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American Olympic Patriotism Faces Test
Elle Reynolds writes for the Federalist about a disturbing element of this year’s Olympic competition. “Sports is like a war without the killing,” once said Ted Turner, the founder of…
Broadcasting of sports events
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Effects of the NFL’s politicization
Paul Bedard of the Washington Examiner highlights bad news for the National Football League. Over just one month of player, coach, and owner protests of the flag and National Anthem,…
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Guess John Hood should give up his ESPN dreams
Ryan Saveedra of the Daily Caller documents the latest example of politically correct silliness from cable sports giant ESPN. ESPN pulled an announcer from covering an upcoming college football game…
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Shocker! Sports fans don’t want to mix lefty politics with their touchdowns and slam dunks
Bre Payton’s report at the Federalist website echoes the recent argument from Jon Pritchett and Ed Tiryakian: It’s bad business to mix left-wing politics and sports. Americans are so sick…
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Why Did the Women’s U.S. Open Refuse To Tee Up Controversy?
Why is it the Women’s US Open stayed away from politics last weekend while other sports leagues have jumped in with two feet, willing to alienate some of their customers/fans?…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
The political left hijacks the sports industry
Most sports fans enjoy the competition and entertainment. In recent years, they have been forced to endure left-of-center political messaging as well. John Locke Foundation Senior Vice President Jon Pritchett…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Will Sports Ever Be The Same? Find Out Monday.
Save your seat for Monday’s 12 Noon presentation.
Energy
Ho,ho, ho, green giant
David Rutz and Brent Scher highlight for the Washington Free Beacon former NBA star Bill Walton’s misuse of his gig as a TV basketball analyst. NBA great Bill Walton, formerly a…
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MLS TV deal
In his analysis, JLF senior vice president Jon Pritchett see many positives in the proposed Charlotte Major League Soccer expansion, not the least of which is the league’s new TV…
Education
College sports is really big business
Still trying to wrap my head around this from ESPN, which will include the launch of the ACC Network in 2019: The Atlantic Coast Conference and ESPN have agreed to…
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What happened to last night’s Wake Forest – UNC-CH broadcast?
And by that I mean, why was it missing from ESPN for most of the game’s first half? R.L Bynum of raleighco.com provides the answer: The game broadcast was being…
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NFL on TV: What games you get to see
Fivethirtyeight.com has an interesting breakdown of regular season NFL broadcast patterns from 2009 through 2014. The Carolina Panthers rank 24th in how often they made it on TV in the…