Chicago media and WNBA

I can probably list a dozen journalists who made waterboarding stories sing back in Dubya's heyday.

 

"WNBA Twitter"

 

How many of those same people brought up that few covered the NWSL, yet reported the scandal involving Paul Riley, the now-former coach of the North Carolina Courage?

The NWSL was doing fine and growing in bits and spurts - it has easily outlived its two women's professional predecessors - but nothing approached the level of the scandal story.

 

Big day in sports yesterday, Sunday NFL Football, Home team loses, Packers win in OT, huge shootout between Chargers and Browns. MLB playoffs Boston needs extra innings to win.
Sports Front page includes WNBA game 1 between teams not from the circulation area and USMNT losing in World Cup qualifier.

I wish National and Political coverage would be so paternalistic as the sports department and tell us what we need to know, not what we want to know.

 

If I'm reading this correctly, the Chicago Sky had media availability on a Saturday afternoon in October in the third-largest market with a million teams to follow.

No... no... NO.

Schedule it on:
Tuesday, 1-3 p.m.
Wednesday, 1-3 p.m.

Mondays re-cap the weekend's games for the pros and those are often days where sports departments are on skeleton staffing.
Assuming Tuesdays are still "off days" for NFL. THERE is your day.

 

From the looks of it, the availability was for Game 3 of their playoff series on Sunday and they had played on the road Thursday, so they had to do it Saturday. It wasn't a normal in-season availability.

 

Perfectly within their right. Mental health is so important in this country and we don’t respect it enough.

 

The Mercury has wanted more media attention for all of its existence. This playoff run they finally got what they wanted.

I am more than happy to go back to the status quo.

 

From AP:

Does the Republic travel with the Mercury?

 

Jeff Metcalfe was there for the Republic. He tweeted that it’s his final on-location assignment. He’s leaving the paper.

I know ASU’s student news staff also sent a reporter.