When was the last time you sat through a commercial? I can tell you exactly when it was for me: Thanksgiving night while watching the Patriots vs. Jets game. I grew up in Boston, the Patriots are my team, I watch them play live despite the commercials. It’s that simple. Everything else I watch comes […]
College Sports
Can Sports Broadcasting and Journalism Co-exist?
There is a rhythm and feel to the sports calendar. As the days start getting longer and warmer, pitchers and catchers reporting for duty just feels right. Humidity and sun burns, break out the pigskin. Dark and cold, time to lace up the skates and high-tops. This year, as the days get shorter and there is […]
NFL
Warren Sapp Should Have Been Fired By NFL Network
The decision of the NFL Network to retain Warren Sapp as an analyst despite his on air reckless indictment of Jeremy Shockey as the “snitch” in the Saints bounty scandal is cowardice in it’s purest form. Shockey has been cleared of any involvement in Bountygate by Sean Payton, his former coach with the Saints and by […]
NFL
A Sports Reporters Worst Enemy
Ian Rapoport has a dream job, but that doesn’t mean it is all sunshine and roses. As the New England Patriots beat reporter for the Boston Herald Rapoport (@rapsheet) is forced to match wits on a daily basis with noted curmudgeon and football savant Bill Belichick. Over his 12 years as the head coach in […]
