It’s one thing to have a slew of regular-season games and talk 24/7 about baseball. The postseason, though, is what drives the most eyeballs to a network.
So it is a big deal that the MLB Network will be airing two Division Series games; Sunday and next Wednesday. And it is even bigger that the new MLB TV package starting in 2014 will enable MLB Network to continue to show two Division Series games.
“The addition of the games is critical to us,” said MLB CEO Tony Petitti. “It shows the commitment the commissioner and Major League Baseball have to the growth and success of the network. Moving forward, it is an important showcase for our network. It gives us a nice focal point at the end of the season.”
Will those two playoff games help MLB Network expand its distribution? Currently, the network is in 70 million homes.
That seems to be the point of this exercise.
“Obviously, there is a relationship between strength of content and growth and distribution,” Petitti said. “We feel this is important content. It will help us in our task.”
Bob Costas, MLB’s signature game voice, won’t be able to do the Sunday game because of his NBC football commitment. Instead, Matt Vasgersian will join Jim Kaat.
Costas will call Wednesday’s game with Kaat. It’ll be his first postseason game in 12 years.
Forget about what Blitzer, Maddow and O’Reilly had to say about last night’s debate. This is a sports media site. So we asked the various announcers and analysts for their assessment.
Jon Gruden: This guy, this Mitt Romney. I’ve been watching him for years. He always has a knack for coming up with the big play. What a guy.
Chris Berman: Barack Obama-Lama couuuld gooooo alllll the wayyyyyy….WHUUUP!!…Was there a banana peel on stage?….Here comes Rawlings Mitt Romney to scoop up the ball….
Tim McCarver: In a situation like this, the challenger will try to throw off the incumbent by attacking his record in office. And that’s exactly what Mitt Romney did tonight.
Dick Vitale: Oh, oh, are you kidding me? Mitt Romney, he’s a PTP player, baby! Only Coach K could have done that better. But then there’s only one Coach K. He’s awesome, babyyyy!
Cris Collinsworth: The president was terrible. There’s no other way to put it. He was terrible.
Johnny Miller: The president choked. There’s no other way to put it. He choked.
Al Michaels (big-time Republican): That’s what I’ve been trying to tell everyone. You want another four years of that?
John McEnroe: What was Obama thinking? All he did was hit to Romney’s forehand. You’ve got to make him move. Put him on the defensive. He can’t be serious!!
Ken Harrelson (pro Romney): Youuu can put it on the booooard! a-YESSS! YESSS!
Ken Harrelson (pro Obama): (Silence)
David Feherty: The president looked as if he reached into his bag and pulled out a large slab of Silly Putty. I’m not sure what that means, but it sounds funny, so laugh.
Jack Ramsey: This was nothing like Lincoln-Douglas debates in ’58. 1858, that is. I should know. I was there with Jim Lehrer.
Lee Corso: Not so fast, Obama. Not so fast. My friends, the winner is…(Putting a Romney head on his head)…Romney! (Crowd at Al Michaels’ house roars).
Michael Strahan: Can we book Romney for Live! with Kelly and Michael? Find out what TV shows he likes.
Skip Bayless: I’ve been telling everyone this thing isn’t over. But nobody would listen to me. No. I’m telling you, it is going down to the wire.
Stephen A. Smith: I know Barack Obama. He’s a good friend of mine. I picked out the ring he brought for Michelle. But c’mon Barack, you’ve got to do better than ‘I’m going to try harder.’ What’s with that weak crap? Let me write your stuff. Skip is much tougher than Romney, and I beat him all the time.
Terry Bradshaw: Can either of these guys sing? If they are make me watch them for 90 minutes, then I want to hear some songs.
John Kruk: Another slab of ribs, please. More sauce, too.
In the interest of full disclosure, I’m a life-long Democrat. So my reaction would be the same as the pro-Obama Harrelson: Silence.
Surfing the web while trying to figure out how the U.S. lost Sunday:
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Bob Wolfley of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel writes that Aaron Rodgers isn’t a fan of wearing mics for NFL Films.
From Wolfley:
“NFL and (NFL) Films have the power, I guess you could say, to try and make you do it,” Rodgers said during his radio show. “Not even try. To make you do it. So I’m not crazy about it. I’m really not. I love watching it on TV and watching other people do it, but haven’t felt great about doing it personally because I want everything to be authentic. Often, I don’t think the interaction is going to be the same. This one, I tried not to think about it at all.
