The Sports Media (Sports Radio, Podcasts, Shows, Networks, Etc.) Thread

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Former NFL star Nmandi Asomugha stars with Tessa Thompson as jazz saxophonist in 'Sylvie's Love'

Former NFL star Nmandi Asomugha has a lead role with Tessa Thompson in 'Sylvie's Love,' premiering Christmas Day on Amazon Prime.

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McClure, ESPN Falcons reporter, dies at 48

ESPN NFL writer Vaughn McClure died this week at age 48. He had worked for the company since 2013.

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Despite two Game 5 matchups booked, LCS continues to scuffle along

I’m running out of ways to describe the poor viewership for the ALCS on TBS and the NLCS on Fox and FS1. Game 4 of the ALCS between the Rays and Astros, which started at the unsightly time of 8:40 PM ET, drew 2.719 million viewers. That’s a high for the series, and the second Read more...

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Legendary Minneapolis Star Tribune sports columnist & former Lakers GM Sid Hartman dies at age 100

Sid Hartman was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1920, started delivering Minneapolis newspapers when he was nine, and began a sports reporting internship for the Minneapolis Times in 1944. From there, he became a mainstay sports columnist for the Minneapolis Star Tribune, a radio sportscaster...

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Legendary hockey broadcaster Doc Emrick announces his retirement

After 50 years calling hockey, from minor league games to national NHL coverage, Mike "Doc" Emrick is retiring from broadcasting.

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World Series Game 1 draws a record low 9.195 million viewers

Tuesday night's World Series opener between the Rays and Dodgers was the least-watched World Series game ever.

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ESPN reportedly moving most feature commentary and analysis behind ESPN+ paywall

ESPN will be moving most of its featured analysis and commentary to its premium ESPN+ service in an effort to boost subscriptions.

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Joe Buck responds to military flyover controversy, says Fox is investigating who leaked clip

Fox's Joe Buck responded to the controversy over remarks he and Troy Aikman made regarding military flyovers, saying the clip was leaked.

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Hulu dropping Sinclair's Fox Sports regional networks from live-sports packages

Hulu is joining YouTube TV, Sling TV, and fuboTV in dropping the Sinclair-owned Fox regional sports networks from its live-sports packages.

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World Series Game 2 sets another all-time low with 8.950 million viewers

The 2020 World Series is now two for two in terms of record-low audiences. Wednesday’s Game 2, a 6-4 win for the Tampa Bay Rays, drew just 8.950 million viewers. That’s a new record-low for a Game 2, and a record-low for any World Series game. The previous record-low was set 24 hours earlier...

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World Series Game 2 sets another all-time low with 8.950 million viewers

The 2020 World Series is now two for two in terms of record-low audiences. Wednesday’s Game 2, a 6-4 win for the Tampa Bay Rays, drew just 8.950 million viewers. That’s a new record-low for a Game 2, and a record-low for any World Series game. The previous record-low was set 24 hours earlier...

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Eh, if it aint the Yankees, red Sox or cubs playin....no one gives af.

Baseball basically a 3 team league

 

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Head to head with debate, Thursday Night Football barely cracks ten million viewers

The Philadelphia Eagles’ 22-21 win over the New York Giants on Thursday Night Football this week didn’t excite many NFL fans coming into the week, and the game itself was more notable for Giants quarterback Daniel Jones absolutely eating it on a long run in the third quarter. Going head to head...

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Grant Wahl will write three final long-form stories for Sports Illustrated

Grant Wahl criticized SI operator Maven in April, then was fired. Now, he'll write three final long-form stories for SI.

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CBS broadcast of Titans-Steelers game briefly scrambled by "technical difficultes"

NFL fans tuning in for Sunday’s game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Tennessee Titans briefly found themselves staring at a whole lot of static and scrambled signals, prompting some of them to lose their cool while they missed out on key plays down the stretch. Given that this was a highly...

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HBO announces new doc, The Day Sports Stood Still, about March 2020's sports shutdown

A new HBO documentary will explore the shutdown of live sports this past March. Directed by Antoine Fuqua (notably, the director of HBO’s Muhammad Ali doc that premiered last year), The Day Sports Stood Still will premiere in 2021. Chris Paul also serves as an executive producer on the doc, and...

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