Sports Media
With Brent Musburger, a $10,000 raise could’ve changed sports journalism history
In May, Brent Musburger received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the annual Sports Emmys in…
June 23, 2017
How the wonks won baseball coverage
"I've got to look at the analytics," David Kaplan, a Chicago sports radio talk host,…
June 21, 2017
He’s the most-read golf writer in the world. He just wants a little more company.
Doug Ferguson arguably is the most-read golf writer in the world. He doesn’t necessarily think…
June 15, 2017
Tom Verducci had less than 2 months to write a book about the Cubs’ historic season. He hit a home run.
Usually after the last game of the World Series, climaxing a long season, Tom Verducci…
April 5, 2017
Chris Berman looks back on nearly four decades (and tons of nicknames) at ESPN
Last fall, I taught a media studies class based on ESPN at the University of…
January 26, 2017