Did NFL clamp down on highlight footage usage?
A very minor observation, but if you’ve been watching highlights on ESPN and FOX Sports (and their Internet counterparts) you might have noticed a dramatic decline in use of highlight footage.
For as long as I can remember, any mention of an NFL player would warrant a run of highlights. Now, we’re treated to zooming in [...]
Len Pasquarelli sighting: ESPN Podcenter
Just updating a previous post: it looks like Len Pasquarelli has returned to ESPN.com.
A podcast posted today (9/2/08) featured Pasquarelli making division predictions with Jeremy Green. Check out where it appeared on ESPN’s NFL page:
For starters: we’re certainly glad to see that Len has recovered well enough from his heart surgery to return to the [...]
Interview with Kerry Byrne, Cold Hard Football Facts
Cold, Hard Football Facts embodies everything that the new wave of sports media represents.
They have the time and resources to take deeper dives that the “lowest common denominator” newspapers don’t touch. They can post things that have little to do with the game, without worrying about the editor’s wrath. Their excellent writing gets publicity in [...]
NFL Europa alumni in the NFL
Many of you may not know that I am an alumnus of NFL Europe / Europa. No, I didn’t run play quarterback for the Amsterdam Admirals like Kurt Warner, but I did work with the league during their last season of existence in 2007, when I was a US PR Assistant for the Berlin [...]
Training camp coverage: insert name and team, rinse, repeat
As a college and NFL fan who loves stats and knowing every last detail of what’s going on, there are few times of the year more fun than training camp.
It’s that time when every last player on the roster has a chance to make their mark and prove they belong. It’s also probably the only [...]
The worst of the best: USC failures at the NFL level
Every now and then, I’ll occasionally put on the ol’ football analysis hat and tackle an issue that’s on my mind. Right now, I’ve been mulling one over that I’ve vented about to my friends, and the evidence is, once again, starting to build in my favor.
In general, USC football players fail at the pro [...]
Abbott Lines 7/27: Print’s Top 5
What Are Abbott Lines?
Let’s get this straight. Forty-Niner coach Mike Nolan is entitled to his reasons, is entitled to this charade of two quarterbacks competing for the starting job. He’s the boss, and the boss can create competition if that’s what makes him happy.
But it’s a phony competition because Alex Smith is a [...]
Abbott Lines, 7/14 (PM) - 7/15
What Are Abbott Lines?
I remember Packer taking notes at one of those sessions, walking out late one night and saying essentially, “I’m not going to be guilty of this anymore.” And very quickly the language that so offended many of us was eliminated from his analysis. Not reduced, not lessened . . . gone. More [...]
Abbott Lines: 7/13 and 7/14
What Are Abbott Lines?
After the legendary Boston Garden closed in 1995, auctioneers looking for salvageable memorabilia found highly valuable pieces in out-of-the-way places: An abandoned darkroom was inches deep in vintage photos of Hall of Famers, while the arena’s original blueprints were stashed in a wooden trunk near the roof. It seems safe to say [...]
Abbott Lines, 7/12 (Now 100% Favre free!)
What Are Abbott Lines?
So, in tribute to the Entire Internet’s Dedication to Cruelty, I give you the Chicago Tribune’s Fred Mitchell (above), who is here to compare the Cubs’ recent deal for Rich Harden to…the trade of Lou Brock for Ernie Broglio. Because this guy is also speedy, just like Lou Brock. Same/same, seen? [...]
