May

14

SportsCenter On Overdrive

May 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment

It is with much confusion that I read the news release from ESPN promoting the expansion of SportsCenter.  According to the announcement, SportsCenter will begin airing live each weekday morning beginning at 9:00am ET.  The show will feature three sets of anchors and remain live until 3:00pm.  The main anchor will be former CNN, NBC, and […]

May

13

Speculation on Parade

May 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment

I am spending my lunch hour watching ESPN’s special coverage of the meeting today between NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and former Patriots videographer Matt Walsh…and I am being told emphatically that the New England Patriots are Satan.  At least according to those on the ESPN set.
Trey Wingo, Mark Schereth, and Chris Carter are spewing so much speculation […]

Apr

25

Mock Draft Mayhem

April 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment

I’m at work today and one of my employees enters my office and asks the following:  “What else did the Patriots’ get for trading their first round pick?  I just heard they traded it to the Saints for their tenth pick (in the first round)”
Stunned over the development I scoured the web to see if I could […]

Apr

17

Questioning Priorities…Again

April 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment

As a journalist and editor of SMJ I respect the right media organizations have in making decisions over which content will be published or broadcast.  It doesn’t I can’t question those editorial decisions.
Case in point, what viewers of the New England Sports Network (NESN) will be facing tonight.
NESN has the television rights for both the Boston […]

Apr

12

Gumbel’s Decision a Wise One

April 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Bryant Gumbel yesterday resigned as the play-by-play voice of the NFL Network.  It was a good decision on his part.
Gumbel received much criticism during his two seasons behind the NFL Network mic.  In the few times I was able to watch him in action, he never seemed comfortable in trying to describe the action on […]

Apr

9

Why Can’t I Watch My Team?

April 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment

There has been much discussion as to why viewers of MLB. TV are restricted to which games they are able to see in their local area.  As Bleed Cubbie Blue tells us, it all comes down to territorial battles and the coverage map.
I agree with him that in this day and age the technology is […]

Apr

1

We’re Not All Fan Boys

April 1, 2008 | 1 Comment

Last year I wrote the story about how MetsBlog had been given the opportunity to work out an agreement with SportsNet New York to be part of their network. Well another blog has joined the SNY nest…
The Jets Blog has announced that it too has an agreement to be part of the SNY Blog […]

Mar

26

The NFL and the Presidential Election Collide

March 26, 2008 | 1 Comment

Here is a report from Reuters about plans by the NFL and NBC to shift the starting time of the 2008 season opener to accommodate NBC News’ plan to cover the 2008 Republican National Convention.
Since 2002 the NFL has opened the season on the Thursday night following Labor Day.  This year that coincides with the […]

Mar

25

Th Mainstream Media to Talk Blogs…Oh My!

March 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Hats off to Multichannel News for this report on the next edition of HBO’s Costas Now. 
According to he report, Costas will host a live program April 29th and tackle the topic of the changing sports media landscape.  Included in the program will be a discussion of sports blogs and sports radio and their impact in driving […]

Mar

18

ESPN Envy

March 18, 2008 | 2 Comments

I’ve been writing Sports Media Journal for a little over a year…and just now have I reached an epiphany over why their is much angst over ESPN. It’s one word…JEALOUSY.
It dawned on me after reading the examination of ESPN’s business practices in the latest edition of Sports Business Journal. The piece takes a look at […]

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