By the time I arrived in Athens, Georgia in 1994, Larry Munson was already 72 years old and well-ensconced as the "Voice of the Georgia Bulldogs."  Almost everyone I knew in Athens loved him.  I did not.  I could not understand how they could like this play-by-play announcer who was a clear "homer".  How could they love this true curmudgeon?  How could they...

Jimmer Fredette has been named the 2011 Naismith Men's College Player of the Year, becoming the third Mountain West Conference (MWC) player to win the award.  Here is the full press release from the Atlanta Tipoff Club. FREDETTE NAMED 2011 NAISMITH MEN’S COLLEGE PLAYER OF THE YEAR, BEATING OUT SMITH, SULLINGER AND WALKER Senior leads BYU Cougars to...

There are concerns out and about that the fact that there are no number one or two seeds left in the  upcoming Final Four could lead to lower ratings on CBS.  The Time-Warner networks (TNT, TBS, and TruTV) are out of the picture, so the public relations folks cannot play the Nielsen numbers game to show record ratings. What happens this weekend on one network will give numbers...

The 2011 Sports Emmy Nominations are out, and the 2010 National Spelling Bee is nominated.  Really.  No kidding.  Verne Lundquist is also nominated for outstanding play-by-play, and there is a new category for "Outstanding Playoff Coverage."  The winners will be announced on Monday, May 2, 2011. So here we go with this year's nominations... Outstanding LIVE...

I got home from work in time to catch the end of the "AT&T At the Half" on TruTV and then the second half of the scintillating battle between UNC-Asheville and Arkansas-Little Rock.  As to be expected there are pluses and minuses, and Charles Barkley has been refreshingly good.  So with that being said, here are some thoughts and observations.     Pre-Tourney...

As tonight's BCS National Championship game approaches, ESPN Play-By-Play man Brent Musburger has been elected to the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame, joining Bob Uecker and Bob Ryan, according to NSSA Executive Director Dave Goren. They're joined in the winners' circle by 2010 National Sportscaster of the Year Mike Tirico of ABC and...

The National Hockey League (NHL) has come to their senses and realized that you cannot safely play a hockey game when it is 50 degrees out and raining. So the NHL and NBC Sports have announced that the Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic start time will be pushed back to 8:00 PM ET on Saturday, January 1, 2011. Here is the official announcement: The National Hockey League announced today the 2011

The players are complaining about the weather and conditions for tonight's Chicago Bears - Minnesota Vikings game on ESPN Monday Night Football?  What wimps!  The wind chill is only going to be -1.  When the Vikings played their last game at the Met (Metropolitan Stadium) on December 20, 1981, the wind chill was -8, and there was snow on the ground. Television Producer John...

With all of this heated arguments about what did or did not happen to TV Azteca's Inez Sainz last weekend, I am reminded of what a critic of commentators on Spanish-language sports broadcasts once said to me: They don't have to be good or knowledgeable about the sport they are calling, they just need to speak Spanish.  That thought kept running through my head as I watched...

Watching College footnall on Fox SportsNet is kind of wierd.  I do not normally watch it, but had to tune in for the Georgia Tech - Kansas game today.  Watching it on a traditional NTSC television is so radically different than what you normally see on ESPN, CBS Sports, NBC Sports, and FOX Sports (the mother ship). The combined audio and video make me feel like I am watching...

Panama City Beach, FL (Aug 30, 2010) - Just over a week ago I was flipping through the television channels and came to the FOX Sports MLB Game of the Week on local affiliate WPGX FOX 28.  As I started to watch, I noticed that the in-game score "bug" was severely cut off, so severely that I could not tell who was playing.  Yesterday, the same thing happened on the NFL...

For those of us here in the United States who provide services to support our warfighters abroad, we have life pretty easy. We come onto our offices to do our work, and at the end of the day we go home to our families and lives. Our warfighters (soldiers, sailors, Marines, and airmen) in theatre do not have that luxury. Many are in a war zone and there is no other way to describe what they deal

It has been an event-filled past 4-5 weeks that led to an unscheduled hiatus here on Eye on Sports Media. A major change in my full-time career, a changes that required my full and undivided attention, kept me beyond busy. Now that the transitions just about done, it is time to come back to this site as time allows. We will pick up tomorrow evening with a series of stories about the ESPN World

I would like to be able to say that I imagined hearing the ESPN audio picking up some Boston Celtic using the "N" word on last night's broadcast of the NBA Finals on ABC Television. But I did not. I heard it and others did too. Surely there was enough time after they went to a commercial break to acknowledge the gaffe and apologize to the viewing audience. Some...

