Eye On Sports Media

Sports Illustrated Launches Fan Poll on Sports Media

2012-12-18T22:21:00.004-05:00

Sports Illustrated has launched a fan poll called "Best and Worst in Sports Media." You can make your picks for the six questions by Wednesday at 9 a.m. ET, and check back later on Wednesday when Richard Deitsch reveals the winners in his column. Vote carefully, because I am not sure if Skip Bayless is listed first as a choice for "Who was the most unlikable sports personality in 2012?" as

Some Thoughts on the Passing Of Larry Munson

2011-11-21T20:10:00.000-05:00

By the time I arrived in Athens, Georgia in 1994, Larry Munson was already 72 years old and well-ensconced as the "Voice of the Georgia Bulldogs." Almost everyone I knew in Athens loved him. I did not. I could not understand how they could like this play-by-play announcer who was a clear "homer". How could they love this true curmudgeon? How could they love a man who at times could not even

Jimmer Fredette Named 2011 Naismith Men's College Player of the Year

2011-04-03T21:25:00.000-04:00

Jimmer Fredette has been named the 2011 Naismith Men's College Player of the Year, becoming the third Mountain West Conference (MWC) player to win the award. Here is the full press release from the Atlanta Tipoff Club. FREDETTE NAMED 2011 NAISMITH MEN’S COLLEGE PLAYER OF THE YEAR, BEATING OUT SMITH, SULLINGER AND WALKER Senior leads BYU Cougars to 1st NCAA Sweet 16 since 1981 HOUSTON,

Maybe the NCAA Could Name The Final Four Brackets to Drive Ratings

2011-03-28T21:34:00.000-04:00

There are concerns out and about that the fact that there are no number one or two seeds left in the upcoming Final Four could lead to lower ratings on CBS. The Time-Warner networks (TNT, TBS, and TruTV) are out of the picture, so the public relations folks cannot play the Nielsen numbers game to show record ratings. What happens this weekend on one network will give numbers that matter. So

The 2011 Sports EMMY Award Nominations Are Here

2011-03-22T21:52:00.000-04:00

The 2011 Sports Emmy Nominations are out, and the 2010 National Spelling Bee is nominated. Really. No kidding. Verne Lundquist is also nominated for outstanding play-by-play, and there is a new category for "Outstanding Playoff Coverage." The winners will be announced on Monday, May 2, 2011. So here we go with this year's nominations... Outstanding LIVE SPORTS SPECIAL 2010 FIFA World Cup

Some First Thoughts on the First Four on TruTV

2011-03-15T20:39:00.000-04:00

I got home from work in time to catch the end of the "AT&T At the Half" on TruTV and then the second half of the scintillating battle between UNC-Asheville and Arkansas-Little Rock. As to be expected there are pluses and minuses, and Charles Barkley has been refreshingly good. So with that being said, here are some thoughts and observations. Pre-Tourney Setup: The NCAA March Madness set

Musburger, Eucker Named to Sportscasting Hall of Fame

2011-01-10T17:33:00.000-05:00

As tonight's BCS National Championship game approaches, ESPN Play-By-Play man Brent Musburger has been elected to the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame, joining Bob Uecker and Bob Ryan, according to NSSA Executive Director Dave Goren. They're joined in the winners' circle by 2010 National Sportscaster of the Year Mike Tirico of ABC and ESPN and by 2010 National

NHL Announces First-Ever Rain Delay

2010-12-31T18:27:00.000-05:00

The National Hockey League (NHL) has come to their senses and realized that you cannot safely play a hockey game when it is 50 degrees out and raining. So the NHL and NBC Sports have announced that the Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic start time will be pushed back to 8:00 PM ET on Saturday, January 1, 2011. Here is the official announcement: The National Hockey League announced today the 2011

Who Was In The Truck For The Vikings Last Game at The Met?

2010-12-20T20:19:00.001-05:00

The players are complaining about the weather and conditions for tonight's Chicago Bears - Minnesota Vikings game on ESPN Monday Night Football? What wimps! The wind chill is only going to be -1. When the Vikings played their last game at the Met (Metropolitan Stadium) on December 20, 1981, the wind chill was -8, and there was snow on the ground. Television Producer John Faratzis did not mind

Inez Sainz Does Not Have to be a Good Journalist, She Just Needs To...

2010-09-16T01:05:00.000-04:00

With all of this heated arguments about what did or did not happen to TV Azteca's Inez Sainz last weekend, I am reminded of what a critic of commentators on Spanish-language sports broadcasts once said to me: They don't have to be good or knowledgeable about the sport they are calling, they just need to speak Spanish. That thought kept running through my head as I watched an in-studio FOX News

Is This Live College Football or a Live NFL Films Production on Fox SportsNet?

2010-09-11T16:21:00.000-04:00

Watching College footnall on Fox SportsNet is kind of wierd. I do not normally watch it, but had to tune in for the Georgia Tech - Kansas game today. Watching it on a traditional NTSC television is so radically different than what you normally see on ESPN, CBS Sports, NBC Sports, and FOX Sports (the mother ship). The combined audio and video make me feel like I am watching a cross between

FOX Sports Production Decision May Cut Older TVs Out of Info Loop

2010-08-30T21:29:00.000-04:00

Panama City Beach, FL (Aug 30, 2010) - Just over a week ago I was flipping through the television channels and came to the FOX Sports MLB Game of the Week on local affiliate WPGX FOX 28. As I started to watch, I noticed that the in-game score "bug" was severely cut off, so severely that I could not tell who was playing. Yesterday, the same thing happened on the NFL on FOX pre-season game. At