Monthly Archives: April 2015

Can’t We All Just Get Along?

April 27, 2015 at 12:14 pm

“You don’t really need us”…Us, according to Kevin Gregg of the Boston Red Sox,  happens to be the media relations people associated with any sports team…It says here nothing could be further from the truth…But while twitter and other social media sites have opened access to athletes, the P.R. types are still your best source of contact […]

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Just Measure It In Inches, Column Inches, That Is…

April 20, 2015 at 12:13 pm

Face it, no one likes to be criticized…especially the people on TV, especially the people on ESPN!…As Ken Fang of Fang’s Bites said at the just recent Boston University sports journalism seminar,  “We got ratings, we don’t care (what they say?)”…”We”, of course, is ESPN and for the most part, while they are the acknowledged leader […]

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The Digital Natives are Restless…

April 13, 2015 at 9:38 am

The best part about teaching, I’ve come to find out, is learning new things myself…And I have my students to thank for that…I never knew what a “digital native” was until last week…Don’t get me started on “foodporn!”…Who coined that one?…My computer doesn’t even recognize it as a word!…But luckily I can still teach a […]

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Tell it Like it Is….

April 5, 2015 at 9:23 am

Very late in the just recent Men’s NCAA semi-final basketball game between Kentucky and Wisconsin, play by play announcer Jim Nance uttered what struck me as not only a highly debatable phrase but one that showed a lack of historical perspective….As the Badgers were about to dispatch the Wildcats and ruin the perfect season, Nance […]

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