After sweeping the Islanders last Friday night, Canes owner Tom Dundon was riding so high that he forget to thoroughly vet his media contacts and somehow ended up on SportsChannel8: The Radio Show. We covered a LOT: from this Canes squad and its head coach to youth hockey to the AT&T Byron Nelson to frat… Read more »
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Media Musings: Alexander Provides Southern Hospitality For Hurricanes Opposing Broadcasts
By R.L. Bynum Visiting NHL radio crews depend on local engineers New York fans listening to Islanders radio broadcasts of this week’s two playoff games in Raleigh will probably have no idea that a North Carolina resident is responsible for the professional sound quality they are hearing. Because an engineer isn’t part of the travel… Read more »
Giftastic Recap of the Capitals/Hurricanes Playoff Series
The Carolina Hurricanes qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 2009: Canes head to Washington and lose the series opener 4-2: And they follow that up with an overtime loss in Game 2…: …but they get to come back home to the loudest house in the NHL: And Canes fans, starving for playoff… Read more »
Carolina Hurricanes: This One’s For Us
Back in my early 20’s, before North Carolina ever had dreams of hosting a hockey franchise, a co-worker tried to convince me that hockey was the best sport on the planet. His sales pitch: hockey has the physicality of football, the speed and continuous, free-flowing action of basketball, and the “every goal is life or… Read more »
Media Musings: Different Job, Same Beat for Person
By R.L. Bynum Leaving newspapers, adjusting to the change wasn’t easy for Person Sports writers are no different than athletes: Changing teams and playbooks requires some adjustments. It took a few weeks for Joe Person to fully make the transition from decades in the newspaper industry to being part of The Athletic. Unlike most athletes,… Read more »
Plunked: How it feels to get hit by an 88 mph fastball
By Shawn Krest No one told me about the hiss. A good fastball is sometimes called a hummer in baseball slang, but the actual sound is far less pleasant than that. The sound is supposedly made by the seams, ripping through air as the ball spins toward the plate. The higher the spin rate,… Read more »
Media Musings: “Saint” Ives Helps Make The GameDay Hoops Crew Look Good
by R.L. Bynum UNC alum a key part of ESPN’s College GameDay basketball broadcasts When an ESPN College GameDay broadcast starts Saturday morning during basketball season, most of the hardest work is done for the show’s main researcher. The rest of the week is much busier for Bryan Ives, a 31-year-old UNC alum from Charlotte… Read more »
Media Musings: Schools Prepare For ACC Network Launch
By R.L Bynum Duke ahead of the game as schools race to prepare for ACC Network When the ACC Network was announced in July 2016, the scramble began at nearly every league school to get the needed facilities built. There was no such scramble at Duke. Its facilities were part of the planned Blue Devil… Read more »