Is sports talk dead?
The novel is written, fall is in the air, and football has already started. So, of course, I occasionally think about doing some sports blogging here on “The Ink.” Yet, this summer, I heard local longtime Philadelphia sports talker Mike Missanelli was again out at 97.5, there was speculation that Jon Marks, another well-known sports talk guy in Philly, might be back in, and it all made me start asking myself a question. Is sports talk dead? How many times can you recycle the same guys? I mean no disrespect to Marks or Missanelli – I like both guys. But we’ve all seen the main sports talk hosts in town bounce between the two Philly sports stations. In fact, the ratings war between the one-time newcomer 97.5 The Fanatic and traditional favorite 94.1 WIP (formerly 610 on AM for years) used to attract plenty of interest in the blogosphere. I think we all expected an ultimate “winner” to emerge. Now, I don’t think anybody cares. Honestly, I don’t listen to sports talk anymore. I’m not...
