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Was hoping to listen to 3 in the key and it's not up yet. I hope someone at the station reads this. I also hope they don't axe that show because i think they do a really good job.
Was hoping to listen to 3 in the key and it's not up yet. I hope someone at the station reads this. I also hope they don't axe that show because i think they do a really good job.
Caught the last part of the drive today. I just want to thank Ian, Lee and everyone at the station for how they handled today’s news. I thought it was a good idea to open the phone lines and let the fans speak on the news of the day. Also, want to give a shoutout to those people who did phone in. I can’t disagree with any of the points made in the calls I heard.
This one's really easy to explain: both issues were grounded more in the legal domain than the sports domain. Relevant to the sports landscape, of course, but neither story gets broken without the legal aspects clearly laid out. That's where the Buffalo writer and Shaamini Yogaretnam come in – they have more contacts and more experience dealing with the court system. Hell, the Karlsson-Hoffman story came out because of the filing for a peace bond.Not necessarily directed at the radio hosts etc, but are these type of stories (Hoff & Lee) normally broken by non sports media? The last two monster pieces of Sens news which have somewhat transcended the sport and nothing from the beat guys who are "connected/insiders/plugged in"? What gives here it's baffling to me that I heard about the Hoffman thing for example 2-3 weeks ago and no media person did?
This one's really easy to explain: both issues were grounded more in the legal domain than the sports domain. Relevant to the sports landscape, of course, but neither story gets broken without the legal aspects clearly laid out. That's where the Buffalo writer and Shaamini Yogaretnam come in – they have more contacts and more experience dealing with the court system. Hell, the Karlsson-Hoffman story came out because of the filing for a peace bond.
Having worked with Shaamini, I can confirm that she's not only NOT a lower level journalist, but also one of the most hard-working crime reporters in the city. Can't comment on the Buffalo writer though.From my understanding the info was easy to get and publicly available and both story breakers were lower level journalists, I was assuming a professional sports journalist once notified of the rumour would know the proper avenues to pursue to acquire the proof.
From my understanding the info was easy to get and publicly available and both story breakers were lower level journalists, I was assuming a professional sports journalist once notified of the rumour would know the proper avenues to pursue to acquire the proof.
ANOTHER Sportscentre Update
Probably just bad timing but...
Have turned on TSN1200 on three different occassions today, each time they weren't talking about the Ottawa Senators. Actually talking about their fantasy football league right now.
Obviously flipped to TSN690 each time today and all 3 times they were talking about the disfunctional Ottawa Senators.
Enjoyed the Drive yesterday with Ian though
Probably just bad timing but...
Have turned on TSN1200 on three different occassions today, each time they weren't talking about the Ottawa Senators. Actually talking about their fantasy football league right now.
Obviously flipped to TSN690 each time today and all 3 times they were talking about the disfunctional Ottawa Senators.
Yup. Ian, you're the man. That's exactly what the fans/listeners needed today.
But, there was something that got on my nerves a little bit. I absolutely can't stand the "Sportscentre Updates." Do you really need to drop two in the same hour? My drive home went like this: I get in the car a little after 5, listen to some commercials, then BOOM--Sportscentre Update! Followed by some discussion and then a few excellent callers, commercial, and then they come back for like a 3 minute segment where they take one caller while teasing ANOTHER Sportscentre Update (already?). My biggest criticism of the show is that there's barely any show. I get that it's AM radio and you have to sell a lot of ads but there's obviously some time to be gained, and scrapping an SC update would be a great way to start. I don't mean to be an a-hole cause I know Ian is a true pro and preps for every show, but it just feels like the all the show consists of is intros and teases. There's never enough time to get a good segment going. Sometimes I get into my car to go somewhere and hear nothing but commercials for the entire trip. That's why I've started to download the Toronto Overdrive podcast and listen to it via aux chord while I'm driving.
Hey, now. Don't impugn the company with a typo. 1-877-KARS-4-KIDS. K-A-R-S, Kars for Kids.The Cars for Kids commercials alone are reason enough to never listen to TSN 1200 live.
The Cars for Kids commercials alone are reason enough to never listen to TSN 1200 live.
AJ just teeing off right now, missed his directness, hard to disagree with him personally!
I find it funny that they've been advertising criminal defense lawyers lately. Specialists in domestic abuse cases, no less. Nice demographic we got here.