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Should media cover political conventions?
The Swampby Frank James Slate's often provocative media critic Jack Shafer provokes again, questioning why 15,000 reporters are going to the political conventions which he says are news-free gatherings. Shafer comes to bury conventions, not to praise them. With...Tags: Political Candidates, Government, Joe Morgan (baseball), Hillary Clinton, Republican Party
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John Madden remembers Gene Upshaw
WatchdogNBC analyst and former Raiders coach John Madden on the death of Gene Upshaw: "It was a real shock waking up this morning and hearing that Gene had passed away. And it was such a shock because we all talk......Tags: Gene Upshaw, NBC (tv network), National Football League
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Tiki Barber to sign NBC cookbooks Monday
WatchdogTiki Barber and Stephen Lewandowski, executive chef of the Tribeca Grill, will appear at the NBC Experience Store in Manhattan at 11 a.m. Monday to sign copies of the Sunday Night Football Cookbook. The book includes favorite recipes from John......Tags: Manhattan (New York City), NBC (tv network), Tribeca, Faith Hill, Tiki Barber
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John Madden, Lane Kiffin get Sirius about Al Davis
WatchdogSirius Satellite Radio, home of Chris Russo, Howard Stern and apparently a lot of other stuff, sent some interesting comments from interviews Wednesday with Lane Kiffin and John Madden, only one of whom said he was embarrassed for Al Davis......Tags: Satellite Technology, Radio Industry, Al Davis, Public Relations, Sirius Satellite Radio, Inc.
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Breaking news: John Madden to take a week off!
WatchdogCheck out this story from Syosset's own Len Shapiro in The Washington Post: John Madden is missing a game, for the first time . . . ever. Apparently John and Al Michaels mentioned this on the air Sunday night. I......Tags: Washington Post Co., NBC (tv network), Dick Ebersol
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Sunday's Seahawks-Bucs game was a ratings bomb
WatchdogSorry for lack of blogging today. Had a long meeting with the boss during a rare visit to Newsday headquarters in Melville, then drove to Bethpage and was given a tour of the REAL headquarters - the Cablevision building. It......Tags: NBC (tv network), National Football League
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John Madden makes a Texas Stadium toilet famous
WatchdogThe Cowb auctioned off toilets from their Texas Stadium locker room earlier this month. They might want to do the same now for the one in the TV booth, what with John Madden making it famous during a conference call......Tags: Tom Landry, Chicago Bears, Philadelphia Eagles, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Multi-Sport Events
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Matt Millen to join NBC's Super Bowl XLIII coverage
WatchdogNBC plans to announce Monday that former Lions president Matt Millen will participate in the network's Super Bowl coverage Feb. 1 - not as a member of the game booth featuring Al Michaels and John Madden but in some other......Tags: NBC (tv network), Multi-Sport Events, Football, Super Bowl
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Vin Scully named best sportscaster ever
WatchdogYou are reading the 4,000th post in WatchDog's 20-month history. Thanks as always for your loyalty, support and contributions. To mark the occasion we link to Tom Hoffarth's post on the top 50 sports broadcasters of all time, as per......Tags: Ernie Harwell, Phil Rizzuto, Skip Caray, Frank Gifford, Bob Costas
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WatchDog's No. 1 is everyone's No. 1: Vin Scully
WatchdogSpeaking of Al Michaels (see post below), the post earlier this week about the American Sportscasters' Association list of the top 50 sportscasters ever created so much interest I thought I would share my top 15 to promote further discussion......Tags: Marty Glickman, Dick Enberg, Vin Scully, Howard Cosell
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Al Michaels' 1980 Olympic hockey gig was 'dumb luck'
WatchdogHBO profiles NBC's Al Michaels on the "Real Sports" episode debuting Tuesday night. Click below for excerpts, including Michaels discussing the "dumb luck" that landed him alongside former Cornell goalie Ken Dryden for the 1980 Olympic hockey tournament,...Tags: Television Industry, NBC (tv network), Biathlon, Field Hockey, Frank Gifford
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Cardinals still a mystery to much of North America
WatchdogIt's difficult to fault the NFL and its TV partners for treating the Cardinals like second-class citizens in programming terms, since they have earned that status many times over. Now, though, the league and NBC are in the position of......Tags: NBC (tv network), Arizona Cardinals, Multi-Sport Events, National Football League, Football
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