Since 1965, the Indianapolis 500 has been a Memorial Day weekend tradition on ABC. Each year, new technologies are introduced into sports telecasts that bring the viewer ever closer to the action. This year's broadcast is no exception.
With a jam-packed week in Boston sports, Bruce Allen offers a triple play in his weekly Media Roundup, featuring the return of Brian Scalabrine (in analyst form), Mike Felger's Celtics bashing, Curt Schilling's business blunders and more.
Boston has a lot of great sports teams, like the Boston Red Sox. Oh wait, nevermind. Well, the Red Sox are great at being terrible, right? Bruce Allen writes about the (very) tough times that have fallen upon the Sox (their faults, too).
Rajon Rondo's actions (chest bumping referee Marc Davis in Game 1) were wrong, and it resulted in a one-game suspension for the Boston Celtics' point guard. Lo and behold, Rondo's actions may have actually helped the Celtics.
Coming off a Super Bowl appearance, Tom Brady and the New England Patriots -- one of the NFL's most dominant teams of the past decade -- only have four prime time games scheduled for the 2012-13 season.
With the Boston Bruins beginning their push for a second consecutive Stanley Cup championship, networks such as NBC, NESN and Comcast SportsNet New England are gearing up to provide unique and outstanding coverage.
Boston Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine has scheduled a regular radio interview in the New York City market, and it has some Boston media members up in arms. Media columnist Bruce Allen examines the outrage.
Is Tiger Woods returning to form in time for the 2012 Masters Tournament? Bruce Allen interviews key names in golf media to look at the entire field and Tiger's chances.
With four local teams in action, many eyes in Boston will be turned to the NCAA Hockey Tournament Regionals this weekend. ESPN is planning several enhancements to their coverage of hockey's version of March Madness.
How should sports media members respond when confronted with fans making outrageous demands of Boston sports teams? Has social media created spoiled fan syndrome? Media columnist Bruce Allen weighs in.
