by Joe Lucia | Jul 1, 2020 | Major League Baseball, Sports Media
The labor battle that erupted over a potential return to play for Major League Baseball was wholly unnecessary. Three months after the league ceased Spring Training and came to a preliminary agreement on returning to play, MLB decided to simply abide by that...
by Joe Lucia | Jun 1, 2020 | Sports Media
When COVID-19 shut down the sports world back in March, some networks were hurt harder than others. Turner lost the NBA and March Madness. CBS also lost March Madness, and plenty of live golf (including the Masters) was bumped from its spring schedule. ESPN and Fox...
by Joe Lucia | May 19, 2020 | Sports Media
Earlier this month, the report that football fans across the country were waiting for came down – ESPN would be moving on from its much-maligned Monday Night Football booth of Joe Tessitore and Booger McFarland. That report also indicated that ESPN would look to...
by Joe Lucia | Apr 20, 2020 | Sports Media
It’s been more than five weeks since we have been able to watch a live sports game in America. Over those five weeks, we’ve seen sports media companies take shows off the air, furlough employees, lay off workers, and change their strategies. But as the shutdown of...
by Joe Lucia | Mar 17, 2020 | Sports Media
It’s been nearly a week since the NBA shut their season down, with MLB, MLS, and NHL following suit. Three of those four sports were playing regular season games (with the MLS season still in its early days), and MLB was approaching the end of Spring Training and the...
