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 [...]

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