DAN LOVALLO

BROADCASTER, PODCASTER

Who cares about TV ratings?

Who cares about TV ratings?

So what if ratings for the World Series are in the toilet? Who cares if games are longer than a drive time radio show? I am looking forward to the remaining two or three games, before we put a lid on the 2019 season. Why? Pitching, pitching, pitching. On paper, and I...
Baseball playoffs have me glued

Baseball playoffs have me glued

I am riveted to the baseball playoffs.  The Washington Nationals, having shocked the Los Angeles Dodgers, ousting them from the NLDS, have won the first two games of the NLCS on the road.  And how did they go two up on the Cardinals?  Great pitching!...
The Dodgers left 62 years ago

The Dodgers left 62 years ago

As I sit here pounding on my iPad and watching the LA Dodgers lead the Washington Nationals, 3-0, in the deciding game of the 2019 NLDS, broadcaster Ernie Johnson Jr. is informing the audience the Dodgers play in major league baseball’s third oldest ballpark. ...
NFL ratings through the roof

NFL ratings through the roof

There are websites that love to run down the NFL.  One in particular takes a certain thrill out of linking to stories about empty seats in NFL stadiums.  Any credibility this website has goes out the window with me, because of the publisher’s refusal to...
Sports heading down a slippery slope.  Bet on it

Sports heading down a slippery slope. Bet on it

Capital One Arena/YT grab Slowly, but surely, what we valued growing up is being torn asunder.  Remember when we told how bad it was to bet on sports?  It’s been 100 years since the Chicago White Sox threw the World Series to the Cincinnati Reds. ...