by Milton Kent | Jul 4, 2017 | Sports Media
Typically, summer holidays are not the time for big news to be made in any industry, let alone the sports media business.Yet, within the span of a few hours Monday, two seismic, but unrelated events made their own fireworks ahead of Tuesday’s fireworks.Of the two,...
by Milton Kent | Jun 15, 2017 | Sports Media
Here’s the good news: It only seems that you’re growing older waiting for local teams to win titles.The reality is, you really are aging if you’ve been watching their games on television.That’s the finding of a study produced this month for Sports Business Daily which...
by Milton Kent | Jun 5, 2017 | Baltimore Orioles, Sports Media
When Orioles radio play-by-play man Joe Angel turned the top of Sunday’s broadcast back to Fred Manfra, it may have marked the first time in 24 years that Manfra got top billing. Too bad it was in his last game. (You can discuss this on the BSL Board here.) Manfra,...
by Milton Kent | May 25, 2017 | Sports Media
One of history’s most iconic photos is that of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Soviet strongman Joseph Stalin meeting in Yalta in early 1945 to discuss how Europe would be divvied up after World War II.Though no one...
by Milton Kent | May 19, 2017 | Sports Media
The time was April, 1985.The sports world was still reeling from Villanova’s stunning upset over mighty Georgetown in the NCAA men’s basketball national championship game.The Orioles were just a full season removed from their last World Series win, but roughly a month...
