Earlier we published the NFL Network programming notes for Super Bowl XLIV Week. Here is the accompanying broadcast s…

Years ago, many years ago, before the advent of cable television, one had few choices where to get their pre-Super Bowl…

Super Bowl week is upon us, starting with the (meaningless and unnecessary?) Pro Bowl tonight on ESPN at 7:20 PM ET. I…

There is one thing that will drive producers, directors, Chyron operators, and viewers nuts during the live broadcast o…

Stewart Mandel of SI.com is in Washington, D.C. today to cover the the Duke - Georgtown game . Instead, he got to cov…

Former Philadelphia Eagle and NFL analyst for CBS Sports Tom Brookshier died Friday at the age of 78. Brooksheir was pa…

The cover story for this week's Time magazine is " The Most Dangerous Game: The Problem with Football. "…

Darren Rovell has written that a CBS-rejected Super Bowl ad has the sponsoring company ( ManCrunch.com ) up in arms. A …

ESPN just keeps on locking up and/or retaining sports property after sports property. The latest deal, announced today,…

Cornell University (16-3, 2-0 Ivy League, RPI: 40 ( Palm ), 39 ( Sagarin ) opened the 2009-2010 mens's college bas…

Just in case anybody has not noticed. the growing use of social media and social networking tools like Twitter and Face…

Dear powers that be at the NCAA, I have to say up front that as a height-challenged college basketball junkie with a …

When I first saw the headline "Sport Science Special on ESPN to Kick Off Big Game Weekend" (emphasis added),…

Sirius XM Radio has announced that subscribers will have access to 14 different broadcasts, in 10 different languages,…

ESPN has announced their coverage schedule for Super Bowl XLIV Week. They kick it off with the Pro Bowl at 7:20 PM ET o…

ESPN has announced the schedule for the 2010 FIFA World Cup from South Africa . For soccer fans in the United States, …

When I started blogging as part of the IBM Lotus Software community back in late 2002, I was immediately part of a gr…

President Barack Obama must be trying to throw a fix in college basketball to help the Big Ten and the University of …

Earlier I wrote about some technical/design issues with the MLB.com web site. But there was something else on the web s…

When it comes to designing web navigation and URL structures for web sites, simple is usually better. This is usually l…

Behind the scenes. one of the harder jobs in television sports is working in media relations. No one outside of the med…

The National Football League (NFL) does not take kindly to people, groups, organizations, and businesses that like to …

Pitchers and catchers do not report to Major League Baseball spring training quite yet, but ESPN has announced the in…

Football was king in New Orleans this past Sunday as their beloved Saints beat the Minnesota Vikings 31-28 in overtime.…

Friday, January 22, 2010 was a sad night for Conan O'Brien and his fans. Fans are also sad that the videos of Free…

When fans of the University of Tennessee men's basketball program see that Coach Bruce Pearl has a Facebook page …

Last night's NFC Championship game between the Minnesota Vikings and the New Orleans Saints gave FOX an estimate…

Chris Berman’s and Tom Jackson’s over the top adulation of Brett Favre on ESPN’s NFL Tonight NFC Championship post-g…

Perhaps someone can explain how having "General" Larry Platt sing "Pants on the Ground" in the Vi…

This evening the scrappy but unlucky University of Georgia Bulldogs (8-8, 0-3 SEC) host the eighth-ranked University of…

Moving along with our second annual edition of the Bloodshot Eyeball Awards , Eye on Sports Media is pleased to annou…

Yes friends, it is that time of the year when we start announcing the 2009 Bloodshot Eyeball Awards , honoring excellen…

Imagine your full time job was to do nothing but watch every sporting event covered by every network in a calendar year…

ESPN college football analyst Craig James should get a thank you card from me. The controversy involving his son Adam …

Nielsen has come out with results of a study that shows that 51% of the annual Super Bowl audience tunes in for the com…

Until today, Steve Babik was pretty much an unknown name to me. But as we found out today, he had been suspended by Fl…

Here is the NFL on FOX Notes, Quotes and Anecdotes release for this weekend's 2010 NFC Conference Championships as …

Many years ago I had a part-time telemarketing job with the Republican National Committee that lasted one week. It end…

The National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association (NSSA) has announced that former long-time ESPN Baseball Anal…

Come on now, admit it. You, and others, got so frustrated with all the Brett Favre hype when he signed with the Viking…

Twitter can be a game changer for many brands, both in a positive and negative way. ESPN Mobile was the beneficiary of…

Turner Sports Interactive recently announced the launch of a web site/blog for analyst TNT NBA Analyst Mike Fratello …

Across the United States, today is Martin Luther King Day. The NBA on TNT is offering up a triple-header of games. Befo…

Next weekend will bring hockey fans the 2010 U.S. Pond Hockey Championships . The event will take place from January 22…

