Boston Sports Media Watch
Friday Night Links
I’ll do some links again during a late night. Things continue to happen in the sports media.
First, Diane Pucin of the Los Angeles Times reports that the TV broadcast team for the Clippers made fun of the only Iranian-born player in the NBA, center ...
Gordon Edes Officially In at ESPNBoston.com
Gordon Edes has his first post up at ESPNBoston.com today:
Back where I belong
New England is my home, baseball remains my game, and after being away, I am even more persuaded that there is no better place to talk, write, blog, tweet, text, chat and care ...
Time For the Friday Megalinks
Let’s do the Friday megalinks as we steam into Thanksgiving holiday week. Lots of links to get to so let’s not waste any more time.
The Weekend Viewing Picks have what’s in store for college football, college basketball, NFL, NASCAR and ...
Weekend Viewing Picks
Saturday, November 21
Boxing
Super Six World Boxing Classic/Super Middleweights, Mikkei Kessler vs. Andre Ward – Showtime, 10 p.m.
Manny Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto (replay) – HBO, 10 p.m.
College Basketball
Rider at Kentucky – Fox Sports ...
Friday’s Viewing Picks
College Basketball
Coaches vs. Cancer Classic
3rd Place Game/Ohio State vs. Cal – ESPN2, 5 p.m.
Championship/Syracuse vs. North Carolina – ESPN2, 7:20 p.m.
Puerto Rico Tip-Off
Consolation/Georgia Tech vs. George Mason – ESPNU, 1 p.m.
Sem...
Friday’s Viewing Picks
College Basketball
Coaches vs. Cancer Classic
3rd Place Game/Ohio State vs. Cal – ESPN2, 5 p.m.
Championship/Syracuse vs. North Carolina – ESPN2, 7:20 p.m.
Puerto Rico Tip-Off
Consolation/Georgia Tech vs. George Mason – ESPNU, 1 p.m.
Sem...
The Friday Top Ten
So another Friday is finally here (was it me, or was this a LONG week?) and I’ve got another edition of the top ten from this morning’s sports stories.
Consider this one a periodic credit report - Chad Finn is going positive this morning, giv...
The Friday Top Ten
So another Friday is finally here (was it me, or was this a LONG week?) and I’ve got another edition of the top ten from this morning’s sports stories.
Consider this one a periodic credit report - Chad Finn is going positive this morning, giv...
My Take on the Top 25 Football Announcers
Lists by publications are made to stir debate and also give them a bit of publicity. The list that was published today by The Sporting News and sister publication Sports Business Daily/Sports Business Journal certainly does that. Already, I’m a bit ...
Week Log: Belichick, On His Terms
Yes, I hurled all manner of verbal abuse at my TV on Sunday night and, yes, my wife walked out on me for the last 13 seconds. In fact, she got so flustered that she forgot to take our youngest with her, leaving him to ask to no one in particular, “W...
Your Thursday Links
The stuff is hitting the fan work wise so I’m doing these links now while I can. I may not be able to do the megalinks on Friday. Keep your Twitter and RSS feeds updated.
USA Today’s Michael McCarthy writes about the NFL trying to crack down o...
Thursday’s Viewing Picks
College Basketball
Puerto Rico Tipoff
Quarterfinal, George Mason vs. Villanova – ESPNU, 2 p.m.
Quarterfinal, Indiana vs. Ole Miss – ESPN2, 5 p.m.
Charleston Classic
Quarterfinal, UNC-Wilmington vs. Penn State – ESPNU, 4 p.m.
Quarterfinal...
Celtics Wake Up In Second Half vs. Warriors
Frank Dell’Apa says that despite the margin of victory for the Celtics last night (109-95) the Celtics never appeared completely certain of themselves. Robert Lee has the road-weary Warriors, who only dressed eight players, worn out in the end. Mark ...
Late Night Linkage
It’s been quite some time since I have done late night links. Usually, I reserve late night for posting the press releases, but since I still don’t have a TV and there was a minimal amount of sports that I wanted to see, I was quite productive...
Sports Media Weekly Podcast No. 10
This week, the podcast that is co-hosted by yours truly and Southeastern New England media mogul Keith Thibault of Sports Media Journal explores a whole host of topics.
For the entire half hour, our guest is Tom Hoffarth, sports media writer of the Los An...
“Instigators” Returns, Comcast Offers More Celtics On Demand
A couple of quick programming notes:
The Instigators Returns to NESN
The Instigators presented by Cadillac Village of Norwood returns for its second season on Thursday, November 19th at 6:00 pm. The Instigators is an Original NESN Entertainment (ONE) pr...
Doing The Mid-Week Links
For some reason, I keep closing my eyes here at the office. I was also doing that while blogging on the main site last night, so yes, I need to get more sleep. Let’s give you some linkage today.
Thanks to Sports Business Daily which opened its Morni...
Wednesday’s Viewing Picks
College Basketball
Butler at Northwestern – Big Ten Network, 8 p.m.
Utah State at Utah – the mtn., 8 p.m.
CBE Classic/Western Carolina at Texas – ESPNU, 9 p.m.
Nevada at UNLV – the mtn., 10:30 p.m.
College Football
Buffalo at Miami...
Red Zone = Red Light for Patriots
Things appear back to normal on the written side, I’m still on the sports radio blackout, and will likely be all week…
Be sure to check out the latest Dan Snapp column on Patriots Daily: Beholden to None.
Albert R. Breer has a look at the P...
With Your Tuesday Links
Let’s do your links for today.
I’ll start with the great Richard Deitsch of Sports Illustrated who writes about ESPN’s Dick Vitale and Jon Gruden.
SI’s Peter King in his Tuesday edition of his Monday Morning Quarterback says Jon Gr...

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