by Matt Yoder | Nov 2, 2015
Two stories from the past few days highlighted the harrowing reality of the media world that has now finally and fully made its way into sports. The defining message from this week couldn’t be more clear. Quality sports journalism is being gobbled up by...
by Matt Yoder | Nov 2, 2015
It all happened so fast. Over the course of a weekend, Grantland went from a trend-setting sports and pop culture site to a reliquary of quality sportswriting. ESPN shut down Grantland with immediate effect on Friday. And if readers visit Grantland.com right now,...
by Matt Yoder | Oct 30, 2015
ESPN dropped a bombshell on Friday. After weeks and months of speculation regarding its future, the network announced that it was suspending the publication of Grantland with immediate effect, ending the four year tenure of the ground-breaking sports and pop culture...
by Matt Yoder | Oct 29, 2015
The World Series came to a screeching halt during Game 1 as Fox Sports suffered a power outage at the exact wrong time in the middle of the opener to the Fall Classic. So when Game 2 came around, Fox did the only thing they really could do given the circumstances...
by Matt Yoder | Oct 27, 2015
The doomsday scenario hit Fox Sports on Tuesday night during Game 1 of the World Series between the Mets and Royals. In the middle of the broadcast, power apparently went out to the Fox broadcast truck at the ballpark, causing the broadcast to be interrupted due to...