This is a mediawise site, with focus on print and electronic sports journalism, and so being critical is too often a big part of our mission. But every once in a while we like to focus on the strictly positive. This time out, we celebrate a personal story that helps to remind us of the good things—about family, people and sports. Sports Media America is proud to announce that Leo Joseph Brady,
Friday, May 18, 2007
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Oh Maryland, My Maryland—The 2007 Preakness Stakes
Posted on 6:58 PM by ergeg
[Editor’s Note: Intrepid L.A.-based handicapper Steve Brady gives Sports Media America readers the lowdown on the 132d running of the $1 million Preakness Stakes, Saturday, May 19, at Baltimore’s Pimlico Racetrack. NBC television carries the action beginning at 5 p.m. ET; post time is 6:05 p.m ET.] Man, those two weeks went fast. It seems it was just yesterday I was wiping my tears away with my
Sunday, May 6, 2007
Amy Lawrence Sucks
Posted on 4:01 AM by ergeg
The main problem women in electronic sports media have is credibility with men. When a TV or radio sports chick clearly is faking it...well, it’s like their orgasms: the sensitive male can spot it a mile away. Which leaves guys with a lot of post-coital sports reportage disappointment. Take Amy Lawrence, who I keep running into on ESPN Radio’s “GameNight,” or sometimes subbing for Bobby Valvano
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
Race Shape and History Collide in 133d Kentucky Derby
Posted on 6:50 PM by ergeg
[Editor’s note: SMA’s Los Angeles correspondent and ace handicapper Steve Brady returns for an in-depth look at this year’s Run for the Roses. Steve is a devotee of Pace Pals, a handicapping system using cuddly cartoon figures—Rabbit, Fox, Hound and Turtle—that offers bettors a smart, speedy and useful method for sizing up the pace scenario of a race. Steve first described how to use Pace Pals
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
DRAFT SPECIAL Titans Brass Should Take a Lesson from the Past: Defense First
Posted on 9:54 PM by ergeg
The first life-affirming thrill I ever had as a football fan was in 1972, when my hometown Washington Redskins made it to the Super Bowl. It was the second year in George Allen’s tenure as Redskins head coach. Allen (left) came to the Redskins after a successful run as head coach of the Los Angeles Rams. The Redskins hadn’t been to the playoffs in about 30 years until 1971, Allen’s first year in
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
I Read the News Today, Oh Boy...
Posted on 9:51 PM by ergeg
A fella at work told me about it. It was on the radio on my way home. The evening TV news was all over it (immediately before, I'd seen a commercial for Lysol that used the Beatles' "Hello, Goodbye" as its jingle). I wasn't surprised, but certainly I was dismayed.
So pick your poison. It's been a newsy week. Now I'll tell you what I think.
I always thought Don Imus (left) was a weirdo. The
So pick your poison. It's been a newsy week. Now I'll tell you what I think.
I always thought Don Imus (left) was a weirdo. The
Thursday, April 5, 2007
Nothing Minor About Sounds' Media Day: 2007 Squad Debuts for Reporters and Photogs
Posted on 5:16 PM by ergeg
Under the watchful eye of Nashville Sounds media relations director Doug Scopel, the 2007 version of the Milwaukee Brewers' Triple A minor league affiliate took the field at Greer Stadium yesterday, to pose for pictures and submit to interviews with representatives from local newspaper, television and online outlets. [Above: Tennessean staff photographer Dipti Vaidya snaps a pic of new Sounds
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