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Last night's Emmy scores

The Sports Emmy Awards were handed out last night, and the totals went like this: NBC 10, HBO 8, ESPN 6, CBS 5, Fox 5, Fox SportsNet 3, TNT 2, ABC 1, NFL Network 1, Showtime 1. Those totals include some shared Emmys for talent appearing on two networks ...

From RAY FRAGER, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  28 Apr 2009
Related Topics: ESPN,  NFL,  TNT

Mayock and McShay's final mock drafts

In the last mock draft posted by NFL Network expert Mike Mayock (helpfully placed in the sports media blog by The Dallas Morning News' Barry Horn), Mayock correctly predicted the "reach" for Maryland's Darrius Heyward-Bey by the Raiders. Mayock also ...

From RAY FRAGER, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  27 Apr 2009
Related Topics: NFL,  Mike Mayock,  Darrius Heyward-Bey,  Michael Oher,  Todd McShay

Radioactive thoughts

A couple of observations that occurred to me while I was on a drive from New Jersey back home Saturday (it was a bar mitzvah this time; I've consumed my weight in whitefish salad over the past two weeks): So who's the more provincial in radio coverage ...

From RAY FRAGER, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  26 Apr 2009
Related Topics: NFL,  Jeremy Maclin,  Baltimore Orioles,  Jon Miller

40-yard times: hit or myth (plus Friday basketball report)

Darrius Heyward-Bey's 40-yard dash time at the NFL combine has been reported over and over in the sports media (including in The Baltimore Sun) as the fastest of all prospects this year, 4.3 seconds. Very impressive. Except that the time -- like those ...

From RAY FRAGER, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  24 Apr 2009
Related Topics: NFL,  Darrius Heyward-Bey

Greivis Vasquez to reveal plans on Comcast SportsNet

Maryland's mercurial guard and critic of Conference USA, Greivis Vasquez, will announce his plans for next basketball season during Comcast SportsNet's SportsNite on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. Vasquez will tell Chick Hernandez whether he plans to enter the ...

From RAY FRAGER, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  22 Apr 2009
Related Topics: Conference USA,  Comcast,  National Basketball Association

Won't you take me to Hockeytown

Fox 1370 Sports is carrying Caps playoff games, and talk guy Jerry Coleman was talking hockey Tuesday. The station certainly is differentiating itself from Baltimore's other sports stations, especially when you consider 1370 also carries the Wizards ...

From RAY FRAGER, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  22 Apr 2009
Related Topics: National Basketball Association,  Jerry Coleman

Less screaming at ESPN

Yes, I'm late to this, but I have an excuse: I was out of town for my niece's bat mitzvah and wasn't checking in on sports media news. (So what's my excuse for all the other times? I'll think of something.) I always found Smith best in small doses, ...

From RAY FRAGER, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  21 Apr 2009
Related Topics: Skip Bayless

Boom goes the dynamite on WNST

WNST's King of Baltimore Sportstalk competition landed a clip at Deadspin this week. A fellow named Chris had a bit of trouble remembering some names and seemed stunned by the fact that people affiliated with baseball were dying. For a look at more ...

From RAY FRAGER, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  17 Apr 2009

In other news ...

You've probably heard this morning's news that John Madden is retiring from announcing. In a related story, Frank Caliendo just put his house up for sale. (If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before ...

From RAY FRAGER, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  16 Apr 2009
Related Topics: John Madden,  Frank Caliendo

Madden retiring

NBC announced this morning John Madden is retiring from broadcasting. Here is the network news release: NBC Sports Chairman Dick Ebersol announced today that John Madden, Hall of Fame coach and the most honored broadcaster in sports television history, ...

From RAY FRAGER, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  16 Apr 2009
Related Topics: NFL,  John Madden,  Oakland Raiders,  Dick Ebersol,  Sports Illustrated

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