John Mamola

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John Mamola is Barrett Media's sports editor and daily sports columnist. He brings over two decades of experience (Chicago, Tampa/St Petersburg) in the broadcast industry with expertise in brand management, sales, promotions, producing, imaging, hosting, talent coaching, talent development, web development, social media strategy and design, video production, creative writing, partnership building, communication/networking with a long track record of growth and success. He is a five-time recognized top 20 program director in a major market via Barrett Medi's Top 20 series and has been honored internally multiple times as station/brand of the year (Tampa, FL) and employee of the month (Tampa, FL) by iHeartMedia. Connect with John by email at John@BarrettMedia.com.

Greg Wyshynski Signs Multi-Year Extension With ESPN

"Love working with my hockey (and wrestling!) teammates who have such insight, creativity and passion for what we do."

NBC Sports Delivers Highest Viewership Ever For First Game Of WNBA Finals

"NBC Sports’ return to the WNBA is paying off. The network averaged 1.8 million viewers across seven regular-season games, up 35% from comparable coverage last season."

Michael Wilbon: Avoiding Hot Take “Bulls**t” Is Why Pardon the Interruption Leads ESPN Viewership

"We don't give hot takes. I have an opinion, and I will give that opinion. And it will be as informed as I can make it. You say hot takes, I'll knock your ass out. Hot takes are empty. They're bull***t."

NFL Media Chief Hans Schroeder Sees Global Streamers As A Growing Opportunity

"Platforms like a YouTube or Netflix that have global fans well beyond the NFL that they can tap into and they can pull into for us is incredibly exciting to see."

Tony Kornheiser Credits Pardon the Interruption’s Lack Of Change For Long Term Success

"I'm a newspaper sports writer. He's a newspaper sports writer. This thing is great. This is not who we are. We are newspaper sports writers. That's who we are."

Breaking

YouTube Sets New High Water Mark as Streaming Share Hits 49.6%, Nielsen Data Shows

However, overall television usage fell 4.4% as the FIFA World Cup ended and students returned to school.

Ken Carman Questions NBA Teams Charging More To Watch “Watered Down” Regular Season Games

"I love the [Cleveland] Cavs, and they're good people over there. This has to change as soon as possible. They got to do something. This is bad."

Elon Musk Makes $1 Billion Investment Into Skydance

The reported investment follows media mogul John Malone's prediction that Musk would become an investor through SpaceX.

Dan Le Batard: Pardon the Interruption An “American Icon” Television Program

"I put Pardon the Interruption in a totally different class from all of the other takers. Because you know they love each other. It's not performative. They actually love each other."