“My last two games being mic’d up, counting Sunday and last year’s Denver game have gone pretty well,” Rodgers said. “That doesn’t mean I’m going to do it more often. There is going to be some good stuff coming out of this one (vs. the Saints). But they can make you do it if they want.”
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Since I was at the Ryder Cup, I didn’t get a chance to watch ESPN and NBC’s telecast. However, I did have a radio on the course and listened Sirius/XM’s broadcoast. I have to admit after hearing the same Get-ready-to-play-golf ads for the thousandth time, I wanted to chuck the radio into the lake.
Apparently, Bradley Klein of Golfweek felt the same way. He thought the numerous commerical breaks ruined the telecasts.
He writes:
The best-televised sporting event of the year – if not the young century – was almost spoiled by the stop-start nature of the action.
Even as all 12 Ryder Cup matches were out on the course at once – by 2 p.m. EDT Sunday – and the action was flying fast and furious, NBC-TV opted to pay the bills and cut six or seven times an hour for commercial breaks. At least the last three-quarters of an hour went without an ad or a break.
Klein then did a breakdown of the commercials. It turns 16 of those Get-ready-for-golf ads. Mind-numbing.
NBC Network Programming: 31
Omega Watches: 16
Get Golf Ready/Tee It Forward/Play Golf America: 13
Cadillac: 10
Mercedes: 10
National Car Rental: 10
Samsung Galaxy: 9
Royal Bank of Canada: 8
Michelob Ultra beer: 7
PGA.com: 6
Scottrade: 4
TD Ameritrade: 4
U.S. Bank: 4
ADT: 3
American National Gas Association: 3
Citi: 3
Geico: 3
Golf Channel: 3
Motorola Droid: 3
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It’s good to be a big-time in football. Richard Sandomir of the New York Times writes about Oklahoma’s new deal with Fox Sports.
According to Oklahoma’s contract, which The Times was allowed to examine, the university will get $40.1 million in rights fees over 10 years, starting with $3.5 million this academic year, and increasing by about 3 percent annually. In addition, Fox will reimburse Oklahoma’s SoonerVision nearly all of its costs in producing virtually all the programming. Over 10 years, it will get $18.05 million.
SoonerVision started operations in 1997 and recently invested $5 million in its facilities.
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Goose: If you missed it the first time, NBA Network is airing the documentary on Harlem Globetrotters legend Goose Tatum tonight at 9 ET. At the height of his career, Tatum was among the most famous athletes in the world.
From the release:
GOOSE celebrates the basketball legend that was posthumously enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011. The film, produced by Mannie Jackson, chairman of Boxcar Entertainment, in association with Chicago-based TeamWorks Media, tells the story of the leader of the Harlem Globetrotters from 1941-1955. A true sports icon, Tatum possessed a rare combination of basketball talent and comedic genius. His impact on the game has transcended generations, as the no-look pass, which he introduced to the game, has become a basketball staple.
A baseball player in the Negro League prior to his basketball career, Goose went on to become one of the most dynamic athletes of his time. In a segregated society, Goose reached across color lines to appeal to fans of all races. At the peak of his international fame and fortune, he did the unthinkable when he left the Globetrotters, pioneering the concept of free agency and establishing himself as an entrepreneur by owning two sports teams.
The film is narrated by film star Anthony Mackie who has appeared in such motion pictures as the Academy Award-winning The Hurt Locker and Million Dollar Baby, as well as The Adjustment Bureau, We Are Marshall, Half Nelson, and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.
TeamWorks Media’s other documentary projects include The Street Stops Here, the story of legendary high school basketball coach Bob Hurley Sr.; The Team That Changed The World, which revealed how the Harlem Globetrotters helped to break the color barrier in professional basketball; and Disco Demolition 25th Anniversary: The Real Story, a documentary examining the Chicago White Sox promotion that quickly became an influential moment in music history.
Given all his fans out there, this cover could outsell the swimsuit issue. All I can say is that being able to run a large photo of America’s favorite ref is a true high-point for ShermanReport.com.
Well, nobody should accuse the NFL Network of steering clear of controversial subjects. Its latest A Football Life is about as hotwire as it gets in Cleveland.
