Lea held a variety of jobs on his way to becoming WRAL’s lead sports anchor It’s an understatement to say that Chris Lea will bring a unique variety of experience to WRAL next month. The most relevant, of course, is his seven years at Triad NBC affiliate WXII, including more than four years in sports,… Read more »
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Media Musings: Basketball and Bow Ties from C.L. Brown
written by R.L. Bynum Brown delivers compelling college basketball content on his own website Before C.L. Brown worked at a couple of smaller newspapers on the way to becoming one of the most respected college basketball writers in the country, he wanted to work in television. The inspiration came at age 7 while growing up… Read more »
Media Musings: Jay Harris, the man who turned down ESPN (at first)
written by R.L. Bynum From Chapel Hill to Bristol: Harris takes unconventional path to ESPN When ESPN offers broadcasters the chance to be a “SportsCenter” anchor for the iconic channel, few say no. Most say yes and don’t hesitate. Not only did Jay Harris say no. He did it three times. Consider, though, that he… Read more »
Media Musings: Inside the production truck for a Canes broadcast
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 »
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 »