3 sports-themed books to kick off football season
The Mannings: The Fall and Rise of a Football Family, By Lars Anderson, Ballantine, 368 pages, $28 So much has been written and said about the Mannings, it is a...
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Future of TV sports: Pay up or be blacked out
When ESPN sneezes, the entire sports world shivers. The largest force in the sports TV universe, ESPN has lost more than 11 million subscribers since 2011 and more than 4...
Cable ‘cord-cutters’ still can get their fix of sports on TV
Sports have been a big part of Steve Raquel's life. He performed before thousands of fans at Illinois football and basketball games as Chief Illiniwek in 1992-93. Yet when Raquel...
Cubs announcers bow to the greatest: Retiring Dodgers announcer Vin Scully
Pat Hughes has a cherished memory of his first encounter with Vin Scully. Hughes was 16 when he and his brother sneaked into the Dodgers broadcast booth at Candlestick Park....
Empty seats in Rio a bad look for NBC
Here's a suggestion for NBC: Ditch the aerial views and keep the shots tight on the athletes when the stands are empty. Nothing looks worse on television than seeing a...
Are NBC’s Olympics ratings sagging? Depends how you spin it
Much like the world's best cyclists on the streets of Rio, NBC is in all-out spin mode during the early part of the Olympics. The network is making the case...
NBC on Olympics: ‘This will be the biggest media event in history’
Olympics TV coverage seems to grow exponentially. Bob Costas reflected back to the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, when NBC aired 175 hours. "We thought that was a heck of a...
Fox hires Charles Tillman for NFL pregame show
Charles Tillman is ready to start his post-football career. Fox Sports officially announced Thursday morning that the former Bears cornerback will be part of "Fox NFL Kickoff," which airs on...
Lots of Cubs All-Stars should translate to big Fox ratings
Fox Sports executives are hoping to receive a significant Chicago bump for Tuesday's All-Star Game. The network has to be happy that four Cubs are in the starting lineup, not...
Sports book roundup: ‘God Almighty Hisself: The Life and Legacy of Dick Allen,’ more
God Almighty Hisself: The Life and Legacy of Dick Allen by Mitchell Nathanson, University of Pennsylvania Press, 408 pages, $34.95 Dick Allen spent only three seasons with the White Sox,...