An Interview with The Star’s Gregor Chisholm
by mike in boston / @mikeinboston / email
With the Raptors taking the city by storm and the Leafs being a lead story 11 months out of 12 your [...]
Post-McCown Sports Media Power Rankings Plus: ranking the remaining radio shows
by mike in boston / @mikeinboston / email
Happy Canada Day weekend. With the big news last week that Sportsnet had decided they were better o [...]
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 [...]
Raptors Take Centre Court
by mike in boston / @mikeinboston / email
Toronto has always been a Leafs town first, and a Jays town second, with basketball struggling to g [...]
Maple Leafs, Raptors, Blue Jays, Podcasts Oh My So much to talk about post hibernation
By TSM
Monday Monday...
All I can tell you is that I know, it has been a long while. Too long to be honest. No excuses.
Right now, all I will say i [...]
TSN’s Mark Milliere Arrested for DUI
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Mark Milliere, TSN's Senior Vice-President of Production, suddenly parted ways with parent company Bell i [...]
The Athletic Looks to Disrupt Podcasting
by mike in boston / @mikeinboston / email
After posting several jobs on their hiring website over the past several months The Athletic has of [...]
Happy Bob Cole Day
by TSM
If you either visit this site, or follow me on Twitter you know the sun rises and sets with Bob Cole in my world as it relates to hockey pl [...]
What’s Your Beef?
By TSM
As we prepare for NHL and NBA playoffs, the start of the MLB season is here, let stake a deep breath, be thankful our two teams are headed [...]
Toronto Sports Media Musings & A Week In The ICU
by TSM
Been a crazy couple of weeks- year here in the TSM household capped off with my son's week long stay in the ICU here in Seattle. Thank yo [...]
Fall & Winter 2018-2019 Sports Radio Ratings
by mike in boston / @mikeinboston / email
If there's one topic that has generated more interest than any other around here it's radio ratings. The F [...]
Is The NHL Trade Deadline Dead? Brady Gets New Co-Host & More
We've been doing this for a long time, and with the exception of those rare times when a radio station completely gutted a lineup this is one of the [...]
Longreads: the ethics of writing about tragedy
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Good morning sports media fans. Since we spend so much time talking about journalism here I like [...]
Sport Radio in 2018: The Year in Review
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Good morning sports media fans. Regular readers will have noticed that I stopped writing about radio in 2018 [...]
Sports Media Stories to Watch in 2019: Economics
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Good morning sports media fans.
This is the final instalment of a series on sports media storie [...]
The Maple Leafs Made A Trade…
It's been forever since we've had to do one of these, but the Toronto Maple Leafs pulled the trigger on a deal yesterday so, let's go around and see [...]
Lots Going To Change In Toronto Sports Media World
It's been too long.
I could tell you why, but let's just say it's been an adventure and a personal struggle but I am happy to report it looks like [...]
Sports Media Stories to Watch in 2019: Podcasting
by mike in boston / @mikeinboston / email
Good morning sports media fans. Try not to freeze out there today. Over the next few posts I'll be discuss [...]
Sports Media Stories to Watch in 2019: Damien Cox
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Good morning sports media fans. Happy New Year to all our readers.
I'd like to extend a special thank [...]
TSN & Sportsnet lose EPL rights to DAZN
by mike in boston / @mikeinboston / email
Good afternoon sports media fans. Things have been quiet in local sports media news lately. No chan [...]