5 Who Get It, 5 Who Don’t
A weekly analysis of the best and worst in sports media from a multimedia content prince — thousands of columns, TV debates, radio programs and podcasts — who is neither a cardboard cutout nor a virtual fan.
A weekly analysis of the best and worst in sports media from a multimedia content prince — thousands of columns, TV debates, radio programs and podcasts — who is neither a cardboard cutout nor a virtual fan.
“My issue with demos is that they’re like social media profiles, everyone looks picture perfect.”
A league embroiled in numerous racial issues — Jazz, Timberwolves, LeBron vs. Zlatan, Masai Ujiri, Jeremy Lin, vaccines — is better served by a generic silhouette than a Kobe Bryant/Jerry West debate.
“A programmer needs to empower both hosts and producers to express themselves in ways that benefit the show.”
Four years after a DUI arrest revealed a cocktail of opioids in his system, authorities in Los Angeles — and the world in general — aren’t asking tough questions about Woods’ drug history in the wake of his crash.
“It’s a difficult task to produce your specific demo for your specific sport. That’s understood. Nobody said this was going to be easy.”
The suicide of former U.S. Olympic coach John Geddert brought more trauma to women’s gymnastics, but maybe now, a full cleansing of predatory behavior will come to this and all sports.
“Yet as I flipped from station to station, along with social media, I began to see an early similar pattern to the Kobe coverage, as several outlets rushed to disseminate misinformation.”
“Demetri Ravanos, Tyler McComas, and Stan Norfleet tackle the latest issues in sports media.”
“If a picture is worth a thousand words then Lake Tahoe can write its own novel.”