Tag: Sports Columns

"Baseball has plenty of unwritten rules. Sports radio partnerships do too. One of them is understanding that a flagship station still has an obligation to call it like it sees it, hold teams accountable, and deliver the type of coverage local fans expect."

"If one lapse in judgment is enough to erase an otherwise successful career, we're setting a standard that very few people—inside or outside of sports media—could ever hope to meet."

"Viewers know exactly what they're getting from First Take, just as they know what to expect from Pardon the Interruption. When a formula continues to deliver results and remains central to a show's identity, changing it during growing success rarely makes sense."

"Teams are absolutely entitled to control expenses. No one should fault them for searching for operational efficiencies. But partnerships work both ways. If one side continues reducing its investment, the other side eventually reevaluates its own. That's just smart business."

"Fans judge reporters by the stories they publish. They never see the ones that stay in a notebook because they don't affect the game, the team or the public."

"Nobody in the sports media business who values the truth should feel good about reporters failing to report the Kyle Shanahan or LeBron James stories in real time."

"It doesn't matter the guest or the amount of money you pay them, listeners will always invest their time when broadcasters prove it’s worth the investment."

"MLB Now combines crunch with hunch. The program acknowledges today's emphasis on analytics while still respecting the situational instincts of old-school baseball."

"If the people with the best access aren't willing to report one of the biggest stories in the NFL until the team decides it's time, then they're no longer setting the news agenda."

"The same clips that invite criticism also introduce your work to thousands of potential new listeners, viewers, and subscribers who otherwise may never discover your show. In today's media landscape, discovery rarely begins with a radio dial or a podcast app. It begins with an algorithm."