Monthly Archives: July 2010
SMJ Inbox- July 29, 2010
We have quite a bit coming in today to the SMJ inbox…
- NBC Sports is getting set for this weekend’s coverage of the U.S. Senior Open. See the tournament Saturday and Sunday from 4:00pm to 7:00pm.
- Turner Sports has announced it’s next two Sunday MLB on TBS match-ups. This Sunday will feature the Yankees at Rays, followed by Giants/Braves on August 8th. Both games begin at 1:30pm ET.
- The Big Ten Network has announced a number of new programs beginning this September. Many of them will be historical in nature.
- The MLB Network has announced its first slate of live telecasts for the beginning of August. Here is the schedule:
August 3- 7:00 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Detroit
7:00 p.m. New York Mets at Atlanta [In select markets]
August 5- 12:00 p.m. Minnesota at Tampa Bay [Available in Twins market]
7:00 p.m. Thursday Night Baseball: San Francisco at Atlanta
7:00 p.m. Cleveland at Boston [In select markets]
August 6- 7:00 p.m.* Boston at New York Yankees – Bob Costas & Jim Kaat
7:00 p.m. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at Detroit [Only in Boston & New York markets]
August 7- 7:00 p.m. New York Mets at Philadelphia Phillies
7:00 p.m. San Francisco at Atlanta [In select markets]
- The NFL Network is getting set for it’s coverage of the NFL Hall of Fame next weekend. The network will provide a special on the careers of inductees Jerry Rice and Emmitt Smith. NFLN will also provide seven hours of live coverage of the enshrinement August 7th beginning at 4pm ET.
- ESPN is expanding it’s 3D capabilities with the announcement that three college football games will be telecast in 3D beginning in early September. The games are:
September 6th- Boise State vs. Virginia Tech
September 11th- Ohio State vs. Miami
September 18th- Clemson vs Auburn
- ESPN has announced it’s schedule for the next set in it’s “30 for 30″ documentary film series. Here is the schedule:
Tuesday, Aug. 24, 8 p.m. – Jordan Rides the Bus (Ron Shelton)
Tuesday, Aug. 31, 8 p.m. – Little Big Men (Al Szymanski and Peter Franchella)
Tuesday, Sept. 7, 8 p.m. – One Night in Vegas (Reggie Bythewood)
Tuesday, Sept. 14, 8 p.m. – Unmatched (Directors: Lisa Lax and Nancy Stern Winters; Producer: Hannah Storm)
Tuesday, Nov. 9, 8 p.m. – Pony Excess (Thaddeus D. Matula)
Tuesday, Sept. 21, 8 p.m. – The House of Steinbrenner (Barbara Kopple)
Tuesday, Sept. 28, 8 p.m. – Into The Wind (Steve Nash)
Tuesday, Oct. 5, 8 p.m. – Four Days in October (Major League Baseball Productions)
Tuesday, Oct. 12, 8 pm. – Once Brothers (NBA Entertainment)
Tuesday, Oct. 19, 8 p.m. – Tim Richmond: To the Limit (Rory Karpf )
Tuesday, Oct. 26, 8 p.m. – Steve Bartman: Catching Hell (Alex Gibney)
Tuesday, Nov. 2, 8 p.m. – Marion Jones: Press Pause (John Singleton)
*Saturday, Dec. 11, 9 p.m. – The Best That Never Was (Jonathan Hock) * two hours
- ESPN has announced that Ron Artest will take over as editor of ESPN the Magazine’s Revenge of Jocks IV edition. OK.
- You can find out the latest in what is in store for ESPN’s E:60 and Outside the Lines here.
- ESPN is also promoting the release of Country Music Star Kenny Chesney’s Boys of Fall video on August 2nd. It will be featured following the 11 am and 2pm edition of SportsCenter.
- Those of you who are fans on WEEI radio in New England can now get their hands on live streaming apps for both the iPhone and Android phones.
SMJ Inbox- July 28, 2010
Let’s take a look at what came into the SMJ Inbox today…
- NFL Network announced that former Dallas Cowboys running back Daryl Johnston will be joining the network as an analyst. Johnston will appear on NFL Total Access and will also still serve as a game analyst for Fox Sports. It has also been reported that Johnston’s Fox colleague Jay Glazer will also be joining NFLN.
- The NFL Network is also promoting its Fan Forum with Commissioner Roger Goddell tomorrow night at 8pm, its Friday night Arena Football match-up between Spokane and Jacksonville, and the Hamilton-Saskatchewan CFL game Saturday night.
