Let’s do some linkage on this MLK Day, a holiday for some of you. We’ll begin with a story from an unusual source, Newsweek/The Daily Beast. Nick Summers of Newsweek writes about how ESPN’s subscriber fees could force cable providers...
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Category: Ron Franklin
Time for the Fang’s Bites Sports Media Year in Review. The year isn’t big enough for a Top Ten, but it is big enough for a Big Dozen. Let’s get to the list and we’ll count down from 12 and...
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Due to a crazy schedule for most of this week and then having a medical procedure done yesterday, I have not been able to blog like I’ve wanted to. Links have been scarce, but I’m available to do them now...
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Just two weeks after being fired by ESPN for making his “Sweet Baby” and “A-hole” remark to sideline reporter Jeannine Edwards, Ron Franklin is not going out with a whimper. He’s going out with guns ablazin’. Mike McCarthy of USA...
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06Jan
I just keep accumulating tabs on my browser of sports media stories and I realized if I keep doing this, my computer will slow down and I’ll have to start rebooting Firefox. It’s a memory whore as it is, but...
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Just learning this now. Will get more details later. UPDATE, 4:18 p.m.: Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch tweets the following news: ESPN has terminated Ron Franklin based on what happened with Jeannine Edwards. Email just sent to reporters with the news....
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I hope to get these links done without interruption. I hate working from the RI main office because I get bogged down, but that’s what happens when you don’t have a car like I do. I have to depend on...
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Lots of things to get to today. I hope to get everything in during one long linkfest, but if I can’t, I’ll try to do it in multiple parts. We begin with USA Today’s Mike McCarthy who says despite the...
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