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Opinion: Today Is Not a Day About Sports in Chapel Hill and Athens
"Athens, GA (Mar 9, 2008) - If one were to attend a big football or basketball game at the University of Georgia, it would not be unusual to see a news truck from another television market near Sanford Stadium or Stegeman Coliseum. It is unusual to see one somewhere else in...
created by Christopher Byrne | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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Fisher has slowly matured to be the nation's top scorer
"BOONE, N.C. -- His giant shoulders and arms look out of place on his 6-foot-4 frame, as if they were switched out from a pro-wrestling action figure. As the ball deflects off the rim, he muscles for position in amongst players many inches taller and leaps high in the air,...Think Pink Night for Florida vs. Georgia
"Athens, GA (Feb 14, 2008) - Valentine's day is a day of pink and Roses. Tonight at the University of Georgia's Stegeman Coliseum, it is "Think Pink Night" for the women's basketball game between the University of Florida and the University of Georgia. Sponsored by the...
created by Christopher Byrne | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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831 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Commentary: High time for bloggers, mainstream media to find common ground
"High time for bloggers, mainstream media to find common ground By CHRIS BYRNE / Guest Columnist A few years ago, when reading the news site of a global network, I was stunned to find out that a family member had not been killed in a Middle East bomb blast, "as had been...
created by Christopher Byrne | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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Bob Costas Falling Flat at Technical Conference
"Orlando, FL (Jan 21, 2008) - Bob Costas is the surprise guest speaker at Lotusphere 2008 in Orlando this morning. I will not hear his presentation until later, and he is not giving interviews. The reaction is decidedly mixed as his speech is definitely US-centric, although...Lotusphere 2008: An International Gathering for a BALD Event
Orlando, FL (Jan 19, 2008) - Tomorrow, thousands of business executives, technology professionals, vendors and media will be gathering in Orlando, FL (USA) for Lotusphere 2008. This is the 15th year for this...
created by Christopher Byrne | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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Have I Used That Cliche Yet? Let Me Check...
"Athens, GA (Jan 19, 2008) - One of the biggest complaints people have about radio and television talent is when they use, or overuse, cliches. Whenever I hear University of Georgia Radio Play-By-Play/Analyst Jeff Dantzler say "he/she scores three points the old fashioned...
created by Christopher Byrne | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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Golfweek Should Be Penalized Stroke and Distance, Then DQ'd
"Athens, GA (Jan 17, 2008) - In the realm of corporate responsibility, I do not even know where to begin on this one. The cover at left is the cover that Golfweek Magazine chose to go with this week, as part of their coverage of the unfortunate lynching comment by Kelly...
created by Christopher Byrne | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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346 views | 2 recommendations | 2 comments
Jim Nantz: Cameramen Are The Real Heroes In a Broadcast of a Cold Game
"Athens, GA (Jan 16, 2008) - The coldest game I have ever been to and worked was a December Eagles game in Philadelphia some years ago. How cold was it? The portable toilets were frozen, and fans were throwing iceballs at Verne Lundquist and Terry Bradshaw in the broadcast...
created by Christopher Byrne | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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2035 views | 18 recommendations | 9 comments
UNC Students Get Real World Experience On ESPNU Broadcast
""There are so few jobs in television it's ridiculous. You can go through communications college, or you can come to me. Hang with me for a summer, you learn more than in four years of college."
- Legendary CBS Sports Golf Senior Associate Producer Chuck Will, in a 1998...
created by Christopher Byrne | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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1002 views | 13 recommendations | 2 comments
Commentary: Fox Sports Employee Put Network At Risk
"Athens, GA (Jan 6, 2008) - In January of 2007, through a posting on a colleague's blog, I found out that InfoWorld Magazine had published one of my copyrighted photographs from Flickr. They had never come to me for permission, and did not credit me for the photograph. Calls...
created by Christopher Byrne | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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315 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
Does NBC Sports Winning 2007 Eclipse Award Have Any Real Meaning?
"Athens, GA (Jan 4, 2008) - NBC Sports as been awarded the 2007 Media Eclipse Award for their coverage of the 2007 Kentucky Derby. This is the 7th consecutive year they have won the award. This is the headline you may be reading in the newspapers yesterday and today. But if...
created by Christopher Byrne | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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