Sports Media
Orioles Head Back To Hearst
When Major League Baseball returns from its lockout, Orioles fans will have a new/old place to listen to the team’s radio broadcasts. Orioles’ management announced a new deal with Hearst to air the team’s games on 98 Rock (WIYY 97.9 FM), WBAL (1090 AM and 101.5 FM),...
ESPN Adds The Mannings; Loses Maria Taylor
Call this week a split decision for ESPN, as the channel grabbed a big, splashy win in finally snagging Peyton Manning for “Monday Night Football” (sort of), while taking a big, ugly loss in watching Maria Taylor scoot from its ranks seconds after anchoring NBA...
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...