Sports Media

The Maria Taylor and Rachel Nichols Controversy
In the midst of his post-basketball season golf tour this week, Charles Barkley sat in with Michael Holley and Michael Smith of Peacock’s “Brother From Another” to share a few “Chuckisms.” Among them was this observation about how TNT’s NBA coverage, particularly...

D.C. United & Dave Johnson – back at their original TV home
Dave Johnson and D.C. United’s TV home are back where it all started – NBC Sports Washington (NBCSWA). Johnson, the only play-by-play voice that the club has ever known during its 25-year history, began his tenure with the team’s coverage on NBCSWA’s predecessor, Home...

NFL TV Deal Roundup
The ink is barely dry on the massive media rights deal inked Thursday between the NFL and ABC/ESPN, CBS, Fox, NBC and Amazon, but it’s not too soon to look at the big picture and ramifications from the contracts. Here are three takeaways from the pact, which runs...

Streaming is the biggest winner in the NFL’s latest round of TV deals
On Thursday, the NFL announced their latest round of TV deals, a series of decade-plus long pacts with existing rightsholders CBS, ESPN, Fox, NBC, and Amazon, netting the league $10 billion in revenue per season. There is a lot to unpack in all of the TV deals, but...

Coal, Animal Noises & The Daily Wager All Rolled Into One
Please tell me you’ve seen the show. There’s no other television sports experience quite like the odd couple of Dave Pasch and Bill Walton on college basketball. Unless you tune in for a “just the facts” broadcast that provides zero humor and entertainment, this...

Departures For Orioles Announcers
Twenty-four years ago, the Orioles cast aside their most popular personality this side of the playing field, when they cut loose radio announcer Jon Miller just after the 1996 season. This past week’s news that Jim Hunter and Gary Thorne won’t be returning to the...

NBCSN’s impending shutdown shows that live sports alone can’t save a network
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),...

Reflecting On Gary Thorne’s Time With The Orioles
“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...
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