Awful Announcing
Fox has experimented with alternate feeds before, but only digitally. On Thursday, they'll have their first alternate feed on a linear channel.
'Q Ball' follows the San Quentin Warriors basketball team (of California's San Quentin Prison), and premieres May 28 on FS1.
Broussard claims to have "over 60 direct messages" from Durant that proves they have privately spoken.
"Q Ball" follows the lives of the San Quentin Warriors, a basketball team inside California’s San Quentin State Prison.
“We’ve grown past ‘embrace debate.’ I think we’re a more mature network now. I think we have some shows with a little more element of debate and others that are smart, entertaining and interesting to sports fans.”
Turner has posted some nice ratings gains for UEFA Champions League coverage relative to Fox's numbers from last year, but the jump isn't as big if you don't include the games on low-distribution FS2.
Bucher tweeted Saturday that he's officially joining FS1. It sounds like he'll still work for Bleacher Report as well.
ESPN2 is no longer #2 among sports networks, which is a massive shift.
In September, our own Andrew Buchholz wondered if Eric Dickerson’s days with FS1 were numbered given his outspoken...
"I wasn't mad at him, I was mad at the network. Like, 'I told you. I know this show better than anyone else. Cris Carter is incredible, but he will not work on this show. It's not going to work for him.' They didn't listen."
The BIG3 season ended on a high note for Fox Sports.
Curtis Harper wanted to make a statement over a contract dispute, so he just walked out.
"For us the memory is just a beautiful, best summer of our lives. Not because we were filming, but because we were hanging. So, we kind of lived The Sandlot."- Patrick Renna ("Ham" Porter)
"We felt like the long-form interview is kind of a lost art these days when it comes to sports."
