Super Bowl LIV coverage is in high gear with ESPN planning a four-hour pregame show.  And that network isn't even carrying the game.  Plus, ESPN is increasing its social media platform in a big way.  Baseball plans to mic its umpires to exp

CBS sportscaster Jim Nance is class personified.  In his latest podcast, sportscaster Dan Lovallo explains why.  Lovallo also looks at the latest ratings, including what Zion Williamson means for the NBA.   Plus Lovallo explains why ne

Is Tony Romo about to become the highest paid sportscaster in history?  One website is reporting the CBS football analyst is about to sign a record deal with ESPN.  Plus 2019 television was dominated by the NFL.  And all hands are on deck f

The NBA and Turner Sports have expanded their arrangement with Twitter.  It means more games and coverage will be made available on the social media platform.  Also, former CBS golf analyst Peter Kostis, dismissed by the network last year, sent

Will there be a shakeup in the Monday Night Football booth on ESPN?  NY Post sports media critic Andrew Marchand is speculating that change maybe afoot.  Plus, the changing face of the sports media.  Host Dan Lovallo talks about that and gi

The New England Patriots-Tennessee Titans NFL wild card playoff game on Saturday, January 4, produced huge prime time ratings for CBS.  In this edition of the Sports Media Beat, Dan Lovallo breaks down the ratings.  He also looks at numbers for

The College Football Playoffs scored big time for ESPN on Saturday, with Clemson-Ohio State and LSU-Oklahoma getting big ratings.  Meanwhile, the NFL, which makes $5.7B per year from its television rights fees, could be on the verge of a big payday.

Legendary broadcaster Don Imus died on Dec. 27.  He was 79.  Imus, who began his radio career as a shock jock, then transitioned into a talk show host, arguably saved the all-sports talk radio format, as sportscaster Dan Lovallo explains in this

One entity is predicting gambling on sporting events in 2020 will be the dominant sports media story.  Meanwhile, on the ratings front, the Dallas Cowboys-Philadelphia Eagles game and the New England Patriots-Buffalo Bills game were big ratings winne

Since 1996, CBS has carried the SEC, but after the 2023 season, the relationship between that network and the nation's premier college football conference will come to an end.  Plus, the NBA bounces back in its ratings, but a tough night for hockey o