A four-part documentary on the popular TNT “Inside The NBA” pre- and postgame program will air from Thursday through Sunday this week, as relayed by Mark Medina of USA Today. “The Inside…
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Longtime NBA play-by-play man Marv Albert is contemplating retirement at the end of the season, he told Andrew Marchand of the New York Post. Albert, 79, is in the final year of…
Longstanding publication Sports Illustrated is set to join the behind-a-paywall crowd, as soon as early February, according to Michael McCarthy of Front Office Sports. It goes without saying that the “premium content”…
A documentary about late former Georgetown coach John Thompson is in the works, as relayed by Ian Casselberry of Awful Announcing. The documentary, still untitled, will be directed and produced by Kirk Fraser, who held the same…
ESPN will have NBA announcing crews call games both in the arenas and from their own homes this season, as relayed by Jon Paulsen of Sports Media Watch. A network spokesperson confirmed…
Veteran NBA reporter/insider Howard Beck is joining Sports Illustrated, he confirmed in a tweet. Beck most recently served as an analyst and podcaster with Bleacher Report, and did some television work for…
The NBA has set its “tentative” Christmas Day schedule of five games, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. Unlike previous seasons, this year’s Christmas slate comes on the third day of the…
It’s too early to say who will be playing or where, but some NBA preseason games are already set to be on TV. More specifically, ESPN is scheduled to carry five games…
ESPN announced it was moving much of its written content behind a paywall and Monday was the day it began. That included much of the network’s content from most of its top…
How do you recover following a season in which you lost billions? If you’re the NBA, you consider adding a second sponsored jersey patch, as relayed by Sports Business Daily. The NBA currently…
The NBA has concerns that TNT and ESPN may want to renegotiate their current contracts if next season begins later than the proposed Dec. 22 start date, according to Shams Charania of…
Longtime college basketball writers Jeff Goodman and Rob Dauster are launching a new network of podcasts under what will be known as the “Field of 68 Media Network” umbrella, as relayed by…