Charles Arthur: Quote of the day re golf, courtesy John McEnroe. But what is sport?

Posted on 19 May, 2008 by Martin Stabe

"The thing the unites all the 'sports' that you read in the papers? Two things - they have a schedule: they’re regular, so newspapers can plan themselves around them; and they have spectators. ... If a 'sport' doesn’t have a diary, then it can’t be

Daily Mail: Patriots’ loss was a perfect ending

Posted on 5 February, 2008 by Martin Stabe

"Here on the west coast of America, where millions upon millions of dollars have been spent promoting Beckham as the superstar saviour of soccer, the decision to omit him from the England squad was recorded by a single paragraph in USA Today."

Soccermap.net: National league tables in a map

Posted on 25 January, 2008 by Martin Stabe

because of we really, really needed league tables from every national football league plotted on a Google Map of Europe... BATE Borisov top the table in Belarus!

Freeview’s Hidden Gems

Posted on 20 January, 2008 by Martin Stabe

... like BBC coverage of the African Cup of Nations on Channel 302.

Independent: Freedom Of Information: How Labour considered saving Man Utd from an American takeover

Posted on 18 January, 2008 by Martin Stabe

"[L]ast month the Information Commissioner ruled in favour of the fans and ordered the Government to disclose the information being sought."

Sport sites and SEO on digital editors’ agenda

Posted on 7 January, 2008 by Martin Stabe

The next meeting of the Digital Editors Network will be held at the University of Central Lancashire on 29 January. The topics up for discussion at the meeting, which will feature will be the potential of sport on news media websites search engine optimisation. Robert Hardie, managing editor of Northcliffe Digital Integrated Media, will update the [...]

New York Times: N.C.A.A. to Bloggers: Too Many Posts and You’re Out! -

Posted on 2 January, 2008 by Martin Stabe

"The NCAA issued new rules this week that will allow credentialed press to blog live NCAA championship sporting events. The rules, however, limit the number of times reporters can post live blogs depending on the sport they cover." (via Guardian/PDA)

BBC News: ESPN ‘eyes Premier League rights’

Posted on 10 December, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"US sports cable network ESPN is 'absolutely interested' in buying the UK rights to broadcast Premier League football"

BBC News: Pub football court case kicks off

Posted on 29 November, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"The High Court is considering whether a pub should be allowed to show live English Premier League football matches from foreign broadcasts."

Jeremy Dear: [Jobs for goals] Scandal set to rock the media?

Posted on 19 November, 2007 by Martin Stabe

Ha: "several overweight, 40-something hacks secured an emphatic 8-2 victory against students from Cardiff University's School of Journalism. The students denied they had "thrown" the game amid fears their journalistic careers may be over before they even

Stumbling and Mumbling: Wisdom of crowds in football

Posted on 14 November, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"The wisdom of crowds has come to English football. Myfootballclub's takeover of Ebbsfleet means 20,000 people will vote on its team selection; Hapoel Kiryat Shalom in Israel do a similar thing."

Reuters: Cricket Australia under fire over media row

Posted on 9 November, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"Australian cricket authorities came under fire on Friday for preventing some news organisations from covering the first test match against Sri Lanka, as a boycott of the event by international news groups continued."

paidContent:UK: Broadband Content Bits: Joost Inks Deals With ITV, MLB; NBCU/Pro.Sieben.Sat VOD

Posted on 8 October, 2007 by Martin Stabe

Shweeet: "Joost has added ...Major League Baseball to its programming line-up. ... The MLB deal will cover the entire post-season, including the World Series, as well as a highlights show, for the next month; and is available world-wide except in Japan"

Chicken Yoghurt: Public Service Announcement – Craig Murray, Tim Ireland, Boris Johnson, Bob Piper…

Posted on 22 September, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"Tim Ireland’s Bloggerheads site is currently down after his webhost pulled the plug. ... " following allegations made by Craig Murray about Alisher Usmanov.

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