Sports Media Journal

What They’re Saying- July 3, 2009

Keith — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:06:12 +0000

Back from vacation and ready to give you our Friday look at what some of the sports media columnists are writing… Bob Raissman at the NY Daily News is questioning the post-game techniques of Mets Manager Jerry Manuel. Justin Terranova in the NY Post talks with SNY’s Ron Darling about the Mets and Phillies struggles…The Post also [...]

Reflections on MASN/105.7

Ray Frager — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:34:15 +0000

Baltimore-centric note: After all this time that MASN has simulcast the afternoon chat-fest from 105.7 The Fan, you would think somebody would have figured out a way to stop that annoying reflection we see on TV each time the camera shifts away from the studio with Scott Garceau and Anita Marks. News updater and Third [...]

ESPN untucked

Ray Frager — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:44:43 +0000

You can tell ESPN’s new SportsNation talk show, which debuts Monday at 4 p.m. on ESPN2, is going to be irreverent and off-the-cuff. Why? In a promo clip featuring hosts Colin Cowherd and Michelle Beadle, Cowherd wears a shirt that isn’t tucked in. Nothing says, “I’m going to speak my mind” like an untucked shirt. The [...]

Why Mariotti is Right

Keith — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:49:02 +0000

The sports blogsphere is all a flutter today in response to Jay Mariotti’s rant against bloggers in his latest post on Fanhouse. Much of the criticism of Mariotti’s piece is nothing new; the MSM doesn’t understand bloggers…bloggers are not journalists…the MSM should focus on doing its job. And on and on. Listen, I’m not a fan of [...]

Doing the time warp in Baltimore

Ray Frager — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:09:33 +0000

Some of you might recall George Carlin’s newscaster routine that opened something like this: “It’s 6 p.m. in New York. It’s 3 p.m. in Los Angeles. It’s midnight in London. In Baltimore, it’s 4:27.” I was reminded of that as I drove around today listening to the Baltimore ESPN Radio affiliate, 1300 AM. This was at [...]