Monthly Archives: October 2009
Saturday Journal- October 31, 2009
Happy Saturday! No tricks…just some sports media news stories making their way across the country today…
Masosn Levinson at Bloomberg has the story on good Game 2 World Series ratings for Fox...
Stephen Wilson at the Associated Press says IOC President Jacques Rogue will not begin negotiations on the US TV rights for the 2012 and 2014 Olympics until after the Winter Olympics in Vancouver…
Eye on Sports Media continues with its series written by long time play-by-play man Dave Rowe…this time about some of the college football stadiums he has visited over his long career…
Barry Horn at the Dallas Morning News has an interview with ESPN/ABC College Football analyst Matt Millen…
Adam Jude at the Eugene, OR Register Guide has a report on the arrival of ESPN’s College Gameday crew to Eugene…
Jeff Elliott at the Florida Times Union talks with CBS’ Gary Danielson, who says Florida’s Tim Tebow is still a favorite to win the Hesiman Trophy…
Jenna Fryer at the Associated Press says Juan Pablo Montoya did not take offense to Bob Greise’s inappropriate comments made last weekend
David Hale at the Bulldogs Blog does not like the way ESPN makes assumptions about the status of Georgia football coak Mark Richt.
John Scott Lewinski at TV Squad reports that Fox Sports will have a new Avatar trailer unveiled this weekend..
Dan levy at the Sporting Blog looks at the NFL television offerings this weekend…
J-Ent looks at what to expect from the CBS NFL pregame show tomorrow…
Ken Fang at Fangs Bites has his MLB TV Awards…
Richard Sandomir at the NY Times sits down with baseball analyst Ron Darling during Game 2 of the World Series…
Craig at 619 Sports talks with MLB Network’s Matt Vasgersian...
Joe Frisaro at MLB.com reports that the MLB Network will be airing a pair of Arizona Fall League games…
Jim Willmas at the Washington Examiner has news of the MLB Network’s coverage of the AFL, which will feature some future Nats and Orioles
Katy Bachman at MediaWeek tells us that four CBS Radio properties will be spreading their wings beyond their local markets…
Chuck Ross at TV Week reports that Vin Scully will make an appearance next month at a local Hollywood TV executives meeting…
Hoops World re-published The Big Lead’s Q&A with the Big Ten Network’s Dave Revsine…
Steve Lapore at Puck the Media has a look at tonight’s Hockey Night in Canada announcers...
Johnny Diaz at the Boston Globe reports on the partnership between NECN and Comcast Sports Net New England...
Phil Rosenthal at the Chicago Tribune says Comcast Sports Net Chicago will be canceling their morning show…
Ed Sherman at Crains Chicago Business also has the Comcast Sports Net Chicago morning show news…
Mike Kilen at the Des Moines Register profiles WHO-TV’s Keith Murphy…
Morning Journal- October 30, 2009
It’s the end of another work week. Here we go with some sports media news items…
Michael Hiestand at USA Today says there may still be a professional future for former ESPN baseball analyst Steve Phillips…
David Barron at the Houston Chronicle looks at the impressive World Series Game One ratings for Fox…
Ed Sherman at Crains Chicago Business has his weekly list of winner and losers…
Mark Cuban on his Blog Maverick looks deep into way sports ratings numbers are up…
Chad Finn at the Boston Globe talks with former local radio personality, and now ESPN Radio’s Ryen Russillo..
Monsters and Critics looks ahead to how ESPN will cover this weekend’s Brett Favre return to Green Bay…
Michael Tunison at the Sporting Blog also looks at how Favre will dominate the weekend football preview shows…
Paul Christian at the Rochester (MN) Post Bulletin chimes in on the Favre coverage…
Diane Pucin at the LA Times tells us of Fox’ plans for the Favre Green Bay return…
Bob Wolfley at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel talks with Fox’ Troy Aikman about Vikings/Packers II
Jay Posner at the San Diego Union Tribune reports that many local football fans will be shut out from watching the Favre return…
The Union Tribune also has some sports offerings that have been added to the local Cox HD offerings..
Edgar Thompson at the Palm Beach Post says the Dolphins are not commenting on evidence from SI that one of the Saints’ touchdowns last week should have been called back…
Dave Morgan at Media Post looks at the results of an examination on how NFL viewers respond to television promos…
Barry Jackson at the Miami Herald looks at the highlights and lowlights thus far in the NFL media season…
Dan Caesar at the St. Louis Post Dispatch doesn’t like how Fox has been scheduling games to air for the local audience...
John Maffei at the North County Times writes how local Chargers fans may get blacked out from this weekend’s game with the Raiders…
Pete Dougherty at the Albany Times Union profiles CBS’ Ian Eagle...
Bob Raissman at the NY Daily News says the Fox announcers during Game 2 of the World Series focused on the lack of fan noise at Yankee Stadium…
Phil Mushnick at the NY Post writes on the urgency in the minds of Fox on how the Yankees needed to win Game 2 of the World Series…
Ray Buck at the Fort Worth Star Telegram likes what he sees from Ozzie Guillen in his role as guest analyst at Fox during the World Series…
Rich Hoffman at the Philadelphia Daily News says the ratings numbers bear out that the Phillies are a draw on television…
Mike Silva at NY Baseball Digest is not liking what he is hearing out of WFAN…
Bill Doyle at the Worcester Telegram and Gazette talks with local Celtics analyst Tom Heinsohn
Scott D. Pierce at the Salt Lake City Deseret News writes that the Mountain West Conference Television Network may be working out after all..