Tonight’s episode is Cleveland ’95 (8 p.m. ET). It focuses on the incredible staff that Bill Belichick built during his first head coaching job and how it all fell apart when Art Modell decided to move the franchise to Baltimore. The decision ripped the heart out of the city and probably kept Modell out of the NFL Hall of Fame.
Here is a link with a preview. Looks very promising.
And here’s the release from NFL Network. Again, check out that staff:
On December 17, 1995, the Cleveland Browns played their final game at Cleveland Municipal Stadium before relocating to Baltimore. The latest installment of NFL Network’s Emmy-nominated seriesA Football Life chronicles the Browns’ final season in Cleveland under head coach Bill Belichick, looks at the immediate impact the relocation had on both the city and the organization, and discovers the roots of a football lineage seeded during that time which has reverberated throughout the football world in the 21st century.
Airing Wednesday, October 3 at 8:00 PM ET on NFL Network,Cleveland ’95: A Football Life details the coaching staff and front office executives who took what they learned during their five years under Belichick and applied it throughout their football careers. From current NFL general managers Ozzie Newsome, Scott Pioli, Thomas Dimitroff and Mike Tannenbaum, to three-time national championship head coach Nick Saban, to former NFL head coach Eric Mangini and current Detroit Lions head coach Jim Schwartz, the Cleveland Browns under Belichick consisted of football’s next generation of leaders who continue to impact the game today.
In all, Belichick’s staff in Cleveland included nine future NFL head coaches and general managers, and three head coaches at major college programs.
The one-hour episode includes never-before-seen footage including Belichick meeting with his former staff in team meeting rooms and of Belichick at home. Additionally, pre and postgame footage from the Browns’ final home game is showcased.
Emmy-nominated actor from CBS’The Good Wife, Josh Charles, narrates.
The story of the 1995 Cleveland Browns is told through interviews with the following people:
Bill Belichick– New England Patriots head coach
Ozzie Newsome– Baltimore Ravens general manager
Nick Saban– University of Alabama head coach
Michael Lombardi– NFL Network analyst and former Cleveland Browns front office executive
Scott Pioli– Kansas City Chiefs general manager
Jim Schwartz– Detroit Lions head coach
Eric Mangini– ESPN analyst and former New York Jets/Cleveland Browns head coach
Thomas Dimitroff– Atlanta Falcons general manager
Phil Savage– Former Cleveland Browns general manager
Mike Tannenbaum– New York Jets general manager
Kirk Ferentz– University of Iowa head coach
Matt Stover– Cleveland Browns kicker, 1991-95
Steve Everitt– Cleveland Browns offensive lineman, 1993-95
Following are select quotes fromCleveland ’95: A Football Life:
– “We wanted a tough, hard-nosed, blue-collar football team. That’s what Cleveland is and that’s what we wanted our football team to be.”– Bill Belichick
– “We had a great group of people there and we were all committed to trying to bring that franchise back [to prominence].”– Nick Saban
– “There was that sense of we had turned the corner. All of that time, all of that work, all of that effort – we were poised to make that next jump.”– Eric Mangini
– “I felt bad for that team, the players and the coaches that were working so hard with less than no support. The owner was nowhere to be found; he was in Baltimore. It kind of felt like you were on a deserted island fending for yourself.” – Belichick
– “When I won in 2000 [with the Baltimore Ravens], I owe a lot of that to Bill Belichick.”– Ozzie Newsome
– “Those years in Cleveland, those teams, those people impacted the NFL. It impacted a lot of football.”– Scott Pioli
– “We got better every year, our program improved every year. I wish that it would have turned out a bit differently, but we tried to do what we could and the best that we could for ourselves, for the team and for the city of Cleveland. I have no regrets about that.” – Belichick
Fox’s press release about its new deal with Major League Baseball all but said the network is going to launch a new sports cable channel.
The release said there would be “as many as 40 single-game windows on a nationally distributed Fox channel.”
The packages calls for only 12 regular season Saturdays games (8 in primetime) on Fox.
Yet Fox executives are remaining coy. During a conference call, Randy Freer, co-president of the Fox Sports Media Group, wouldn’t give it up.
“Throughout this deal, we have the flexibility for the distribution of games,” Freer said. “We continue to evaluate the potential for a national sports channel. We haven’t announced anything yet and don’t plan to today. When we’re ready to announce something, you guys will be the first to know.”
