SNY's Cohen gets to call Mets game from upper deck

May 15, 2008

"It's a dump, but it's our dump," Gary Cohen said.

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  May 13, 2008

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• Girardi's start with media has growing pains

  May 9, 2008

  Joe Girardi took his place in the media hot seat when it still was warm from the soothing glow of Bigelow Joe.

• Girardi's start with media has growing pains

  May 8, 2008

  Joe Girardi took his place in the media hot seat when it still was warm from the soothing glow of Bigelow Joe.

• Sports Museum in Manhattan covers all the bases

  May 6, 2008

  Philip Schwalb doesn't start media tours of the Sports Museum of America at the museum itself, housed in John D. Rockefeller's former headquarters on lower Broadway.

• Dodgers announcer Scully remains a treasure

  May 4, 2008

  It seems beside the point to quote Vin Scully in a newspaper article.

• Dodgers announcer Scully remains a treasure

  May 3, 2008

  It seems beside the point to quote Vin Scully in a newspaper article.

• MLB.com video looking clearer than ever

  May 2, 2008

  HBO's extraordinary live town meeting on the state of sports media Tuesday night has been a source of much talk on sports talk radio and much buzz in the sports blogosphere.

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  May 1, 2008

  HBO's extraordinary live town meeting on the state of sports media Tuesday night has been a source of much talk on sports talk radio and much buzz in the sports blogosphere.

• Esiason, Carton in morning bump up WFAN ratings

  April 29, 2008

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• ESPN ventures into Tribeca Film Festival

  April 27, 2008

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• Reynolds catches on with SNY as analyst

  April 25, 2008

  The statistics for the Class A Wausau (Wis.) Timbers of 1981 hint at the future of two players who were roommates that summer:

• SNY rolls out more talk radio on TV

  April 22, 2008

  The news hit the Internet late Sunday, yanking the string on the back of the talking dummy that is New York sports talk and setting the stage for a long, chatty day.

• Milbury isn't afraid to let comments fly

  April 20, 2008

  Let us see, where to begin? How about Sean Avery's back-to-the-action, stick-waving, Martin Brodeur-baiting antics of this past week?

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  April 18, 2008

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• Knicks find way to curb fans' hunger

  April 15, 2008

  'Welcome to Fantasy Island, where all your dreams come true!" Lace Green shouted last night to no one in particular.

• Can 'Friday Night Lights' be the exception?

  April 13, 2008

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  April 11, 2008

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• Will ESPN be up to par on Masters?

  April 8, 2008

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  April 6, 2008

  Big news, Baseball Town: Starting today, there's even more of it on TV!

• Under Walsh, Knicks' media policy: Upbeat writers!

  April 3, 2008

  James Dolan was listing Donnie Walsh's areas of authority yesterday when he smirked and added this before a roomful of journalists:

• Yanks pull plug on Joba's radio gig

  April 1, 2008

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• Bob Knight has been welcome presence for ESPN

  March 23, 2008

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• CBS' McManus employs double team during 'madness'

  March 21, 2008

  The morning planning meeting for top CBS Evening News executives was wrapping up yesterday when someone wished the man at the head of the table well in what would be a busy day.

• Nantz believes Packer should be in Hall of Fame

  March 18, 2008

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• 'Madness' is still big without big-market teams

  March 14, 2008

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• WNBC's Bruce Beck serves up local flavor

  March 11, 2008

  The video quality wasn't great, but there it was: Hofstra upsetting Johns Hopkins in lacrosse, showcased on the Ch. 4 news just before "Saturday Night Live."

• 'Black Magic' salutes black innovators on ESPN

  March 9, 2008

  There is a good chance you never have heard of John B. McLendon Jr., which says more about America than it does about you.

• ESPN's Andrews on everyone's 'A' list

  March 7, 2008

  Playboy conducted an online poll in November to determine America's "sexiest sportscaster" (female division, naturally).

• Venerable Kiner begins 47th season covering Mets

  March 4, 2008

  It took 10 minutes, a bit longer than usual, but Ralph Kiner eventually did what he always does:

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  March 2, 2008

  At first, there was no escaping what seemed a logical assumption: That this was a lark, a goof, a weird, fleeting diversion for a guy with bigger stages to fill.

• Ferrell taking takeout from sports movies

  February 29, 2008

  Will Ferrell was anticipating the question, because it was inevitable, as it has been from the moment he agreed to grow an Afro, don short shorts and channel his inner Darnell Hillman.

