The John Tavares Effect
By TSM
The dog days of summer- clearly in the thick of it wouldn't you agree?
First, an apology. Apathy and life have gotten in between me and the ...
Business As Usual Another bad week for women in sports
by mike in boston / @mikeinboston / email
Good morning sports media fans. Jonah and I are both busy so posting will be pretty irregular here ...
Forum: Blue Jays radio booth
by mike in boston / @mikeinboston / email
Quick post to get some discussion going on the subject of the Blue Jays radio pairings.
As ...
Is The Toronto Sports Media World Ripping Apart? Recent events feel like the industry is deeply divided, is age the number one factor?
By TSM
I’ve been meaning to write this article for some time. I have to admit, life has gotten complicated and, in many ways, I have lost my way. I ...
Forum: Toronto Sports Radio - sizing up the quality of the lineups on 1050 and 590
by mike in boston / @mikeinboston / email
Happy Wednesday. About a year ago I decided to focus less on radio for a few reasons. First, I noti ...
The End of the Road - Longread on the role of the beat reporter in 2018
by mike in boston / @mikeinboston / email
Good morning sports media fans. I have been sitting on this post for a while, waiting until I could ...
On Bob Cole, Marc Savard & Maple Leafs & Raptors Playoffs
By TSM
Amazing how the playoffs get your mind of a lot of different things.
As is always the case this time of year, but things are happening so let ...
OK, Blue Jays : Recapping the baseball media stories from a busy off-season
by mike in boston / @mikeinboston / email
Good morning sports media fans and industry watchers. Spring is here and the Jays are playing meani ...
Spotlight on Blue Jays Attendance & Down The Stretch For Maple Leafs & Raptors Lots of talk on the Jays attendance, Maple Leafs and Raptors playoff runs.
By TSM
Quick hits on a day of inspiration as hundreds of thousands of students rally around the world for change.
We sit less than a week from The T ...
Toronto Sports Media Winter 2017-2018 Radio Ratings Show by show look at how the 2 Toronto All Sports Radio stations are doing
By TSM
All the caveats still apply same systems, same issues etc. It's the only ratings we have etc..
Generally speaking, not a whole lot of change ...
Maple Leafs, Habs – Always EH Beauty, Blue Jays Radio & Grange and the King Are you going to be the one to call Blue Jays Radio? Will MLSE do the right thing?
By TSM
Quick Saturday post. I am working on something more spectacular so here's a quick hits roundup from the last couple of weeks..
While Richard ...
Seen & Heard – Weekend Edition
by mike in boston / @mikeinboston / email
Good morning sports media fans. I'm away on a sports media consulting gig this weekend but have a f ...
Goodbye Jerry Howarth, Hello Ricard Deitsch – Toronto Sports Media Recap Who will replace Jerry in the booth and a look at the new faces of PTS and the Academy Awards too
By TSM
Happy Saturday..
It's been a while and much has gone on, much to write about so let's go..
As we wrote last year, rumblings were abounding t ...
Forum: TSN1050’s Power Play How have their big radio moves turned out?
by mike in boston / @mikeinboston / email
I am stuck at home sick with a cold and thought this would be a good time to ask some questions of ...
Longreads: The Anatomy of an Article The Star's Kevin McGran discusses his recent profile of Gary Bettman
by mike in boston / @mikeinboston / email
Good morning sports media fans. Since we spend so much time talking about journalism in this space ...
Toronto Sports Media Mish Mash A wide range of topics in the world of sports media
By TSM
Pardon the delay in posting, perhaps better late than never.
With the added time comes some added thoughts.. So, here we go.
While I didn't ...
Passing the Torch On the next generation of columnists
by mike in boston / @mikeinboston / email
Job Opening: Head Opinionist
I am going to give credit to Richard Deitsch for the term "op ...
Is PrimeTime Sports In Decline? 31 Thoughts Takes To The Air & Trouble At The Athletic? Have the best ratings days for Prime Time Sports come and gone? A review of a new podcast and #metoo allegations against The Athletic
By TSM
Happy New Year!
I was overseas for the last half of December through the beginning of the year so I have been recharging the TSM batteries. S ...
Best & Worst of 2017 Open Thread
by mike in boston / @mikeinboston / email
As we come to the end of 2017 I am curious about which changes in the world of Toronto sports media ...
Toronto Sports Media Fall Radio Ratings Ratings, Ratings, We've got the Toronto sports radio ratings for TSN 1050 vs. Fan 590
By TSM
First the ARGO's then the TFC, good things come in 3's so next will be __________
I know how we all love the radio ratings game, so my gift t ...
