The Monday Lineup: 9 ESPN moments from the weekend and for the week ahead PLUS: Chris Connelly’s Michael Sam interview – continuing SportsCenter coverage
Sunday evening, ESPN debuted portions of Chris Connelly’s interview with SEC Defensive Player of the Year Michael Sam, who became the first openly gay NFL Draft prospect when he shared his story with ESPN, the New York Times and Outsports.com.
Both SportsCenter and Outside the Lines (3 p.m. ET, ESPN) will have continuing coverage of Sam’s news as well as reaction to Marcus Smart’s three-game suspension in the wake of Saturday’s incident at Texas Tech.
Covering the Sam story, SportsCenter reporter Mark Schwarz is at the University of Missouri campus, providing live reporting throughout the day. A crew will also be in Sam’s hometown of Hitchcock, Texas.
On the Smart story, reporter Shelley Smith is at the Oklahoma State University campus while reporter Pedro Gomez is in Lubbock, Texas, and filed a piece on Texas Tech “super fan” Jeff Orr.
Now, a bit of what you may have missed over the weekend:
1. Michael Sam
Michael Sam is one impressive dude. Great interview by @ChrisConnelly http://t.co/gNTIAD33qf
— Ryan Ermanni (@RyanErmanniFox2) February 10, 2014
Great job by @Amante07 (producer Greg Amante) and @ChrisConnelly for breaking the Michael Sam story along with @JohnBranchNYT. Terrific work
— Dwayne Bray (@DwayneBrayESPN) February 10, 2014
2. John Buccigross hit the road in pursuit of #CawlidgeHawkey
Thanks to @Buccigross for visiting us in the @RoarZone! See you tomorrow #CawlidgeHawkey pic.twitter.com/lgHbG94etM
— Kyle Hoke (@TheHokeyPokeyy) February 8, 2014
@Buccigross I see you baby! #cawlidgehawkey love from the Lions! pic.twitter.com/ZdbfWDrwTl
— paisley elaine (@pen_elaine) February 8, 2014
#cawlidgehawkey @Buccigross #WeAre pic.twitter.com/eZtYRxZcHz
— Adam (@TheAdamRB) February 8, 2014
3.
This ESPN buzzer beater channel is clutch
— Jourdan Hall (@SOS_Future) February 8, 2014
4.
Javie: Van Gundy was always courteous. JVG: Thank you. You're not just saying that? Breen: you're talking abt SVG? Javie: Yea, SVG. JVG: Wow
— aj_is_now (@aj_is_now) February 9, 2014
Looking forward to Jeff Van Gundy and Steve Javie discussing referee's calls!
— Roger Leenders (@RLeendersNBA) February 9, 2014
@LakersReporter I must say, getting to listen to Steve Javie do play by play and go back and forth with Stan van Gundy, is #CLASSIC.
— S M (@AESiKone) February 9, 2014
5.
Cousin used to work for @billclinton in WH, told me about his talent to grasp just about any subject. He certainly nailed #KidsAndSports
— Tom Farrey (@TomFarrey) February 10, 2014
6.
“@LisaKerney: @jodiapplekay Thanks for the support, Jodi! Hope you are well! We're "family" again! Ha!!”–>Yes! Knock 'em dead at @espn
— jodi applegate (@jodiapplekay) February 9, 2014
Psyched for the road ahead….THANK YOU for the tweets of support! Let's do this @espn !!! #blessed #grateful
— Lisa Kerney (@LisaKerney) February 8, 2014
7.
Game at Miss State, 2 hr drive to JXN airport, flight to Dallas, 2 hour drive to Waco, game at Baylor tomorrow. Love it.
— Joe Davis (@JoeDavisESPN) February 8, 2014
8.
The #SCFeatured piece on Nick Pugliese is awesome. Played against him in high school, what a small world
— Mark Kreider (@mkreider8) February 9, 2014
9.
Happy wedding day to the beautiful, funny, and talented @AndeWall !
— Carol Mayer (@carol_mayer) February 8, 2014
Kristen Hudak contributed to this post
