msn.foxsports.com - 5/30/2008
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I think that Whitlock has a good point. The NBA needs to clean up its image. However, ratings are up becasue the matchups are much better this year. It has nothing to do with player's tattoos.
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Emphasis on Team Play Boosts Playoff Ratings
The Sporting Blog —
... for the Playoffs this year and a lot of people (including myself) are wondering why. Sure having the Lakers and Celtics playing helps, but the numbers the Association has been pulling in are astronomical. TNT's game 4 of the Spurs-Lakers series pulled 5,394,000 households, up 49% compared to the network's coverage of game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals. It can't just be the teams involved, can it? There has to be some other reason that we're missing. FOX's Jason Whitlock thinks he's found the missing link . Tattoos -- or a lack thereof -- have to be the reason (well, ...
Whitlock: Less Tattoos = Better Ratings. Reality: Ha Ha... What?!
FanHouse —
... , a polarizing figure in the blog world, published a column Thursday attributing part of the NBA's (massive) postseason ratings success to ... the lack of tattoos among the remaining stars. Whitlock sort-of compares ...
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... In what we can only assume is his latest attempt to be as acerbic, idiotic, and self-loathing as possible, Jason Whitlock penned this, which operates under the thesis that the NBA Playoffs have enjoyed a ratings renaissance this year because ...
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