and misinformation in publicly traded companies. Experimenting with a new business model for making online journalism financially viable, Cuban disclosed that he would take positions in the shares of companies mentioned in Sharesleuth.com in advance of publication. Business and legal analysts questioned the appropriateness of shorting a stock prior to making public pronouncements which are likely to result in losses in that stock's value. Cuban insisted that the practice is legal in view of full disclosure.[44][45][46]
In April 2007, Cuban partnered with Mascot Books to publish his first children's book, Let's Go, Mavs!. In November 2011, he wrote a 30,000-word e-book, "How to Win at the Sport of Business: If I Can Do It, You Can Do It", which he described as "a way to get motivated".[47]
In October 2008, Cuban started Bailoutsleuth.com[48] as a grassroots, online portal for oversight over the U.S. government's $700 billion dollar "bailout" of financial institutions.
In April 2011, Cuban placed Landmark Theatres and Magnolia Pictures up for sale, but he added that he wouldn't sell the companies unless the offer was "very, very compelling".[49]
Magnolia Pictures[link]
Cuban owns a film distributor called Magnolia Pictures. Through Magnolia, he financed the film Redacted, a docudrama based on the Mahmudiyah killings, the March 2006 rape, murder, and burning of 14-year-old Iraqi girl Abeer Qassim Hamza al-Janabi and the murder of her parents and younger sister by U.S. soldiers. Two of the soldiers were convicted and three pleaded guilty, receiving sentences up to 110 years.[50] In September 2007, Cuban, in his capacity as owner of Magnolia Pictures, "redacted" disturbing photographs from the concluding moments of the film, citing copyrights/permissions issues.[51]
Also in 2007, Cuban was reportedly interested in distributing an edition of the film Loose Change, which posits a 9/11 conspiracy theory, through Magnolia, with Charlie Sheen narrating. Cuban told the New York Post, "We are having discussions about distributing the existing video with Charlie's involvement as a narrator, not in making a new feature. We are also looking for productions with an opposing viewpoint. We like controversial subjects, but we are agnostic to which side the controversy comes from."[52]
Insider trading allegation[link]
On November 17, 2008, it was reported that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a civil suit against Mark Cuban relating to alleged insider trading in the shares of Mamma.com, now known as Copernic.[53] A stock dilution occurred shortly after a trade in June 2004, giving hints of inside knowledge at the time of the trade, and Cuban allegedly was saved from a loss of $750,000.[54] The SEC claims that Cuban ordered the sale of his holdings in Mamma.com after he had been confidentially approached by the company to participate in a transaction likely to dilute shares of current shareholders. Cuban disputes the charges, saying he had not agreed to keep the information secret.[55] On his blog, Cuban contended the facts were false and that the investigation was "a product of gross abuse of prosecutorial discretion".[56] DealBook, a section of The New York Times, reported through an anonymous source that Cuban believed the investigation was motivated by an SEC employee having taken offense to his interest in possibly distributing the film Loose Change.[57]
In July 2009 the U.S. District Court dismissed the charges against Cuban. But the SEC appealed, and in September 2010 an appeals court said that the district court had erred and that further proceedings would be necessary to address the merits of the suit.[58]
Dallas Mavericks[link]
Ownership[link]
On January 4, 2000, Cuban purchased a majority stake in the NBA's Dallas Mavericks for $285 million from H. Ross Perot, Jr.[59][60]
In the 20 years before Cuban bought the team, the Mavs had a winning percentage of 40%, and playoff record of 21–32.[61][62] In the ten years following, the team won 69% of their regular season games and reached the playoffs in each of those seasons. The Mavs playoff record with Cuban is 49 wins and 57 losses, including their first trip to the NBA Finals in 2006, where they lost to the Miami Heat.[63] On June 12, 2011, the Dallas Mavericks defeated the Miami Heat to win the NBA Finals. Historically, NBA team owners publicly play more passive roles and watch basketball games from skyboxes; Cuban sits alongside fans while donning team jerseys. Cuban flies his private Gulfstream V to attend road games.[64]
In May 2010, H. Ross Perot, Jr., who retained 5% ownership, filed a lawsuit against Cuban, alleging the franchise was insolvent or in imminent danger of insolvency. In June 2010, Cuban responded in a court filing maintaining Perot is wrongly seeking money to offset some $100 million in losses on the Victory Park real estate development.[65]
NBA policy controversies[link]
Cuban's ownership has been the source of extensive media attention and controversy involving league policies.[66]
Cuban has been fined by the NBA, mostly for critical statements about the league and referees, at least $1,665,000 for 13 incidents.[67] In a June 30, 2006 interview, Mavericks player Dirk Nowitzki said about Cuban:[68]
He's got to learn how to control himself as well as the players do. We can't lose our temper all the time on the court or off the court, and I think he's got to learn that, too. He's got to improve in that area and not yell at the officials the whole game. I don't think that helps us ... He sits right there by our bench. I think it's a bit much. But we all told him this before. It's nothing new. The game starts, and he's already yelling at them. So he needs to know how to control himself a little.