Another reporter on the call took a shot. He asked, “If you aren’t launching a network, where are those 40 games going to go?” That would seem to be a lot of games to put on FX, and I’m fairly sure MLB would want such a big package on a designated sports outlet.
“Again, we have the potential to keep games on Fox broadcasting and other potential Fox outlets,” Freer said. “As we’ve talked about our partnership with MLB, there will be a lot of things to come out in the not so distant future.”
Of course, that means a re-branding of Fox’s Speed channel into an all-sports network. Being able to show 40 baseball games will help the network get off to a good start.
It is a good day for the owners, but is it a good day for the fans?
Major League Baseball officially signed off on a new TV deal with Fox and Turner Sports Tuesday. Combined with its previous announced pact with ESPN, MLB teams will pull in $12.4 billion over 8 years, beginning in 2014.
The $1.5 annual haul more than doubles the current national TV package. All told each team will have in the neighborhood of an additional $27 million to play with.
So what does mean for Joe Fan? I worry that the Yankees payroll will be $12.4 billion in 2021.
During a conference call Tuesday, I asked MLB Commissioner Bud Selig to assess the impact the extra funds would have on ticket prices, player salaries, and competitive balance.
Selig: That question could be asked every year. These are big increases. The revenue has grown. So have our expenses, and payrolls.
I’ve often said, having run a club myself, that everybody knows their own market. They will know in 2014.
Obviously, they are getting a huge increase, but everybody will then determine exactly not only what they will do with the money, but how it will impact their payroll as well as their ticket prices and everything else. We have 30 franchises with indigenous characteristics. It will vary. But they will make their own decisions, based on all of these facts.
(And a pat on the back for MLB)
This is a great day for baseball. In the past, people said, ‘Baseball isn’t this, or baseball isn’t that.’ We’ve proven in last 10 or 15 years that baseball is everything. The great manifestation is to have your outside partners tell you how valuable it is. I’m sure the clubs are happy today.
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Then I followed up by asking specifically about ticket prices. Will the additional TV money help teams hold the line on prices?
Evidently, I hit a hot button with Selig.
Selig: I want to say this to you about that. The last eight years have been the best eight years for baseball. We’re going to draw close to 75 million people this year. My father used to say, ‘nothing is ever good or bad, except by comparison.’ We’ve held the line on ticket prices. Baseball doesn’t get enough credit for that.
We wouldn’t be drawing these stunning numbers of fans if the ballpark experience and the price of tickets wasn’t within reason for families. We’ll continue to do that. That’s not my goal, it’s everybody’s goal. Baseball is family entertainment. Prices have to be sensitive to families. We have been remarkably so in comparison to everyone else.
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It wasn’t the proper forum to engage a debate about ticket prices. And Selig is right as it relates to recent years. According to Team Marketing Report, MLB ticket prices were relatively flat in 2012, going up only 1 percent.
However, TMR says the average ticket price has increased 47 percent since 2002, jumping from $18.31 to $26.98. Only the NFL, where they print money, had a higher increase.
I live in Chicago, where the Cubs rank third among teams with a $46.30 average ticket price. That doesn’t include $7 for a beer and $25 for parking, assuming you can find a spot around Wrigley Field. TMR estimates it costs a family of four $300 to attend a Cubs game.
Yes, that is much less than the NFL, NBA and NHL, but baseball also plays far more games.
Bottom line, Mr. Commissioner: It’s still pretty expensive to go to take the family to the ballpark. Here’s hoping teams will use the new TV bounty to help keep prices in line.
Jeff Pearlman is not about to go gently into the night. Oh no.
The author of Sweetness: The Enigmatic Life of Walter Payton continues to fire back at people who accuse him of doing an injustice with his portrayal of the late, great Bears running back.
This time his target is Mike Ditka. Writing on his site, Pearlman takes great offense to Ditka’s introduction in a new book Walter and Me, written by Payton’s brother, Eddie.
A portion of the foreword reads:
“And when it comes to someone writing about my friend, I have to ask, how well did the writer really know him? Did he grow up with him? Was he on the field with him? Did he live with him? Was he a parent? Was he a coach? Was he a player? In the case of Jeff Pearlman, the answer to those questions is, “no.” Pearlman wrote a book about Walter, but it was written from a distance. It was all secondhand. He put together a few things he’d heard—some of them from people who have very little credibility—to paint a picture that just doesn’t look much like the Walter I knew …
“He’ll always hold a high place in my book, and you couldn’t pay me enough to ever crack open the cover of Pearlman’s book. I know he tried to say you can’t just look in the excerpts, but I saw all I needed to see in those excerpts. It’s pathetic to write something like that about an individual who isn’t here to defend himself. If the person has passed and can’t respond, then just let the speculation rest with him. Period.”
