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One of the downsides to the modern 24 hour sports obsession—incited by ESPN, the internet, and lots of money—is the propensity for sports networks and websites to “make” news (see: Favre, Brett). Even sports columnists, normally one of the last remnants of “journalism” in today’s media environment, aren’t immune to this issue. And, [...]
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Duke-UNC games are special in their own right, but analyzing the media’s coverage of Duke’s games against, say, Georgetown and Maryland is just as fruitful because of the wide range of media outlets that cover the games. For contests in the Tobacco Road rivalry, we have local newspapers and national Web sites. When Duke plays [...]
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The annual Duke-UNC matchup in Cameron Indoor Stadium tends to bring out the biggest name in sports media—and no, we’re not talking about ESPN, um, personality Stephen A. Smith, sitting adjacent to the Tar Heel bench. So what did the best of newspaper reporters come up with? Let’s take a look.
The (Raleigh) News & Observer [...]
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It was the Blue Devils’ worst loss since 1990 and lowest scoring output since 1995, when they posted 44 points at Clemson, and while the late start might not have changed the Blue Devils’ effort, it may have affected reporters, battling deadline more than ever.
Before you read what the others are writing, make sure you [...]
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John Drescher, the executive editor of The (Raleigh) News & Observer, is probably a bigger sports fan than most of his counterparts at the top of mastheads across the country. He has tickets to N.C. State basketball games, tries to take in games in Cameron Indoor Stadium whenever he can and self-deprecatingly says that “it’s [...]
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Brian Zoubek’s playing time may be on the upswing this year, but his newfound exposure doesn’t seem to have extended to the realm of college basketball announcers.
During Tuesday’s 73-56 win over N.C. State, the Raycom analysts called Zoubek “Greg” for a large majority of the first half, apparently not even realizing they were mistaken until [...]
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Mike Krzyzewski and John Thompson III both refused to credit the Blue Devils’ 76-67 win to freshman center Greg Monroe’s second-half technical foul. Krzyzewski said that the the foul, Monroe’s fourth, simply “stopped the game for a while” and allowed Duke to “right the ship” after the Hoyas had cut Duke’s lead to four. Thompson [...]
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Erin Andrews, the ESPN sideline reporter, brings out the best and worst in college students. Sometimes, they’re more inappropriate than others–but at the end of the day, it’s clear that the fans love Andrews.
The Cameron Crazies are no exception, which we learned after Duke’s home loss to North Carolina last year, when Andrews might have [...]
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UPDATE, 7 p.m.: After a day of confusion, I just learned that this so-called “news story” originally ran as a blog post, but was printed on Page 2 of the newspaper and labeled as a blog post. That, of course, changes most of this post–we believe that newspaper bloggers should be held to similar standards [...]
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The (Durham) Herald Sun may lag behind The (Raleigh) News & Observer, but Durham’s daily beat Raleigh’s rag to opining about Duke’s extending David Cutcliffe’s contract through 2015.The Herald Sun’s editorial board wholeheartedly endorsed the move in an editorial today, writing that the extension is “hard to challenge” given the program’s obvious improvement.
The editorial was [...]
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