by Joe Lucia | Jan 25, 2021 | Sports Media
Last Friday, news broke that NBC was planning on shutting down NBCSN sometime in 2021. The decision came as a shock to many, given NBCSN’s live properties, the network’s age (it actually launched a full year and a half before FS1, which got all the mainstream hype),...
by Rose Katz | Jan 24, 2021 | Baltimore Orioles, Sports Media
“Slow ground ball, Manny Machado barehanded. Don’t throw it away. DON’T THROW IT AT ALL. WHAT A GREAT PLAY TO HARDY. And Wieters will put the tag on him.” Just by reading this quote, I think you can picture the exact play I’m describing and can hear the voice of who...
by Joe Lucia | Jan 7, 2021 | Sports Media
Something ridiculous that I notice every year during the first two rounds of the NFL Playoffs is how strong the broadcast teams are. Spreading the games in each around across multiple networks, the league ensures that top-tier talent will be calling its premier games...
by Joe Lucia | Dec 17, 2020 | Sports Media
2020 was a strange year for the sports media world, largely because of the still-raging pandemic that disrupted live sports calendars (and far more significant parts of our everyday lives) around the world. With that in mind, handing out sports media awards for the...
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...
