NFL, World Series TV ratings are up — what it means
Well, not necessarily that the sports themselves are suddenly more popular than they have been. It’s that people, because of the economy, are finding themselves at home more often. They can’t afford to...
View ArticleTelevision is making sports a better world
The video of the New Mexico soccer player (here, with news of her indefinite suspension) has emphasized once more that a new age of accountability is dawning in sports. From Oregon’s LeGarrette...
View ArticleHave a happy Thanksgiving! (Watching football)
As families around the country gather for their Thanksgiving feasts Thursday, they’ll likely gather in record numbers around their TV screens, too. The technological evolution in television has been...
View ArticleNo Longer, “That Game”, FIFA World Cup Will Strike a Chord in the U.S.
Maybe it was Pele that changed matters; I don’t know. But when I grew up in the United States we thought soccer was a communist plot. It was that game played “over there” and it certainly was never...
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