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Written by John Weaver
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Monday, 24 April 2006 |
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Welcome to the zenith of this column, welcome to the height of
fringe sports media. When I started this column, in the back of my
mind, I think I always knew it would come to this. All of the sports
media I’ve written about thus far have been media about legitimate
sports. Not many people nationally are paying attention to basketball
in Glendive, Montana or hockey in Bemidji, Minnesota, but no one denies
that those are, indeed, sports. I’m taking this column to the next
level. Today’s column looks at the media coverage of an event that some
refer to as “The fastest growing sport in the country” while others
refer to it as “Waiting for idiots to choke.” I’m talking about
competitive eating.
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Written by John Weaver
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Thursday, 13 April 2006 |
 While reviewing the media coverage of Eastern League teams last week, I was struck by how many of them offer streaming online game broadcasts. Given how much revenue and exposure this has meant to center sports like the MLB and the NCAA basketball tournament, this could have huge implications in the long run for minor league teams and other fringe sports.
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Written by John Weaver
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Tuesday, 11 April 2006 |
When an event or issue breaks in the national media, you have to ask yourself if it’s new or if it’s the culmination of something older. If it’s new, then the media coverage is well timed and deserving. If it’s old, then the media coverage is long overdue and there’s a sense of media trying to make up for lost time. When we read about Duke lacrosse and see television’s coverage of the alleged rape by the players, apparently refuted by the newly-released DNA evidence, we have to ask ourselves: is this new? Or did the camel’s back finally break?
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Written by John Weaver
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Wednesday, 05 April 2006 |
As the Red Sox and all that is good in the major leagues – as well as the Yankees and all that is bad – start to work out their spring training kinks in games that actually count, the next great players are doing it in smaller parks and on more buses. Minor league baseball, that great American fringe sports tradition, has started again. Since one of the strongest minor leagues in the country, the Eastern League, has a team in my beloved Granite State, I wanted to take a quick tour of the league, looking at what kind of media love each of the twelve gets.
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Written by Patrick J. Byrnett
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Wednesday, 05 April 2006 |
 It was a disappointing weekend for men’s basketball fans, and the readers of my beloved semi-sports media. After a hot first week of writing and blogging, our Semi-Sports Elite Eight limped their way to the finish. Oh, sure, we’ll have a champion, don’t you worry about that. But to get there, we need to sort through the flotsam of writers who simply gave up caring about the most exciting event in American sports. |
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