Aug
13
Hard Knocks and reality
August 13, 2009 | 1 Comment
Watching the first episode of this year’s Hard Knocks – which, like just about everything HBO does, was extremely well-produced — I was reminded of conversations I had with The Sun‘s Ravens reporters about the initial year of the series, set at Ravens training camp. They said many Ravens very much played to the cameras, [...]
Aug
10
NFL works of Art
August 10, 2009 | Comments Off
Baltimore-centric note: I happened to catch a few minutes of the Scott and Anita chat-fest from 105.7 the Fan via MASN today. A caller made an interesting point in light of how Rod Woodson’s championing Art Modell’s Hall of Fame candidacy was roundly booed at the ceremony in Canton Saturday. The caller noted how Steelers [...]
Jun
5
SportsCenter In L.A.- From ESPN
June 5, 2009 | 2 Comments
SMJ’s Ray Frager forwarded me an e-mail sent to him from ESPN in response to my post earlier this week questioning ESPN’s decision to produce the late night SportsCenter from Los Angeles. Here is ESPN’s response: Why was the decision made to open a west coast facility? · To increase production capacity as ESPN continues [...]
Jan
30
What They’re Saying- January 30th, 2009
January 30, 2009 | Comments Off
Here we go on our weekly Friday look at what some of the sports media columnists from across the country are writing today… So there’s a championship game of some sort this Sunday? Hmmm… Dave Darling at the Orlando Sentinel uses his favorite “Madden Libs”. David Barron at the Houston Chronicle reviews NFL Films latest [...]
Jan
9
AFC Divisional Playoffs- Baltimore Ravens vs. Tennessee Titans
January 9, 2009 | Comments Off
Here is a preview of this weekend’s AFC Divisional Playoff game between the Baltimore Ravens and the Tennessee Titans, through the local media covering both teams: BALTIMORE RAVENS Let’s head to the Mid-Atlantic region of the country and examine the local media contingent that covers the Baltimore Ravens… Newspaper- One of the most underrated mid-sized [...]

