267 results for "bill speros"
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Live Tweeting NASCAR's Hall of Fame
Bill SperosRichard Childress, Rick Hendrick and Dale Jarrett will be up consideration for the NASCAR Hall of Fame along with 22 other nominees when the selection panel meets to deliberate and vote in Charlotte, N.C., on Wednesday. For the first time, NASCAR...
Blog | May 21, 2013 -
NFL rookies still adjusting to social media
Bill SperosSomeday -- and that day may already be here -- NFL teams will measure a prospect's social media influence and skills in addition to his time in the 40 and number of reps at the NFL combine. While two of the top three pro football players in terms...
Blog | May 14, 2013 -
Boston Bruins fans enjoy their victory
Bill SperosYour browser does not support iframes. Boston Bruins fans had plenty of reason to be excited after Monday's historic comeback 5-4 overtime victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs at TD Garden. The Bruins trailed 4-1 with less than 11 minutes to p...
Blog | May 14, 2013 -
Athletes give thanks to their moms
Bill SperosSeveral athletes are taking to Facebook to offer their moms some special thanks. The photos and messages will be posted Sunday but are provided here courtesy of Facebook. Among the athletes paying tribute to their moms will be: • Ryan Robe...
Blog | May 11, 2013 -
Tim Tebow ad war: Both sides claim win
Bill SperosBoth Orlando-based personal injury attorney John Morgan and the creators of the evenifhesreleased.com web page Friday claimed victory in their digital dispute over whether currently unemployed quarterback Tim Tebow should play for the Jacksonville Ja...
Blog | May 10, 2013 -
Orlando attorney wants Tim Tebow in Jax
Bill SperosOrlando-based attorney John Morgan has joined the campaign to bring unemployed NFL quarterback Tim Tebow to Jacksonville. Morgan, whose ad campaigns carry the moniker "For the People," lays out the case that it would be in the best interest of th...
Blog | May 08, 2013 -
Newgarden: An IndyCar star in the making
Bill SperosDriver Josef Newgarden's rookie year in the IndyCar series was unique -- in a bad way. "There was something always going wrong. It was like one of those Debbie Downer cases. We never had one weekend where everything went right," Newgarden told Pl...
Blog | May 03, 2013 -
Humans racing greyhounds a close battle
Bill SperosLONGWOOD, Fla. -- Chad Johnson once outran a racehorse -- although he did have a bit of a head start. No word if he ever raced a greyhound. Seven members of the Lyman High School Greyhounds football team raced greyhounds of the canine variety...
Blog | April 30, 2013 -
Social media in spotlight on NFL draft night
Bill SperosIt's been a busy week on social media for many of the projected top picks in tonight's NFL draft (@NFL_Draft on Twitter). Alabama's D.J. Fluker claimed his Twitter account was hacked after it posed this message early Wednesday: "Yea I took $ n col...
Blog | April 25, 2013 -
Ravens safety James Ihedigbo talks Africa
Bill SperosAfter just four-and-half seasons in the NFL, Baltimore free safety James Ihedigbo (@JamesIhedigbo) has played in four straight AFC championship games and the past two Super Bowls. He earned a Super Bowl ring with the Ravens in February. That's not...
Blog | April 24, 2013 -
Love of Boston still big on social media
Bill SperosThe Boston Marathon bombings and their aftermath continue to leave a lasting impression across social media. As of Monday, a week after the bombings, there were more than 760,000 tweets that included the hashtag #bostonstrong, according to data from ...
Blog | April 23, 2013 -
Picabo Street, Koss talk about Right to Play
Bill SperosPicabo Street and Johann Olav Koss could easily have let their professional and Olympic success be the pinnacle of their lives. But that wasn't compatible with the competitive nature in Street, the first American female skier to win an Olympic gol...
Blog | April 18, 2013 -
Reaction swift to Boston Marathon tragedy
Bill SperosFrom a friend. That's me in the orange singlet about to finish. Surreal. twitter.com/DemiGirlFriday...- Demi Knight Clark (@DemiGirlFriday) April 16, 2013 Word of the Boston Marathon bombings spread worldwide within minutes via social media ...
Blog | April 16, 2013 -
Trending: Masters buzzing on social media
Bill SperosGolf fans in Australia got a green jacket for breakfast Monday, thanks to Adam Scott's Masters playoff victory over Angel Cabrera. this is fun- Adam Scott (@mradamscott) April 15, 2013 No, not that Adam Scott, who stars in the NBC come...
Blog | April 15, 2013 -
Inspirational Hoyts set for Boston Marathon
Bill SperosDick and Rick Hoyt have been in perpetual motion on Boston Marathon Monday nearly every year since 1981. They now are forever stuck in time thanks to a bronze statue featuring the pair that was officially unveiled this week in Hopkinton, Mass., l...
Blog | April 12, 2013 -
Trending: 'Sandcastle' deal, LeBron shoes
Bill SperosLeon Sandcastle has landed his first big apparel endorsement deal. Uncle Drew and Cliff Paul can't be far behind. The fictional Sandcastle was first introduced to a nationwide audience during an NFL Network spot that aired during the Super Bow...
Blog | April 12, 2013