New addition, fresh perspective

July 18, 2008

Dishing out sports media notes while waiting for the next episode of the new summer series on Fox News, The Greta and Brett Show:

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  Grilling up a few sports media notes and trying not to drop them where the dog can scarf them up:

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  June 27, 2008

  Spilling out the weekly sports media notes, then quickly trying to sop them up before they permanently stain the carpet:

• Passing up a shot

  June 13, 2008

  Rolling out yet another set of sports media notes while denying that the items are being mandated by the league office, no matter what Tim Donaghy says:

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  May 23, 2008

  Your holiday weekend version of sports media notes to peruse while you consider whether to sell the piano so you can afford a tank of gas for a trip to Ocean City:

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  May 18, 2008

  Kent Desormeaux had his own Howard Dean moment after Big Brown's dominating Preakness victory yesterday.

• Preakness coverage a 2-hour ride

  May 16, 2008

  Opening up the gates on another week of sports media notes while bemoaning the fact that jockeys' silks don't come in my size:

• NBC strains to get every splish, splash

  May 9, 2008

  Laying up more sports media notes while being thankful that no one tries to throttle me while I'm typing the way opposing players do to LeBron James when he drives to the basket:

• Big Brown rides hot as a Derby hopeful

  May 2, 2008

  More sports media notes to consider while you try to escape this spring's extra-powerful pollen attack (which thus quite literally makes this column something to sneeze at):

• Combing picks

  April 25, 2008

  Presenting another week of sports media notes while wondering whether I can convince my wife - citing noted horticulturist Peter Griffin of Family Guy - that dandelions count as flowers:

• Frager: Steady diet of Ripken offers much iron, few archival clips

  July 20, 2007

  And now back to our regularly scheduled sports media notebook, but there's no need to TiVo it.

• In young season, MASN gets no-decision on O's

  April 6, 2007

  Early in the baseball season, when everything is new, each movement on the field is put under a microscope. So the Orioles' 0-3 start gets scrutinized far more than a three-game losing streak in the middle of the season.

• Barbaro's injury brings NBC's broadcast back to reality

  May 21, 2006

  It was all about Barbaro during NBC's Preakness telecast yesterday - before the race, during the race, after the race.

• If no Phelps, NBC would have pooled resources

  August 20, 2004

  IF NBC DIDN'T have Michael Phelps, the network would have had to invent him.

• Inundated by Phelps updates, you might want to practice your flip turn

  August 13, 2004

  IF YOU REALLY want to live the suspenseful television experience of following Michael Phelps' quest for seven or eight gold medals at the Athens Olympics, you'll have to work at it.