Posts by Ty Duffy
The 2018 sports media layoffs survival guide
How to fix college football ratings: Coordination, scheduling, and an eight-team playoff
The College Football Playoff choosing Alabama over Ohio State dealt a blow to ESPN and the four-team format
The choice cuts out potential casual fans and makes the playoff field terribly regional.
Stoking the Tennessee-Greg Schiano uproar was classic Clay Travis, and will help his brand
Travis interjecting himself should be no surprise to his seasoned observers.
The next three World Cups could be a disaster for Fox Sports and American soccer
The USMNT screwing up qualifying was a significant blow.
Dear media outlets: Stop using the College Football Playoff committee rankings instead of the AP Poll
The only sillier thing than compiling these rankings every week is using them as the ranking of record.
ESPN really needs Notre Dame to reach the College Football Playoff
You probably should root for Notre Dame to beat Miami this weekend.
5 sports media jobs that may not exist in 10 years
The days of the sports generalist in print and radio are nearly extinct.
Be skeptical about ESPN giving up Monday Night Football
Maybe ESPN just wants to pressure the NFL to give Monday Night Football more Cowboys and Patriots games.
10 targets for Donald Trump’s next sports media feud
Picking fights with sports media figures has been successful for Trump. So who's next for him?
Barstool drama the latest ESPN incident to make one wonder what the hell is going on in Bristol
ESPN trying to become cooler and funnier didn't work in this case.
ESPN suspending Jemele Hill was about business, but it will still be political
Donald Trump is baiting the sports media into the culture war he wants
The war of words is only just beginning.
Jemele Hill was right, but ESPN may still need to address political commentary
Anything that buttresses the liberal ESPN narrative even remotely will cause it to flare up again.
ESPN still faces tough balance with college football gambling coverage
Gambling analysis may be smarter analysis. But smarter analysis may not be better for TV.
The 2017 College Football Media Survey
Which venues do reporters enjoy visiting? Which coaches do they not enjoy covering?
Ranking the major sports according to the “fake news” they produce
Which sports peddle ginned-up crap that keeps people talking?
Aggregation isn’t good or bad, it’s endemic to modern journalism
Much of journalism is aggregation.
Ed Orgeron and Tom Herman are playing with media fire
The media relationship is vital in college football.
Did Fox Sports 1 not get edgy and political enough to make Jamie Horowitz’s vision work?
Dissecting Jamie Horowitz’s infamous FS1 vision strategy presentation
What does ‘Stick to Sports’ even mean anymore?
We’ll find out much about ESPN’s future when the Monday Night Football deal gets renegotiated
Cable subscriber numbers are decreasing. Revenue losses are hitting ESPN hard, with billions committed to sports rights deals....
For writing to be a profession, it must pay for itself
2017 is a scary time to be a writer. Intensify that if you’re one of the many writers...