ESPN’s president of content Burke Magnus called the network’s decision not to air a pregame moment of silence and the national anthem at the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans on Jan. 2 an “enormous ...
The failure to air the anthem was compounded by the decision to also air a controversial video message from Tom Wilson, the CEO of Allstate, which is the Sugar Bowl's corporate sponsor.
The Sugar Bowl has donated $500,000 to the Greater New Orleans Foundation in response to the New Year’s Day terrorist act on Bourbon Street, Sugar Bowl committee officials announced Thursday.
ESPN admits it made a mistake by not showing the national anthem being played at the Sugar Bowl after the New Orleans terrorist attack. / Stephen Lew-Imagn Images ESPN caught some heat after ...
During the rescheduled Sugar Bowl on Jan. 2 following the terrorist attack in New Orleans on New Year’s Day, ESPN faced harsh criticism for not broadcasting the pregame national anthem performed ...
Former ESPNer Sage Steele believed it was a “blatant decision” by the network to skip the national anthem during the Sugar Bowl broadcast a day after a terrorist attack occurred in New Orleans.
Sponsorship & Engagement Marketing Ashley Kelly, and ESPN Executive Vice President Rosalyn Durant. Dottie Reese, joined by Judge Kern, is the president-elect of the Sugar Bowl Committee ...
The Fighting Irish captured victories in the Orange Bowl and the Sugar Bowl, the latter of which came in a 23-10 decision against 2-seed Georgia. Additionally, the program became the first to ever ...
Allstate CEO Tom Wilson faced backlash after a video message aired before the Sugar Bowl was seen as insensitive due to its release following a terrorist attack in New Orleans. The video ...
The reasons the Georgia Bulldogs lost the Sugar Bowl aren’t because their starting quarterback was injured. Stockton played well enough to win. The redshirt sophomore was 20-of-32 passing for ...
Georgia entered the Sugar Bowl with a major question mark at quarterback as Gunner Stockton took over for the injured Carson Beck, but that change was far from the biggest problem with the ...
Alabama Senator and former college football coach Tommy Tuberville released a statement on Friday expressing his frustration with the presentation of the Sugar Bowl on Thursday, one day after a ...