by Joe Lucia | Sep 1, 2020 | Sports Media
This coming weekend marks Week 1 of the 2020 college football season. Unfortunately for fans, and for TV networks, four FBS conferences postponed their seasons and will not play in the fall – the Big Ten, Pac-12, MAC, and Mountain West. Several FCS conferences also...
by Milton Kent | Aug 28, 2020 | Sports Media
Around 7:50 a.m. Tuesday, ESPN Radio listeners got a wake-up call they may not have expected, but should have seen coming. For the next 30 minutes, Keyshawn Johnson and Jay Williams, two-thirds of “Keyshawn, JWill and Zubin,” the new morning show, proceeded to school...
by Milton Kent | Aug 12, 2020 | Sports Media
This year’s Sports Emmy Awards returned to the tried and true, as four of the top individual trophies went to repeat winners. Mike Emrick, arguably the best play-by-play announcer in the business, captured a record seventh straight Emmy for his work calling NHL...
by Joe Lucia | Aug 1, 2020 | Sports Media
So much for all the chatter about recently retired quarterbacks, broadcasters from other networks, or anyone generally outside of the expected choices. Earlier this week, ESPN’s choice for the next Monday Night Football booth was reported as the trio of Steve Levy,...
by Milton Kent | Aug 1, 2020 | Sports Media
Lord knows, he tried to keep it together. For weeks now, since word leaked out that ESPN was removing Mike Golic, Sr. from its morning radio show, Golic had stoically endured the tributes and recognition of his outsized presence in the medium with grace and humility,...
by Chris Stoner | Jul 16, 2020 | Q&As / Podcasts, Sports Media
On this episode of Sports Tonight, I was joined by BSL Sports Media Analyst Joe Lucia. Topics included: – Background on Joe’s work with Awful Announcing. – Recent changes with ESPN Radio… – Sports Media in the COVID environment…...
