Infomercial! Here is my weekly NFL column, and picks. I conducted another podcast with Jon Anik of the ESPN show, "MMA Live". Anik, a boston native, talks about the sports rise and also the new movie coming out, Warrior. WEEI Moving to 93.7 FM A quick thought: This won't have any SIGNIFICANT bearing on the … Continue reading Sports Media Musings: Jon Anik Pod, WEEI to 93.7, Deadspin Invasion, Curran Going Rogue
The NFL returns tonight as the Super Bowl Champion Green Bay Packers and the New Orleans Saints kick off the regular season. The local papers have their NFL preview issues, with plenty of good material (mostly). Here is the Boston Herald 2011 Patriots Preview. Here is the Boston Globe 2011 NFL Preview. There is some … Continue reading The NFL Returns Tonight, No 200 For Wake. Again.
Earlier this evening, WEEI's PR firm sent out an e-mail stating, "WEEI’s Dennis & Callahan Morning Show will make a major announcement at 8:00am tomorrow morning, September 8th." Speculation started churning on what the announcement would be, but it was quickly confirmed through the proverbial "industry sources" that WEEI's parent company, Entercom will begin simulcasting … Continue reading Report: WEEI To Begin FM Simulcast on Monday
Last night on Twitter, I had an interesting, and very civil Patriots discussion with among others, Albert Breer, ( @albertbreer ) Greg Bedard ( @GregABedard ) and Chris Gasper ( @cgasper). The discussion started with talk about the Patriots cutting more disappointing draft picks. Breer claimed that he never bought into the hype about players like Brandon … Continue reading How Do The Patriots “Control The Media?”
Small infomercial from me today - I had Kirk Minihane from WEEI on my podcast. He dishes about WEEI's website, kills Andy Gresh, puts the Portnoy issue to bed, and much more. Minihane gives some love to the BSMW community, and overall was a candid guest -- check out the podcast here. Media Musings Coming … Continue reading Podcast: WEEI’s Kirk Minihane talks Media Crime, Boston sports, & Much More
Steve Burton is the sports director for WBZ-TV Burton has been at WBZ since 1994, serving as sports reporter and anchor on both WBZ and TV38. He has been a fixture on the Patriots pregame shows, as well as on Patriots Fifth Quarter, where he is usually stationed inside the press conference room at Gillette … Continue reading 2011 Approval Ratings – Steve Burton
Let's get these megalinks done as I hope to give you a weekend full of posts for the three day holiday. That's my plan, at least. They could get changed due to family or weather. You never know. I have the sports and entertainment programming in the Weekend Viewing Picks. Let's get to the linkage … Continue reading Getting The Friday Megalinks Done
Lots happening on the national and local scene lately. This is part one of the special Labor Day Media Musings Extravaganzzzzzzaaa. Part 2 coming Saturday. Have a great long weekend! Infomercial! If you are into the video game Madden , or if you just want to hear what it is like playing against Chad Ochocinco … Continue reading Sports Media Musings: Labor Day Labor Issues for ESPN, Bruce Feldman
Just a few links before Sports Media Musings arrive and then we head into the weekend: Media Roundup: ESPN's MNF Crew Weighs In On Patriots, Jets - My SB Nation Boston media column has Jon Gruden and Ron Jaworski weighing in on the Patriots and whether they can make needed adjustments following the playoff loss to the … Continue reading Minor Housekeeping Items
As some of you may or may not know, in addition to this site, I've written a monthly media column for Patriots Football Weekly since 2007. This gives me access to many of the top football media personalities around the country. Occasionally, I will reprint some old articles/interviews in this space. This column originally appeared … Continue reading From The PFW Archives – Interview With Michael Silver
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