main-stream-media Stories - Canes Country
Inkblots and Ipse Dixits
Like many of us, I tend to pass my Sunday morning catching up on anything in the various sports media that I might somehow have missed on Horse Tracks. Yesterday, I noticed anew just how easily the written word can twist the facts at hand - or create them. I caught two particularly egregious...
The Battle Rages On - Why MSM Hates Blogs
Main stream media, (MSM), has always held contempt for blogs. The disdain took a very public turn during this past week as well known sportscaster Bob Costas hosted a special feature about the new media on his most recent "Costas NOW" series on HBO. The 90 minute show was comprised of several...
Shawn Andrews #4
from USA Today: Andrews modeled his game by watching Larry Allen and Will Shields, both likely future Hall of Famers, and the Eagles are reaping the rewards. A starter the last three seasons, Andrews has made the Pro Bowl in his last two campaigns and the Eagles have ...
USA Today Player Rankings
USA today is doing a running column on the best players of today versus the best players of the "Superbowl Era" which I assume means since the NFL and AFL started playing each other to figure out which was the best league. It's an interesting serial which brings a new postion every Monday,...
Desmond Howard Has No Mute Button. God Bless Him.
Over the last two to three years College Game Day on ESPN has begun the slow, agonizing decent into a ChrisBermanafied copy of the network's rancid coverage of the NFL. Herbstreit's head has expanded to near Horseshoe sized proportions. The network seems convinced that thirty seconds without Erin...
Certain photos copyright © 2012 by Associated Press or Getty Images. Any commercial use or distribution without the express written consent of Associated Press and Getty Images is strictly prohibited.
