NOTE: This musing also appears today on www.thedoubleovertime.com. Please visit it regularly for coverage of sports of all sorts plus essays on tech and related topics. I’m seasoned enough (I refuse to use the word “old” despite how conventionally accurate it might be to apply it to moi) that I remember when the NBA was … Read more
In slightly more normal times a Group of Five conference tournament for a secondary women’s sport would be wholly unworthy of any sort of spotlight. The Mountain West Conference women’s volleyball tournament final that was held yesterday wasn’t even worthy of a tile on ESPN+, and the report from a local beat writer, Kevin Lytle … Read more
It was less than a month ago that an embattled amalgamation of regional sports networks received its third nomenclature in five years when FanDuel inexplicably aligned itself with the former Bally’s and FOX Sports channels that have stubbornly tried to survive with a lineup of mostly mediocre mid-size market teams. But the events of yesterday … Read more
So the Los Angeles Dodgers are champions of baseball once again, and this time without the asterisk of a COVID season as was the case four years ago. There will actually be a parade through downtown Los Angeles tomorrow and given what I know of the many rabid fans who are bleeding blue all over … Read more
My roommate is a particularly giddy mood these days, as he continues to become more convinced that his choice is all but assured his second presidential term. Much as that fact may be daunting to many of you, I can’t say he’s wrong. Thanks to his virtually nonstop blaring of FOX News and FOX Business … Read more
NOTE: This musing also appears today on our sister site, www.TheDoubleOvertime.com. Please visit it regularly for musings of sports of all sorts as well as the portfolio of content from Binary News. I rejoined FOX shortly after they had obtained the rights to broadcast major league baseball. As I made the rounds of offices of … Read more
Just in time for the 2024-25 NBA season, and early enough in the NHL and college seasons to be forgiven, sports TV is getting yet another rebrand. USA TODAY’s media reporter Mark Giannoto broke the news to his handful of readers last week: Bally Sports is no more. Diamond Sports Group announced that it will … Read more
NOTE: This musing also appears today on our sister site, www.thedoubleovertime.com. Please visit it regularly for opinions on sports of all sorts. When ESPN recently had a few stray weeknights where they were scrambling to find live content to fill prime time hours they turned to women’s college volleyball for a short-lived schedule of matches … Read more
NOTE: This also appears today on our sister site, www.thedoubleovertime.com. Please visit it regularly for musings on sports. Yesterday should have been more celebratory for moi. Thanks to a one-time surprise gift and some opportune timingin hitting up an aftermarket ticket site, I was able to secure a nosebleed ticket for what turned out to … Read more
The Kansas City Royals and Detroit Tigers shocked casual baseball fans and thrilled their ardent supporters with surprising road upsets in their respective Wild Card Series. The Tigers will now be moving on to face a Cleveland Guardians team that won that potent Central Division, the first time these original American League teams will face … Read more