Monthly Archives: November 2008
What They’re Saying, November 28th, 2008
We hope you had a fantastic holiday and an equally productive shopping day. So now relax and take in some of what the sports media columnists from around the country are writing today…
Tom Hoffarth at the LA Daily News looks at the low points in sports media in 2008.
Dave Darling at the Orlando Sentinel gets into the holiday spirit with his recommendations of gifts for the sports fan in your family…
David Barron at the Houston Chronicle uses his piece to seek out TV analysts’ opinions on who should be college football’s current #2 team…
Neil Best at Newsday looks at the ongoing preparations for the launch of the MLB Network…
Doug Nye at the State remembers the history of the South Carolina/Clemson rivalry on TV…
Jim Carlisle at the Ventura County Star has a pair of pieces…the first on why he feels the Lions should continue to be featured each Thanksgiving. The second looks at this weekend’s Skins Game.
Scott D. Pearce at the Salt Lake Desert News relives the missed predictions from the ESPN Gameday crew when it came to Utah/BYU.
Ray Buck at the Fort Worth Star Telegram has a talk with Dick Vitale…
Michael Zumida at the Grand Rapids Press continues the pile on against the NFL Network.
John Maffei at the North County Times talks to a local now working at the Golf Channel.
Dan Caesar at the St. Louis Post Dispatch looks at how two local St. Louis TV stations have merged, and its impact on its local sports coverage…
Jay Posner at the San Diego Union Tribune has a discussion with the returning Matt Vasgersian…
Diane Pucin at the LA Times writes that NBA teams look to video games as a scouting tool…
Nancy Marrapese-Burrell at the Boston Globe has a piece with Celtics CEO Wyk Grousbeck…
NFL Week 13, With Local Media Links
Here is the Week 13 NFL schedule, along with our look at the local media covering each team…
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27TH
Tennessee at Detroit 12:30 PM CBS
Seattle at Dallas 4:15 PM FOX
Arizona at Philadelphia 8:15 PM NFL
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30TH
San Francisco at Buffalo 1:00 PM FOX
Baltimore at Cincinnati 1:00 PM CBS
Indianapolis at Cleveland 1:00 PM CBS
Carolina at Green Bay 1:00 PM FOX
Miami at St. Louis 1:00 PM CBS
New Orleans at Tampa Bay 1:00 PM FOX
NY Giants at Washington 1:00 PM FOX
Atlanta at San Diego 4:05 PM FOX
Pittsburgh at New England 4:15 PM CBS
Denver at NY Jets 4:15 PM CBS
Kansas City at Oakland 4:15 PM CBS
Chicago at Minnesota 8:15 PM NBC
MONDAY, DECEMBER 1ST
Jacksonville at Houston 8:30 PM ESPN
Get Ready for DTV
I know that the federal government and cable companies have all warned us about the impending DTV transition this coming February…but I fear that when the day comes, many people will react like this…
Hilarious. I work in TV and people here in the office get a bigger chuckle out of this than most. I know this has nothing to do with sports media but I’m sure there will be some old men having this same issue looking for their weekend sports fix. God help them.
SMJ and Tampa Won’t Mix
The largest assemblage of sports media takes place each year in late January/early February at the Super Bowl. If you are anyone of note in sports media, whether you are covering the game or not, you make an appearance at the site of the big game.
Why not me? What better way to get to know and interview my brethren in the sports media than to meet with them on the biggest sports media stage in the United States? I figured I could use a vacation the last week in January in Tampa. And it would be a great opportunity to advance the mission of SMJ. Sounded like a plan.
I applied for a press pass with the NFL. I wasn’t even looking for access to the game…my intent was to get all my work done during the week and be on a plane back up north Super Saturday. I figured I had a chance.
Chance, schmance:
Keith Thibault
Sports Media JournalDear Keith:
We have received your request for accreditation to Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa Bay, FL. Unfortunately, we are unable to accommodate your request.
Super Bowl media accreditation decisions are based on several factors. Among the most important is the audience reached by the applying organization. Significant emphasis is also placed upon the amount of on-site coverage an organization provides an NFL club on a regular basis.
There is a large media contingent that cover NFL teams on-site each week throughout the season – games, practices and media availabilities – in addition to devoting significant resources throughout the year at other events, including the NFL Draft, training camps, and community appearances. Even for media that fall into this category, we are unable to accommodate all the requests we receive.
In addition, only organizations whose primary purpose is providing original editorial content qualify for consideration for media accreditation.
Thank you for your interest in the National Football League and Super Bowl XLIII.
I guess I’ll have to find a Super Bowl house party like the rest of America. Fans of SMJ…my appologies. Maybe Miami will be more accomodating.
What They’re Saying, November 21st, 2008
Time for our weekly look at what some of the sports media columnists from across the country are writing…
Over at his St.Petersburg Times blog, Tom Jones has an interview with the MLB Network’s newest hire, Jow Magrane…
Bob Raissman at the NY Daily News continues to look at the problems arising from last weekend’s Chargers/Steelers game…
Phil Mushnick at the NY Post gives us his opinion of the practice of teams issuing personal seat licenses… The paper also has 5 questions for ABC/ESPN’s Craig James…
David Barron at the Houston Chronicle also converses with James…
At the Boston Globe Nancy Marapese-Burrell writes that this year’s Harvard/Yale game will be aired on Versus…
Dave Darling at the Orlando Sentinel reviews a program that goes behind the scenes at a Florida Gators home game…
Ray Frager at the Baltimore Sun writes on the significance of the ESPN/BCS television deal. On his blog he also passed along this quiz. See if you can guess all the TV sports theme songs. Not to brag, but I got all 11 correct! 
Ray Buck at the Fort Worth Star Telegram chimes in on the ESPN/BCS deal as well…
As does Jim Carlisle at the Ventura County Star…
John Maffei at the North County Times writes how the lackluster play of the Chargers is having an impact on their appeal on national television.
Tom Hoffarth at the LA Daily News has the latest thoughts of NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on the battle between the NFL Network and cable TV.
Scott D. Pearce at the Salt Lake City Desert News previews this weekend’s Utah/BYU tilt…
John Ryan at the San Jose Mercury News reports on the details of this weekend’s Cal/Stanford tilt…
Paul Christian at the Rochester Post Bulletin has the story of John Lynch’s move from the field to the booth…
Jay Posner at the San Diego Union Tribune talks to Al Michaels in advance of this weekend’s Colts/Chargers game on NBC…
Diane Pucin at the LA Times reviews the latest book from ESPN’s Dick Vitale…
Mel Bracht at the Oklahoman has a piece featuring ESPN NBA analyst Hubie Brown… Mel also preps us with his College Gameday Notebook and his local sports media notes…
Dan Caesar at the St. Louis Post Dispatch has word of a suspended KFNS air personality…