In an interview with the Associated Press, Cuban said that he matches NBA fines with charitable donations of equal amounts.[69] In a nationally publicized incident, he criticized the league's manager of officials, Ed T. Rush, saying that he "wouldn't be able to manage a Dairy Queen". Dairy Queen management took offense to Cuban's comments and invited him to manage a Dairy Queen restaurant for a day. Cuban accepted the company's invitation and worked for a day at a Dairy Queen in Coppell, Texas, where fans lined up in the street to get a Blizzard from the owner of the Mavericks.[70]
During the 2005–06 NBA season, Cuban started a booing campaign when former Mavericks player Michael Finley returned to play against the Mavs as a member of the San Antonio Spurs.[71] In a playoff series between the Mavericks and Spurs, Cuban cursed Spurs forward Bruce Bowen[72] and was fined $200,000 by the NBA for rushing onto the court and criticizing NBA officials.[73] After the 2006 NBA Finals, Cuban was fined $250,000 by the NBA for repeated misconduct following the Mavericks' loss to the Miami Heat in Game Five of the 2006 NBA Finals.
In February 2007, Cuban publicly criticized NBA Finals MVP Dwyane Wade and declared that he would get fined if he made any comments about what he thought really happened in the 2006 NBA Finals.[74][75]
On January 16, 2009, after a reviewing, the league fined Cuban $25,000 for yelling at Denver Nuggets player J. R. Smith at the end of the first half on a Mavericks-at-Nuggets game played on January 13.[76][77] Cuban was apparently incensed that Smith had thrown an elbow that barely missed Mavericks forward Antoine Wright.[78] Cuban offered to match the fine with a donation to a charity of Smith's choosing. Cuban stated that if he doesn't hear from Smith that he will donate the money to the NHL Players' Association Goals and Dreams Fund in the names of Todd Bertuzzi and Steve Moore.[79] In May 2009, Cuban made a reference to the Denver Nuggets being "thugs" after a loss to the Nuggets in game 3 of the Western Conference Semifinals. The statement was geared towards the Nuggets and their fans. As he passed Kenyon Martin's mother, who was seated near Cuban as he left the arena, he pointed at her and said, "that includes your son". This controversial comment revisited media attention on Cuban yet again. Cuban issued an apology the next day referencing the poor treatment of away fans in arenas around the league. The league issued a statement stating that they would not fine him.[80]
On May 22, 2010, Cuban was fined $100,000 for comments he made during a television interview about trying to sign LeBron James.[81]
Other sports businesses[link]
In 2005, Cuban expressed interest in buying the NHL's Pittsburgh Penguins.[82] In 2006, Cuban joined an investment group along with Dan Marino, Kevin Millevoi, Andy Murstein, and Walnut Capital principals Gregg Perelman and Todd Reidbord to attempt to acquire the Penguins.[83] The franchise ultimately rejected the group's bid.
