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
The NFL Owners Take Their Ball and Go Home
The Green Bay Packers won the first ever Super Bowl. They may have also won the last ever Super Bowl if yesterday’s meeting between the NFL owners’ and the NFLPA was any indication. Good bye, NFL… It was fun while it lasted. The NFL owners walked out of a negotiating session with the NFLPA yesterday […]
Football
Are Super Bowl Ads Still Worth It?
This Sunday is “Super Bowl Sunday” and that term is not just referring to the championship game of the National Football League. Super Bowl Sunday is also a critical day for advertising creative directors as their top commercials are on display for the largest TV audience of the year. The Super Bowl is a unique […]
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
NFL Films: Top 100 Greatest Players Available to Own
It’s a proven fact, everybody loves a list. If you are producing content, whether it’s for TV or for your facebook status, your goal is to create something people will talk about. NFL Films knows this better than anyone, their production of ‘The Top 100: NFL’s Greatest Players’ has had NFL fans buzzing since it’s debut last fall on NFL Network. Now the epic 10-hour production is […]
College Football
Note to Ron Franklin: It’s 2011
While many of us have been on vacation or at least taking it a bit easy, higher-ups at ESPN have had a tough couple of weeks. First there was the plagiarism incident with ESPNews Sportscaster Will Selva, then to further complicate things College Football announcer Ron Franklin called sideline reporter Jeannine Edwards “sweet-baby” and “a-hole” prior to […]
NFL
2010 ESPN’s Most-Viewed Year
Despite turning 30 this year, ESPN hasn’t gone through the normal malaise and mental anquish 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 […]
Football
Tuesday Night Football Dominates the Night
While the merits of canceling the Vikings-Eagles game on Sunday night due to a pending snowstorm can still be debated, (Governor Rendell do you have a feeling on the matter?) what can’t be argued is the results. NBC scored it’s highest week 16 Football ratings ever with 23.7 million viewers tuning in, according to an NBC […]
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 […]
Football
Favre Loses Another Record
The NFC East battle between the Eagles and Cowboys beat out Brett Favre’s return to Lambeau field as the most watched “Sunday Night Football” game ever. Well over 25 million viewers tuned in to watch Mike Vick and the Eagles defeat the Cowboys 30-27, surpassing the Vikings-Packers audience last year by approximately 50,000 viewers. As if things […]
Football
How did Fox Sports get the Shot of the Year?
By now we have all seen the jaw-dropping video of the Metrodome roof collapsing under the weight of a snowstrom that dropped 17 inches in under 24 hours, but did anyone else wonder how Fox Sports had a camera rolling at just the right moment? Usually, credit for an incredible piece of video goes to […]