1. Friday Night Lights (NBC) – This is a sports site and there can be a lot of fluctuation in the rankings, but this show has strong characters, writing and messages. It also helps that it stays realistic (except when the actor/quarterbacks throw) and receives steady critical acclaim, while suffering from ratings weaknesses. We’d rather [...]
The problem with the Yankees is that he’s padding around in his mansion in Tampa in his pajamas. Contrary to the golf cart George Steinbrenner, or the private-box George Steinbrenner — which are propped-up stances for photo ops — the Boss is no more. And we need him now more than ever. Instead of covering [...]
ESPN’s new ESPN.com brand campaign pans across a series of images that “seeks to illustrate ESPN.com’s breadth and depth at serving sports fans by giving them instant access to the sports they love and the control to consume it as they desire.” I guess. If you’re from Boston. The 30-second spot starts with terminal “Red [...]
It’s a fitting time of year for an announcement that Paul Zimmerman will be the benefactor of a fundraiser May 18th in his honor at Mayfair Farms in West Orange, NJ* to help raise money for his treatment after suffering three strokes. The weeks before and after the NFL draft were his time. He brought [...]
We will offer here that there are four NFL “draft experts” to pay attention to. Their expertise is most likely more because they each have giant institutions behind them. History has shown it certainly isn’t because they are accurate. If the big gorillas say it loud enough, and say it often enough, it becomes fact. [...]