At World Wrestling Entertainment's 2003 Survivor Series, Cuban was involved in a staged altercation with RAW GM Eric Bischoff and RAW Superstar Randy Orton.[84] On December 7, 2009, Cuban acted as the guest host of WWE Raw, where he got revenge on Randy Orton for his attack on him at Survivor Series 2003, where he was the guest referee in his match against Kofi Kingston when he gave Kingston a fast count. He then announced Orton would face Kingston at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs. At the end of the show, Cuban was slammed through a table by then No.1 contender for the WWE Championship, Sheamus.[85]
On September 12, 2007, Cuban said that he was in talks with Vince, Linda, Stephanie, and Shane McMahon of World Wrestling Entertainment in creating a mixed martial arts company that would compete with Ultimate Fighting Championship.[86] Cuban is now a bondholder of Zuffa, the UFC's parent company.[87]
Cuban followed up his intentions by organizing "HDNet Fights", a mixed martial arts promotion which airs exclusively on HDNet and premiered on October 13, 2007 with a card headlined by a fight between Erik Paulson and Jeff Ford as well as fights featuring veterans Drew Fickett and Justin Eilers.[88]
Since 2009, Cuban has been a panelist at the annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference[89]
In April, 2010, Cuban loaned the newly formed UFL football league $5 million dollars. He did not own a franchise and he was not involved in day-to-day operations of the league nor of any of its teams.[90] In January 2011, he filed a federal lawsuit against the UFL for their failure to repay the loan by the October 6, 2010 deadline.[91]
Major League Baseball[link]
Cuban has repeatedly expressed interest in owning a Major League Baseball franchise, and has thus far unsuccessfully attempted to purchase three franchises. In 2008, he submitted an initial bid of $1.3 billion to buy the Chicago Cubs and was invited to participate in a second round of bidding along with several other potential ownership groups.[92] Cuban was not selected to participate in the final bidding process in January 2009. In August 2010, Cuban actively bid to buy the Texas Rangers. Cuban stopped bids after 1:00 A.M., having placed bids totaling almost 600 million dollars. He had outbid a competing ownership group led by ex-pitcher and Rangers executive Nolan Ryan, but lost the deal before the Rangers played the San Francisco Giants in the 2010 World Series.
In January 2012, Cuban placed an initial bid for the Los Angeles Dodgers, but was eliminated before the second round of bidding. Cuban felt that the value of the Dodgers' TV rights deal drove the price of the franchise too high.[93] He had previously said that he would not be interested in buying the franchise at $1 billion[94], telling the Los Angeles Times in November 2011 "I don’t think the Dodgers franchise is worth twice what the Rangers are worth."[95] However, as the bidding process drew near many speculated that the sale would surpass $1.5 billion, with Jon Heyman of CBS Sports reporting via Twitter that at least one bid in the $1-1.5 billion range was placed in the initial round of the bidding process.
