written by R.L. Bynum It’s controlled chaos in the TV truck for Hemming during Canes broadcasts Imagine playing your favorite video game at the highest level for three consecutive hours while overseeing controlled chaos. That’s what Carolina Hurricanes games are like for Paul Hemming. It’s how the veteran television director describes the intensity of each… Read more »
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Breaking Elon Basketball’s Loop of Failure
For a long time, Elon Basketball has been stuck in what I call the “Loop of Failure.” A failure to recruit good players leads to a failure to create a culture of winning, leads to a failure to build enthusiasm around the program, which leads right back to a failure to recruit good players. But… Read more »
Media Musings: Marks goes from NFL to NCAA coverage
written by R.L. Bynum Marks had good reasons to give up an NFL beat Many sports writers dream about covering an NFL team, and would never voluntarily give up that beat. But those writers don’t have family-related emotions tugging at their hearts — and didn’t spend their teen years in the heart of ACC country…. Read more »
Carmichael: on the corner of South Road and Memory Lane
written by R.L. Bynum Carmichael will always be a special place It doesn’t matter that North Carolina’s opponent today is only Wofford. I can’t wait to be in Carmichael Auditorium (no, it will never be Carmichael Arena to me) for the game. As a kid growing up in a house on Franklin Street (near Eastgate),… Read more »
Media Musings: Keeping Up With The (Jonathan) Jones
written by R.L. Bynum Jonathan Jones’ NFL job at CBS vastly different than his job was at SI Jonathan Jones had plenty of emotions when TheMaven laid off dozens of Sports Illustrated staffers. It was all empathy for Jones, then an SI national NFL writer, even though he also got laid off. That’s because he… Read more »
Media Musings: Behind the scenes of the behind the scenes “All Access” series
written by R.L. Bynum Behind the scenes of “All Access” series on Carolina basketball What is it like to be around a blue-blood college basketball program? The ACC Network’s multi-part series “All Access: A Season with Carolina Basketball” offers an inside look at the North Carolina program, with plenty of cameras around the program on… Read more »
Media Musings: Evan Lepler is the Ultimate play-by-play guy
written by R.L. Bynum Wake Forest alum Lepler has the ultimate job … and covers many other sports ESPN’s impact in the last 30 years has led to practically every sport you can think of (and some you didn’t know existed) being televised on some sort of platform. More obscure sports that previously were only… Read more »
Media Musings: Hamilton hasn’t thrown away his shot, but has also learned to wait for it
written by R.L. Bynum Hamilton takes diverse media experience to Maven’s Panthers site As the media landscape continues to evolve at a dizzying pace, many can get left behind if they aren’t flexible enough to reinvent their careers. Few have done a better job of overcoming setbacks and finding new and different opportunities than Scott… Read more »