The MLB Network will be airing a replay of Dallas Braden's perfect game masterpiece Monday, May 10, 2010 at 12:30 PM ET for baseball fans to see what they may have missed today. Except for fans from the Tampa Bay and Oakland markets that is. The reason why is unclear, so we have asked the MLB Network for clarification. If an when we get a reply, we will post the reason here.

Baseball lost one of its great voices of yore yesterday when Ernie Harwell lost a year-long battle with cancer. The longtime voice of the Detroit Tigers, who was once involved in a trade, sat down with Bob Costas last year for a lengthy interview on the MLB Network. As part of their tribute to Harwell, MLB Network will be re-airing the interview today (Wednesday, May 6, 2010) at 4:00 PM ET/3:00

Scott Michaux has been covering golf for a long time for the Augusta Chronicle. That means he has been covering Tiger Woods for a long time as well. He was at Quail Hollow on Friday when Tiger Woods' golf game came crashing down on him as he crawled home with a worst-ever professional round of 79. Michaux was at the Nationwide Tour's Stadion Athens Classic at UGA on Sunday...

When Texas A&M alum Martin Piller took the turn Sunday during the final round of the Nationwide Tour's 2010 Stadion Athens Classic at UGA (the University of Georgia), he stood two shots back of leader Daniel Summerhays. By the time they got to 72nd hole of the tournament, they were tied at 12 under par. When Summerhays took too much club and hit his ball through the...

"Look at this view," said Nationwide Tour media relations representative Joe Chemycz as he looked over the 9th and 18th greens at last week's Stadion Athens Classic at UGA. "There is no better office in the world and I wouldn't trade it for anything." It was a statement as simple as this that explains why it can so hard to break into sports media relations...

Daniel Summerhays, pictured acknowledging the gallery after completing his round, survived a bogey on the 18th hole of the Nationwide Tour's Stadion Athens Classic at UGA to take a one shot lead over Martin Piller and a two hot lead over New Zealander Bradley Iles. Summerhays shot a 6-under par 65 on Saturday to give him a three round total of -13.   Thanking the Gallery...

University of Georgia golfers Russell Henley and Harris English dind themselves in an enviable position this week. Based on their season long performance, and the Southeastern Conference Championship victory by Henley two weeks ago at Sea Island (GA), the two earned sponsor exemptions into this week's Stadion Athens Classic at UGA on the Nationwide Tour. There was only one glitch. The event is

Paul Edelstein is a New York native who now lives in Boca Raton, FL. This week is caddying for Justin Peters at the 2010 Stadion Athens Classic at UGA. Having adopted the University of Florida Gators as his favorite college football team, he could not resist taking the opportunity to tweak fans of the University of Georgia Bulldogs on their home turf, donning the blue and orange of the Gators.

Bradley Iles of New Zealand rolled off four consecutive birdies on his last four holes to finish 5 under and take a share of the clubhouse lead at the 2010 Stadion Athens Classic at UGA on the Nationwide Tour. Almost simultaneously on the connected 9th green, Martin Piller muffed a short chip shot from the back of the green and bogeyed the hole, dropping him one shot out of the lead...

Aussie Steven Bowditch is a solitary figure this morning on the driving range at this week's Stadion Athens Classic at UGA. With the morning rounds all teed off, the journeyman pro is wondering if getting to Athens at 3:00 AM this morning was worth the effort. But when you are told you are now the first alternate to get into the tournament, you do what you have to do so to get...

Here is a breakdown of the awards received by each network/organization at the 31st Annual Sports Emmy Awards in New York City last night. HBO Sports / HBO (9) 24/7 Mayweather-Marquez (2) Outstanding Edited Sports Special Outstanding Editing Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Cincinnati Bengals (2) ...