BILL KING RUMORS & GOSSIP
Broadcaster Rankings (Radio): #20 – #11
#30 – #21
At the beginning of March, we released the results of our television broadcaster rankings — itself the product of reader crowdsourcing that had started in late November. Since then, FanGraphs has asked readers to rate the radio broadcast teams (on a scale of 1-5 for charisma, analysis, and then overall) for all 30 major-league clubs — with the intention...
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11 days ago
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11 days ago
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Dawgs Daily 26-Apr-12
Bill King asks The Murray Question again. Why is there so much discontent with Murray?
Part of it, I think, is the natural tendency of fans to complain about starting quarterbacks (ditto offensive coordinators/playcallers). I remember fans griping about Matt Stafford’s decision-making. And as rock-solid and successful as David Greene was, there was a minor QB controversy for...
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April 26, 2012
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April 26, 2012
Does he belong in the Hall of Fame? Johnny Murphy
Claim to fame: I'll start by thanking broadcaster Len Berman for including a link to the BPP All-Time Dream Project in a recent mass email. The link led to votes from about 50 people, including the son of former New York Yankees pitcher Johnny Murphy who emailed and suggested I add a relief pitcher category. I've chosen not to do this for the same reason I don't have...
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March 20, 2012
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March 20, 2012
Scalp Them!
Junkyard Blawg author Bill King is exactly right when he suggests that UGA returned to physical ticketing for students and that the number of tickets sold students be reduced.
OK, I recognize that students get their tickets cheaper than the public and the athletic association missed out on a few dollars when so-called “student” seats were filled by nonstudents. But so what...
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March 04, 2012
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March 04, 2012
Case Of The Mondays: Breaking The Seal Edition
Welcome to "Case Of The Mondays," a new weekly feature here at CBR. Every Monday morning, we'll give you 10 thoughts to help you start your week off right.
Here we go...
1. NEWS FLASH: It's Super Bowl week.
As was the case in the amateur ranks, the pros' championship game features a rematch of a game we've already seen played this season. Oddly enough...
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January 30, 2012
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January 30, 2012
Weird Recruiting Update
Yesterday Bill King tweeted that this is the time of the year that a lot of people are going to get “carpal tunnel”. I’m pretty sure that Bill is referring to this being recruiting season and there will be a lot of F5 and page refreshes from fans. I think it maybe old guys on [...]
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January 17, 2012
Dooley: Help Wanted. No Experience Required.
Like Bill King said on Twitter: Knoxville is a dumpster fire. I say that Derek Dooley is like a chicken bone stuck in our throat. Can’t swallow it but can’t cough it up either. Dooley already reeling from multiple public relations disasters such as losing recruits, losing to Kentucky, that stupid ass orange ceramic dog, the [...]
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January 03, 2012
Video: picking the Heisman and Coach of the Year
College Football’s individual awards are going on this week, and Bill King casts his vote for the Heisman and Coach of the year on Monday’s episdoe of ”College Football Talk”.
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December 07, 2011
Mental State Of Mark Sanchez Key To New York Jets Making A Run
Over the last seven days, Mark Sanchez has been beaten by a quarterback who rarely throws a forward pass, and replaced in practice by another who hasn’t seen the field in a meaningful game in years. The mental state of Mark Sanchez, has expressed both confident and fearful tendencies over two and a half NFL seasons, and is the key component for the Jets playoff hopes. As the club...
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November 24, 2011
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November 24, 2011
Stub Hub and MLB Ticketing
This week’s issue of the Sports Business Journal has an interesting article about ticket sales for MLB and the relationship of the league to Stub Hub. Written by Bill King & Eric Fisher, A Second Look at Secondary Ticketing, suggests that some of MLB is not pleased with the way the secondary market has developed. The crux of the matter is that individual team’s are...
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October 27, 2011
THE GOLF HOT 40