Pearlman doesn’t mince words about his feelings toward the former Bears coach. He titled the post, “Dicka.” He writes:
The book’s introduction is written by Mike Ditka, a person I consider to be, unambiguously, stupid. I would call Ditka’s brain rock-like, only I feel it could be interpreted as an insult to some of the world’s fine rocks. Ditka is, in no particular order, a dolt, a bully, a thug, a moron, an ass and a fool.
Pearlman continues to take the sledgehammer to “Iron Mike.”
I love how Mike Ditka has taken ownership of Walter Payton, and feels comfortable in discussing his legacy. If Ditka knew Walter so well, how was he thoroughly, 100-percent unaware of his late-life despondency and depression? If Ditka was so tight with his former halfback, why didn’t he help him out with the emotional problems that so plagued him? Where was Mike Ditka when Walter Payton needed him?
Furthermore, in all those years of slamming Walter Payton into defensive lines, did he ever think, “Hmm, perhaps I should give him a rest?” Did he ever think, “Maybe this pounding is too much?” It’s easy now, years later, for Ditka to talk about all the wounded warriors and how much help they need with the physical and mental beatings NFL life offered. But where was such judgement when he was coaching? Where was Mike Ditka then?
Pearlman notes that he interviewed 700 people for the book, including Ditka and Eddie Payton (twice). He contends to do a complete and accurate portrayal of Payton, he had to delve into his troubled personal life. Pearlman understands how that bothered Payton’s fans, who don’t want his memory to be tarnished in any way.
Pearlman concludes:
I could understand Mike Ditka disliking the book. I could understand Mike Ditka ripping it in an introduction that, we all know, he didn’t write and probably didn’t even review.
What I can’t understand is his pride in blind idiocy.
That’s just pathetic.
Pearlman’s Payton book now is out in paperback. In August, he did an interview with me in which he said he hoped people in Chicago would give the biography a second chance.
Clearly, there are better marketing strategies than taking shots at Ditka, an icon among icons in Chicago. It’ll give his critics another excuse not to read the book.
Pearlman, though, doesn’t care. If somebody takes a swing at him, he is going to swing back. Sales, be damned.
Looking forward to the return of a favorite series tonight. ESPN kicks off a new run of six documentaries with Broke (8 p.m.).
As the title suggests, the film examines athletes who somehow manage to squander the big money. Here’s a clip.
Below is a behind-the-scenes clip of Alabama’s Keith McCants, who I covered in college. He talks about earning $75,000 in one day for a Coke ad. That’s $75,000 in one day.
The film is directed by Billy Corben, who previously did one of my favorites, The U, the tale of the Miami football program. Besides McCants, among the athletes featured are Bernie Kosar, Curt Schilling, Jamal Mashburn, and Andre Rison.
During a teleconference last week, he discussed how he got athletes to open up about the stupidity of blowing millions.
“It’s a really sensitive issue, obviously,” Corben said. “We were very frank and up front with all the potential interview subjects and said this is what it is about. We didn’t want to sandbag them and tell them it was about one thing and then they are sitting down in the chair and going, ‘Why do they keep asking me about money?’ Everybody knew that was what it was going to be about from the beginning, which is why we got a lot of nos along the way.”
Later, he said: “They have a tremendous pride and ego that is fueled by a fan base that reveres them as these indestructible heroes and icons. That feeds their hubris in business, when they are making investments and they think they are going to successful in areas most people tend to fail. . . . They think they are going to be the exception to the rule when they put their name and their brand and their personae behind these projects where they have no business experience or specific knowledge of the particular industry they are getting involved in. They just think the same way they were able to pitch a no-hitter or get a Super Bowl ring, that was going to make the difference in the restaurant business.”
Corben talked more about the film at ESPN.com.
Corben: In June 2009, we interviewed quarterback Bernie Kosar for the ESPN 30 for 30, The U. Anyone who knows Bernie will tell you, he’s as kind and generous a guy you could ever meet. In fact, he was extremely generous with his time that morning; he talked with us for several hours and, afterwards, took pictures and signed autographs for the crew.
