McNabb And Malone Get Afternoons At NBC Sports

3-14-2013
Two former NFL quarterbacks are taking the afternoon drive slot (3 p.m.-7 p.m. ET) on the new NBC Sports Network when it launches April 1. Donovan McNabb and Mark Malone will host ?Under Center with McNabb & Malone.? McNabb said, ?I am very excited to expand my relationship with NBC Sports Radio. I am also excited to partner with Mark Malone as we look to create a dynamic afternoon drive show for listeners around the country."

As a player, Donovan McNabb posted one of the best records in the NFL, averaging 10 wins per season over his 13-year career. With McNabb under center, the Eagles went to the postseason eight times, won the NFC East Division five times, played in five NFC Championship Games, and had their first Super Bowl berth in 24 years.   His 4,746 pass attempts, 2,801 completions, 32,873 passing yards, and 216 TD passes are franchise records.  McNabb is also a former Syracuse University football standout and basketball player. 

Malone is currently an analyst for Dial Global Sports' Sunday afternoon NFL package and host of NFL Insider. He was an All-American quarterback at Arizona State and first-round draft pick of the Pittsburgh Steelers, played for 10 years in the NFL, quarterbacking the Steelers to the 1984 AFC Championship Game. He is also known for the decade he spent with ESPN, where, in addition to hosting NFL programming, he also covered NASCAR, GOLF, the NHL, boxing, and the NBA.  

View the original article here

Malone Wants to Spin-Off Sirius XM

7-13-2012

Bloomberg reports Liberty CEO John Malone said yesterday, ?If I?m in control, I like to have separate companies, run independently, with public shareholders investing in that business,? Malone told reporters gathered in Sun Valley, Idaho, for an Allen & Co. conference. ?There is no question eventually Sirius will be an independent company. The question is, in what time frame and in what circumstances??

Read the entire article in Bloomberg HERE

Add a Comment Send This Story To A Friend

View the original article here

Malone Puts Pressure on Mel

5-31-2012

You know how the saying goes: If at first you don't succeed... Liberty Media is going back to the FCC with a request the commission reconsider its original denial to take control of Sirius. At the time, Liberty had about a 40% stake in the Satellite Radio company. Sirius CEO Mel Karmazin mocked that attempt by saying, "40 is not the new 50." So Liberty wrote a check for $650 million for 302 million more shares, and increased its stake to 45.2%. Yesterday's petition to the FCC asks that Liberty be given "de facto control" of Sirius within 30 days.

In short, if approved, Liberty would be able to control the Sirius board. Liberty saved Sirius from bankruptcy in 2009 with a $530 million loan, it got its original 40 percent stake in return. Liberty agreed not to try to take over the company for three years. That three years ended in March. Speculation in the business trades is that Liberty might spin off its stake and merge Sirius with another company, which would allow the company to save money on taxes. Details on what Liberty would do have not been made public.

In an SEC filing yesterday, Sirius says, "We've been engaged in discussions with Liberty Media to explore possible transactions with respect to its ownership interest in Sirius, although we have not reached agreement with respect to a specific transaction that would be mutually beneficial to both our common and preferred stockholders. There is no assurance that these discussions will result in any specific action or transaction. We do not expect to disclose developments with respect to these discussions."

Add a Comment Send This Story To A Friend

View the original article here