The 2007 T Dog Media Blog Turkey Awards

With the Pumpkin Pie Awards for Excellence Welcome to the second annual T Dog Media Blog Turkey Awards. Once again, we’re here to serve up the disasters in media in 2007. I have nineteen turkeys to hand out… so let’s get gobbling! And this year’s awards go to… – The Chicago Bears. A Super Bowl hangover this year. And especially Rex […]

SportsCenter reviewed

Larry Dobrow of Ad Age reviews ESPN’s SportsCenter, and he tells what we already know about: It’s an hour (or more) of excessive hype, constant product plugs, and some anchor yelling “Say hello to your little friend!”, plus “The Ultimate Highlight” presented by some shoe or sports drink company. Oh, and don’t forget “Who’s Now”, which sent this once-cool show […]

Dan Patrick leaves ESPN

He hasn’t been on the TV version of ESPN much lately, if hardly at all, so we didn’t see this coming? As rumored last week, Dan Patrick is leaving his radio show at “The Worldwide Leader in Sports” (or as some would put it, “The Worldwide Leader in B.S.”) on August 17. In Chicago, Patrick airs on WMVP-AM from noon […]