A few weeks later, Dan LeBatard broke the news: Following a series of bad investments and a costly divorce, Kosar had filed for bankruptcy. It was a shock. Beyond football, Kosar was renowned for his business savvy and known to have been even more financially successful after his decade-long NFL career than during it.
Personally, it broke my heart. Other than appearing tired at times, there was little or no indication during the hours Bernie spent with us that he was in the midst of this ordeal.
In the early part of the millennium, you’d occasionally hear about a high profile athlete suffering financial difficulties, but Pablo Torre’s article, ‘How (and Why) Athletes Go Broke,’ in the March 2009 Sports Illustrated, cast a spotlight on what seemed to be an emerging epidemic in the wake of the 2008 economic meltdown.
These days, it seems there’s a new story every week and we felt these stories were worth exploring. Not everyone was so enthusiastic about it, though.
They say the most uncouth subjects for dinner conversation are politics and religion. I gotta add money to that list. Athletes, a famously proud group, were not particularly anxious to discuss the state of their finances, so getting interviews for this project, not surprisingly, proved to be a challenge. I really admire the people who agreed to speak with us because they sincerely felt like they have something to offer the next generation and hope that others will learn from their experience.
The way “Broke” is structured, it’s not about people, per se, but the problem, told by the people who experience(d) it. It’s essentially a step-by-step guide, How To Lose Millions of Dollars Without Breaking a Sweat.
Conventional wisdom is that professional athletes blow a lot of money on useless crap. Spoiler alert: professional athletes blow a lot of money on useless crap. But that’s barely the tip of the iceberg. I was surprised to discover — and I think others will be, too — how easy it is to go broke.
What looked to be a rout going into Sunday’s match turned into a huge ratings day in the Ryder Cup for NBC. The U.S. collapse got many viewers to switch away from the NFL.
The Ryder Cup had its best final day rating since 1999. NBC says thanks to the American players for making things interesting.
From NBC:
Golf Channel on NBC presented more than 17 hours of Ryder Cup coverage from Medinah Country Club in Medinah, Ill., over the weekend, and drew ratings the event hasn’t seen since in 13 years.
Yesterday’s final round, which saw the European team come back from a 10-6 deficit to retain the Ryder Cup by defeating the U.S. team, 14½ -13½, had the best overnight rating (4.1/9, Noon-6:30 p.m. ET) for the final round of the event in 13 years, since the U.S. team’s stirring comeback to defeat the Europeans and win the Ryder Cup in Brookline, Mass., in 1999 (6.3/15).
The 4.1/9 overnight rating/share for yesterday’s final round is 71% higher than the last Ryder Cup (2.4/7 in 2010 from Newport, Wales), and 21% higher than the last Ryder Cup contested in the U.S. (3.4/7 from Louisville, Ky., in 2008).
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Scott Ferrall is taking those gravelly vocal cords to the new CBS Sports Radio Network.
From CBS:
CBS Sports Radio today announced it has named Scott Ferrall as host of the network’s weekday evening program. Broadcast live from 10:00PM-2:00AM, ET “Ferrall on the Bench” will take listeners through the day’s headlines and most talked about topics in sports, generate spirited discussions with callers, and conduct captivating interviews with a variety of special guests.
CBS Sports Radio will make its 24/7 debut on Wednesday, January 2, 2013. It was previously announced that The Jim Rome Show will be broadcast weekdays from 12:00Noon-3:00PM and DougGottlieb will serve as host of afternoons (3:00-6:00 PM, ET) on CBS Sports Radio.
“Scott is widely recognized as having set the standard for what a successful national evening sports radio show should be,” said Eric Spitz, Director of Programming, CBS Sports Radio. “He’s got an amazing knowledge of sports that rivals even the most noted experts, and with his fast paced style of high octane sports talk, listeners and our affiliates are guaranteed to get the very best program each and every night.”
Added Ferrall, “The time I previously spent with CBS RADIO was one of the highlights of my career and I am honored to come back and expand on what we started. Sports talk is what I know – and I also know there’s no other subject that ignites such passion from the listening audience. CBS Sports Radio is going to be THE place where fans can get the hard truth and voice their opinions loudly.”
It’s one thing to have a slew of regular-season games and talk 24/7 about baseball. The postseason, though, is what drives the most eyeballs to a network.
