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NBA

By Ryan Hogan

Game 7: Most-watched NBA game in 12 years ABC's coverage of the NBA Finals' Game 7 garnered the largest basketball audience in 12 years. Thursday night's Game 7 drew 28.2 million viewers, the largest television audience since a Bulls vs. Jazz game in 1998. Lakers-Celtics scored a hefty 11.4 rating among adults 18-49. The pivotal game was also TV's... »

NHL

By Ryan Hogan

Last Game of NHL Finals Scores Best Ratings in 36 Years The sixth and final game of the Stanley Cup Finals, in which the Chicago Blackhawks defeated the Philadelphia Flyers for their first championship since 1971, drew 8.3 million viewers making it the most-watched NHL game in nearly 40 years. The entire 2010 Stanley Cup Finals was the most viewed... »

OLYMPICS

By Ryan Hogan

Shawn Johnson Set To Tumble At London Olympics Iowa native and gold-medal winner in gymnastics at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Shawn Johnson, recently announced that she plans on competing at the 2010 Summer Games in London. The 18-year-old gymnast made the announcement to a crowd of 8,000 students at Des Moines' Hy-Vee Hall. In 2008, Johnson won four medals... »

NFL

By Ryan Hogan

Titans Select Rhodes Scholar Myron Rolle In NFL Draft Sixth Round Safety Myron Rolle relinquished his senior season at Florida State to attend Oxford as one of America's 32 Rhodes Scholars. His decision prompted many to question his commitment to football. While it may have afforded him a few rounds and therefore a substantial amount of money, Rolle was... »

GAY SOFTBALL

By Ryan Hogan

Bisexual Men Claim Bias For Disqualification At Gay Softball World Series A trio of bisexual men has sued a national gay-athletic club for discrimination. The club disqualified the three men's team from the 2008 Gay Softball World Series. Why? Because the organizers ruled that the three bisexuals were "nongay." According to competition rules a team can have... »

HORSE RACING

By Ryan Hogan

Pletcher Rules Eskendereya Out Of Derby Eskendereya is out of the Kentucky Derby. His trainer, Todd Pletcher is pulling the 3-year-old out of the Derby due to an "issue" in his left front leg. Eskendereya was the likely Kentucky Derby favorite. During a workout Pletcher noticed something was "off" with his horse; he waited a night hoping for... »

RUNNING

By Ryan Hogan

Semenya announces return to competitive running BOMBASTIC SPORTS: "Caster Semenya has publicly announced her return to athletic competition. If you recall, Semenya won the women's 800 at the world championships in Berlin in August but her dramatic improvement on the track and her new found physique led the International Association of Athletics Federations to order gender tests. Those tests... »

SWIMMING

By Ryan Hogan

Phelps sets world record in 100 butterfly BOMBASTIC SPORTS: "Remember the Beijing Olympics when Michael Phelps miraculously out-touched another swimmer to win the race and gold by a mere one one-hundredth of a second? At the World Swimming Championships in Rome, Phelp once again beat that same swimmer, rival Milorad Cavic, but this time it wasn't even close... at least by... »

WINTER OLYMPICS

By Ryan Hogan

Annecy, Munich, Pyeongchang vie to host 2018 Olympics BOMBASTIC SPORTS: "Annecy, Munich, and Pyeongchang are the only three cities to submit bids to host the 2018 Winter Olympics. The IOC will make its selection in Durban, South Africa, on July 6, 2011. This is the third straight bid for Pyeongchang. The South Koreans want to host the Winter... »

WORLD CUP

By Ryan Hogan

David Beckham: 'Hope to make swift and full recovery' BOMBASTIC SPORTS: "David Beckham's ruptured Achilles' tendon is both a shame for the flamboyant soccer star and the United States. Even though 'Becks" plays for England he's one of the few soccer stars Americans can actually identify. Certainly, the World Cup will go on without him but this is disappointing... »

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  • Game 7: Most-watched NBA game in 12 years

    ABC's coverage of the NBA Finals' Game 7 garnered the largest basketball audience in 12 years. Thursday night's Game 7 drew 28.2 million viewers, the largest television audience since a Bulls vs. Jazz game in 1998. Lakers-Celtics scored a hefty 11.4 rating among adults 18-49. The pivotal game was also TV's top non-Olympics summer telecast in nearly a decade.

  • Last Game of NHL Finals Scores Best Ratings in 36 Years

    The sixth and final game of the Stanley Cup Finals, in which the Chicago Blackhawks defeated the Philadelphia Flyers for their first championship since 1971, drew 8.3 million viewers making it the most-watched NHL game in nearly 40 years. The entire 2010 Stanley Cup Finals was the most viewed finals in nearly 13 years. However, NBC still came in second thanks to the Fox Network's two-hour edition of So You Think You Can Dance.

  • Shawn Johnson Set To Tumble At London Olympics

    Iowa native and gold-medal winner in gymnastics at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Shawn Johnson, recently announced that she plans on competing at the 2010 Summer Games in London. The 18-year-old gymnast made the announcement to a crowd of 8,000 students at Des Moines' Hy-Vee Hall. In 2008, Johnson won four medals the Summer Olympics, a gold in the balance beam as well three silvers.

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