TV WEEK reports today that Speed TV is planning “to air 10 one-hour episodes of ‘Wrecked … focuses on a sometimes risky life at a family-owned tow truck company in Chicago.”

Robert Ecker, VP of programming for Speed: “We have discovered over the course of time that while there are race fans, there are also people that have a love affair with the automobiles but are not necessarily interested in racing.”

Sadly though, it seems the Chicago-based show missed out on a major opportunity by starting the show now. Read more…

Today Scott Spiezio was, thankfully, released by the Cardinals. For driving drunk, leaving the scene of an accident, throwing up at a friend’s house and then attacking that friend, Spiezio was paid a $2.4M buyout by the ballclub in a contract buyout schweet!.

More interesting is that Tony La Russa today said he knew about Spiezio’s “traffic accident” as early as January and that the Cardinals made absolutely no effort to investigate the severity of the situation.

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