Posts Tagged ‘ NFL ’

Is Football Our Fault?

September 17, 2014
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Is Football Our Fault?

The NFL has all kinds of problems. Will not watching its games help solve them?
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What Are You Missing? Jan 13 – Jan 26

January 26, 2014
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What Are You Missing? Jan 13 – Jan 26

Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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ESPN, Frontline, and the Bottom Line

October 16, 2013
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ESPN, Frontline, and the Bottom Line

ESPN's decision to distance itself from League of Denial suggest conflict between priding itself for probing sport’s cultural meanings while keeping the world’s wealthiest sports organizations in business.
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What Are You Missing? Aug 19 – Sept 1

September 1, 2013
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What Are You Missing? Aug 19 – Sept 1

Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Two Futures for Football

January 30, 2013
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Two Futures for Football

The new findings on player concussions have caused an onslaught of negative media attention for the NFL, and may soon bring the sport of professional football to a crucial crossroads.
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Officially Defeated: On the Broader Significance of the NFL Referee Lockout

September 28, 2012
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Officially Defeated: On the Broader Significance of the NFL Referee Lockout

The referee lockout has been resolved, but we would do well do consider its broader implications before we allow it to recede into the past.
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Fantasy Football: Fandom Fail

January 4, 2012
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Fantasy Football: Fandom Fail

Fantasy football engenders a complex experience of fandom.
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Locked In on ESPN

December 7, 2011
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Locked In on ESPN

As the lights rose on a recent late night edition of ESPN’s SportsCenter, anchors Stuart Scott and Scott van Pelt grinned disingenuously, like desperate salesmen sampling crumb cake before demanding we sign for all eight units. ESPN had just wrapped coverage of an utterly forgettable college basketball game that saw No. 5 North Carolina...
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