‘FIFA suit’ blocks reporter’s Oval Office Iran question to Juventus coach
"The FIFA moderator of the press conference intervened. He said that questions should be focused on the game."
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Tom Luginbill, Sam Acho talk unique UFL field analyst access: ‘What CFB and the NFL doesn’t want you to hear’
The access UFL field analysts get sharply differs from other levels of football.
NBA could benefit by doing more to assist media coverage
The NBA’s growth depends on improving media access.
Rory McIlroy skips all four media sessions at PGA Championship
"An abdication of responsibility as one of the greats."
Garrett and Nicole McNamara cherish authenticity of ‘100 Foot Wave’
Shane Lowry joins trend of golfers skipping media availabilities
Lowry had previously advocated for a "cooling-off period" before media could talk to golfers.
Texas A&M deletes ‘players will not be available following a loss’ baseball media policy
In the wake of criticism, Texas A&M removed a "players will not be available following a loss" line from their baseball media policy website.
Kimberley A. Martin blasts NFLPA locker room pushback: ‘It’s a small, very tiny group trying to make this a bigger conversation’
"The locker room is how we develop a lot of those relationships that help us do our job."
‘NASCAR: Full Speed’ producer: ‘It’s shocking how quickly you’re given better access when you’re the Netflix crew.’
Tim Mullen suggested NASCAR: Full Speed has gotten better access than even NASCAR's past in-house docuseries.
Colorado’s Travis Hunter appeared on both ‘Big Noon Kickoff’ and ‘College GameDay’
This was some rare access to a top player from a team not involved in the game the shows were at.
Amidst refusal to talk to columnist who dubbed him ‘the Bruce Lee of B.S.’, Deion Sanders says ‘I’m not built to hate’
Bears’ GM Ryan Poles: ‘HBO will have trouble finding teams’ for ‘Hard Knocks Offseason’
"I think that moving forward they are going to have a hard time finding a team."
‘It all starts with trust’: Betsy Riley and Mike Watts discuss how Prime Video’s NWSL coverage got key off-field access
Around press conference issues, it’s the leagues really not staying in their lane
Michigan student journalists supported after pointing out NCAA-denied Frozen Four access, potential role of gender (updated)
The NCAA Frozen Four credentialed four Michigan Daily journalists the past two years. But this year, the new all-female men's hockey beat there only received two seats.
FC Cincinnati tries to defend ban of Laurel Pfahler, takes even more criticism
‘Who is he?’ talk on Dov Kleiman recalls early criticism for Mike Florio, sports bloggers
FC Cincinnati revokes independent writer’s credentials for two weeks
Dabo Swinney on reducing coordinator access: ‘We were very different from most of our peers.’
"It was just something I felt like looking at our competitors, from a national standpoint all across the board, just felt like it was a good change."
Jets ‘Hard Knocks’ premiere date announced
"The 2010 Jets changed the profile and the success of Hard Knocks forever. That Jets team made football fun for fans."
Pac-12 greenlights enhanced football broadcasts
"The Pac-12 is committed to delivering unprecedented access and entertainment to our fans throughout our football broadcasts, and to working with our media partners to be on the cutting edge of innovation."
Big 12 plans for expanded access could see football coaches and players mic’d up
"We want to bring our fans closer to what we do, and give them a peek under the hood."
‘Ted Lasso’ pays tribute to Grant Wahl, who helped answer writers’ questions on Trent Crimm’s book
"In what I now know to be his typical generosity with his time, he wrote very long, very detailed, very valuable answers to all our questions. He was hugely helpful."
NFL will keep locker rooms closed to independent media in 2021, but will allow three team PR/media employees in
"A maximum of three people from a team’s public relations department/team-affiliated media are allowed in the locker room postgame while players are present."
After Naomi Osaka left a press conference in tears before returning, her agent called a reporter a “bully”
"The bully at the Cincinnati Enquirer is the epitome of why player/media relations are so fraught right now. Everyone on that Zoom will agree that his tone was all wrong and his sole purpose was to intimidate. Really appalling behavior."
