Posts by Kyle Kensing
A history of college football on TV told through 13 bowl games
The TV marriage that underscored the fall of the Von Erich family
12 moments that defined Pac-12 After Dark
‘The greatest team on radio’ – Remembering Auburn’s undefeated, unseen 1993 season
The 1993 Auburn Tigers season was one for the ages because of their Iron Bowl victory, undefeated record, and television ban.
Notre Dame-FSU’s ‘Game of the Century’ & the first ‘College GameDay’ road show changed college football forever
The 1998-99 NBA lockout 25 years later: How the league survived, then thrived
Larry Scott’s past gambles cost the Pac-12 its future
San Diego State holds the cards as college sports’ next realignment frontier
George Kliavkoff wants us to focus on football; he can’t
When it comes to the voice of college basketball, Dick Vitale, he’s Awesome, Baby
Vitale has had a remarkable run at ESPN, and as the voice of college basketball for many.
Looking back at ESPN’s scripted sports content, from ‘A Season on the Brink’ to ‘Playmakers’ and ‘Tilt’
Busted: The 2003 World Series of Poker and the fleeting Poker Boom
From Rudy Gobert to K.C. Jones, the NBA’s unique access has always produced drama
"If there was one thing I learned from it, is to never let a camera or a mike in my huddle."
Top 10 highlights from 32 years of Jim Nantz as the voice of the Final Four
From calling Grant Hill in action to working alongside of him, Jim Nantz has seen it all in over three decades calling the Final Four.
Furman’s Frank Selvy and the mythical 100-point game that was actually televised
While no footage exists of Wilt Chamberlain's 100 point game, Frank Selvy's century for Furman lives on as a piece of television history.
NBA League Pass tour: A team-by-team broadcasting primer
Which NBA teams and broadcast booths are the best value for your time on NBA League Pass?
The media landscape has shifted even more in ten years since Deadspin’s Manti Te’o bombshell
Last week Kyle Kensing wrote a retrospective on the ten year anniversary of one of sports broadcasting’s first...
Looking back 10 years ago when Brent Musburger met Katherine Webb
“When you’re a quarterback at Alabama — you see that lovely lady there? She does go to Auburn...
At Pac-12 Media Day, malaise of TV rights and realignment overshadow football
College football finds itself at a crossroads where the importance of TV-generated revenue threatens what makes the sport unique.
Despite success, conference realignment leaves Mountain West & Group of Five in uncertain media landscape
The pursuit of growing, yet limited TV revenue has left much of college football in an uncertain place where winning guarantees nothing.
From All-American to Supreme Court, “Whizzer” White foresaw TV reshaping college football
The dissenting opinion in the landmark 1984 Supreme Court case that opened college football TV rights to independent negotiation -- and set in motion the atmosphere that gives us today's conference realignment -- came from a college football star. That's not a coincidence.
Before First Take, Chris Russo gave voice to sports radio- & motivation to a heroin-smoking Harvey Keitel in Bad Lieutenant
Chris "Mad Dog" Russo's voice was even the first heard in the 1992 film Bad Lieutenant.
Gambling access and coverage grow, leaving college sports in a tenuous spot
The rise of sports betting -- and the promotion and programming relating to it all over the place -- creates an uncomfortable situation for college athletics.
What lessons can men’s college basketball learn from an incredible Final Four?
This tournament and the Final Four specifically have been incredible. The regular season should be better, too.