The NFL, NFLPA legal wrangling has left many deflated
Nearly nine months have passed and frankly, I’m worn out. Had it. I’m deflated. No, I didn’t give birth or anything crazy like that. I’m simply breathing a sigh of relief that U. S. District Court Judge Richard Berman put an end to the madness that we got to know as “Deflategate.” At least for […]
Attract women to the NFL with respect, not recipes
Last week the Tampa Bay Buccaneers announced its “RED Women’s Movement” marketing campaign, which is designed to attract females to the Bucs’ brand. I respect the end. The means, however, made thousands of women, including me, cringe. In its news release and video promo, “highlights” of the program included introducing women to NFL gameday fashion, […]
Tampa Bay Bucs have women seeing RED but not in the way it intended
To those outside of Florida and the Twitterverse that haven’t heard of the Bucs RED for Women marketing campaign that was announced this week, you missed a publicity mess. Man or woman, it might make you react like I did: ARE YOU *&@$% ME?? Yes, it had me seeing, well, red. Mind you, I’m from National […]
Football players: it’s time to step up your social media game
A few weeks ago I wrote about why coaches and front officer personnel should care about social media and how their players use it. Since NFL training camps started last week and college football practices aren’t far behind, it’s time to address some things that coaches, administrators (including public relations specialists and sports information directors) […]
Leading the Deflategate PR battle is …
During the last weeks, I have read more sports legalese than most anyone who’s not a sports agent should. I have read about more bickering than you will hear at a dinner table with small children. I have read about leaks and lies and they’ve had nothing to do with the CIA. As a sports […]
Coaches, administrators and front office staffs are athletes’ key to sports social media education
New sports seasons are almost upon us and with that, it’s time to start training. Not on the field or court this time, but on smartphones. We live in an era in which 64% all American adults own handsets that people use for most everything except talk, so it seems. Many of them will leave […]
You don’t need to be a household name to be a great sports broadcaster
A former award-winning radio news reporter, Ken Fang is a respected sports media blogger for his own FangsBites.com as well as Awful Announcing. What I enjoy most about him as well as many others that report about media, he has never shied away from sharing what might be considered controversial when it comes to his […]
Sports Business Journal’s/Daily’s John Ourand prefers sports analysts check jargon at the door
I continue my series of comments from some of the top sports television reporters in the country about what makes a good play-by-play announcer and color analyst. Today, John Ourand from Street & Smith’s Sports Business Journal and Sports Business Daily weighs in. Ourand, who has covered all things media for the publications since 2006, said […]
Like a kid in a candy store, NFL Draft weekend is like a days-long treat for analyst Charles Davis
It’s a day he’s prepared for all of his life. Well, his life the last five months. For anyone associated with or is a fan of the National Football League, the NFL Draft is like every holiday on the calendar wrapped into one weekend. Tonight, NFL Network analyst Charles Davis joins his colleagues after countless […]
Tampa Bay Times’ Jones wants to learn something he didn’t already know from sports broadcasts
The best sports announcers enrich, but don’t dominate a telecast, says Tampa Bay Times’ sports broadcast critic, Tom Jones. Sportscasters also teach him something he didn’t know before he tuned into the game. Jones is one of the sports media reporters we contacted regarding their thoughts about what makes good play-by-play and color talent. Good play-by-play […]