Gonzo Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 (edited) If we weren't starting a new thread for this for the year, I apologize. Reports are out there that Ken Rosenthal is out at the MLB Network because he criticized Rob Manfred. Edited January 3, 2022 by Gonzo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 Per the NY Post - Alex Rodriguez is being removed from the Sunday Night Baseball booth... sorta Instead they are going to be giving him his own version of the "Manning Cast" David Cone is the leading candidate to replace A-Rod on the actual broadcast (The complete booth would be Karl Ravech, Cone and Eduardo Perez) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogwelder Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Various sources are reporting that the New York Times will buy The Athletic for $550 million. No word on whether it will be kept separate or, like The Wirecutter, be rolled into the NY Times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 The deal has been officially announced - they were waiting till after the stock market closed to make it It is supposed to be finalized by the end of the first quarter of 2022 In the statement - the Times is claiming that the Athletic will continue to operate separately. However... Quote The Athletic’s founders, Alex Mather and Adam Hansmann, will remain on board following the acquisition, though each will now report to Times Company executive David Perpich, who will be named The Athletic’s publisher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 From a NYT soccer columnist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 On 1/5/2022 at 6:46 PM, RIPPA said: Per the NY Post - Alex Rodriguez is being removed from the Sunday Night Baseball booth... sorta Instead they are going to be giving him his own version of the "Manning Cast" David Cone is the leading candidate to replace A-Rod on the actual broadcast (The complete booth would be Karl Ravech, Cone and Eduardo Perez) This is all now official A-Rod will do 8 Sunday night games on ESPN2 that is called Kay-Rod because he will be doing the show with Michael Kay Kay and A-Rod will be the primary broadcast on 2 other Sunday night games Apparently the 8 "Kay-Rod" games will be "rivalry" games so assume Yanks/Red Sox, Yanks/Mets, Cards/Cubs, Dodgers/Giants for half of them Side note - the Sunday Night Baseball radio broadcast this year will be Jon "Boog" Sciambi and Doug Glanville Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tabe Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Michele Tafoya is leaving NFL coverage after the Super Bowl: https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/nbc-reporter-michele-tafoya-s-final-broadcast-on-sunday-night-football-will-be-super-bowl-56/ar-AASFLQK?li=BB15ms5q Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubbymark Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Chicago overnight sportscaster Les Grobstein found dead in his home. He was 69. Encyclopedic knowledge on Chicago sports and the reporter who captured Lee Elia's infamous rant on Cubs fan. RIP Les. https://www.robertfeder.com/2022/01/17/les-grobstein-1952-2022/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Oh goodie, one less thing to do on Super Bowl Sunday... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 Mark Schwartz retired from espn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 The way I fucking gasped.... (FYI, it's Chris Sheridan) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 On 2/3/2022 at 9:01 PM, Dolfan in NYC said: The way I fucking gasped.... (FYI, it's Chris Sheridan) Wow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabremike Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 On 2/3/2022 at 9:01 PM, Dolfan in NYC said: The way I fucking gasped.... (FYI, it's Chris Sheridan) Do you remember years back when Joe Bedingo on WFAN interviewed Phil Niekro and he asked how his brother Joe was doing only to be informed he had in fact passed away a few years prior? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzo Posted February 8, 2022 Author Share Posted February 8, 2022 The barely-animated corpse of what used to be Deadspin is doing. . .stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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hammerva Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Welcome to the true definition of hell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 On 2/9/2022 at 1:44 PM, hammerva said: Welcome to the true definition of hell Could be worse. It could've been Francessa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 I don't think that's worse. Lupica might be worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 Dick Vitale is going into surgery today to help treat his lymphoma. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 So apparently Michelle Tafoya is getting her career advice from Jason Whitlock and Will Cain. Let's see how this will turn out 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 On 2/15/2022 at 11:39 AM, Dolfan in NYC said: Dick Vitale is going into surgery today to help treat his lymphoma. Follow up. Vitale was released from the hospital yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 1 hour ago, hammerva said: So apparently Michelle Tafoya is getting her career advice from Jason Whitlock and Will Cain. Let's see how this will turn out Side note - today was the day that I learned that Tafoya's guest spot on the View was so bad that the audience booed her during the taping twice and the producers literally played her off going into one commercial break 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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