tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52147555059134968022026-04-13T02:55:09.765-04:00Eye On Sports MediaNews, Information and Commentary on the Sports Media IndustryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1783112tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5214755505913496802.post-66172621306233200382025-01-13T18:10:00.001-05:002025-01-13T18:10:53.659-05:00NSMA Names Ken Rosenthal as 2024 National Sportswriter of the YearWINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (January 7, 2025) Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic has been voted by his peers as the 2024 National Sportswriter of the Year, NSMA executive director Dave Goren announced. This is his second time he has received this recognition.Photo Courtesy of Fox SportsTwo-time Sports Emmy Award-winner Rosenthal is a University of Pennsylvania graduate who Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5214755505913496802.post-53815755903075285442025-01-13T17:46:00.002-05:002025-01-13T17:46:42.682-05:00NSMA Names Ian Eagle as 2024 National Sportscaster of the YearWINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (January 7, 2025) Ian Eagle of CBS, Westwood One, and Turner has been voted by his peers as the 2024 National Sportscaster of the Year, NSMA executive director Dave Goren announced. This is his second time he has received this recognitionPhoto courtesy Paramount/CBSA five-time New York Sportscaster of the Year and 2022 National Sportscaster of theUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5214755505913496802.post-30221350601770682952025-01-13T17:25:00.000-05:002025-01-13T17:25:04.555-05:00NSMA Elects Tirico, Shaughnessy, Jones, Smith to Hall Of FameWINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (January 7, 2025) - Sportscaster Mike Tirico of NBC and sports columnist Dan Shaughnessy of The Boston Globe have been voted by their peers into the National Sports Media Association’s Hall of Fame, NSMA executive director Dave Goren announced. They’ll be joined by posthumous selections Charlie Jones and Wendell Smith. The four were elected by NSMA members during December’s Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5214755505913496802.post-2556331695194796062025-01-12T21:44:00.006-05:002025-01-12T22:18:24.054-05:00Athens Rock Lobsters Pummel Carolina Thunderbirds 7-4 in FPHL Play With the local media in Athens, GA ignoring the new hockey team in town I am attempting to provide game stories when possible.Athens, GA (Jan 12, 2025) – There must have been something in the air in Athens this week after the unranked University of Georgia Men’s basketball team (14-2, 2-1 SEC) hosted and dispatched #6 Kentucky (13-3, 2-1 SEC) 82-69 and #17 Oklahoma (13-3, 0-3 SEC) 72-62.&Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5214755505913496802.post-13116910993465482762025-01-12T15:55:00.000-05:002025-01-12T22:49:37.479-05:00Series Notes: Athens Rock Lobsters Host Carolina Thunderbirds (Jan 12, 2025)Athens, GA (January 12, 2025) - Some media notes for today's game. Athens won the game 7-4.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5214755505913496802.post-67167008653249385012025-01-09T18:50:00.011-05:002025-01-12T22:43:13.124-05:00Series Notes: Athens Rock Lobsters Host Baton Rouge Zydeco (Jan 9-10, 2025)Athens, GA (Jan 9, 2025) Some media notes for last Thursday's game. Athens won the game Thursday 4-3 in overtime, and the Friday (Jan 10) game was postponed because of "severe weather."
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5214755505913496802.post-51031959210684538672025-01-03T22:08:00.002-05:002025-01-04T19:04:10.751-05:00Athens Rock Lobsters Take Down Columbus (GA) River Dragons 5-1With the local media in Athens, GA ignoring the new
hockey team in town I am attempting to provide game stories when possible.
Athens, GA (Jan 03, 2025) - Coming in with a three-game winning streak after
losing two straight to the Columbus River Dragons, the 5th place
(Continental Division) Athens Rock Lobsters (13-4, 34 pts) opened up a two-game
division play home ice series with the 3rd Place Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5214755505913496802.post-10999145428478209462024-12-28T14:45:00.002-05:002024-12-28T14:53:39.000-05:00Athens, GA (Dec 28, 2008) - Media and Coaches Polls always like to play favorites, while some schools with exceptional starts get left in either in "Others receiving votes" or getting nothing at all. The University of Georgia (11-1) and St Bonaventure University (12-1) are on the outside looking in right now.Tomorrow, if the University of Georgia (11-1) defeats South Carolina State (6-8), Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5214755505913496802.post-49520659355128539362024-12-17T18:01:00.003-05:002024-12-18T12:03:09.604-05:00Interview with Matteen Rad, Play by Play Announcer for the Athens Rock Lobsters (December 13, 2024)Mateen Rad, Play by Play Announcer for the Athens Rock Lobsters (Photo by Eye on Sports Media)Athens, GA (Dec 17, 2024) - As the Athens Rock Lobsters readied to make their home ice debut in the Federal Prospects Hockey League, Eye on Sports Media sat down to talk with Matteen Rad, the Play by Play announcer for this new team that is making waves in Athens, GA.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5214755505913496802.post-82050216038295268042024-12-11T18:25:00.002-05:002024-12-11T19:21:48.827-05:00Army - Navy Game 2024: Duty, Honor, Country - Why Army Doesn't Need College Football PlayoffAthens, GA (December 10, 2024) - With this Saturday's 2024 renewal of the Army (11-1, 8-0 AAC) - Navy (8-3, 6-2 AAC) game, the Cadets and Midshipmen will once again play the game the old-fashioned way - for pride, for mission, for country.Duty, Honor, Country is the West Point credo, and this is why they do not need to be in the College Football Playoff to prove the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5214755505913496802.post-52959654045470976002024-12-10T19:01:00.002-05:002024-12-10T19:01:53.761-05:00Local Media Fails in Journalistic Oversight of Government-Funded Arena, Hurts Fledgling Hockey FranchiseAthens, GA (December 10, 2024) - Last Friday evening was supposed to be an epic evening for hockey fans in college football crazed Athens, Georgia. The Athens Rock Lobsters were supposed to have their Class A Federal Prospects Hockey League (FPHL) home opener after 11 road games over eight weeks. This agreement to delay home opener was reached after the Classic Center Authority said Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5214755505913496802.post-67699639563698786402024-12-09T15:07:00.000-05:002024-12-09T15:07:11.825-05:00CBS Sports, Army and Navy Reach Landmark 10-Year Multiplatform Rights Extension for Annual Army-Navy Football GameCBS Sports will remain the home for one of the greatest rivalries in sports, the Army-Navy Game presented by USAA, with a new all-encompassing 10-year deal extending the Network's multiplatform rights through 2038. The announcement was made today by David Berson, President & CEO, CBS Sports, Mike Buddie, Director of Athletics at the United States Military Academy and Chet Gladchuk, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0