Craig James
Summary
Jesse Craig "Pony" James (born January 2, 1961 in Jacksonville, Texas) is an American sports commentator for games on the ABC and ESPN television networks. Prior to becoming a sportscaster, James was a professional football player for the New England Patriots of the National Football League and for the Washington Federals of the United States Football League.James attended Stratford High School in Houston, Texas, where he was a star on Stratford's 1978 Texas class 4A championship football team, setting the single-season Texas 4A rushing record with 2,411 yards gained in 15 games. James, a running back, also attended Southern Methodist University where he and teammate Eric Dickerson formed what was known as the "Pony Express" backfield (SMU's mascot is the mustang).
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Robert Lipsyte: Four Reasons to Watch the Super Bowl
Most Americans won’t need a justification to watch Sunday’s game, but if you’re a TomDispatch. com reader you might think, even in passing, that celebrating the holiest day of violence, consumerism, and class warfare on your couch is a betrayal of your values or a waste of your time.
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College Football Analyst Craig James Is Weighing Run for Senate Seat in Texas
The timing of Craig James, who works for ESPN, in considering a run for Kay Bailey Hutchison’s seat gives him little chance of winning a crowded race.
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One-On-One With Erin Andrews
Yes, Erin Andrews is a sports fan. So, please, stop asking. If there is a football game happening somewhere right now then she's probably watching it. Well, if it's a big enough college game then she is likely reporting from the sidelines. But, make no mistake, she is as smitten with football as many football fans are with her.
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Feldman’s ESPN non-suspension follows bad decision-making
The recent flap over Bruce Feldman’s non-suspension for writing a book on behalf of a guy now suing ESPN for libel has been characterized as (a) a Twitter revolution, (b) an ESPN house of cards, (c) Twitterati gone wild.
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ESPN Unjustly Suspends Journalist And The Sports Twittersphere Explodes In Anger
The longtime ESPN college football writer helped build the company's massive website from the ground up. He's been a presence at ESPN for 15 years, doing some great reporting and consistently acting in an ethical manner.
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WE JUST GOT BOUGHT! Here's The Internal Memo From The $60 Million Flixster Sale
All – About ten minutes ago we entered into a definitive agreement for Flixster to be acquired by the Home Entertainment division of Warner Bros. We’re going to have an all-hands company meeting today to talk through why we’re doing this, what it means for everyone and when we will be distributing the bugs bunny hats.
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Rich Robinson: Top 10 PR Blunders of 2010
This year proved to be a golden one for public relations meltdowns. Compiling this list was easy - trimming it down to the 10 biggest wasn't. As far as PR blunders go, 2010 was a target-rich environment.
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This Week in Review: Paying for obits online, ESPN's news-ad fusion, and the great replacement debate
[Every Friday, Mark Coddington sums up the week's top stories about the future of news and the debates that grew up around them. --Josh].
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ESPN Heated or Chilled by LeBron 'Decision'?
ESPN turned over its programming schedule, not to mention its ad sales department, to LeBron James on July 8. The move to air The Decision—an hour-long special at 9 p. m. during which James picked his future NBA team (the Miami Heat)—paid off in buzz and ratings (a 7. 3 in the overnights, the largest non-NFL stat this year), but not necessarily financially.
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