Cuban also previously expressed interest in becoming a minority owner of the New York Mets after owner Fred Wilpon announced in 2011 that he was planning to sell up to a 25% stake in the team.[96]
Political leanings[link]
Cuban is an admirer of author/philosopher Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead.[97] About Rand's novel The Fountainhead, he said: "[It] was incredibly motivating to me. It encouraged me to think as an individual, take risks to reach my goals, and responsibility for my successes and failures. I loved it."[98] His political views lean towards libertarianism.[99] He held a position on the centrist Unity08 political organization's advisory council.[100] While leaning towards libertarianism, Cuban posted an entry on his blog claiming paying more taxes to be the most patriotic thing someone can do.[101]
Cuban has donated $7,000 to political campaigns, $6,000 going to Republican Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah. $1,000 went to Democratic California Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren.[102]
On February 8, 2008, Cuban voiced his support for the draft movement attempting to convince New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to run in the U.S. presidential election of 2008 on his blog. Cuban concluded a post lamenting the current state of U.S. politics: "Are you listening, Mayor Bloomberg? For less than the cost of opening a tent pole movie, you can change the status quo."[103]
Fallen Patriot Fund[link]
Cuban started the Fallen Patriot Fund to help families of U.S. military persons killed or injured during the Iraq War, personally matching the first $1 million in contributions with funds from the Mark Cuban Foundation, which is run by his brother Brian Cuban.[104][105]
"The Mark Cuban Stimulus Plan"[link]
On February 9, 2009, Cuban announced his own "stimulus plan", involving what he called "an open source exchange of ideas."[106] His plan entails individuals posting ideas that fit certain criteria (breaking even within 60 days, profitability within 90 days, no advertising, certain banking controls for Cuban) in the hopes that either Cuban will fund them, or other individuals will take up the ideas thereby stimulating the economy.[107]
Film and television credits[link]
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Acting roles[link]
- Entourage (2010 episode) as himself
- Breaking the F-ing Rules (2007 film) as Seamus
- The Loop (TV series) (2007 episode) as himself
- All In (2006 film) as himself
- Like Mike 2: Streetball (2006 film) as Drop Squad Coach
- The Cookout (2004 film) as himself
- Walker, Texas Ranger (TV Series, 2000) as Mark Smith
- Lost at Sea (1995 film) as Villain
- Talking About Sex (1994 film) as Macho Mark
As himself[link]
- Real Time with Bill Maher – (Ep. 220) Cuban appeared on the panel along with Dan Savage, Chrystia Freeland, and Marc Maron. July 15, 2011 [108]
- Dancing with the Stars – Cuban was one of the 12 contestants on the 5th season of Dancing with the Stars.[109] He was partnered with show veteran Kym Johnson.[109] After making the cut for four weeks, they were eliminated on October 23, 2007. They were the fifth couple to go after welterweight boxing champion Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and professional partner Karina Smirnoff were sent packing the week before.
- The Simpsons – Cuban voiced himself in the episode "The Burns and the Bees".
- NBA All-Star Weekend Celebrity Game– Cuban played for the West team in the NBA All-Star Weekend game on February 12, 2010.
- Entourage – Season 7 Episode 8 – Sniff Sniff Gang Bang; Season 8 Episode 3 - One Last Shot
- WWE Raw – Mark Cuban appeared on WWE Raw (December 7, 2009) and was put through a table by WWE Superstar Sheamus
- Shark Tank – Season 2, Episode 1, 2 and 7 – Cuban appeared on Shark Tank as a guest shark, and has appeared throughout Season 3 (replacing Kevin Harrington).
- Colbert Report – appeared on the show to be interviewed as a billionaire
- Sketchers Super Bowl Commercial – appeared on the show to as Mr. Quiggly's Manager
References[link]
- ^ Mark Cuban profile page Forbes.com. Accessed April 2011
- ^ a b Zillgitt, Jeff (February 12, 2010). "Maverick owner Cuban gains in stature among NBA owners". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/nba/mavericks/2010-02-11-cuban-all-star-game_N.htm. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ Altman, Alex; Pickert, Kate; Stephey, M.J. (November 18, 2008). "Dallas Mavericks Owner Mark Cuban". Time. http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1859909,00.html. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ NBA biography
- ^ HDNet Press Release dated December 16, 2003
- ^ a b c d Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Cuban hoping to work his magic here someday. October 22, 2006.
- ^ Mark Cuban: Web 1.0's Richie Rich needs some respect
- ^ ESPN The Magazine. Retrieved on July 14, 2011.
- ^ Devin Leonard (October 4, 2007). "Mark Cuban wants a little R-E-S-P-E-C-T". CNN. http://money.cnn.com/2007/10/03/news/newsmakers/mark_cuban.fortune/.
- ^ Tom D'Angelo (June 8, 2006). "Cuban a unique NBA owner". The Palm Beach Post. http://www.palmbeachpost.com/heat/content/sports/epaper/2006/06/08/w17c_cuban_0608.html.
