Sports Media Commentary

ESPN started a new era in New York radio when it moved to FM yesterday morning with their 98.7 debut. They also turned 1050 into a Spanish speaking equivalent and renamed it ESPN Deportes. There is also a new lineup on the station. I don’t kno...

I recently talked about the charm of the Yankees WCBS 880 broadcast team: John Sterling and Suzyn Waldman. A recent game-ending call by Sterling is making it rounds across the internet and Bob’s Blitz has it for us. Is this not classic Sterling...

Update 4:31 PM:  Jim Monaghan provided me this info on Twitter @NYBD MLB TV’s online premium version allows you to watch games with only the sound of the ball park.It’s a pretty cool feature. — Jim Monaghan (@Monaghan21) April 18,...

Would anyone not watch a game because it was without announcers? — TVSportsratings (@tvsportsratings) April 16, 2012 “We are just moments away from the kickoff of today’s Jets-Dolphins game and a telecast that figures to be differen...

Both Gary Cohen and Keith Hernandez marveled at the prescient Ron Darling last night. In the first inning, Darling had noted how it would be a good time for Mets starter Mike Pelfrey to fake a pickoff throw to third and first in order to possibly get...

I decided to do something different for the Yankees-Rays Opening Day game by listening to a couple of innings of John Sterling and Suzyn Waldman on WCBS 880. The due referred to as “Ma and Pa Kettle” by Bob Raissman of the Daily News, is...

In an interesting turn of media events, Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine has signed up for a weekly segment with Michael Kay on ESPN 1050. The news was broken by Daily News media columnist Bob Raissman. I have never heard of an out of town manager...

One of the best and worst jobs, in my opinion, is that of a beat reporter. On one hand you get to cover a professional baseball team- a kids sport if you will- and work in casual clothing outdoors. You also get a paid trip down to Florida or Arizona...

I have been travelling back from Florida, so things have been a little light here. I should be back in full-force later today, but until then, I wanted to see what you guys thought about Lou Piniella in the YES booth. Long-time Yankees fans Russ Cres...

Chris “Mad Dog” Russo likes to do an annual tour of spring training camps in March to help promote his radio program. In each visit he requests a conversation with both the GM and manager, as any program doing such a remote would.  Howev...

I have been holding off commenting about the developments in the Ryan Braun steroid case until tomorrow as I read various pieces of evidence. Unlike some mainstream members, I don’t like to throw stones at someone over steroids. Chris “Ma...