0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/20/2014
NBA fans were saddened by the news about TNT reporter Craig Sager’s acute leukemia. In typical Sager fashion, he handled the news with humor. And while he’s undergoing treatment, Sager will have to miss this year’s playoffs, but it doesn’t mean that the NBA is not thinking about him. During Game 1 of the Dallas-San […]
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It’s a tradition unlike any other. Not just the Masters, but the ratings for the tournament. They’re usually very good and the highest for golf all year. But without Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and the lack of any drama in the final round, CBS’ ratings suffered in 2014. Sports Media Watch says the two-day average […]
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With the vultures circling Madison Square Garden and looking down at the fate of New York Knicks coach Mike Woodson, one name which keeps popping up as a potential replacement is TNT’s Steve Kerr. In March, Kerr’s name was mentioned after Phil Jackson was hired as team president. Kerr played down the rumors, but did […]
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Soccer fans get angry when they feel their sport is poorly represented by the media. Through the years, fans have railed against networks for showing commercials during games, against Fox for using Gus Johnson on games or having Michael Strahan or Piers Morgan explain the differences between football and futbol, and against any outlet they […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Bob Bowman is the president and CEO of MLB Advanced Media, and is a front-runner to become the next commissioner of the league following Bud Selig’s impending retirement. But while MLBAM has made plenty of strides with Bowman at the helm, one thing remains the elephant in the room – in-market streaming and blackouts. I’m […]
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HAPPY EASTER!!!! All Times Eastern College Baseball Illinois at Penn State — Big Ten Network, noon Georgia at Florida — ESPNU, noon Vanderbilt at Arkansas — ESPN, 1 p.m. Kansas at Oklahoma — Fox Sports 1, 2 p.m. College Lacrosse Stanford at USC — Pac-12 Networks, 4 p.m. College Softball Minnesota at Michigan — Big […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 4/19/2014
Last week at SBNation, Steven Godfrey wrote an excellent piece about the SEC Bag Man and how they funnel money to recruits and players. The article was the topic of the latest Taiwanese animation video of American news, and the results were pretty spectacular. Why do all of the bag men featured look like Jabba the Hutt?!
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Go unsportsmanlike! (s/t Puck Daddy, CBC) pic.twitter.com/f264VxLtKB
— Nina Falcone (@NinaFalcone) April 19, 2014
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Fox Sports 1 is televising Angels-Tigers this afternoon. After a home run by J.B. Shuck of the Angels, FS1 went to a very typical shot of a cameraman tracking him around 3rd base. Lest you think this is as easy as it sounds, here’s your reminder that carrying a giant camera while trying to run […]
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Any current and former WWE wrestlers (er, superstars) are persona non grata on Nancy Grace’s HLN show after the wrestling world fell into an uproar over Grace’s segment last week about the death of the Ultimate Warrior. Warrior passed away last Tuesday, hours after making an appearance on Raw following his Saturday induction into the […]
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I get that this is supposed to be facetious and funny, but there’s a little truth in every bit of sarcasm. At the beginning of SportsCenter Saturday morning, Sara Walsh and Bram Weinstein were teasing highlights from baseball and (GASP!) the NHL Playoffs. Stephen A. Smith then appeared on screen yelling about the NBA… because […]
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Game one of the Easten Conference Quarterfinals between the Brooklyn Nets and Toronto Raptors is set to take place today. But before the game on Saturday morning, the Toronto Sun trolled the Nets in the most perfect of ways. You see the Nets have a lot of old players, and a Raptor is a type […]
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This week Craig Sager’s son revealed on Twitter that his father was to undergo treatment for leukemia just as the NBA Playoffs were set to begin. Turner Sports has yet to have an official statement on the matter, but they have released a statement from Sager himself. It’s a short statement, but it possesses his […]
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The best part of Fox Sports Live and Fox Sports One are the entertaining Canadian anchor duo of Jay Onrait and Dan O’Toole. So when an ESPN executive bashed FS1 during Disney Investor Day at Bristol, you knew the boys of fun would have the last laugh. Referencing all the morons who have cursed their […]
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No one told MLB Network that baseball is scuffling on a national scale. During the first two weeks of the 2014 MLB season, MLB Network set records for total day viewership. From March 31-April 6, MLB Network’s total day viewers averaged 130,000, the highest mark in network history. That high watermark lasted for all of […]