• FSNY to be renamed MSG Plus

  February 26, 2008

  There is no mystery to the fact that the Knicks' TV ratings are in the toilet. Morbid curiosity long since gave way to numb indifference.

• WFAN's Boomer, Carton 'having a blast'

  February 22, 2008

  'I'm not a lunatic," Craig Carton said. "I'm not crazy. I don't fly by the seat of my pants."

• Hagin brings experience to Mets radio

  February 19, 2008

  Even on the phone from Colorado yesterday, Wayne Hagin surely sounded the part. The guy has classic broadcaster pipes to complement a long, deep resume and a trove of baseball stories.

• Red Barber's influence still ever-present

  February 17, 2008

  Curt Smith, a prominent baseball broadcasting historian, once compared Red Barber and Mel Allen this way:

• 'Wow!' for Fox's booth, too

  February 4, 2008

  Across the continent, from Long Island to Fox's vast compound outside University of Phoenix Stadium, what likely will be the largest TV audience in the history of American sports was losing its collective head.

• Fox's Bradshaw once called Coughlin a 'jerk'

  February 3, 2008

  'Jerk!"

• FOX's pregame show will mix celebs with football

  January 31, 2008

  Here's the thing: If you care about the particulars of Super Bowl XLII, you will know all there is to know by 6 p.m. Sunday.

• Coughlin shocks by having fun on Media Day

  January 30, 2008

  Tom Coughlin showed up early, of course. Even earlier - by two full minutes - than the five minutes early he famously requires of his players.

• Super Bowl sets record for media credentials

  January 29, 2008

  The Super Bowl always is big - comically, impossibly, grotesquely big.

• Jaws keeps critical eye on Giants, Pats

  January 27, 2008

  It's a good thing the Super Bowl is only a week away. I believe the cafeteria ladies at NFL Films are starting to pick up on my tendencies.

• Lack of tickets super frustrating

  January 25, 2008

  Sean Murphy has had his Giants season tickets since 1989, has friends who have had theirs since 1956 and is part of a network of tailgaters that represents dozens of season ticket accounts.

• America thinks Giants are Super

  January 22, 2008

  They beached America's Team. They froze out America's Quarterback.

• Ron Jaworski sees a big improvement in Giants

  January 20, 2008

  Short of hiding under an assistant coach's desk in East Rutherford or Green Bay, it was the best available seat from which to prepare for the NFC Championship Game:

• Fox's Oliver sees big change in Giants' defense

  January 18, 2008

  It arguably was the low point of a season once seemingly headed nowhere.

• Jocks and starlets have always been an item

  January 12, 2008

  A weekend in Cabo with a B-list starlet? You call that a distraction?

• Former Cowboy Aikman, now an analyst, is objective

  January 11, 2008

  Troy Aikman started out laughing at the inevitable line of questions. Later, he became mildly annoyed, calling it a "ridiculous point."

• Latest spectacle has compelling figure in Clemens

  January 8, 2008

  The truth about what went into Roger Clemens' tush and when gets more muddled by the day, but one thing has become clear in the latest 21st century sports media spectacle: Nothing -- not even the long, sordid Barry Bonds saga -- has produced a central character as compelling as the glowering, angry Rocket.

• A look back, and ahead, in sports media

  December 30, 2007

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• Mitchell Report gives baseball center stage

  December 14, 2007

  Alex Rodriguez is nearly as fascinating a media figure as he is a baseball player, but yesterday he outdid himself with this trick:

• Mex on Mustache title: A great honor

  July 13, 2007

  Eleven Gold Gloves? Nice.

• "Freeview" a preview of things to come

  December 31, 2006

  The Sunday editor had no interest in a sports media Year in Review. He said to look ahead.

• Francesa feels haunted by Lidle interview

  October 12, 2006

  Mike Francesa understands as well as anyone the rough-and-tumble reality of sports talk radio, where arguments often are just for fun and ratings, and quickly disappear into the ether.

• Will Giants' song be: "Is that all there is’’?

  December 24, 2005

  Will Allen stood on the greenish sand of FedEx Field Saturday, trying to explain what went wrong on one of the most dismal days of his career. Just to rub it in, "Hail to the Redskins'' blared from the stands as he spoke, nearly drowning him out.