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Parkins and Spiegel Invited On Air to Throw Out First Pitch at Cubs Game

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670 the Score is the Chicago Cubs flagship station in the Windy City and on Monday, Parkins and Spiegel got a pleasant surprise from Operations Manager Mitch Rosen.

Rosen, the longtime Program Director of the Score, came in and asked the crew of the afternoon drive show if they had plans for Tuesday. All of them were free and then Rosen stated the surprise for them and all of Chicago to hear:

“I’d like the Parkins and Spiegel Show to throw out the first pitch of the Cubs/Cardinals game tomorrow.”

“Whoa!” exclaimed Matt Spiegel.

“Hell yeah,” follow Danny Parkins.

Today the show had a chance to throw their first pitch in which Spiegel said they would be “locked and loaded” for. Below is Parkins’ toss to the plate.

Dom Giordano: Philadelphia Inquirer ‘Ideology’ Reason For Subscriber Loss

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Dom Giordano: Philadelphia Inquirer ‘Ideology’ Reason For Subscriber Loss

1210 WPHT host Dom Giordano interviewed a mother of student in the Central Bucks School District after she pushed back on certain COVID-19 restrictions the district had instituted for the 2021-2022 school year. Giordano was flabbergasted at the lack of coverage from The Philadelphia Inquirer.

“Some of it ideology. Some of it is their news judgement. No wonder why their circulation is down 550,000 from the big Sunday paper that no longer exists. They don’t think it’s a story that right here in Bucks County — and I know they’re trying to reach suburban readers — Dr. David Damsker, it appears, did not write that memo saying open the school with all those restrictions.”

The Bucks County Communications Director, Eric Nagy, reportedly altered a memo from the doctor to change his guidance on how the school should operate. Bucks County GOP chair Pat Poprik is now asking for the resignation of Nagy.

Giordano noted conservative outlets National Review and Judicial Watch have picked up the story while The Inquirer remains mum.

Giordano also added, in full disclosure, he writes a column for the Delaware Valley Journal.

Big Ten Media Deals Include Notre Dame Upcharge Clause

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When the Big Ten conference announced their media deals with CBS, Fox and NBC, they left room inside the framework of the seven-year deal if one team joined the conference: Notre Dame.

According to The Sports Business Journal, the conference and institutions of the Big Ten know that there will be an amount of money added to the annual billion-dollar deal, in the event that Notre Dame becomes a member of the conference.

The exact amount of that upcharge to the networks is unknown except to those inside the Big Ten walls. It is also of note that Notre Dame is the only school mentioned by name in the deals to command such an extra consideration. If other institutions do agree to join the conference, networks have agreed to have good-faith conversations with the Big Ten about opening their deals and adjusting the rights fees.

Toucher and Rich: The Success Rate of People Who Left NESN is “Pretty Good”

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NESN in partnership with WEEI is holding a fundraiser telethon for The Jimmy Fund as part of an effort to raise money for cancer research. NESN announced that some former talent are returning to help the cause. The amount of talent that has recently been with NESN and left surprised Rich Shertenlieb of Toucher and Rich.

Shertenlieb brought up the fundraiser and even though it’s being handled by “the other radio station” he said it was important to donate if you can. He then saw the list of former NESN talent and what stood out to him was how so many of them have moved into major media roles.

“NESN just tweeted out this photo. I guess what they are going to be doing over the next couple of days is they are going to be bringing back ex-employees from NESN,” said Shertenlieb. “I’m looking… and man NESN just truly had a way of not holding onto their talent and the talent going on and doing something much bigger and better afterwards.”

“I’ll give them this, the success rate of people who left NESN has been pretty good,” mentioned Shertenlieb.

Shertenlieb then mentioned some of the names he saw including Leah Hextall who signed with ESPN and became the first woman to hold a play-by-play role as part of a national TV broadcast with the NHL deal. Also Jenny Dell was mentioned, who is now the lead college football sideline reporter for CBS Sports. Kacie McDonnell too, she became a FOX News host. Jade McCarthy went on to ESPN before joining Sports Spectrum. Jamie Erdahl who now hosts Good Morning Football and Kathryn Tappen who now works with NBC Sports.

After recalling all of that Shertenlieb quipped, “NESN sure knows how to not hold onto their talent. They all move on. They’ve got an eye for hiring them at first but then they all end of leaving and doing bigger and better things.”

Trail Blazers Reverse Course, Broadcast Teams Will Travel To Road Games

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Trail Blazers Reverse Course, Broadcast Teams Will Travel To Road Games

The backlash ended up being too much for the Portland Trail Blazers. After previously announcing that the team’s TV and radio broadcasters would call road games remotely in the upcoming season, the team has now decided to let those crews travel.

“We’re going to put the team on the road. We’re going to travel the broadcasters, and we’re just excited to make sure fans have that experience, that our broadcasters to have that experience,” Dewayne Hankins, the team’s director of business operations, told Rip City Drive on Monday afternoon. “We would never want to do anything that is viewed, as this was, as something that was negative to the fan experience.”

He told hosts Chad Doing and Dwight Jaynes that the team is absolutely reacting to the backlash it received when the news of remote broadcasts first broke.

“We’ve heard you guys in the media, we’ve heard all the fans.”

The threat of Covid-19 has lessened with the availability of vaccines and general concern has subsided as fatigue around the pandemic sets in with fans. They were willing to tolerate one season of remote broadcasts. Some fan bases were willing to endure a second.

