by Kent Sterling Sometimes members of sports media err by believing they are buddies with the athletes, coaches, and managers involved in sports. Sometimes the managers, coaches, and athletes make that same mistake with the media. Here is the relationship – the media watch, listen, and report as the eyes and ears of fans. If […]
ESPN’s Britt McHenry emotionlessly rips into tow yard clerk in video – suspended for one week; fired from my TV
by Kent Sterling Don’t start with this “We all have our moments” crap in defending ESPN’s Britt McHenry. Some of us have vented frustrations in stressful times, but what Britt McHenry is shown doing in a video to a tow yard clerk is unforgivably mean because it was executed with such heartless indifference. Everyone is […]
by Kent Sterling It was the right thing to do today, as it would have been the right thing to do 10 years ago. WIBC has decided to live without the modest ratings boost provided by the expensive partnership with the formerly monolithic ratings booster Rush Limbaugh. When WIBC signed the deal to add Limbaugh […]
by Kent Sterling Haters gonna hate, and Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch has his share of haters because of his aversion to talking to the media. What he said over the weekend to a Turkish TV network in his first meaningful comments about the controversial play call that led to a game-deciding interception in […]
by Kent Sterling The NFL came of age in the 1960s, exploded in the 1970s, and became America’s Game in the 1980s. Two men were at the forefront of that evolution. Commissioner Pete Rozelle understood the potential of the NFL, and NFL Films founder Ed Sabol knew how to frame its magnificence. Sabol died yesterday […]
by Kent Sterling There is one trait in anyone who communicates for a living that is invaluable. It separates stars from those soon to enter the sales end of the business. It is authenticity, and ESPN’s Stuart Scott knew that better than anyone. Scott died yesterday at the age of 49 because there is a […]
by Kent Sterling Really smart people continue to treat the media like the enemy rather than making the small effort necessary to befriend and use it to their advantage. Dan Jenkins is a sportswriter at the end of a long career, and he posted a fake (supposedly satirical) interview with Tiger Woods. I haven’t read […]
by Kent Sterling How many channels can be DVRed at once? The sheer tonnage of games are going to my system tonight and throughout the weekend. The only time during the weekend when I won’t be multitasking by watching two or three games at once, or catching up on games that I record will be […]
by Kent Sterling When I saw “All the President’s Men” in a Louisville movie theater in 1976, I thought exposing conspiratorial hubris like Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein did during Watergate would be the coolest thing anyone could do with a professional life. And working for a boss as cool as Jason Robards’ portrayal of […]
by Kent Sterling Before we started to take sports so damn seriously, there was a Monday Night Football broadcast that was more TV party than typical play-by-play. Howard Cosell, Don Meredith, and Frank Gifford brought swagger and celebrity to the NFL, and their performance was more important to the success of the show than the […]