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Lead Stories: Saturday, September 6, 2008

Video: Ryan Shay Segment on ESPN E:60

Posted May 1st, 2008 at 9:00 AM by Adam Jacobs

Section: News & Results, Marathons, Track & Field

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Programming Note:
Ryan & Alicia Shay Story
on ESPN Tonight

Posted April 29th, 2008 at 10:00 AM by David Monti

Section: News & Results, Marathons, Track & Field

If you can, your editor recommends watching ESPN tonight at 7:00 p.m., EDT so you can see a great segment done by the producers of the sports news show “E:60″ on Ryan and Alicia Shay. The show is one hour and the piece on the Shays is about 20 minutes.

If you can’t watch at 7:00 p.m., the show will also be shown later tonight at 11:00 p.m. on ESPN2.

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ESPN, Nightline & GMA to Air Special Features, Present New Evidence in the Oscar Pistorius Controversy on April 15

Posted April 9th, 2008 at 4:00 PM by Adam Jacobs

Section: News & Results, Motivation, Track & Field, Columns, Olympics, SPOTLIGHT

One of the most talked-about sports stories of the past year is the controversy surrounding Oscar Pistorius, the bi-lateral amputee sprinter who is trying to make a bid for the Olympics and is appealing the IAAF’s ruling that he has a technical advantage. Ossur, the maker of those Cheetahs, invites everyone to form their own opinion based on new information as presented by ESPN’s E:60, Good Morning America, Nightline, and ESPN Magazine.

Looking for insights into this game-changing issue that raises scientific, ethical and philosophical questions, and for the past three months, ESPN’s investigative journalists have traveled the globe to learn more. They interviewed Oscar, his family, coach, prosthetist, friends, competitors, lawyers, and Ossur, too. They also interviewed Professor Bruggemann, the German doctor who originally tested him on behalf of the IAAF.

What to see on April 15th:

• Good Morning America will air a segment between 7-9am
• ESPN’s E:60 will broadcast a 10-minute feature between 7-8pm.
• Nightline will look into the story at 11:30pm.

In addition, ESPN Magazine’s April 21st cover story will delve into Oscar’s case.
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