Since the beginning of 2022, fans have loudly objected to teams in multiple sports refusing to travel to away games.

Eric Bolling: ‘No Market’ For ‘Both Sides’ News Network

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During an appearance on Bill O’Reilly’s podcast Monday, Newsmax host Eric Bolling commented on the news media landscape, and made several admissions.

“There’s no market for news to be both sides,” Bolling argued. “You know who’s not doing it? NewsNation. They tried to be news for both sides, and they’re failing miserably.”

Bolling’s comments came after pondering whether CNN would “get back to it’s roots” with the firing of Brian Stelter and Chris Cuomo. Much has been made recently about the network’s desire to become a straight news agency, rather than “out left the leftists”.

“CNN was news for both sides. Truly fair and balanced. FOX News was never fair and balanced, to be honest, but CNN was a fair and balanced network and then they drifted left and left,” said Bolling, a former FOX News host. “And then MSNBC came so they were all competing for the same pie.”

O’Reilly then went on to say CNN personalities are unlikeable. He added “people hate” Jake Tapper because he’s “unpleasant” and wouldn’t be a good fit for a reported revamped CNN morning show. O’Reilly finished up by claiming “more people watch Good Morning, Pittsburgh than watch CNN’s morning show”.

Urban Meyer: ‘I’m Back At FOX Because I Love Being Part Of Big Noon Kickoff’

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Urban Meyer will be back on FOX this fall as part of the network’s Saturday pregame show Big Noon Kickoff. He stepped away at the end of the 2020 season to become the new coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars, but returned after being let go before the end of his first season on that job.

Meyer was Dan Dakich’s guest on Tuesday’s episode of Don’t @ Me. Dakich told Meyer that he was sorely missed last season but wondered what brought him back to FOX.

“I love my team,” the three-time national champion coach answered. “I love Reggie Bush, Matt Leinart, Brady Quinn, and Rob Stone. The management of FOX treats you great.” 

Dakich praised Meyer as the centerpiece of the best segment on any pregame show for any sport. Meyer said that is because Big Noon Kickoff puts the focus squarely on football.

The offseason was tumultuous to say the least as the Big Ten’s media rights negotiations caused monumental shifts in college athletics. That combined with issues of athlete autonomy caused for a lot of handwringing amongst some fans.

Meyer told Dakich that despite any concerns they may have, as soon as the games kickoff on Saturday, fans will see that college football is actually in very good shape headed into 2022.

“Yeah, there’s NIL. There’s the transfer portal, but wait a minute. It’s never been more popular! The players have never been better, and it’s never been better coached.”

This will be the last year that Big Ten football games will be seen on ESPN. Meyer is sure that will not be great for the conference in the long run, but he also knows that his network will be a strong ally for the conference.

“I know one thing, FOX is all in on this Big Ten now. All in! They’re committed to this.”

Tom Herman, Robert Turbin Joining CBS Sports Network College Football Coverage

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Tom Herman, Robert Turbin Joining CBS Sports Network College Football Coverage

CBS Sports Network has announced their college football broadcast crews and a few new faces dot the landscape, as former Texas head coach Tom Herman and Super Bowl winning running back Robert Turbin have joined the fray as game analysts.

Rich Waltz, Aaron Taylor, and Sherree Burruss will be the network’s lead play-by-play team.

Jason Knapp, Ross Tucker, and Tina Cervasio will be the broadcast crew for Army West Point games, while John Sadak and Chick Hernandez will be the primary play-by-play voices for Navy. Randy Cross and Sheehan Stanwick-Burch will also be included in Navy broadcasts.

Christian Fauria has returned to the network to serve as the color commentator for UConn broadcasts.

Meghan McPeak has also joined CBS Sports Network as a college football play-by-play announcer.

KMOX Reporter Brian Kelly Departs

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KMOX Reporter Brian Kelly Departs

Cuts from Audacy continue as KMOX Brian Kelly has departed.

Kelly, who rejoined the station in 2009 after originally working there from 1997 to 2002, was a news reporter and weekend edition of Total Information AM.

A report from KSDK-TV claims four employees were released in the Audacy cuts in St. Louis, including Kelly.

He previously was a traffic reporter, weekend news and sports reporter in Kansas City before working for KMOX.

Monumental Sports & Entertainment To Acquire Full Ownership of NBC Sports Washington

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Monumental Sports & Entertainment To Acquire Full Ownership of NBC Sports Washington

Monumental Sports & Entertainment and Comcast have announced MSE will acquire 100% of NBC Sports Washington, taking over NBC’s 67% stake in the company.

“We at Monumental Sports & Entertainment are incredibly excited to have reached an agreement to acquire NBC Sports Washington, an important business for our current and future core business operations,” said Zach Leonsis, President of Media & New Enterprises, Monumental Sports & Entertainment. “Comcast NBCUniversal has built a strong regional sports network in NBC Sports Washington. We look forward to further enhancing and innovating on the already best-in-class experience that our fanbase enjoys of watching live sports, for years to come.”

According to a press release, NBCUniversal will continue to assist in the operation of the network by providing corporate and shared services, including distribution, technical resources and production facilities, for up to 18 months.

MSE, who purchased 33% of the network in 2016, currently owns the NHL’s Washington Capitals, the NBA’s Washington Wizards, the WNBA’s Washington Mystics, the NBA G-League’s Cpaital City Go-Go. They also own and operate Capital One Arena.

NBC Sports Washington, which debuted in 1984 as Home Team Sports, has been the television home for the Capitals and Wizards since its inception.

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