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MadmanLA replied to kimball's topic in Sports Logo General Discussion
They had that scoreboard at the L.A. Sports Arena at least through the mid-80s, not too long after the Clippers moved in. They replaced it with a pretty standard dot-matrix non-video scoreboard which they used through its closing, and added video boards on the north and south ends of the arena by 1997 (and by then LASA's days were numbered as an useful NBA venue, as Staples Center was still in planning stages and the Clips wanted a new arena) -
I'm a casual-at-best hockey fan, but I've always enjoyed listening to Bob Miller's play-by-play. Nick Nickson, who's their radio play-by-play man (and originally broadcast games as Miller's partner and a fellow Hall of Famer) is a great heir apparent to Miller, and the broadcasts should be in excellent hands. That now leaves the Clippers' Ralph Lawler as the only 70-something year-old play-by-play announcer still working in Los Angeles (he'll be 79 in April; Miller, FWIW, will also be 79 in October).
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Duly noted...I've been listening to Lowe's podcast the last few years, and I've followed Arnovitz since he used to run the Clipperblog site and the subsequent team podcast through local ESPN LA. I admit I had a bit of a brain fart when I thinking about other ESPN NBA people. As far as Woj, maybe with this potential Verizon-Yahoo merger, maybe he sees the potential writing on the wall.
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It looks like Woj is heading to Bristol, if Deadspin's story checks out...if so, good for ESPN, he brings some much instant credibility to their NBA coverage. http://deadspin.com/sources-adrian-wojnarowski-is-close-to-joining-espn-1791830016
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Yeah, I agree...Turner's relationship with Bleacher Report has gradually killed SI.
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Adam Schefter re-ups with ESPN, and now adds NBA sideline duties and a podcast to his busy schedule... http://www.si.com/tech-media/2016/11/30/adam-schefter-espn-extension-media-circus
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HBO pulled the plug on "Any Given Wednesday"; last original episode airs on November 9th. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/bill-simmons-hbo-show-canceled-4-months-944249?facebook_20161104
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I was too young to hear his father call Braves games on the radio (going all way back to the Milwaukee days), but given EJ's roots in the sport and just his overall professionalism, he's probably one of the few sportscasters where if he/she are on my TV, I'll at least check out a few minutes of play-by-play. Brian Anderson (the Brewers' TV voice) isn't a bad play-by-play caller either.
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Oh yeah, I read the story this morning, which led me to the FoD video.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcmhnoSyQFE More Joe Buck for your enjoyment...I'm not his biggest fan, but I give the man credit for making fun of himself in some way.
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The latter part, I was sadly thinking the same thing, especially when I saw someone mention his depression issues on another board. I'm someone who has dealt with depression and anxiety, and after hearing about Saunders' own depression, I just hope that he didn't do the unthinkable.
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Very shocking indeed...damn, I'll be glad when this damn year is over with. Rest in peace John Saunders...
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...or Bill Simmons--his departure is pretty much up there with Keith Olbermann's first departure from Bristol. Little Billy, to paraphrase a quote, didn't just burn his bridge to Bristol, he napalmed it. Speaking of Skip, Ryen Russillo didn't exactly hide his feelings about Bayless leaving for Fox...supposedly according to Russillo, ESPN basically put an edict towards the personalities that they weren't allowed to publicly disagree with Bayless.
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Because of their judgement to pay-off Hulk Hogan's lawsuit against them, Gawker Media just announced that they're filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and are in the process of selling its assets to Ziff-Davis (owners of PC Magazine and IGN.com). http://money.cnn.com/2016/06/10/media/gawker-media-bankruptcy/index.html Another Hogan burial job...
