E:60

Posted by Cubicle QB Features on the Aug. 26 (7pm ET) edition of ESPN’s sports newsmagazine series E:60: Sperm U — Kids today are competing in organized sports at younger ages and with greater intensity because parents see the rewards that come with athletic achievement (college scholarships, pro salaries), as well as the consequences for children who fall behind early (physical inactivity, obesity). As such, parents resort to extreme measures to give their kids a fighting chance. E:60 correspondent Tom Farrey exclusively reports the story about the ultimate effort to buy athletic advantage — the purchase of sperm from anonymous […]

Posted by Cubicle QB Sports and politics come together beginning this week on ESPN’s sports newsmagazine series E:60. Reggie Love (Tuesday, Aug. 19 at 7pm ET) — The name Reggie Love may not mean much to the public at large, but for the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, he’s been a constant presence. Love is the personal assistant, more commonly referred to as a “body man,” to Barack Obama, and is always by the senator’s side. The former Duke University football and basketball player tried to make it in the NFL. But after unsuccessful tryouts with the Packers and Cowboys in […]

Posted by Cubicle QB In the midst of the Brett Favre madness and the Olympics, we’re just now reminded that new episodes of ESPN’s E:60 sports newsmagazine series are returning Tuesday, Aug. 12 at 7pm ET. E:60 is back for 14 straight weeks, airing each Tuesday until Nov. 11. Here’s what’s on the agenda for the Aug. 12 episode: Dara Torres — For over eight months, E:60 crew and correspondent Tom Farrey followed Olympic swimmer Dara Torres’ quest to make her fifth Olympic team at age 41. On May 6, E:60 profiled Torres as she trained for the U.S. Olympics […]

Features on the May 13 (7pm ET) edition of ESPN’s sports newsmagazine series E:60: Ray Allen — Even as the resurgent Boston Celtics ride their sensational season deep into the playoffs, guard Ray Allen and his family are dealing with far more significant issues involving the attempted murder of Allen’s stepfather. Allen’s mother and his stepfather, Derek Hopson, have spent more than two years in a witness protection program following the 2003 attempted murder of Hopson, a psychologist married to Allen’s mother, Flora Allen-Hopson. Ernest Garlington, a counselor for at-risk youth and husband to the former wife of Allen’s stepfather, […]

Posted by Cubicle QB Features on the May 6 (7pm ET) edition of ESPN’s E:60 sports newsmagazine series: Dara Torres — Dara Torres won her first Olympic medal nearly a quarter century ago at the 1984 Summer Games in Los Angeles. She retired from the sport after the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, where she became the first American to swim in four Olympics. But during the pregnancy of her first child, Tessa, now 2, she jumped back into the pool to get some exercise and found the competitive juices flowing again. Now she’s trying to make her fifth Olympic team […]

Posted by Cubicle QB ESPN’s sports newsmagazine series E:60 is back for five new installments beginning Tuesday, April 15 at 7pm ET. Highlights of the April 15 episode include: Tiger’s Eye — Steve Williams, the man behind Tiger Woods, gives E:60 correspondent Lisa Salters an exclusive look at life as a caddy for the greatest golfer in the world. In his first U.S. television interview, the New Zealand native describes his decision to drop out of school at age 13 and talks about his second career as a race car driver. The profile highlights how Williams has parlayed his role […]

ESPN announced it will air a special edition of its sports newsmagazine series E:60 Dec. 11 at 7pm ET. The series will resume its regular run in the spring. Features on Tuesday’s special edition: The Vick Dogs With Michael Vick serving time in federal prison ahead of his sentencing on Dec. 10 for conspiracy to operate a dog fighting enterprise, the fate of his dogs is also up in the air. E:60 correspondent Jeremy Schaap explores what happened to the surviving 48 pit bulls and 12 other dogs seized from Vick’s Bad Newz Kennels in Virginia. The dogs include nine […]

The final fall edition of ESPN’s E:60 airs Tuesday, Nov. 6 at 7pm ET. The series will return for another run in April 2008. Features on tonight’s episode: Gunnar’s Dream Comes True Former NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason is a very visible presence around pro football as an analyst for television and radio. But behind the scenes, Esiason and his family have faced a difficult personal challenge, his son Gunnar’s battle with cystic fibrosis. In 1993, Gunnar was diagnosed with the disease which affects the lungs and digestive system. Today, at age 16, he still undergoes 90 minutes of treatment a […]