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The Arab Spring Has Nothing On Joe Pa Fall.
And you're on in 3, 2, 1... Reporter: I'm here in State College. Tonight, it's the end of a legend. You've heard of the Arab Spring? Well this is Joe Pa Fall. Now I'm going to smirk at the camera and let it sink in how clever that was. Anchor: What's the mood on the street? The leafy...
Homerism Clause In Longhorn ESPN Contract?
At least that's what the Longhorns' ability to potentially sack on-air talent that doesn't suit the Bellmont narrative suggests. This is the relevant passage in the IMG contract obtained by the Austin American Statesman: ...in the event that UT reasonably determines that any on-air talent does...
When The Press Became The Media
There is a great valedictory from Frank Deford called Confessions of a Sportswriter in the latest issue of Sports Illustrated. It's well worth your time to read. I've touched upon some of these themes here before on Barking Carnival, most recently when Gary Cartwright tore into the modern sports...
Texas-UNC A Ratings Hit For ESPN
A college basketball game in a pro football arena turned out to be a ratings winner as the Horns 103-90 win over the Tar Heels drew almost 3 million viewers to the ESPN Telecast. The game drew a 2.1 rating to go with over 2.9 million viewers, making it the most-viewed early season game (October...
Tiger Woods: The Butterfly Effect
As the Tiger Woods Sex Scandal tries to answer the question, "Will Tiger reach 18 Majors or 18 Mistresses First?" the golf world has to contemplate exactly how hard will his self-induced sabbatical hurt the game. While there is little doubt that Tiger -- and the rest of the PGA tour will take a...
March Madness May Move to Cable
Last year the NCAA looked on with envy as the BCS, despite a down economy, hit pay dirt with a $500 million dollar deal to move their games off of broadcast TV to ESPN. Now the organization is considering jumping out of its $6 billion dollar deal for the NCAA Basketball Tournament with CBS,...
Comcast Set to Get NBC: How It Could Affect Notre Dame Hire
GE has reached an agreement with its partners and is now ready to sell NBC and its cable channels to Comcast for about $30 Billion. The deal gives Comcast, the the largest U.S. cable TV provider, more venues and more revenue streams to build a sports brand to compete against the Mother Ship,...
CBS Employee Drops Pants, Clicks ‘Publish’
If you're fired via email late at night, and nobody else is copied on it, did it really happen? Sporstline.com writer Gregg Doyel might find out very soon. He's made a fun game of trashing a new college football conference every week in a No one is worthy! merry-go-round, but this week he took...
Tired of 11:00 AM Kickoffs For Texas-OU?
Too bad because ABC loves them. Thanks to the early start -- and no real competition from other games -- the Red River Rivalry was the most watched college football game of the Oct. 17th weekend. Texas' 16-13 win over OU this year brought one million more fans to the TV sets than the 7.7 million...
Comcast's Proposed Takeover of NBC: Why It Matters To You
There have been rumors for a while that Comcast and GE are in talks about a deal in which GE would spin off its NBC Universal Unit (including the cable channels) into a new company that would merge with the content assets of Comcast. Why does the proposed takeover matter to sports fans, or more...
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