Back with another edition of the podcast. Keith Thibault of Sports Media Journal and I return to talk about the news of the week and also have another guest from the world of sports media.
The “Third Man In” this week is Ken Schott, college hockey beat writer and sports media columnist for the Schenectady (NY) Gazette. We began this segment by talking about college hockey with Ken, discussing the recently-ended season for Union College which fell short of the Frozen Four. And we also talked about the increased amount of college hockey games on CBS Sports Network and NBC Sports Network.
Then we exchanged our thoughts on the following sports media news items:
- NCAA Tournament ratings
- CBS’ handling of Kevin Ware’s injury
- ESPN’s reporting of the video of former Rutgers coach Mike Rice’s abuse of his players
- MLB’s Opening Day and the official debut of the ESPN Sunday Night Baseball team
Our guest for our second segment is Dave Pasch from ESPN and the Voice of Arizona Cardinals.
For this segment, Dave and I talked about the following:
- His busy schedule from fall into the spring especially in the month of March working the Pac-12 Tournament, the NBA, the NIT and the NCAA Women’s Tournament.
- Working with Bill Walton and how he got ready to work with him.
- Walton’s Ray Lewis and Bill Simmmons comments during the Pac-12 Tournament.
- The Dave and Bill Show’s popularity on blogs and on YouTube.
- The different nuances between men’s and women’s college basketball and the NBA.
- Calling the Arizona Cardinals during the good and bad years.
- Why Syracuse has produced a bumper crop of sports broadcasters and if there is a secret handshake among alumni.
A fun podcast and one that is a very good listen if I do say so myself. Subscribe to the podcast by doing a search for “Sports Media Journal” on iTunes. You can also listen to it right here.
