Q/A with Bob Costas: The kid now is 60; his Olympics legacy
Feel old everyone. Bob Costas now is 60. Yes, the NBC broadcaster turned the big 6-0 in March. How did this happen? Wasn’t it just yesterday that Costas was this hotshot kid working NBC’s Game of the...
View ArticleNo longer marquee: ESPN, Big Ten Network losers with Penn State sanctions
Regarding the NCAA’s announcement, since this is a sports media site, I’ll discuss the TV aspect: Make no mistake, when the Big Ten added Penn State as its 11th school in the early 1990s, a major...
View ArticleEquestrian? Are you kidding when Bolt is running 100 meters? NBC needs to air...
Here is one way to get around NBC’s tape-delay approach to the Olympics. Spend the weekend at a lake that has limited or no Internet access. Then watch NBC’s coverage at night as if it were live like I...
View ArticleQ/A with Darren Rovell: On leaving CNBC for ESPN; ‘It felt bigger’
As any good business reporter knows, the element of risk is a theme in many stories. So now the tables turn on Darren Rovell. Risk now is a part of his story in his recent jump from CNBC to ESPN....
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