David Jones of PennLive.com has a devastatingly accurate take-down of ESPN’s NBA pre-game show. Read the whole thing. But here’s your highlight package. ESPN is known for overproduction and stifling structure, of course. Look to your right, respond to the lead anchor, look back toward the camera, gesture with your hands to emphasize your point, […] Read more

Sometimes, I wonder if TV networks ever think about their viewers. Friday night, I fire up The Golf Channel, eager to watch replayed coverage of The Memorial. On the bottom ticker, a red-alert news flash hits the screen. “Phil Mickelson under FBI investigation for possible insider trading, according to the Wall Street Journal….” Okay. Wow. […] Read more

So once upon a time, kids learned to dribble by… wait for it… dribbling a basketball. Like… all the time. On the way home from school. Around the house. Now, overindulged rich suburban kids can have mommy/daddy buy them this ridiculous basketball – sync it with their iPod/iPad/iThing – and get (almost) real-time data on […] Read more