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Demetri Ravanos

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Demetri Ravanos is a former columnist and editor for Barrett Media. He is the creator of The Sports Podcast Festival, and a previous host of the Chewing Clock and Media Noise podcasts. He occasionally fills in on stations across the Carolinas in addition to hosting Panthers and College Football podcasts. His radio resume includes stops at WAVH and WZEW in Mobile, AL, WBPT in Birmingham, AL and WBBB, WPTK and WDNC in Raleigh, NC. You can find him on Twitter @DemetriRavanos or reach him by email at DemetriTheGreek@gmail.com.

Fred Toucher is Living Our Industry’s Worst Nightmare

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"Not being able to speak is bad. Being able to speak but not sounding like yourself? That has to be maddening."

If You’re Paying For Twitter Verification, I Can’t Take You Seriously

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"Is paid verification any better than not being verified at all? We’ve already seen the chaos it causes."

Is There Still a Place for Baseball Talk on National Sports Shows?

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"Its struggle has been the same since the beginning of television. There is too much baseball for any regular season baseball game or story to have national significance."

There Is No First Take Without Stephen A. Smith

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Stephen A. Smith made it pretty clear recently in a conversation with Dan Le Batard. He is not looking to leave First Take, but...

Bruce Gilbert Revisits His Sins at the BSM Summit

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“The spirit and the intention is to remind people that are serious about doing this that they have to take the craft very seriously, but NOT take themselves too seriously."
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