If you want a peek at some of the drama and conflict that went on before the start of Lane Kiffin's "farewell&…

Lane (and Monte) Kiffin's agent, Jimmy Sexton , has updated his web site to reflect the new employer of his client…

Seven months ago, Canadian-based Score Media lauched ScoreMobile for BlackBerry® smartphones. In this short time fram…

There is nothing many people in public relations would like more than to be a fly on the wall at NBC Universal these d…

Back in 2002, I worked with the State of Georgia's Governor's Honors Program to set up a blog template based w…

One of the harder interviews to get in sports is with public relations and media relations people. One of the reasons i…

ESPN begins their coverage of the 2010 Australian Open on Saturday, January 16, 2010 with a marathon of "7 Great…

NBC Universal may be saying that the network will lose close to US$200 Million on the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic G…

When the Southeastern Conference (SEC) released a draft of their digital media policy this past August, the backlash w…

NBC Sports has now posted the full U.S. broadcast schedule for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. You are asked …

Driving home from last night's Ole Miss - Georgia basketball game , I was listening to Jay Bilas offer his opinion…

Here is the NFL on FOX Notes, Quotes and Anecdotes release for this weekend's 2010 NFC Divisional Playoffs as issue…

The University of Georgia (8-6, 0-1 SEC) is coming off a huge week in which they upset Georgia Tech on the road, and th…

Ruper Murdoch's News Corporation has just announced a restructuring of all FOX Sports properties. They will all now…

As the dust barely has time to settle, if it can settle, from last night's announcement that Lane Kiffin is packin…

Here is video of ESPN's Pat Forde expressing how stunned he is that Lane Kiffin was able to leverage mediocrity to…

Here is video of ESPN's Joe Schad discussing why Lane Kiffin walking out on his players, recruits, and school is…

PGA Tour Veteran Brad Faxon , who has won around $18,000,000 in his career but only has made 10 cuts in his last 44 ev…

When the University of Georgia hired basketball coach Mark Fox from Nevada last year, not much was expected because n…

There has been a lot of online speculation about what would be the next site to launch as part of the new ESPNLocal.co…

ESPN has announced another record setting year for their digital media properties in 2009. A couple of items to note. …

NBC Sports has announced the schedule for their 2010 NHL Sunday Game of the Week package, which begins this Sunday wi…

NBC Sports will be dropping the puck for their 2010 NHL Game of the Week package this Sunday. The Chicago Blackhawks …

Last well I scratched my head when NBC Sports announced that former Redskins coach Joe Gibbs and former Redskins quar…

Following Mark McGwire's admission to long-time steroid use, ESPN interviewed Cardinals manager Tony LaRussa. Here …

The news of Mark McGwire's "coming clean" about his steroid use is dominating sports news tonight. Here i…

I saw a tweet pr Facebook posting from Mike Humes of ESPN Media Relations a couple of days ago. Someone had asked him …

Now that ESPN has rolled out its new local sports sites in Chicago , Dallas , Los Angeles , and Boston , people are wo…

After last nights overtime thriller withe the Green Bay Packers throwing a win away to the Arizona Cardinals, we are re…

Tom Clancy , best-selling author of the Jack Ryan series of spy novels, and ESPN play-by-play commentator/anchor Sam Go…

Texas Tech University introduced former Ole Miss and Auburn University football coach Tommy Tuberville as their new fo…

Knoxville (TN) area radio host/production director Chris Cannon ( WIHG - 105.7 FM - 'The HOG ) found this picture o…

In the world of college basketball, the University of Georgia Bulldogs are 15-0 (2-0 SEC) and ranked eighth in the cou…

Almost immediately after Alabama sealed their victory over Texas in the 2010 BCS Championship Game , people started sea…

Over on Flickr, there is a group called "The Alabama Football Photo Project" . The purpose of the group, as s…

After an hour-long machine gun attack on the Togo national soccer team bus by Angolan rebels left two people dead, the …

There was pandemonium in Georgia Tech's Thrillerdome (ala Alexander Memorial Coliseum) today as Tech ( 12-3, 1-1 A…

College football fans in Birmingham, Alabama have been leading the country this year when it comes to what markets have…

Since NBC Sports will be done with NFL Coverage after today's NFL Wildcard games , it is time for them to take a s…

The Professional Bull Riders Association kicks of their 2010 season with this weekend's Madison Square Garden Invi…

NBC Sports will be showcasing PBR tomorrow, and it's not beer. It is actually taped coverage Professional Bull Rid…

The 2010 NFL playoffs kick off this weekend with the wildcard games. NBC Sports has a double header tomorrow with the J…

After losing to Alabama (14-0) 37-21, Coach Mack Brown , Jordan Shipley and Sergio Kindle of Texas (13-1) sat down to…