Category Archives: Television

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Are the Lakers the only storyline in sports today?

Too much Lakers.

I know that ESPN wants to promote the popular storylines and so forth, but almost completely ignoring the Jazz and just talking Lakers all morning on SportsCenter isn’t great. This is no surprise, but all this coverage of the Lakers isn’t healthy.

Of course, this is their style so I can’t do anything about it. It was just shocking that it made it seem like the Lakers were the only team fighting for a playoff spot. A few brief mentions of the Jazz and Rockets doesn’t really balance it out evenly.

But that’s what we have and it’s hard to really follow SportsCenter when it’s constantly talking about the same sorry team the whole time.

Luckily, there was one change of subject in this rundown bar when I took this photo. But an hour earlier, it was filled with all Lakers. It’s just too much and I don’t want any more of it.

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Former Duke star Jay Williams says he attempted suicide after accident

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In a New York Times profile nearly 10 years since a motorcycle accident effectively ended his career, Jay Williams details the emotional and psychological recovery he underwent in the years following the incident for the first time.

Williams, a National Freshman of the Year, NCAA champion and Naismith National Player of the Year for Duke in the early 2000s, told…

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This breaks my heart but I am glad he never went through with it. Depression is one thing that a lot people will never understand. I don't understand it fully but I can understand that depression is a serious thing and at times, people need the right help. It's tough to open up about it but I hope that this message can reach those who are battling it.
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2012 NFL Announcer Rankings

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With the passing of each NFL season, the tradition started by Sports Illustrated's Dr. Z was to take a look back and break down pro football's best and worst announcing teams.

We at Audibles, with the utmost respect for Dr. Z's work, took up the torch for that task last year. And what follows below is this blog's second crack at trying to sort through hundreds of hours of game broadcasts to figure out which play-by-play announcers and color commentators turned out the finest product over the past year.

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I normally don't pay too much attention to announcers since when I watch football games for the past four years, either I am at the game live or I am watching so many games at once that I can't notice the announcers. But for the few times I do, I think this list is accurate. I still am not a Cris Collinsworth fan and I blame Madden for that.
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This Dikembe Mutombo GEICO commercial brings joy to my heart

Who doesn’t love Dikembe Mutombo? He has a huge heart, a really deep raspy voice and one of the premier shot blockers of our generation.

Add in GEICO, one of the best advertisers today, and we get this magical commercial.

After his Old Spice magic last year, Dikembe outdoes himself again.

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NBC is so excited that hockey is back that they don’t remember what happened last season

Hockey returns this weekend and I am really excited. The lockout was a bummer but I an live with that as long as I get my hockey back.

NBA is promoting the season too and this latest commercial should get really juiced up about the Flyers getting their revenge on the Penguins for their playoff loss that last year.

But wait, didn’t the Flyers eliminate the Pens in the playoffs? Yes they did. So either NBC themselves just got their facts wrong on a series they broadcasted or maybe they just don’t think we can tell the difference.

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Referee Kennedy caught on hot mic telling coaches he's 'stalling' for TV

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Referee Billy Kennedy was caught on a hot mic telling Spurs coach Gregg Popovich and Lakers coach Mike D'Antoni that he was "stalling" the game so that the television broadcast could air more commercials.

The unusual sequence took place with 5:09 remaining in the fourth quarter with the Spurs leading 103-91 at the AT&T Center.

"You called a full and then you wanted a 20," Kennedy explained to D'Antoni.

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Because in the end, TV rules all of our sports. They dictate the pace of the game and when games are played. Another shot right here of how TV slowed down the pace of the game.
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ESPN lets Rob Parker go after evaluation

We were all familiar with Rob Parker’s controversial comments on RG3. He apologized for it and ESPN suspended him for 30 days. That meant that his 30-day suspension would have been up on January 12. Instead they say that his contract expired and they didn’t renew it.

This was the calling by a lot of fans to have him fired immediately after his comments. But the wording of this is so strange. If his contract was going to expire, then what’s the point of the 30-day suspension? Or was this another way of saying that they fired him without actually saying it.

Either way, it’s a tough one for Parker who has said some controversial things before. The statement says that the RG3 comments weren’t only thing evaluated, but it obviously was the main factor.

I at least hope he took his apology to heart and will be better going forward.

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Sneak Peek: Top 10 Joe Montana Games

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How do you pick the 10 most memorable games for the greatest QB of all time? It wasn’t easy, but this list will narrow down the defining moments in Joe Montana’s career and they may not all be pretty…

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Our list of “Top 10 Joe Montana Games” will be unveiled on NFL Network tonight at 10 p.m. Eastern, 7 p.m.

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This should be a fun one. I wonder what is his top game? How many comeback wins are on this list?
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NBC Pipes In Salsa Music For Victor Cruz Touchdown...Again

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When Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz scored during last night's 19-17 Eagles victory, NBC went into its bag of tricks.

The powers that be for the Sunday Night Football production team opted to play salsa music to coincide with Cruz's celebration.

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Agree totally with this. I think it's a cool thing and that's fine with me. But favoritism is not something we want to see from a network that's supposed to give fair coverage. Either do it for all teams or don't do it at all.