Watching the Patriots roll over the Giants on Thursday Night Football last night, I heard Joe Buck declared Bill Belichick as the greatest coach in NFL history. How the hell does Buck know whether Belichick is a better coach today than George Halas or Curly Lambeau were in the 1920s? Does Don Shula not merit […]
Pat McAfee is smart as hell, engaging as hell, and restless as hell. That gives him a hell of a shot at being a successful sports talk radio host. As a standalone gig, a daily radio show is a lot of work. Coupled with his roster of responsibilities as an analyst for ESPN’s Thursday night college football […]
As a man, Dan Le Batard did the right thing by voicing his opinion about President Donald Trump’s tweets. As an ESPN employee, he asked for trouble by doing it on his radio show. Le Batard will not host his radio show today. Whether that was his choice or ESPN’s is unclear, but his absence […]
Sports media is a tough business. Talk to anyone who’s trying to make a career out of talking or writing about sports, and they will tell you. Few media companies are in growth mode – most are continually shaving payroll and staff. Having a job is a win. Keeping it is another win. Having a […]
Radio’s death has been greatly exaggerated for the past 20 years. Since digital audio became a thing, people have been sounding the alarm that traditional radio is on its last legs. Those last legs continue to run, and the reason has nothing to do with closing the tech gap, app growth, or the advantage radio has […]
Michigan Basketball is broken, and only Juwan Howard can fix it. Forget the two trips to the NCAA National Championship Game, Big 10 Championships, and Big Ten Tournament titles. John Beilein’s 12 seasons as the head coach at Michigan were clearly a disappointment. The time has come to reclaim the brand value of the Fab […]
Chet Coppock was bigger than life, and part of the best talk radio lineup I ever heard as the Sportstalk component on The Loop, AM1000 in Chicago. Often wearing a full length mink coat, Coppock was a unique presence in Chicago sports media – boastful, loud, and connected, he was the voice of record during the […]
Jason Witten is coming back to the Dallas Cowboys. Good news for the Cowboys, the NFL, for ESPN, and football fans who watch Monday Night Football.. As dynamic a Cowboys tight end as Witten was for 15 seasons, he was just that bland as a well-paid analyst on MNF. People is Bristol knew it, wanted […]
It’s easy to make fun of New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and the charges that he was physically serviced twice in 17 hours on January 19th and 20th at the Orchids of Asia Day Spa in Jupiter, Florida. That the second visit took 15 minutes from the time he walked in the door to […]
Who are we to argue with success? The Pro Bowl makes no sense. It’s an all star game for the NFL that offers no competitive friction, and even hard core football fans have zero allegiance to either the NFC or AFC. Players celebrate a year of meaningful football with an afternoon of making sure no […]