- ^ John Strubel. "Mark Cuban: Pittsburgh's Dream Owner". TheBaseballReport.com. http://www.johnstrubel.com/publishedwork.asp?ItemID=620.
- ^ The Maverick
- ^ Mark Cuban in Indiana University Alumni Association,Indiana Alumni Magazine
- ^ a b "The Cuban Report". Kelley School of Business. http://kelley.iu.edu/about/features/spotlights/page23012.html. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
- ^ Marriage to Tiffany Stewart
- ^ Cuban's family
- ^ Cuban family mansion in Dallas
- ^ Blog Maverick: Success and Motivation, Part 1
- ^ "Blog Maverick: Success and Motivation, You only have to be right once!"
- ^ "Blog Maverick: Success and Motivation, Part 2"
- ^ varbusiness.com: Mark Cuban: A Success Story You Can Relate To
- ^ BlogMaverick: A little bit of history....Lotus Notes
- ^ Losing's not an option for Cuban
- ^ A 'must read' by Maverick owner Mark Cuban
- ^ Q&A With Mark Cuban
- ^ Gale Group Newsletter Database
- ^ Yahoo! completes acquisition of Broadcast.com
- ^ What Mark Cuban is doing with his $1 billion
- ^ Mark Cuban profile page at Forbes.com; accessed April 2011
- ^ Guinness World Records
- ^ Holdings
- ^ Mark Cuban buys Landmark Theatres
- ^ 2929 Productions at IMDb
- ^ Best Stuff and Primedia Launch Best
- ^ HDNet, Only All-High Definition National Television Network, Launches on DIRECTV
- ^ IMDb: The Benefactor
- ^ Mark Cuban to Finance Grokster's Fight
- ^ Mark Cuban to relaunch IceRocket
- ^ RedSwoosh latest video file-sharing entrant, to raise $5M+
- ^ AOL Acquires Weblogs, Inc.
- ^ Clean living
- ^ Dallas Mavericks Owner Mark Cuban to Host Talk Show Exclusively on SIRIUS Satellite Radio
- ^ Mark Cuban invests in new investigative journalism site
- ^ Cuban's made his agenda crystal clear
- ^ And it looked so good
- ^ Money is Good
- ^ In E-Books, a New Player
- ^ Mark Cuban's online resource for the U.S. government bailout of financial institutions
- ^ Dallas Business Journal. Retrieved on April 20, 2011.
- ^ "U.S. ex-soldier guilty of Iraq rape". BBC News. May 7, 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8039257.stm.
- ^ "De Palma defends redacted". http://gothamist.com/2007/10/11/video_of_the_da_121.php. Retrieved December 13, 2007.
- ^ "H'WOOD'S 9/11 IDIOT BRIGADE". New York Post. March 22, 2007. http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/item_YIXNBIp6gXCY7JzIdwd7jJ;jsessionid=41A1D6C35CA3B41854988DDBCFFFEBC0.
- ^ SEC civil suit against Cuban
- ^ Wall Street Journal report on insider trading accusations
- ^ Reuters report on insider trading accusations
- ^ Mark Cuban's personal weblog
- ^ "A War of Words Between Cuban and the SEC". The New York Times. November 17, 2008. http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2008/11/17/a-purported-war-of-words-between-cuban-and-the-sec/.
- ^ Mark Cuban to Face SEC Insider Case Again New York Times, September 21, 2010.
- ^ Cuban, unembargoed
- ^ NBA press release
- ^ Dallas Mavericks 1980–
- ^ Sports Network
- ^ NBA.com: Finals 2006 Mavs lose to Miami Heat
- ^ All fun and games for Cuban
- ^ Cuban Responds To Perot Jr.'s Mavs, June 23, 2010, http://cbs11tv.com; retrieved July 19, 2010
- ^ The NBA's True Maverick
- ^ ABCnews: Cuban Slammed with $250,000 Fine
- ^ Sefko, Eddie (July 1, 2006). "Dirk to Cuban: Chill out". The Dallas Morning News. http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/basketball/mavs/stories/070106dnspomavslede.c1dd04.html. Retrieved July 4, 2006.
