Recent news involving sports media personalities, including Today Show executive producer Jim Bell producing next year’s Olympics, new hosts for the NFL Network’s NFL Total Access, and the death of Detroit Lions beat writer Tom Kowalski.
- Lions Beat Writer Kowalski Dies: MLive.com Detroit Lions beat writer Tom Kowalski, 51, died of acute congestive heart failure on Monday. Kowalski began covering the Lions in 1978, joining MLive and Booth Newspapers in 1997. (mlive.com, myfoxdetroit.com)
- Today Show‘s Bell to Produce 2012 Olympics: NBC has selected Jim Bell, executive producer of the Today Show morning show, to produce the network’s coverage of the 2012 London Olympics. Bell replaces Dick Ebersol, who resigned from NBC in May. Ebersol will remain involved in Olympic coverage, serving as a special advisor to NBC Sports Group president Mark Lazarus. (New York Times)
- New Hosts For NFL Total Access: NFL Network studio show NFL Total Access will feature two teams of co-hosts this season. According to USA Today, Andrew Siciliano and Kara Henderson will co-host the show Monday-Thursday, while Lindsay Soto and Scott Hanson will host on Fridays and Saturdays. Original host Rich Eisen will no longer be part of the show, though he remains with NFL Network. (USA Today via Fang’s Bites)
