10 ways Twitter wins the sports business game
This week, Twitter-owned Periscope celebrated its first anniversary. Last week marked Twitter’s 10th year on our screens. As I’ve written, I use other social media and advise clients to use what meets their needs, but Twitter is my primary social media platform. To many in media and related businesses, Twitter is the first place we visit […]
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 […]
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 […]
Ed Sherman shares what he thinks makes good sports broadcasters
We’ve been watching A LOT of sports lately. College football bowl games started the year, and a SUPER Bowl followed. NBA action highlighted a few screens but during the past three weeks, our nation’s eyes have turned to the NCAA Basketball Tournament. That means there have been a lot of voices in your head. You […]