Sports Media
Jim Nantz Is Thriving With New Partners
On Sunday, Jim Nantz will call his fifth Super Bowl for CBS. However, it’s the first one he’ll be calling without Phil Simms by his side in the broadcast booth. Nantz has been working alongside Tony Romo for the last two seasons, and Romo has taken the NFL world by...
Avoid The Snakes, Support Quality Sports Journalism
When I launched my site Razed Sports, I wrote the following about the state of sports journalism: “Working in the media world these days is a bit like crossing a rickety bridge. At night. In a thunderstorm. And there are snakes.” It was an attempt at light-hearted...
Appreciation For Jim Palmer In The Booth
Charles Barkley’s three Sports Emmy Awards for his work as a studio analyst for TNT’s coverage of the NBA are not accidents. The Hall of Fame former forward has carved out an increasingly rare niche as someone who pulls no punches in his commentary. Listeners should...
Orioles Off Free TV After 64 Years
Tuesday’s news that the Orioles have officially scrapped airing their games on broadcast or over-the-air television is a sign of the times, but hardly a surprise.The decision of the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network, the Orioles-owned regional sports channel, to forgo...
Reviewing NBC’s Olympics Coverage
What do Dan Hicks, NBC executives and a certain sports media writer have in common? We all called a competition over on the air before it really was, in fact, over.My mistake happened nearly 34 years ago on a college radio station, when I said the Maryland-Miami...
2018 Brings Changes For ESPN
In homes and offices around the country this week, millions are changing calendars, tossing out 2017 models and unveiling new 2018 editions. Implicit in those changes is a hope that the new set of 365 days brings an improvement to the previous 365.There are few places...
Jemele Hill Returns
When Jemele Hill returns to work Monday as co-anchor of ESPN’s 6 p.m. SportsCenter, she’ll find a very different atmosphere than the one that existed two weeks ago when she was suspended, one where the oxygen of unfettered speech may have vanished.And that lack of...
Reviewing Brian Billick In The Booth
The Ravens’ defense and special teams aren’t the only folks having a good exhibition season. Their former head coach, Brian Billick, isn’t doing so bad himself.Billick is having a nice time in the broadcast booth on the simulcasts of the team’s preseason games. Not as...