Monthly Archives: September 2008
Random Video Clip #20
It’s the final week in the regular season life of Shea Stadium. Here is a look at the park through the eyes of the lower Hudson Valley Journal News…
NFL Week 3, With Local Media Links
Here is the NFL schedule for week 3, along with links to our look at the local media covering their teams…
SUN, SEPTEMBER 21st
Kansas City at Atlanta 1:00 PM CBS
Oakland at Buffalo 1:00 PM CBS
Tampa Bay at Chicago 1:00 PM FOX
Houston at Tennessee 1:00 PM CBS
Carolina at Minnesota 1:00 PM FOX
Miami at New England 1:00 PM CBS
Cincinnati at NY Giants 1:00 PM CBS
Arizona at Washington 1:00 PM FOX
Detroit at San Francisco 4:05 PM FOX
St. Louis at Seattle 4:05 PM FOX
New Orleans at Denver 4:05 PM FOX
Pittsburgh at Philadelphia 4:15 PM CBS
Jacksonville at Indianapolis 4:15 PM CBS
Cleveland at Baltimore 4:15 PM CBS
Dallas at Green Bay 8:15 PM NBC
MON, SEPTEMBER 22nd
What They’re Saying, September 19th, 2008
It’s another Friday with links to what some of the sports media columnists across the country are writing about…
Ken McMillan at the Times Herald Record has a note on a deal between the Naval Academy and CBS…
In his weekly column, Michael Hiestand at USA Today looks at the post-season on air line-up for TBS.
Laura Nachman in Philadelphia has notes from Bill Cower and Phil Simms previewing this weekend’s Steelers/Eagles contest.
Bob Raissman at the NY Daily News looks at the impact Yankee Stadium had on Yankees owner George Steinbrenner.
More Yankee Stadium memories from Richard Sandomir at the NY Times…
And Neil Best at Newsday…who takes a look at the upcoming ESPN coverage…
While Phil Mushnick at the NY Post continues on with the Mike Francesa/Chris Russo soap opera…
Mel Bracht at the Oklahoman has a preview of the Ryder Cup, a look at the TV broadcast team for the Oklahoma City Thunder, and his weekly “what to watch” column.
Dave Darling at the Orlando Sentinel has a look at ESPN’s coverage of the Ryder Cup.
Ray Frager at the Baltimore Sun also talks Ryder Cup coverage…
As does Nancy Marrapese Burrell at the Boston Globe…
Bob Wolfley at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has the thoughts of NBC’s John Madden on the transition of Packers’ QB Aaron Rodgers.
David Barron at the Houston Chronicle writes about how the sports desk at the local television affiliates pitched in to report on Hurricane Ike.
Doug Nye at the State takes a look at what a Cubs championship would mean to sports…
Steve Springer at the LA Times looks at ESPN’s powerful Monday Night Football ratings numbers…
Tom Hoffarth at the LA Daily News has a sit-down with ESPN’s Linda Cohn…
Scott D. Pearce at the Salt Lake City Desert News has UCLA fans complaining about the coverage of last week’s game against BYU…
John Maffei at the North County Times has a preview of the Chargers/Jets coming up this Monday Night…
Speaking of that game, Jay Posner at the San Diego Union Tribune has Tony Kornheiser’s take on the Jay Cutler fumble that was not…
Barry Jackson at the Miami Herald looks at ways to improve the MNF telecast…
Tim Lemke at the Washington Times looks at what impact the failure on Wall Street will have on professional sports…
John Ryan at the San Jose Mercury News has ideas on who could next coach the Raiders…
Random Video Clip #19
It looks like the big college football match-up of the week will be LSU at Auburn. Both schools are undefeated and ranked in the top 10. Let’s hope we get a repeat (in terms of the excitement and not nessisarily the outcome) of last year’s contest…
What They’re Saying, September 12th, 2008
Time again to check in with what the sports media columnists from around the country are writing today…
In New York, Neil Best at Newsday has the story of how the Yankee’ TV announcers are being more openly critical of the team on the air…
That same topic is also on the mind of Bob Raissman at the NY Daily News
Richard Sandomir at the NY Times says the potential naming of the new Jets and Giants stadium is getting negative reviews…
Phil Mushnick at the NY Post talks about how ticket prices will soon be driving fans away from the games. The Post also has 5 questions for ESPN’s Lee Corso…
Bob Wolfley at the Milwaukee Jounal Sentinel says many Packer fans still had interest watching Brett Favre in a Jets uniform…
Mel Bracht at the Oklahoman talks about officiating being a factor once again in Washington. Mel also has his local media notes and a piece on Michael Phelps’ appearance on Saturday Night Live…
Tom Hoffarth at the LA Daily News has a piece on ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit, and his how his connections to Ohio State play on the air…Tom also has plenty more on his blog…
Michael Hiestand at USA Today also has a piece on Herbstreit…
As does John Maffei at the North County News…
Jim Carlisle of the Ventura County Star has a behind-the-scenes look at OSU-USC…
George Thomas at the Akron Beacon Journal has a preview of OSU-USC…
Dave Darling at the Orlando Sentinel has the story of the return to the local radio airwaves by a local coach…
Jay Posner at the San Diego Union Tribune has the local CBS affiliate in hot water over not telecasting the finals of the U.S. Open…
Ray Frager at the Baltimore Sun has his thoughts on the work of CBS’s Kevin Harlan…
Ray Buck at the Fort Worth Star Telegram has news on the ESPN contract extension for local voice Mike Hill…
Scott D. Pearce at the Salt Lake City Desert News has his opinions about FSN bias toward the PAC 10…
Steve Springer at the LA Times has Keith Jackson enjoying life outside the booth…
Doug Nye at the State has news of Time Warner adding ESPNU to their cable line-up…
