NBC made correct call to not air Eight Belles' agony

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NBC Made The Right Call In Regards To Eight Belles
Published 5/5/2008 by Awful Announcing- at Awful Announcing
... and was scrambling to get anything to air. Having only eight cameras solely focused on specific horses (none on Eight Belles) might have aided in that line of thinking, but in the end I think we're all better off. According to NBC Producer Sam Flood's interview with USA Today the horse was "writhing" and the injury was "gruesome". If things were happening they way Flood described them then there's not a chance I would have ever wanted to see that. The reality is that families and children watch the Derby with regularity (I grew up watching it every year) and NBC made the ...

De La Hoya Brings MLS to the Boxing Masses
Published 5/5/2008 by SF at The Offside Rules
... I have no idea how many people tuned into the Oscar De La Hoya-Steve "I don't sleep in silk pajamas" Forbes fight at the Home Depot Center this weekend, but assume it was in the neighborhood of 10 Zillion. And I'd bet a good portion of those folks got to hear the name "Home Depot Center" for the 1st time, and where then informed that it is the home of Major League Soccer's LA Galaxy which that guy Beckham plays for. They also learned that De La Hoya is part owner of another MLS team, the Houston Dynamo, who's colors and logo were featured in pretty much every single camera ...