Andrew Beaujon
June 12, 2013
12:39 pm
TVNewsCheck |
The Verge
ESPN's channel that showed sports in 3D
will close by the end of 2013, Andrew Dodson reports.
“Due to limited viewer adoption of 3D services to the home, ESPN is discontinuing ESPN 3D," the network said in a statement. "We are committing our 3D resources to other products and services that will better serve fans and affiliates. Nobody knows more about sports in 3D than ESPN, and we will be ready to provide the service to fans if or when 3D does take off.”
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Eric Deggans
Apr. 25, 2013
8:14 am
Ask if Robert Lipsyte is going to be particularly critical as ESPN’s new ombudsman, and he mentions a little piece he penned for Slate magazine back in June 2011. The piece dismantles the 763-page oral history of ESPN, “Those … Read more
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Jeff Sonderman
Jan. 22, 2013
3:20 pm
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Mallary Jean Tenore
Jan. 4, 2013
4:50 pm
ESPN's Jemele Hill ignited a conversation about race Friday after
sharing a racially charged note she received from a viewer. Hill posted a photo of the note on Twitter and on Facebook,
where it has generated hundreds of shares and comments.
The note, which was addressed to "management," criticizes Hill for her role as a female African American sportscaster -- and for not liking golf.
Hill said her initial response to the note was “laughter.”
“I don't want to downplay the seriousness of it ... but I'm called something derogatory on a daily basis," she said via email. "But that's usually via email or Twitter. The fact that this occurred through snail mail makes it unique.” Facebook commenters have referred to the note as "
sad," "
pathetic," and "
unbelievable."
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Kelly McBride and Jason Fry
Nov. 12, 2012
3:42 pm
With this column, the Poynter Review Project’s work comes to an end.
After nearly 40 columns reviewing ESPN content across all platforms, we’ll close with lessons learned over 18 months of observing the network’s various media outlets, examining their successes … Read more
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Jeff Sonderman
Mar. 26, 2012
11:07 am
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Andrew Beaujon
Feb. 29, 2012
11:33 am
When Shane Ryan had trouble getting credentialed for the March 3 Duke-U.N.C. Chapel Hill basketball game, he asked Sarah Larimer, his editor at Grantland, to email on his behalf. "Sometimes it can be helpful for someone with an ESPN address" to make such a request says Ryan, who regularly freelances for the publication but is still making do with Gmail.
Larimer emailed Matt Plizga, an associate sports information director at Duke on Feb. 22. "Hi, Matt," she wrote, "I need to request creds for the upcoming Duke-UNC game for Shane Ryan. Shane is a writer for
Grantland, an ESPN sports and culture site. Can you help me with this one?"
"I have already received a credential request from Shane Ryan and informed him that due to space limitations we will be unable to accommodate his request," Plizga replied the same day. "Thank you for the interest but I am unable to credential cultural sites and bloggers for this game."
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Roy Peter Clark
Feb. 24, 2012
11:30 am
Anthony Federico has written that he did not realize that “chink in the armor” could be an offensive term, and I believe him. Nothing in his personal history suggests what in the law is called “mens rea,” that … Read more
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Julie Moos
Feb. 22, 2012
2:50 pm
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Poynter
Anthony Federico released an extended statement today in which he reiterates that he was not attempting a racist pun when he wrote "Chink in the Armor" as the headline for an ESPN story about the New York Knicks and Jeremy Lin. Federico says:
I wrote thousands and thousands and thousands of headlines in my five years at ESPN. There never was a problem with any of them and I was consistently praised as an employee – both personally and professionally. Two weeks prior to the incident I had my first column published on espnW.com. My career was taking off. Why would I throw that all away with a racist pun? This was an honest mistake.
It is also crucial that people know that the writer of the column had nothing to do with the headline. I wrote it and now I take responsibility for it. (more...)
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Jason Fry
Feb. 21, 2012
4:06 pm
The rise of Jeremy Lin, the New York Knicks’ Asian-American star, has been one of 2012’s feel-good sports stories. But it’s come with an unwelcome undercurrent: racial references by fans, columnists and TV personalities that have ranged from innocent-but-cringe-worthy to … Read more
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