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If anyone checked out today's PTI, in the "Five Good Minutes" segment, as Tony and Mike were coming back from the break, the two were going on about "getting stuffed", and then Tony makes a little slip of sorts, as says "...speaking of getting stuffed, where's Brian Windhorst" Speaking of Tony Kornheiser, he's ending his daily radio show on WTEM in Washington, at the end of the month, and will transition to a podcast starting in September. http://awfulannouncing.com/2016/tony-kornheiser-ending-d-c-radio-show-starting-podcast-in-september.html
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Awful Announcing has a breakdown of the upcoming "O.J.: Made in America" multi-part 30 for 30 film, which premieres first on ABC on June 11th before moving to ESPN for the final installments. Besides the obvious stuff, it delves more into O.J.'s life from childhood to USC (plus the goings on in inner-city Los Angeles during that timeframe) to the Bills to his acting career to the murders.
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I imagine McDonough will call the bowl games that Tirico did for ESPN, and if he does continue to call college football games, he'll likely work closer to whatever game site is hosting MNF that week.
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I see John Skipper taking revisionist history tips from Vince McMahon...I don't think much of Schilling one way or another, but for ESPN to remove the bloody sock storyline from the documentary is WWE levels of pettiness.
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To expound it a bit further...I remember listening to Bayless interviewed on the His & Hers podcast a couple years ago, and he was candid about his life away from sports media. For most past, Bayless in real life is an introvert, and he even admitted that his TV persona is completely different from what people see every morning next to Screamin A. and whichever piece of ass that has the (un)fortunate task to play "moderator" between the two. I only catch a few minutes of "First Take" before heading to work; let's just say I don't watch hear to Skip and Screamin A. and whatever convoluted topics they conjure up each morning. I just signed-up for PlayStation Vue last week, and so far, so good...the only glaring omissions from its lineup are the A&E Networks (meh, whatever...the only show I watch between those networks is "Bates Motel") and the Univision networks (which includes the El Rey Network). Beyond that, the channel selection is pretty much most of the channels I normally watch anyway, but all in all, I think it's a good value across the board, especially when you consider what you may already pay for through a traditional TV provider, and for a bunch of channels you could care less about. Of course, it would also be great if they added at least one of the league-owned networks, even if they put them in a separate tier, so long as it's reasonable priced ($5-9 a month), I would have no problem paying a few dollars extra.
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Good deal for Tirico...I'm sure they'll also use him on Olympic basketball (backing-up Marv) and whatever other events suit him. With him also getting the NBC TNF package, they're definitely grooming him to take over for Al Michaels when he's ready to step away. Edit: I just saw a blurb via Clay Travis' Twitter that reportedly Brad Nessler may also be on his way out of Bristol, going to CBS to call NFL and college basketball games, and may end up being Verne Lundquist's heir apparent to the SEC football play-by-play chair.
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To quote the great Red Forman...Schilling's a
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I haven't listened to the Lowe Post in awhile, but given what just happened with Sam Hinkie, I may go back and give it a listen. Meanwhile, Bill Simmons poached someone else from ESPN--David Shoemaker, who covered wrestling for Grantland and co-hosted with Peter Rosenberg their "Cheap Heat" podcast. The Masked Man is on Simmons' most recent episode (posted last night) talking about WrestleMania.
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I just came across this today...Twitter (yes, Twitter!) has won the streaming rights to the ten Thursday Night Football games CBS and NBC have rights to. http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000650453/article/thursday-night-football-to-be-streamed-live-on-twitter
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A bit of news as it pertains to the Dodgers' on-going TV situation...the L.A. Times reported that Time Warner Cable has stopped negotiations with other TV providers for carriage of Sportsnet LA, even though TWC was willing to lower its price to TV providers. Of course, the merger between Charter and Time Warner Cable is still awaiting federal approval, which could really play a role in Sportsnet LA's future. One team RSNs usually don't work, especially a network like Sportsnet LA which only has the Dodgers and nothing else but filler. At least the other TWC sports network here have other live programming surrounding the Lakers year-round.
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I always thought the the "baseball-card" styled retired number banners that the Twins had at the Dome was a nice touch, and it was certainly unique.
