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Ken Pomeroy Calls Out CBS & Turner For Not Crediting His Statistics

“Pomeroy isn’t asking broadcasters to cease use of his analytics, nor is he demanding payment for the data, he just wants proper attribution on occasion.”

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Whether you realize it or not, Ken Pomeroy makes frequent appearances during the NCAA Tournament. And on Tuesday, he took to social media with a thread asking CBS Sports and Turner to make sure the audience realizes it. 

Pomeroy’s KenPom.com is a premier source for college basketball rankings featuring advanced metrics. While his rankings and stats are often referenced by analysts, announcers and hosts, his name is less frequently attributed. 

Pomeroy isn’t asking broadcasters to cease use of his analytics, nor is he demanding payment for the data, he just wants proper attribution on occasion. If CBS and Turner are going to reference his rankings and stats multiple times during a broadcast on college basketball’s biggest stage, at least provide KenPom with some credit. 

It’s interesting that he cites ESPN as being “pretty good” at giving credit, considering the company is notoriously bad with attributing breaking news to outside sources. But credit them for giving credit to Pomeroy, something he wants to see more of from CBS and Turner every March.

CBS and Turner certainly have good statisticians of their own, but if they’re going to use Pomeroy’s website too, he should be sourced. Not only are they sharing stats he worked to uncover and create, but they’re doing it with information that he puts behind a paywall. 

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New Episodes of Beyond Limits Coming to CBS Sports

The series, which first premiered in September 2021, is produced by the CBS Sports Race and Culture Unit, with senior producer Sarah M. Kazadi.

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CBS Sports is set to premiere new episodes of its franchise Beyond Limits, which celebrates athletes who go beyond the implicit boundaries of sports and society. Three half-hour episodes will be hosted by CBS Sports reporter AJ Ross, and will also air on CBS’ linear channel and stream live on Paramount+.

The first episode of the season is titled “Who I Am,” and it will feature Byron Perkins, who is the first openly gay football player at a historically black college or university (HBCU). Perkins is a redshirt senior at Hampton University. The show will also discuss the relationship he has with his mother and how she has impacted him both as a person and an athlete.

Two more episodes will premiere throughout the season – one on making sports adaptable and accessible; and the other featuring athletes who have moved into executive roles. The latter show includes interviews with NBA Executive Vice President and Head of Basketball Operations, Joe Dumars; New Orleans Pelicans Vice President of Basketball Operations and Team Development, Swin Cash; and NFL Executive Vice President of Football Operations, Troy Vincent.

The series, which first premiered in September 2021, is produced by the CBS Sports Race and Culture Unit, with senior producer Sarah M. Kazadi. Its first episode premieres on Sunday, June 11 at 1:30 p.m. EST/10:30 a.m. PST, and should provide fans with unique storytelling and spotlight into the journeys of various key figures in sports and media alike.

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ESPN Colleagues Pay Tribute to Neil Everett

“It was universal praise from the people that knew and worked with Everett.”

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Neil Everett has become one of the faces of SportsCenter. After 23 years at ESPN, he announced that he is leaving the network.

Colleagues at the World Wide Leader took to Twitter to share their thoughts. It was universal praise from the people that knew and worked with Everett. Chief among them was his SportsCenter partner of fourteen years, Stan Verrett.

Everett has spent the last two years as part of the television studio crew covering the Portland Trail Blazers. He told Front Office Sports that he will be seeking to expand his role with the team.

If Root Sports Northwest requires references, there are plenty ESPN colleagues past and present that were immediately ready to vouch for Neil Everett.

Everett was not laid off. He turned down a new contract that would have forced him to take a pay cut.

The Walt Disney Company is in the middle of layoffs effecting every division. CEO Bob Iger has tasked his leaders with reducing costs by $5.5 billion and cutting 7000 jobs.

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Bleav To Launch 2 FuboTV Channels

“Over 1,000 hours of original content is produced by Bleav each month.”

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Sports and entertainment media production company Bleav has officially launched two channels available now on FuboTV.

Bleav Sports and Bleav Football will utilize content from its podcast network to comprise programming on the TV side.

“We are excited to be partnering with Fubo, one of the premiere companies for sports streaming,” Bleav president Eric Weinberger said.

Over 1,000 hours of original content is produced by Bleav each month. Former NFL and NBA standouts like Ahman Green, Rudy Gay, Lamar Odom, LenDale White, Ike Taylor and Jonathan Stewart are just some of the hosts for Bleav.

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