If there was any doubt whatsoever of the stranglehold that the National Football League has on America’s emotions and behavior, the events of this holiday weekend should convince even the most skeptical of us that there is scant little else that can get people, organizations–heck, even state leaders–to fall at the sport’s gladitorial feet and … Read more
I’ve never worked for ESPN, but plenty of really talented and decent people I’ve known personally, some from college and some from professional alliances, have. Some still do, though in recent years that list has diminished significantly. I especially miss the ones who routinely handed out branded swag like Tic Tacs at various events they … Read more
You wanna see the defending Super Bowl champions, the stars of the current in-season iteration of HARD KNOCKS and, much like the Golden Globes, a possible glimpse at Taylor Swift? On a Saturday night in mid-January, on a holiday weekend, when it’s damn cold around most of the country, even the exurbs of Los Angeles? … Read more
I’ve taken some of the most pride in the way both this site and our sister sports site, Double Overtime have covered perhaps my personal favorite intersection, sports and media. And this year, it was nay impossible not to pay attention, as the world as we’ve known it pretty much since the mid-1970s was coming … Read more
NOTE: This musing also appears today on our sister site, THEDOUBLEOVERTIME.COM, which regularly publishes timely opinions on all sports as well as how media is influencing and is influenced by them. If you’re a fan, or would like to be more of one, please visit. There’s a temptation among an awful lot of basketball fans … Read more
I don’t profess to have personal knowledge of how many moguls act and think, but one I have had candid and detailed discussions with is Mark Cuban. Cuban is the rare example of someone with immense wealth and relative accessibility, and has never lost the traits of his relatively humble upbringing in western Pennsylvania while … Read more
I love sports, and I love attractive women. I’m not alone in those beliefs, and I’m not ashamed to admit it. And whenever I’ve met one who is sincere and passionate about their fandom, it’s an immediate connection that often overrides mere physical allure. Believe me, some of the best PEOPLE I’ve ever known … Read more
It was really not all that long ago when TNT was often the most-viewed cable network, and produced more than enough volume to give justification to their self-proclaimed description “We know drama”. You can debate whether or not you believe any network that utilized THE CLOSER as the standard for which all other series were … Read more
My dad and I had a Sunday afternoon ritual during football season to watch–well, suffer through–the Giants and the Jets–which, if you look back on how those teams performed during the 1970s, brought particular pain on most Sundays. But the results paled to the frustration and Tourette’s-like rants that would spew from him when he … Read more
In worlds where the fates of thousands and the destination of millions of dollars rides on the accuracy of results from a smattering of votes, it’s almost understandable that there are countless examples of people complaining about outcomes. Lord knows we’ve seen it in politics–lately, especially. We’ve also seen it in media since–well, pretty much … Read more