Bleav in The Media Guide

Last week, Seton Hall University’s new Center for Sports Media hosted the College of Communication and the Arts latest event in the Sports Media Speaker Series entitled “Rising Talent: How Women Are Slowly But Importantly Playing Larger Roles in Sports Media.” Co-hosted by NFL Network on-air reporter Aditi Kinkhabwala and ESPN legend and Seton Hall alum Bob Ley with Professional In Residence B.J. Schecter, the panel included ESPN NFL and NBA on-air journalist Lisa Salters, ESPN Executive Vice President, Event and Studio Production Stephanie Druley, and Sacramento Kings television analyst Kayte Christensen-Hunter. The journalists shared their fears, successes, and strategies for continuing to grow professionally while adding to the ranks of female analysts, producers, and play-by-play announcers.

On Tuesday, November 9 at 9 p.m. Eastern and Pacific, HBO and HBO Max will debut the HBO Original “Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story.” A feature documentary from Red Bull Media House and Emmy-winning director Fernando Villena and narrated by Jake’s friend, acclaimed actor Woody Harrelson, “Dear Rider” is a celebration of the life and vision of Jake Burton Carpenter, a pioneer who propelled the sport of snowboarding into a global and cultural phenomenon. In the film’s trailer, hear from Jake, who died of cancer in 2019, his wife Donna, and some of his friends and riders, including Olympic gold medalists Kelly Clark and Shaun White. Plus, look back at the 25th anniversary of ESPN’s inaugural Winter X Games, which put snowboarding on the Worldwide Leader in Sports stage a year before the 1998 Nagano Olympics.

As NASCAR crowns its champions in Phoenix this weekend, it’s also the end of road for live races on NBCSN. The network formally announced Tuesday that it will conclude programming on December 31. Next year, USA Network will televise more than 25 live NASCAR Cup and Xfinity Series races and 11 exclusive weekends as part of more than 1500 hours of sports programming that moves from NBCSN. Before we look ahead to 2022, NASCAR on NBC analysts Dale Earnhardt Jr, Dale Jarrett, and Steve Letarte give you their picks for Cup Series champion, and NASCAR Hall of Famers Earnhardt Jr. and Jarrett share how rivalries have evolved and why the sport could go back to a fighting future with more short-track events like the 2022 season-opening Clash at the Los Angeles Coliseum.

A week after Jon Gruden resigned as head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders after the New York Times published stories on his emails, which featured homophobic and misogynistic language, Seton Hall University’s College of Communication and the Arts Sports Media Speakers Series held “The Gruden Effect: Examining The Larger Issues.” Co-hosted by renowned broadcast journalist and Hall alum Bob Ley and...

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It’s a Super Bowl year for NBC, and speculation has centered around Al Michaels and whether his 36th season as the voice of NFL’s premier prime-time game will be his last. Michaels says he has no plans to ride off into the sunset after the game in his adopted hometown of Los Angeles. The 2021 National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Ford C. Frick Award winner also shares his philosophy on...

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The 2021-22 NHL season faces off this week at the dawn of a new seven-year ice age with The Walt Disney Company and WarnerMedia. ESPN and TNT begin the year with doubleheaders on Tuesday, October 12 and Wednesday, October 13 respectively. We’ll break down the announcers and analysts for each team as well as TNT’s schedule for the NHL Outdoor Games. Hear from ESPN commentators Mark Messier...

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Over the weekend, the first-ever all-women golf broadcast team called the ShopRite LPGA Classic on GOLF Channel. Led by Beth Hutter, the first woman to produce the U.S. Women’s Open earlier this year, hear from all five members of the on-air team. Judy Rankin discusses her roots at ABC Sports and why women have been accepted as analysts on golf while on-course reporter Kay Cockerill notes the...

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In the most anticipated matchup of the NFL season, Tom Brady returns to New England with a seventh Super Bowl ring as part of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. “Sunday Night Football” executive producer Fred Gaudelli and play-by-play legend Al Michaels say they have been waiting all season for this Sunday Night in Foxboro. “Football Night in America” analysts Rodney Harrison and Drew Brees explain why...

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The 43rd Ryder Cup from Whistling Straits Golf Club in Kohler, Wisconsin tees off this week on NBC, Golf Channel, Peacock, the NBC Sports app, NBCSports.com and RyderCup.com. More than 35 on-air talent will present more than 100 hours of live tournament and studio programming with first tee to final putt coverage from Friday, September 24th through Sunday, September 26th. Hear from NBC’s lead golf...

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In its 45th season, “Inside The NFL” has a new home — streaming Tuesday nights on Paramount+ — and a new analyst, Super Bowl MVP Julian Edelman. Hear from Edelman, host James Brown and analysts Brandon Marshall and Phil Simms, who also serves as an executive producer. They discuss social media’s educational role for youth as well as NFL players, and they celebrate the ESPN2 Manning MegaCast and...

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