- ^ Cuban fined $250,000 for tirade. The Associated Press. June 21, 2006
- ^ Aron, Jaime (January 17, 2002). "Sweet revenge: billionaire Mavericks owner dishes ice cream". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Associated Press. http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2002/01/17/spt_sweet_revenge.html. Retrieved June 16, 2011.
- ^ Finley's 'act' turns off Cuban
- ^ Spurs' Bowen adds to Dallas' frustration
- ^ Yahoo! Sports
- ^ "Nowitzki won't comment on Wade's criticism"
- ^ "I know you are, but what am I", blogmaverick.com
- ^ NBA fines Mavs owner Cuban $25,000
- ^ "Cuban fined". att.com. http://my.att.net/s/editorial.dll?pnum=1&bfromind=7408&eeid=6330930&_sitecat=1526&dcatid=0&eetype=article&render=y&ac=1&ck=&ch=sp&rg=blsadstrgt&_lid=332&_lnm=tg+sp+topnews. Retrieved Jan. 16, 2009.
- ^ Cuban may still face punishment for spat
- ^ http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2009/jan/18/nuggets-report-inauguration-buzz/
- ^ "Cuban posts donation plans on blog". ESPN. http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3841384. Retrieved January 19, 2009.
- ^ Cuban fined for LeBron James comments
- ^ Cuban, Marino to buy Pens?
- ^ Anderson, Shelly (June 28, 2006). "Cuban, Marino join N.Y. group in bid for the Penguins". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06179/701659-61.stm.
- ^ Superstars upset over Mark Cuban segment, SD treated differently, more
- ^ WWE website
- ^ "Cuban sees bright future for MMA". ESPN/Sherdog. 2007. http://sports.espn.go.com/extra/mma/news/story?id=3017701. Retrieved Sept. 14, 2007.
- ^ Cuban Now a Zuffa Bondholder
- ^ HDNet Fights
- ^ http://www.sloansportsconference.com/
- ^ Cuban is newest league owner in UFL. KESN. Retrieved 2010-04-24.
- ^ Wilonsky, Robert (2011-01-13). "Mark Cuban Files Federal Suit to Get Back His $5 Million Loan to the United Football League". Dallas Observer. http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2011/01/mark_cuban_files_federal_suit.php. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
- ^ Report: Cubs cut number of bids to at least three, including Cuban. ESPN. July 24, 2008
- ^ http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/22297882/34631046
- ^ http://aol.sportingnews.com/mlb/feed/2011-04/dodgers-ownership/story/mark-cuban-wont-pay-1-billion-for-dodgers
- ^ Boston Herald 01-28-2012
- ^ Cuban willing to talk if approached by Mets. MLB.com. February 3, 2011
- ^ Mark Cuban's Crush On Ayn Rand
- ^ My First Literary Crush
- ^ Mark Cuban – Libertarian
- ^ unity08.com: Advisory Council
- ^ http://blogmaverick.com/2011/09/19/the-most-patriotic-thing-you-can-do-2/
- ^ Cuban's political contributions
- ^ Cuban's political endorsements
- ^ Fallen Patriot Fund website
- ^ Brian Cuban Profile
- ^ Los Angeles Times report on Cuban's "stimulus plan"[dead link]
- ^ CBS TV report on Cuban's "Stimulus Plan"[dead link]
- ^ "Real Time with Bill Maher (Ep. 220)". HBO. http://www.hbo.com/real-time-with-bill-maher/index.html#/real-time-with-bill-maher/episodes/0/220-episode/index.html.
