Monthly Archives: October 2012

Those Magic Moments…

October 28, 2012 at 7:50 am

It usually starts with some inanimate object…maybe a hair brush, maybe even a wooden kitchen spoon…But invariably, if you ask play by play announcers how they got their start, they will tell you they were the ones running around the living room announcing games for their parents at a very early age…Hey, let’s be honest…who […]

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Let the Media (Games) Begin…

October 21, 2012 at 9:46 am

It should be as simple as just changing the channel or, heaven forbid, turning off the program, but we have come to depend on sports media critics, as much for advance warning , as solid post game analysis as well…I suppose we all like to have our opinions validated and can’t wait for a “review” […]

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Yakety Yak (Don’t Talk Back)…

October 14, 2012 at 9:07 am

If sports talk radio listeners paid heed to the 1958 song by the Coasters, it might have never mushroomed into what it is today….A place to go while you’re in your car, a haven for long suffering fans, even somewhere to catch up on a missed interview on your radio DVR (is there even such […]

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The Power of the Press (Conference)….

October 7, 2012 at 8:38 am

How timely was it that the Boston Red Sox fired Bobby Valentine on the very same day the Boston University Sports Journalism Seminar Series focused on Media Relations?….In case you missed it, the Sox decided to hold “group” interviews with their media outlets rather than a full blown news conference to announce the firing….NESN, MLB.com […]

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