Major League Baseball is being extra cautious with the new Automated Ball Strike Challenge System going into effect this season. The Chicago Sun-Times reported last week that MLB broadcasts will not show whether a pitch is a ball or a strike on the on-screen strike zone in an effort to make sure no one can … Read more
Enough! Enough! Enough! I know I’ve been down this path so often I’ve worn it to a highway, but in the fading light of sweet mercy, enough! How can Fox possibly be so detached from a major sport, an expensive deal and the best interests of its audience, advertisers and mental health advocates, than to … Read more
Don’t know if nearly 50 years on this job qualifies me as a sportscasting historian, but I do know this: There has never been a time in my life when televised sports have been worse, more excessively senseless and for no good reason other than negligent or dopey execs who think that we neither want … Read more
Fox Sports’ NFL crew briefly spoke out Sunday on colleague Mark Sanchez’s stabbing and subsequent arrest in Indianapolis this weekend. Charissa Thompson, host of “Fox NFL Kickoff,” addressed viewers solo Sunday morning, stating, “Friday night in Indianapolis, one of our team members, Mark Sanchez, was involved in an incident that we are still trying to … Read more
ESPN has found an analyst to replace Robert Griffin III on college football game coverage. The network announced a slew of broadcasting decisions for the 2024 season on Tuesday, including the addition of Louis Riddick to the ESPN and ABC college football crew that includes play-by-play man Bob Wischusen and sideline reporter Kris Budden. The … Read more
Sean McDonough has opened up about criticism about his energy levels during the Stanley Cup Final as he is battling a bug. McDonough, 62, who is calling the games for ESPN/ABC, joined “Schein on Sports” on SiriusXM, and discussed what he’s been going through. “I’m still a little under the weather, but we’re powering through … Read more
Geez, spring intrasquad college football is now all over afternoon TV. And smack in the midst of finals! How do these scholar athletes manage it all!? Now that making bail is no longer essential for big city criminals, I’d like to commit several breaking-and-entering capers, just to leave my mark in the renewed spirit of … Read more
Say, what’s on TV? From the producers of the stupid questions quiz show “Where Did You Last Leave It?” welcome to “Fat Chance,” the sports game show that punishes common sense and rewards ignorance! Our contestants, selected from an audience of imbeciles, appear ready to go, so, as Michael Kay says, “Let’s do it.” Saturday … Read more