Sports News

Looking back at a weekend of televised sports …
Worst schedule
There are 68 teams in the NCAA Tournament. The second round features 32 games over two days. The third round has 16 games over two days. That’s 48 games in four days. And often, several teams from the same general area Read more… »

NBC and sister station Golf Channel are broadcasting the Transitions Championship from Innis­brook. As a part of the coverage, Dottie Pepper, the LPGA star turned star broadcaster, will report from the course as, she says, "a liaison between the players and the viewers.” Read more… »

Dan Sileo, whose controversial remarks made him a lightning rod as morning host on WDAE 620-AM, finally said something that cost him his job. One day after referring to three African-American football players on the air as "monkeys,” Sileo is no longer employed by WDAE.
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Dan Sileo, the morning host on WDAE 620-AM, made national news Monday when he referred to three NFL free agents as "monkeys.” The three players are African-Americans.
The comment came as Sileo and his producer were talking on the air about the possibility of free agents Cortland Read more… »

Looking back at a weekend of televised sports …
Most mediocre
The NCAA Selection Show on CBS is good for one thing: revealing the bracket. Expecting anything more has become unrealistic. CBS drags out the announcements so long that there is very little time left in the hour show Read more… »

Looking back at a weekend of televised sports …
Best criticism
Far too many basketball commentators, especially in the college game, are too quick to blindly defend officials. You see it all the time: A referee calls a foul and before any of us, including the analyst, have seen Read more… »

Justin Pawlowski, formerly of 620-AM, will take over as host of the noon to 3 show on 1010-AM starting Monday. Pawlowski replaces the King David Show, which stopped airing last week after co-hosts Shaun King, the former Bucs QB, and Toby David ended their working relationship. The Read more… »

Looking back at a weekend of televised sports …
Best filler
If there was a Sports Emmy for best coverage during a weather delay, we could just give the award right now to Fox for its work during Sunday’s delay of the Daytona 500.
Fox came on the air at noon, and five hours later Read more… »

The shake-up on local talk radio continued Thursday with another stunner. The King David Show, co-hosted by Toby David and former Bucs quarterback Shaun King, is done after nearly two years. The show heard weekdays from noon to 3 p.m. on 1010-AM had its last program on Read more… »

Funny how this is working out. The Lightning keeps trading valuable parts, and the team keeps winning. As much as general manager Steve Yzerman looks to the future, his team won’t give up on the present. In the past week, the Lightning has shipped off veterans Dominic Moore, Pavel Read more… »