A goodbye to one of tennis’ all time greats — or is it? Plus, college football comes out of gates blazing and the NFL is up next to start. We’re ready to discuss it all from a sports media perspective on the Sports Media Watch Podcast.
Host T.J. Rives and Jon Lewis of Sports Media Watch return to go over the elimination of Serena Williams from the 2022 U.S. Open tourney in New York. What kind of audience increase will the final tally show for ESPN’s coverage? Why is former Australian tennis great of the 1970s Margaret Court so outraged over allegedly being snubbed by Serena and is it worth continued arguing online? Plus, could Serena maybe play on?
Next, the college football season kicked off in earnest on Labor Day weekend. What did we get out of Ohio State and Notre Dame + brand names like Alabama, Oklahoma, Michigan and USC all winning easily? Also, why did Fox Sports choose not to have afternoon college football last Saturday? Jon wonders and believes it was a mistake to not have something there for Fox’s audience. Plus — are the sidelines getting too homogeneous?
Sticking with football, the NFL is big topic, including the upcoming week one slate that has the Rams hosting the Bills on NBC Thursday in the opener. T.J. and Jon discuss all the broadcasting assignments and matchups, including the Joe Buck/Troy Aikman highly anticipated debut on ESPN’s Monday Night Football Monday night in Seattle.
Also, Jon has concerns for the Amazon Prime preseason game audience and does it spell trouble for the league in advance of them doing regular Thursday games in the regular season? Plus T.J. pays tribute for former K.C. Chiefs QB and broadcaster Len Dawson on his passing and how Dawson and Nick Buoniconti were legendary on HBO’s “Inside the NFL” back in the 1980s for all the highlights every week.
Finally, there’s some “Love it or Leave it?” on the WNBA Playoffs, LIV Golf sudden death playoff in Boston last weekend and more!
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