Category Archives: Podcasts
Sports Media Weekly No. 103- Ed Sherman, the Sherman Report & Michelle Beadle, Access Hollywood/NBC Sports
We have two fantastic guests joining Ken Fang and me on this week’s program.
The first is Ed Sherman, former sports media columnist for the Chicago Tribune who now has his own sports media blog, The Sherman Report. Ed joins Ken and I for the news portion of the show, which kicks off by looking at the move by Michelle Beadle from ESPN to Access Hollywood and NBC Sports.
We then move to the announcement last week of the extension of the contract between the ACC and ESPN and this week’s news that CBS will be sub-contracting some college basketball action from ESPN.
We finish the news segment by looking at TBS getting the rights to the Major League Baseball Wild Card games and the prospects of the MLB Network reaching a wide enough audience for its two Division Series playoff tilts.
Our second guest is the aformentioned Michelle Beadle. Michelle goes through why she decided to move away from ESPN, the attention surrounding her move, and the roles she will play with Access Hollywood and NBC Sports.
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Sports Media Weekly No. 102- Ian Eagle, CBS Sports, Tennis Channel, YES Network
After a week away Ken Fang of Fang’s Bites and I are back at it for a new edition of Sports Media Weekly.
Ken and I start the show by looking at the Olympic plans NBC Sports has for MSNBC, CNBC, Bravo, and Telemundo.
We then look at what impact Fox Sports will have on the ratings battle as it begins its stretch of Saturday night baseball games beginning this weekend.
We also look back at the exciting finish to the English Premier League season and coverage of Survival Sunday on the part of Fox Sports and ESPN.
We next delve into the recent talent moves at ESPN with Michelle Beadle and Michelle Bonner leaving and Scott Van Pelt and John Buccigross staying with the WWL.
Ken and I wrap our news segment by looking at ESPN’s decision to produce another set of 30 for 30 documentaries.
Our guest this week is a Sports Media Weekly favorite, Ian Eagle of CBS Sports, the Tennis Channel, and the YES Network. Ian looks at his upcoming travels to Paris to cover the French Open for the Tennis Channel. He also looks back at his NBA season covering Nets games for the YES Network and playoff action on NBA TV and TNT. Ian also explains his “gobbeldygook meltdown” with analyst Mike Fratello and how he is preparing for the upcoming NFL season.
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Sports Media Weekly No. 101- Aaron Goldsmith, Pawtucket Red Sox
We are a day early for this week’s edition of Sports Media Weekly.
Ken Fang of Fang’s Bites and I spend most of our time looking at the winners of the 33rd Annual Sports Emmy Awards which were handed out last night in New York.
Ken and I wrap up the news segment examining the success of the Stanley Cup Playoffs on the networks of the NBC Sports Group and plans by Fox to make sports a staple of its Saturday night programming line-up.
Our guest this week is Aaron Goldsmith, new play-by-play voice for the Pawtucket Red Sox. Goldsmith talks about growing up in St. Louis and being influenced by the great Jack Buck. He also shares an interesting story featuring another St. Louis broadcasting icon, Bob Costas…
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Sports Media Weekly No.100- Darren Rovell, CNBC, NBC Sports Network
It took some time to get here, but we have reached the 100th edition of Sports Media Weekly.
After a couple of weeks off Ken Fang of Fang’s Bites and I begin the show by discussing the plans by ESPN and the NFL Network to cover tomorrow’s NFL Draft.
We then look at the ratings success of both the Stanley Cup Playoffs on NBC Sports and the NBA on both ESPN and NBA TV.
We also look at NBC’s plan to live stream every event at this year’s Summer Olympics in London.
We wrap up our news segment by making our predictions of who will take home the Sports Emmys when they are handed out this coming Monday in New York.
Our guest for our 100th show is CNBC Sports Business Reporter and host of Game On on NBC Sports Network Darren Rovell. Darren talks about how he got interested in covering the sports business beat, how athletes who run businesses tend to be more willing to speak to reporters, his Twitter “wars”, his affinity for food, and who he thinks will be the marketable athletes at this year’s Summer Olympics.
Ken and I want to thank those of you who have followed us through the first 100 editions of the show. It means a lot that we have such dedicated listeners. Here’s to the next 100 episodes!
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Sports Media Weekly Podcast No. 99- Bob Ley, ESPN
We are ever so close to a milestone here on the Sports Media Weekly Podcast. Ken Fang of Fang’s Bites and I lead off the show by reviewing the ratings for CBS and ESPN for the Men’s and Women’s NCAA Division I Basketball Championships.
We then look at the decision facing Major League Baseball as to which network will be granted the rights to televise the one-game Wild Card games new to the post season beginning this year. We also look at the unveiling of the NFL preseason schedules for each network and the unfortunate end to The MTN Sports Network.
Our guest this week is ESPN’s Bob Ley. Ley was one of the first hires for ESPN when the network was launched in 1979. He shares with us his thoughts on the evolution of the World Wide Leader, his work on the World Cup and Outside the Lines, and his affinity for Bruce Springsteen.
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