The NFL off-season under normal circumstances is a time of free-agent rumors and players complaining about their contracts. We’re used to it. This off-season rumors take on a new light as they surround the future of the on-field product as we know it. Rumors are by definition gossip, but if there is any truth to the reported NFLPA ‘boycott’ of the […]
Football
ESPN’s Tom Jackson has Lost all Credibility
After the Jets dispatched of the favored Patriots in the AFC divisional round of the NFL playoffs, Jets linebacker Bart Scott sounded off. Scott started his long post-game rant with, “To all the nonbelievers, especially you Tom Jackson!” aiming his displeasure at the ESPN analysts 30-10 prediction favoring the Patriots. In an interview on ‘Mike […]
NFL
2010 ESPN’s Most Viewed Year
Despite turning 30 this year, ESPN hasn’t gone through the normal malaise and mental anguish most of us do when we leave our 20′s. No weight gain, no thinning hair, no settling for what’s comfortable. In fact, the ESPN family of networks just posted their most-viewed year and their most watched 4th quarter ever, according to Nielsen. The 4th […]
Sports TV News
In Defense of ESPN’s Will Selva
I’ll admit it, I’m a slow writer. When I first started working in Sports Television I marvelled at our team of writers that could bang out 15 scripts in a hour without breaking a sweat. I’m the opposite, I write something, hate it, erase it, start again… wash, rinse, repeat. In the deadline driven world […]
Football
How ESPN Monday Night Football Adjusted in Minnesota
Producing a live event the size of Monday Night Football is hard work. Under normal circumstances the production crew will begin game preparations on Thursday for a Monday night game. Imagine that, it takes 4 days of preparation, set-up and testing for one game. There were not normal circumstances for the final game of week […]
MLB
Colin Cowherd Went Way Out of Bounds
On his Wednesday radio program, ESPN personality Colin Cowherd alleged that Yankees pitcher A.J. Burnett struggled through a career worst season last year because of the distraction of his on-going divorce. One problem with Cowherd’s theory, according to Burnett’s agent, Darek Braunecker, the pitcher was not, and is not, going through a divorce. Lets forget about the factual errors […]
