10 takeaways from the 2015-2016 NBA schedule release
It’s not quite the NFL schedule release, but it’s still a big deal: The schedule for the coming...
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Nick Kyrgios gets personal with Stan Wawrinka at Rogers Cup
For decades, the popular refrain from many sports fans and pundits (those who don’t follow tennis all that...
NBC is not the best company for Mike Mayock anymore
As fans and critics of the show Mad Men know all too well, series creator Matthew Weiner would...
NBA League Pass: An Emphasis On Flexibility More Than Access
Ed Note: The following appears courtesy our friends at Bloguin’s NBA hub Crossover Chronicles. This week, Joe Lucia...
The ACC doesn’t want to rush the ACC Network into existence
The Big Ten Network took the lead in the race to establish a conference network, quickly establishing a...
Verne Lundquist will call his first Dallas Cowboys game on radio since 1983
It was a cold, gray, miserable day in Irving, Texas… and that description applied to the fortunes of...
NBA on ABC expands in 2016 with an 8-game Saturday night series
Viewed solely through an NBA lens, the expansion of the NBA on ABC franchise from Sunday afternoons to...
ESPN’s Wimbledon coverage and the modern sports media marketplace
There’s plenty to say about ESPN’s coverage of the first week of Wimbledon, but every word on that...
Tennis Channel signs deal with NeuLion to expand streaming availability
Few sports broadcasting outlets are facing more uncertainties and challenges than Tennis Channel. The network made a concerted...
ESPN Lays Out Full Wimbledon Schedule, Putting Its Best Foot Forward
Wimbledon is the world’s most prestigious tennis tournament, and ESPN is about to provide coverage worthy of that...
The 5 best tennis commentators on American television
We’re just past the midpoint of the French Open, but that means there are still three weeks of...
NBC’s French Open television schedule is still the worst in sports
Memorial Day is a holiday, not an ordinary weekday. One of many pleasant ways to spend a holiday...
NBA Playoffs viewership declines in this year’s first round (to no one’s surprise)
Plenty of ratings stories can be connected to an intriguing and layered backstory. The ratings for the first...
Bowls Of Money: More Bowls Give CBS Sports Network And Non-ESPN Outlets A Chance To Make A Mark
While college football fans and casual sports fans welcome the arrival of three new bowl games, there’s an...
Pink Slip Emoji? Houston Rockets Fire Social Media Manager After Controversial Tweet
The NBA’s Tuesday night emoji controversy spilled into Wednesday. The Houston Rockets, whose Twitter account posted a tweet...
A Media Bomb Within A Woj Bomb: Why Google Might Affect Twitter’s Breaking News Capacity
If a huge NBA story is being broken, chances are Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports is scooping the competition....
ESPN’s Coverage Of The Women’s NCAA Tournament Carries Echoes Of Other Sports
With first-rate professionals Kevin Negandhi, Kara Lawson, and Rebecca Lobo in the studio, ESPN has respected the intelligence...
Watchability rankings for the major conference tournaments
In previous years, there were a few days during Championship Week in which college basketball fans could have...
Predicting The CBS/Turner Announcing Teams For The NCAA Tournament
It’s a new world for CBS and Turner Sports as they embark upon another March to Madness. Bill...
Will low Big East TV Ratings Scare The Big Ten Away From Fox Sports 1?
Numbers. They represent the bottom lines in a bottom-line business. As Ken Fang documented in this Sunday story...
What Does The Future Hold For The SEC On CBS?
The past 48 hours have reshaped the world of college football television as we know it. Rece Davis...
Thankfully there will be no weekly March Madness bracket show
College football and college basketball are not the same thing. You know this, but the NCAA Division I...
New Year’s Six represents the zenith of ESPN’s resources and depth
Depth on the bench and desks in many places. No, this isn’t a commercial for furniture makers or...
Minnesota’s Governor Wants To Abolish Early Kickoffs
One of Minnesota’s foremost politicians in recent years was Paul Wellstone, a United States Senator who would often...
Army-Navy Game Posts Highest Rating In 15 Years For CBS
Had the Army-Navy Game been able to affect the composition of the College Football Playoff field, you might...