Media News & Notes
Media Gossip/Musings August 4th. 2008, 12:45pm
Another talented newspaper writer, gone: Tony Barnhart leaves the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. What’s the logic here? Barnhart can be polarizing in the South, but we’ve always enjoyed his work. You know ESPN is going to scoop him up for a salary the AJC couldn’t swing. Are newspapers – with the exception of maybe the NYT and Washington Post, though the former lost three writers to SI last year – simply becoming a farm system for ESPN, Sports Illustrated, Yahoo, Fox and Sportsline?
RIP, Skip Caray. We still recall the Sid Bream moment vividly. At the time, a friend (now our lawyer!) was a passionate Pirates fan and lived for Bobby Bonilla and Van Slyke and Bonds. And this moment absolutely crushed him. Matter of facts, have the Pirates been relevant since? Hard to believe it happened 16 years ago this fall. (Atlanta Journal Constitution)
The “student-athletes” get a free education, food, room and board; the University of Michigan gets $86 million: “The University of Michigan became the latest elite college athletic program to sell off a package of its media rights, bringing in $86 million through a 12-year deal with IMG College.” (Sports Business Journal)
In the midst of an awful time for newspapers, the LA Daily News instills a dress code where jeans are not longer permitted.
The San Francisco Chronicle, shrinking by 125 employees. The Star-Ledger by 200.
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August 4th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
Geez, bad day for newspapers.
August 4th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
Hey, the Times‘ stock price has dropped only 44% the past year, they’re doing fine.
August 4th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
Hasn’t Barnhart done TV work for ESPN?
August 4th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
“Watching a guy walk around on the mound scratching himself is hardly big-time entertainment.”
I had the pleasure of growing up and listening to Harry Carey on WGN in Chicago. Then I moved to Atlanta and had the pleasure of listening to Skip. Now Chip is carrying on their legacy… and shitting on it as he goes. He’s a douche. RIP Skip.
August 4th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
AAAHHH!!! People, how hard is it to learn how to spell the last name “CARAY” correctly? So fucking annoying.
August 4th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
I’ll cease all typos from here on out. My apologies.
August 4th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
A very heartfelt Eulogy by sportsgal..
/tear
August 4th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
Skip Carey was one of the good guys. I would always memorize how to spell Carey’s name when it popped up on the screen.
August 4th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
I was never a big fan of Hairy Kerry, but Skip was always one of the good guys.
August 4th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
“a chopper to chipper”
RIP Skip
August 4th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
Sigh. I hate all of you MLJers.
August 4th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
Mary Carey >>>>>>> all other Carey’s or Caray’s
August 4th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
I’m sorry SG…If I looked better in a wife beater maybe you would like me more
August 4th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
@Nick, it’s spelled Scip. Get it right.
August 4th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
Mary Carey
August 4th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
Yup. lots of saturday morning work. he’s had the SEC on lock for at least a decade
August 4th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Hopefully we can all carey on a civilized conversation here and stop poking fun at SG’s overreaction.
August 4th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
wow, barnhart gone? that dude is pretty much gospel to football fans throughout the sec/acc states. often he was spot on in his analysis. i don’t often remember him being wrong. dude was probably plugged in better than ivan maisel, which is saying a lot.
i see him working fulltime for cbs (which now owns cstv). he already works for them part-time. he’d be a coup for foxsports or si.com. bspn’s got enough decent college football writers in their stable. not sure there is room for another. if bspn added him, to go along with maisel and kiper, that would be impossible to beat for college football coverage.
if barnhart doesn’t go to cbs, si.com is the logical next move. i mean, its offices are in atlanta.
August 4th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
The Caray’s are one of the most famous baseball broadcasting families in the history of MLB. If someone is a fan of Skip, the least he or she could do is learn how to spell his last name!
August 4th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
Barnhart is very, very good. Not sure he fits in with ESPN, though. I think Forde (whom I also like) covers the same region and sports pretty well.
August 4th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
skip carey was what i call an announcer: no schtick, no hollering, no pathetic attempts to try to upstage the game to make a name for himself. his craft did that for itself. just a solid, nuts-and-bolts broadcaster. a professional in every sense of the word.
he also had a good, dry sense of humor. of course, you had to pay attention to get his one-liners. “we go to the bottom of another fifth with the score… ”
the braves tbs broadcasts back in the day were top-notch: carey, ernie johnson, pete van wieren and don sutton. quality broadcasts. think ted turner knew what he was doing with broadcasts?
what’s revolting is, the braves will likely try to replace carey with some denny niehaus/tom hamilton/chris berman wannabe clown full of schlock, style and volume but scant of quality. alas, it’s the wave of “professional” broadcasters in the early years of the 21st century.
god help us all.
August 4th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
Favorite Skip Caray moment –
Braves with a runner on 1st, 1 out, bottom of 9th
Caray: Stay tuned to TBS for The Mighty Ducks as soon as Andres Thomas hits into a 6-4-3 game ending double play.
On cue, Thomas grounds into a double play.
Caray: 6-4-3….enjoy the movie folks.
August 4th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Harre Carrey, Skip Carey, Chip careey and Jim Carrey are all good.
August 4th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
And there’s the kick in the crotch I needed.
August 4th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
Barnhart is gospel to SEC fans? Says who? I wouldn’t go that far.
August 4th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
Doesn’t Barnhart already do some work (or at least in the past)? I seem to remember him providing insight on SEC stuff on Gameday broadcasts.
August 4th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
Sorry cbh49 – didn’t see your post in time.
August 4th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
Open letter to TBL commenters not familiar with sportsgal,
This is a Monday. Therefore, you are talking with Monday-sportsgal. Monday-sportsgal hates Friday-sportsgal because Friday-sportsgal had a lot of work on her desk but did none of it due to her preparations for Saturday-sportsgal (drunk) and Sunday-sportsgal (hungover) and justifiably(?) dishes her procrastination-induced stress out to the TBL commenters. It’ll pass; carry on.
Sincerely,
mizerle06
seasoned xday-sportsgal veteran
/sincere?
August 4th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
i still dont get why anyone would want to wait a day after something happens to read about it. newspapers are dying for a reason, gtfo all of them
August 4th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
It’s all good Roeth
August 4th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
Damnit miz, it’s CARAY on.
August 4th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
/the sportsgal I know
August 4th, 2008 at 1:15 pm
Triston +27
August 4th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
Nice work, miz, nice work….
August 4th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
Fuck off, clown. I’m in no mood.
@miz – Monday Sportsgal doesn’t hate Friday Sportsgal this week because Friday Sportsgal had the day off from work. I’m just crabby because I’m beyond tired.
August 4th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
Does that mean that Funday Sportsgal had just a little too much fun?
August 4th, 2008 at 1:30 pm
it appears this line of discussion killed everyone on here. good work.
August 4th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
Don’t worry, we’re all big fans of you Spurstgel
August 4th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
I know someone in the Star Ledger sports department thinking about taking them up on the buyout offer. Anyone have a job tip I can share with him?
August 4th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
Crabby is not sexy….