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  • 09/29 Posted in Media 4 comments

    NBC’s Inane Decision to Tape Delay the Ryder Cup

    When you wake up Saturday morning, fresh off a fun Friday night and getting ready for an afternoon of college football, you should be greeted with an exciting surprise.

    The Ryder Cup should be live, giving you the opportunity to to see matches finishing up across the pond, hoping for your team to gain a couple of extra points before the all-important Sunday singles matches. That should be what happens.

    But it won’t. Nope. Not with NBC. The network that decided to tape delay Michael Phelps’ run for Olympic history, and continued delays of the Winter Olympics and Wimbledon, has decided once again that live coverage be damned. On Saturday, the second day of the three-day team matches pitting 12 Europeans against 12 Americans, NBC will show the coverage on tape delay.

    It’s interesting to point out that on Friday, when ESPN has the rights to the opening matches, golf will be live. The coverage will kick off at 2:30 AM ET (11:30 PM for west coasters!!), and go until the matches conclude. This will give those real golf fans aREAD MORE

  • 08/31 Posted in The Soapbox 4 comments

    Shane Bacon: It’s True; Matt Leinart is in a Win-Win Situation

    Last winter, when Kurt Warner decided he’d had enough football for one aging man, the Arizona Cardinals had to do the disappointing but inevitable task of handing Matt Leinart the keys to their offense. Not an easy move considering Leinart’s career passer rating is just north of the 70 mark and that he has six more interceptions than touchdowns, but the kid, we were told, is supposed to be a star and that was now his role.

    But, if you’ve watched any preseason football at all, you know he probably isn’t. So, that is exactly where my point is made; Leinart is now in a win-win situation as a quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals. I know, I know, you probably are shaking your head with that thought, but hear me out. This is a guy who might not even start over Derek Anderson come September 12, but his lack of ability since entering the league in 2006 actually helps him here. No Cardinals fan can actually think he will do anything else but fail, and ifREAD MORE