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March Madness: Times are a changin

Meck Deck passes along interesting Sports Business Journal article on 2014 NCAA Final Four TV coverage: In an unprecedented move, Turner Sports and CBS will produce three different telecasts for…

Louisville and ESPN

ESPN’s influence on college athletics —especially football –might seem obvious to to the average fan, but the NYT series is interesting nonetheless. Part one takes a look at ESPN’s influence…

NASCAR's new television deal… and the attendance problem

Big money, courtesy of NBC. While NASCAR attendance is down, and ratings aren’t what they once were, the sport continues to attract male viewers, which has value to advertisers, especially…

“We at ESPN like competition. It makes us better. It makes us sharper.”

ESPN gets it — competition improves performance. The network has announced layoffs as it seeks to streamline operations and do a better job of delivering sports content and entertainment. It…

‘One of the great days in the history of the ACC’

So says Coach K after the Atlantic Coast Conference announces that all 15 current and future member schools have granted media rights: The grant of rights, which is effective immediately,…

What‘s Cam Newton and a 7-9 record worth?

For the Panthers, in terms of getting national television exposure? Given that RGIII is the hot young quarterback of the moment, that Charlotte is among the NFL’s smaller TV markets…

Meanwhile, up at the Aquatic Center….

…No tear gas, but a fair amount of confusion as G’boro’s city championship swim meet moves indoors to the taxpayer-funded Aquatic Center: The housewarming did not go smoothly, however. *…

Bruton Smith: NASCAR needs to be dumbed down

By adding mandatory cautions or breaks in races. So reports ESPN’s Terry Blount. The money quote: Someone once said we’re in show business. Well, if we’re in show business, let’s…

End of the ACC?

Gregg Doyel’s article speculating Florida St. will be the end of the ACC article doesn’t ponder basketball, which is why the Seminoles and Trustees Chairman Andy Haggard are pissed off…

Why the NBA players will lose

Because they have no way of effectively hurting the owners. And the fans and thus television networks are very forgiving. Or at least that’s what MarketWatch says.

Heels, Gus Johnson, and Perfection

NASCAR Ratings Crater

Down 25 percent for recent races compared to a year ago. ESPN denies it’s because the recent races are there instead of on ABC as they were last year. Not…