Tim Lemke at the Washington Times has his best and worst for the upcoming weekend…
Martin Derbyshire at Poker Listings has a look at the upcoming ESPN coverage of the final table at the World Series of Poker…
Tom Hoffarth at the LA Daily News has the latest in his series of cool sports media jobs…
Chris Zelkovitch at the Toronto Star says the Canadian Olympic Committee is falling short in creating its own television channel in advance of the Vancouver Winter Olympics…
Jim Carlisle at the Ventura County Star has word on a MLB Network special focusing on the 1989 Northern Californian earthquake..
Mike Bianchi at the Orlando Sentinel reports on the suspension of a local sports talk host…
Late Day Journal- October 29, 2009
Here are a few late day sports media news notes since our morning edition…
Ken Fang at Fang’s Bites has the Fox Sports release on the World Series Game One ratings numbers…
Maury Brown at the Biz of Baseball has the Game One ratings story…
Jason Hibberd at the Live Feed also reports on the World Series ratings…
Barry Horn at the Dallas Morning News has ratings numbers for the Cowboys…
San Diego News Network reports the Chargers have extra time to sell tickets to avoid a local television blackout…
Mike Heika at the Morning News writes that Fox Sports Southwest will be producing a special on Brett Hull
Richard Deitsch at Sports Illustrated has a conversation with TNT’s Charles Barkley talking NBA…
Dave Kindred writing at the National Sports Journalism Center website at the University of Indiana says sports media should get away from publishing point spreads…
Stars and Stripes has the story of plans by ESPN to honor veterans this Veteran’s Day…
The Week looks at the response to the lack of response by ESPN Ombudsman Don Ohlmeyer thus far on the Steve Phillips situation…
The Rome News Tribune reports that the NAIA Football Championship will be televised by CBS College Sports
Reuters reports that the Tribune Company will be using Olympic Champion Eric Heiden to write a weekly fitness column beginning next week…
Morning Journal- October 29, 2009
Welcome to Thursday. Here are some sports media news stories that are making their way around the country…
Anthony DiComo at MLB.com has the story of how Suzyn Waldman has become the first woman to broadcast a World Series game…
Bob Raissman at the NY Daily News has a similar story on Waldman’s achievement...
Phil Mushnick at the NY Post likes what he saw from Fox’ Tim McCarver…
Lem Satterfield at Fanhouse speaks with Larry Holmes, who was not too pleased with how he was portrayed in the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary…
Linda Holmes at NPR writes that all people will enjoy the documentaries being produced for ESPN…
Dan Cypra at Poker News Daily talks with ESPN’s World Series of Poker Producer Jamie Horowitz…
Judd Zulgad at the Minneapolis Star Tribune says Brett Favre will be the focus on all of this weekend’s NFL pregame shows leading to his return to Green Bay…
Bob Wolfley at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel writes on a local book gaging the fans reaction of Brett Favre’s departure from Green Bay…
Mike DeVine at Red State writes how the Kansas City Star’s Jason Whitlock apologized to Rush Limbaugh…
Ed Sherman at Crains Chicago Business says Mark McGwire has a lot of explaining to do before he steps on the field next season as hitting coach for the Cardinals…
Jim WIlliams at the Washington DC Examiner talks with Wizards’ radio voice Dave Johnson…
Mike Reynolds at MultiChannel News has good numbers for TNT on their NBA opening night telecasts.
John Crowe at The Crowe’s Nest has the NBC release on Notre Dame’s prime time game with Washington State this weekend…
The Dallas Morning News reports that Texas A&M’ game with Colorado will be seen on local TV this weekend…
Rodney Ho at the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports that local sports radio 790 the Zone will he handling sports duties for a local television outlet…
Dane Huffman at WRALSportsFan.com talks about changes upcoming in the local Carolina sports radio landscape…
Jennifer Fickley-Baker at the Lakeland, FL Ledger has the story of a local Internet Radio sports show making waves…
Paul Verna at eMarketer says technology is advancing the viewing of sports online…
TNT’s Charles Barkley is interviewed by Steven Russell at Men’s Journal…
Sports Media Weekly Podcast #7- Jim Williams, Examiner Sports
Welcome to the latest edition of the Sports Media Weekly Podcast. Ken Fang at Fang’s Bites and I touch on a number of topics, first and foremost of which is the Steve Phillips affair and the backlash faced by Deadspin off its reaction in dealing with the PR people at ESPN.
Joining us in the conversation is Jim Williams, sports media columnist at the DC Examiner and blogger at Examiner.com.
Other topics on the table…our prediction of how well the World Series will fare ratings-wise…a look at the sports media scene in Washington DC, and the news that Newsday is charging non-subscribers for accessing online content…
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