- ^ a b Dancing With The Stars
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| Name | Cuban, Mark |
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| Short description | American billionaire entrepreneur |
| Date of birth | July 31, 1958 |
| Place of birth | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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| Dana White | |
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| Born | (1969-07-28) July 28, 1969 (age 42) Manchester, CT, U.S. |
| Residence | Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Nationality |  American |
| Occupation | President |
| Known for | Managing The Ultimate Fighting Championship |
| Style | Boxercise [1] |
| Net worth |  US$150 million (2010)[2] |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in |
| Spouse | Anne |
| Children | 3 |
Dana White (born July 28, 1969) is the current President of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts organization based in the United States.
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Biography[link]
Born in Manchester, Connecticut on July 28, 1969, White grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada, Ware, Massachusetts and Levant, Maine. White is a passionate Boston Red Sox fan. During his youth, he bounced back and forth between Boston and Maine. He attended the University of Massachusetts Boston but did not finish; however, while there he did launch a boxing program for inner-city youth.[3]
White has a background as an aerobics instructor. In 1992, White established Dana White Enterprises in Las Vegas. He conducted aerobics classes at three gyms[4] in the Las Vegas area and began managing MMA fighters Tito Ortiz and Chuck Liddell.
While working as a manager, White learned that Semaphore Entertainment Group, the parent company of the UFC, was looking for a buyer for the UFC. White contacted childhood friend Lorenzo Fertitta, an executive at Station Casinos, and a former commissioner of the Nevada State Athletic Commission. Within a month, Lorenzo and his older brother Frank bought the UFC, with White installed as its president.[5] White currently owns about 9% of Zuffa, LLC, the entity the Fertitta brothers created to own and manage the UFC.[3]
White failed to comment on a potential network broadcast deal at the UFC 136 press conference. The next day it was confirmed that the UFC and Fox broadcast networks had made a multiple year deal.[6]
Controversy[link]
Loretta Hunt[link]
On April 1, 2009, White was videotaped in a verbal tirade against Loretta Hunt, a sportswriter for Sherdog, in response to an article she wrote. In the video posted on his YouTube account, White used derogatory language in an obscenity-laced rant. The video was pulled from his official UFC YouTube page but has been widely republished across the internet and come under fire, including by GLAAD for his use of anti-gay slurs.[7][8][9] White would later apologize for his slurs. He specifically did not include Hunt in the apology.[10] Hunt responded by saying "I stand by the story. It's accurate."[citation needed]
Miguel Torres[link]
In December of 2011, White cut fighter Miguel Torres from the UFC after Torres tweeted "If a rape van was called a surprise van, more women wouldn’t mind going for rides in them. Everyone likes surprises." In an interview with Sports Illustrated confirming Torres' firing over the controversial remarks, White claimed "Now there's no explanation for that. There's absolutely nothing I could say to make any sense of that. And the fact that he even thinks that's funny or that's a joke, it disturbs me. It bothers me." The firing of Torres immediately sparked controversy after it was revealed that White did not similarly punish two fighters of greater marquee value – Forrest Griffin and Rashad Evans, both of whom have fought in the main event of multiple Pay-Per-View cards and the latter slated to fight in the main event of a fight card scheduled to air on the FOX network on January 28, 2012 – for making similarly offensive remarks:[11] Griffin commenting that "Rape is the new missionary"[12] and Evans evoking the recent child abuse scandal involving Penn State University while promoting a fight.[13] Torres has since re-signed with the UFC after having a talk with Dana.