- The MLB Network is getting ready for its coverage of the baseball trade deadline, which is this Saturday. The Network is putting all hands on deck with a five hour special beginning Saturday morning at 11:00am ET. In conjunction with the trade deadline MLBN will air a special, The 40 Most Memorable Trades in MLB History Saturday night at 6:00pm ET. The network completes its day with its Saturday Night Baseball telecast of the Yankees at Devil Rays at 7:00pm ET.
- ESPN is also touting its coverage of the MLB trade deadline, as well as other baseball programming…
- What else is going on at the WWL? You can find out more in its X-Games coverage, NASCAR, World Series of Poker, the NFL and more here…
- Turner Sports in getting ready for its coverage of the 92nd PGA Championship begining August 12th. In the works this year, golf in 3D. TNT has coverage of the tournament August 12th and 13th.
- Before the PGA Championship, CBS is prepping for this week’s coverage of the PGA’s Greenbrier Classic from West Virginia. Coverage begins at 3:00pm ET this Saturday and Sunday. CBS will be the home of golf throughout much of August, including weekend coverage of the PGA Championship.
- Fox is promoting its Saturday Baseball Game of the Week this Saturday. 42% of the country will see Atlanta at Cincinnati with Thom Bennaman and Kevin Millar on the call. 37% will hear Dick Stockton along with Mark Grace and Ken Rosenthal as the Red Sox host the Tigers. 20% will watch the Dodgers take on the Giants with Kenny Albert and Eric Karros on the call.
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Sports Media Weekly Podcast No. 42- Susan Shan
Back for another edition of the Sports Media Weekly Podcast.
On this week’s show Ken Fang of Fang’s Bites and I lead-off with the news that Daryl Johnston and Jay Glazer will be joining the stable of analysts at the NFL Network. They will also remain with Fox Sports.
We also look at the Sports Business Journal story on the ratings thus far of MLB teams and their regional sports networks, the declining ratings for auto racing, and whether ESPN’s Chris Berman deserves his recognition this weekend by the NFL Hall of Fame.
Our guest this week is online sports journalist Susan Shan. Susan has made a name for her self on her own website, primarily through the use of social media. Susan is also contributing to Red Storm Sports.com, the online home of St. John’s University Athletics.
We talk to Susan about these endeavors as well as her participation in the Grand Master Fantasy Football Tournament, which she will use to bring awareness to breast cancer research.
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SMJ Inbox- July 26, 2010
I’d like to start a new feature here at SMJ.
Many sports media bloggers post press releases from various media entities. And no one does it better than my friend and Sports Media Weekly Podcast Co-Host Ken Fang over at Fang’s Bites.
They all do a great service. But instead of re-posting the entire press releases, I’m going to try to boil them down in capsulized form in one daily post. The challenge for me will be to do this on a consistent basis.
Here are today’s sports media news coming into the SMJ Inbox:
- ESPN has announced that Brad Nessler and Trent Dilfer will be handing play-by-play and analyst duties for game two of the network’s Monday Night Football doubleheader on September 13th. The duo replaces Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic who handled those duties the last three seasons.
- ESPN has announced that NFL reporters Chris Mortensen and Adam Schefter will be making appearances at all 32 NFL training camps over 19 days for NFL Live, SportsCenter, Monday Night Countdown, and other ESPN platforms.
Find out what else ESPN has planned for the upcoming week, including X-Games coverage and NASCAR Programming.
- HBO has announced that it will be airing Countdown to Hard Knocks, Training Camp with the NY Jets, a 12 minute preview of he full program, beginning on July 28th at 11pm.
- The NFL Network has announced its entire 65 game pre-season schedule.
Our friends at Sports Business Journal has its weekly sample of sports media stories, including baseball ratings of regional sports networks, how low ratings at the British Open are impacting ESPN’s decision to keep the tournament on cable, and how social media is helping fans follow their favorite teams.
That’s it for today. Let me know what you think of this new feature.
Sports Media Weekly Podcast No. 41- Tina Cervasio, MSG Network
This week Ken Fang of Fang’s Bites deal with the technical demons this week so we app0logize about the qulity of this week’s show.
Ken and I wrap up the talk about ESPN’s “The Decision” with today’s response from ESPN Ombudsman Don Ohlmeyer.
We also discuss the controversy over the comments made over the weekend by Dwaye Wade on the expectations for the Heat this season.
We also discuss the big online news that SB Nation has purchased The Sporting Blog from The Sporting News.
Our guest this week is Tina Cervasio, Knicks reporter for MSG Network. Those of us in New England may remember Tina from her days covering the Red Sox for NESN. We talk to Tina about here career, covering teams in two high, pressure media markets (Boston and New York) and what it was like covering the LeBron James story from the Knicks point of view.
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