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Seen & Heard – Weekday Edition
by mike in boston / @mikeinboston / email
Good morning sports media fans. Apologies for the lack of timely posting. Busy days at the mousetra [...]
TSN Reporter, Rick Westhead Joins Jonah Sigel #inthepresstrow by @bleavpodcasts & Sleepenvie News/Sports journalist talks about his career, his upcoming book and covering difficult stories in sports today
By TSM
Rick Westhead has had an atypical career as a journalist. Many say they have done it all, when in fact he has. Rick worked in sports, coveri [...]
Toronto Sports Hibernation Pt. Deux
By TSM
Amazing how quickly we have gone from 7 days a week, non-stop sports to no local professional big three sports at all. The Maple Leafs didn' [...]
Back To The Grind? Toronto Sports Media Equality Question How are you watching habits evolving? Where are the women in radio in Toronto?
By TSM
Editors note: Sunday night addition!
Michelle Sturino joined me #inthepressrow to talk about her career and her story of being passed ove [...]
Hipaa, Pipeda, Corona, Hazing & Sports Media Been the craziest 72 hours in sports media issues since covering sports media
by TSM
Editor's note: On June 22nd, I interviewed Brock McGillis. The interview is below.
Happy Father's Day weekend all!
Things remain steady her [...]
Sportsnet’s Hockey Night In Canada & Hometown Hockey Host Ron MacLean In the Pressrow with Jonah Sigel Sportsnet's Hockey Night In Canada & Hometown Hockey Host Ron MacLean In the Pressrow with Jonah Sigel
By TSM
I will have a regular post/podcast later this week. This interview stands alone and I wanted to bring it you while it was fresh..
From coast [...]
Freelancers, The Sports Media Forgotten And The Future Of Fan Experience Many people are responsible for the production of the sports media we consume; during the pandemic some are forgotten, these are the freelancers
By TSM
When we think about the shutdown of sports we think about players, we think about fans, GM's, coaches, play by play teams, and all those direc [...]
Rogers Hometown Hockey Co-Host & Singer Extraordinaire Tara Slone In the Pressrow by Bleav with Jonah Sigel Rogers Hometown Hockey Host and Joydrop lead singer joins Jonah in the Pressrow talking about her background, life during the Corona, the Canadian Heritage Act and much much more.
By TSM
Going to try to mix it up for you a bit. Let me know if this works: adding in some content to a podcast post; read if you like, listen if tha [...]
NCAA Basketball, ESPN Sunday Night Baseball & Toronto Blue Jays Broadcaster Dan Shulman #inthepressrow by Bleav with Jonah Sigel From the early days on the Fan590 and Prime Time Sports to NCAA Basketball, Sunday Night Baseball and a return to play by play of the Toronto Blue Jays Dan Shulman talks about modern life as a sports broadcaster.
By TSM
From NCAA Men’s College, Basketball and Major League Baseball telecasts for ESPN to play-by-play for the Toronto Blue Jays on Sportsnet Dan Sh [...]
NFL Play By Play & Sports Broadcaster Howard David Joins Jonah Sigel in the Pressrow by Bleav Current podcaster with Twitch and Bleav, longtime sports broadcast and play by play man shares the best of his amazing career.
By TSM
For over 20 years Howard David has called NFL football games for various networks both for teams and on national networks. Howard has worked f [...]
Concussion Expert Dr. Charles Tator What Can We Do For Concussions & More Bleav In The Pressrow Dr. Charles Tator is a leader in sports concussion medicine and an expert on concussions in hockey; he joins Jonah Sigel to talk about the things parents, coaches, leagues, and athletes can do during the coronavirus to treat and prevent concussions.
By TSM
Dr. Charles Tator is a Canadian neurosurgeon at Toronto Western
Hospital and a professor of neurosurgery at the University
of Toronto whose [...]
The Voice Of The Toronto Raptors, Matt Devlin Joins Jonah Sigel In Bleav In the Pressrow The TV voice of the Toronto Raptors for the past 12 years, Matt Devlin shares his Corona stories, his life co-parenting three boys and many stores from the NBA Raptors with a special focus on the championship season.
By TSM
On April 13, 2019 one year ago from today, the Toronto Raptors embarked on a historic playoff run resulting in a franchise first NBA Champions [...]
Toronto Sports Media Radio Ratings March 2020 – History Made
By TSM
Sorry for the delay, but got bogged down here in the land of the Corona
Let's get the usual 'the system sucks dislaimer' out of the way:
Num [...]
Blue Jays Win the Offseason
by mike in boston / @mikeinboston / email
Happy Holidays to all our readers. We appreciate all of you, but especially those who take the time [...]
Toronto Sports Media Radio Ratings Fall 2019 The Post McCown Book with the new Fan 590 lineup crucial ratings is out..
By TSM:
So many of you have asked about ratings since the blood letting at the Fan and especially the exit of Bob McCown. Well, here you go:
t [...]
Shanahan Shows Babcock The Door Brendan Shanahan Fires Toronto Maple Leafs Head Coach Mike Babcock MSM Takes:
By TSM
Well, here we are again. It's been a long time since we have had a large enough sports news issue that required a tour around the MSM to see w [...]
Happy Thanksgiving Turkey
by TSM
Greetings and salutations from The Land! Brought the boy here to see the Seahawks take on the Brownies. Impressed again by the city and espec [...]
Sportsnet Revamps Entire 590 Line-Up
by mike in boston / @mikeinboston / email
Hi everyone - Jonah and I are trying to collect as much information as possible but also want to gi [...]
Toronto Sports Media Summer Update
Is it true that as we get older summers seem to fly by faster or is it just the calendar is so full that we blink and it's gone?
This is going to be [...]
Sportsnet Prepares for Massive Layoffs
by mike in boston / @mikeinboston / email
Updated from earlier to reflect public statements by Sportsnet, McCown, and others.
Bob Mc [...]