May 21, 2013

ESPN Uses Science to Determine Greatest Athlete Ever

Bo Jackson

*Many a heated debate has raged over who is the greatest athlete of all time. Is it Michael Jordan? Muhammad Ali? Perhaps soccer great Pelé? According to ESPN, which used its own formula, the answer is football/baseball phenom Bo Jackson, who just narrowly edged out gridiron great Jim Brown. ESPN will show how it came [...]




‘You Don’t Know Bo’ is ESPN’s Highest Rated Documentary

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*ESPN’s “30 for 30” season finale “You Don’t Know Bo” earned a 2.3 metered market rating over the weekend to become the cable channel’s highest rated documentary on an overnight basis, according to the Nielsen Company. Directed by Michael Bonfiglio and produced by @radical.media, the film takes a close look at two-sport athlete Vincent Edward “Bo” Jackson, [...]




ESPN’s Next ‘30 for 30’ to Focus on Bo Jackson

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*The sixth and final episode of the season for ESPN’s “30 for 30” series will focus on the legendary two-sport professional athlete Bo Jackson. “You Don’t Know Bo,” premiering Dec. 8 at 9 p.m., will focus on the man behind the Heisman Trophy, the 2,782 rushing yards and the 500-foot home runs bombs that made [...]




EUR Perspective (Here’s the Question): Could LeBron be the Next Bo?

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*It’s natural to stare in wonder at our greatest athletes and wonder how they’d do in other sports, particularly after a generation raised on the astonishing athletic exploits of Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders – Jackson especially. It’s been over two decades since that devastating hip injury destroyed Jackson’s career, but we forget just how [...]




Dyer Makes key Play to Help Auburn Win BCS 22-19 over Oregon

Auburn running back Michael Dyer

*He never heard a whistle, never felt his knee hit the turf. So, Auburn’s Michael Dyer popped up, took a few steps, then stopped and looked around. In that split second – the amount of time it takes to shout “War Eagle!” – Dyer placed himself right up there alongside Cam Newton, Bo Jackson and [...]