Charity[link]
In December 2010 White donated $50,000 to the Fransisco Espinoza foundation. White donated approximately $8,000 to help pay for the brain tumor treatment of two-year-old British girl, Ruby Owen. The young girl's family had described themselves as being "shocked and over the moon". Ruby Owen's uncle, being a UFC fan had contacted White via email and asked if he could help by donating to the Ruby Owen fund raising website. White and Owen have never officially met.[14] In an act of compassion towards a fan, he gave $300 to one man without hesitation who said that he "just received a speeding ticket while racing across town to meet him".[15] Shortly after being named 2009 Nevada Sportsman of The Year, White added $100,000 from his pocket to the $250,000 total raised for the fund raising marathon sponsored by ESPN Radio 1100 for Las Vegas.[16]
Feud with M-1 Global[link]
After signing negotiations with M-1 Global Russian Heavyweight MMA fighter Fedor Emelianenko fell through in 2009,[17] White and the UFC became the subject of debate and criticism from fans and experts alike. On several occasions, White referred to Emelianenko as "a fake, a phony and a farce.[18][19]
On June 26th, 2010 following Emelianenko's first legitimate defeat of his career to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu ace Fabricio Werdum, White shared a simple ":)" via Twitter.[20] The same symbol was expressed by White following Emelianenko's 2nd round doctor stoppage loss to Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva in the opening round of the 2011 Strikeforce GP.[21] White followed this with an insult to Fedor's manager and M-1 Global President Vadim Finkelstein.[22] This began a war of words on the social networking site. M-1 Global’s director of operations, Evgeni Kogan, stood up for Finkelstein and invited White to repeat his words to Finkelstein in person. When fans attempted to reason with White, they were met with similar contempt and insults.[23]
There is controversy over whether Fedor Emelianenko and White have actually met.[24] White has claimed to have met Emelianenko on a "crazy island in the middle of nowhere".[25] In 2011, Emelianenko denied that this encounter ever took place.[26]
Personal life[link]
White and his wife have two sons and a daughter.[27] He is an atheist, and has stated that he is "fascinated" by religion.[28]
Accomplishments[link]
- Nevada Sportsman of the Year (2009)[29]
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards
- Promoter of the Year (2005–2011/present)[30][31]
- World MMA Awards
- Leading Man of the Year 2011
- Leading Man of the Year 2010
- Armed Forces Foundation
- Patriot Award[32]
References[link]
- ^ "Dana White, King of MMA". thefightnerd.com. http://www.thefightnerd.com/dana-white-king-of-mma-review-of-the-tell-all-biography-by-dana-whites-mom/. Retrieved 2011-3-28.
- ^ Dana White Salary. celebritynetworth.com
- ^ a b McCarthy, Michael (2005-04-10). "Battles yield winning 'Fighter'". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/money/companies/management/2005-04-10-white-usat_x.htm. Retrieved 2007-03-25.
- ^ Willert, Tim (1997-04-16). "Box aerobics class packs serious punch". Las Vegas Review-Journal. http://www.lasvegasnewspapers.com/. Retrieved 1997-04-16.
- ^ Wickert, Marc (2004). "Dana White and the future of UFC". Knucklepit.com. Mirror
- ^ Jonathan Stenvall. "BackstageOL With UFC 136′s Dana White, Edgar, Maynard, Aldo and Florian". http://www.backstageol.com/interviews/backstageol-with-ufc-136s-dana-white-edgar-maynard-aldo-and-florian/. BackstageOL. http://www.backstageol.com/interviews/backstageol-with-ufc-136s-dana-white-edgar-maynard-aldo-and-florian/. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
- ^ Marvez, Alex (2009-04-02). "White's rant sends UFC down dangerous path". Fox Sports. http://msn.foxsports.com/boxing/story/9408882/White's-rant-sends-UFC-down-dangerous-path. Retrieved 2009-04-02.
- ^ "White uses slurs in video blog". ESPN. 2009-04-02. http://sports.espn.go.com/extra/mma/news/story?id=4038031. Retrieved 2009-04-02.
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External links[link]
- UFC homepage
- June/July Men's Fitness cover story
- Dana White at the Internet Movie Database
- Dana White on Twitter
- Dana White Signs Fox
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|---|---|
| Name | White, Dana |
| Alternative names | |
| Short description | President of the UFC |
| Date of birth | 1969-07-28 |
| Place of birth | Manchester, CT, U.S. |
| Date of death | |
| Place of death | |
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