by Matt Yoder | Apr 7, 2014
Earlier in the NCAA Tournament we saw a local Florida television station get around broadcast rights restrictions by acting out a game in their office. WCJB in Gainesville used a Nerf hoop and staffers to recreate the Gators’ win over the Dayton Flyers in the...
by Matt Yoder | Apr 7, 2014
Earlier in the NCAA Tournament we saw a local Florida television station get around broadcast rights restrictions by acting out a game in their office. WCJB in Gainesville used a Nerf hoop and staffers to recreate the Gators’ win over the Dayton Flyers in the...
by Ken Fang | Apr 7, 2014
Old school fans wax poetic about the days when ESPN aired the NCAA Tournament. You may not know that they did not use their own announcers for the broadcasts in the early 1980’s and depended on NCAA Productions to produce the telecasts. ESPN had Bob Ley and John...
by Matt Zemek | Apr 7, 2014
This might seem counterintuitive to some, but it’s easier to identify great championship games than it is to arrive at a list of the best Final Fours in history. The reason is simple: A single game is being evaluated, not a set of three contests. Some of the...
by Matt Zemek | Apr 7, 2014
This might seem counterintuitive to some, but it’s easier to identify great championship games than it is to arrive at a list of the best Final Fours in history. The reason is simple: A single game is being evaluated, not a set of three contests. Some of the...
by Ken Fang | Apr 6, 2014
Despite heavy promotion before and during the NCAA Tournament for the CBS/Turner Teamcast concept, there was still massive confusion over the team-centric telecasts on TNT in particular. Despite press releases and stories on how Turner would provide three separate...
by Matt Zemek | Apr 5, 2014
You can see it in the photo above. Josh Gasser knew that Kentucky could beat his Wisconsin team with a three-point shot at the end of regulation. Yet, with the clock ticking under 10 seconds at AT&T Stadium, Gasser froze six feet from where Aaron Harrison —...
by Reva Friedel | Apr 5, 2014
Sports enthusiast Will Ferrell has starred in several fictional sports movies including Talledega Nights and Semi-Pro. Now he’s being cast in a movie based on a real-life sporting event. Ferrell is set to play Bobby Riggs in an upcoming film depicting the Battle...
by Reva Friedel | Apr 5, 2014
Sports enthusiast Will Ferrell has starred in several fictional sports movies including Talledega Nights and Semi-Pro. Now he’s being cast in a movie based on a real-life sporting event. Ferrell is set to play Bobby Riggs in an upcoming film depicting the Battle...
by Joe Lucia | Apr 4, 2014
Here’s the most ridiculous thing you’ll see on this Friday night. A fan at the Cardinals-Pirates game caught a foul pop-up….in his bucket of popcorn. We’ve seen gloves, beer cups, hats, fishing nets…but a popcorn bucket? I don’t...
by Joe Lucia | Apr 4, 2014
Here’s the most ridiculous thing you’ll see on this Friday night. A fan at the Cardinals-Pirates game caught a foul pop-up….in his bucket of popcorn. We’ve seen gloves, beer cups, hats, fishing nets…but a popcorn bucket? I don’t...
by Joe Lucia | Apr 4, 2014
I really can’t believe the mess that is surrounding Mets infielder Daniel Murphy’s decision to take paternity leave. It’s a collectively bargained right under the CBA, happens every year, and is never a big deal (including this week, when Jimmy...
