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Don OhlmeyerE-mail | BioDon Ohlmeyer is the public's representative to ESPN, offering independent examination and analysis of ESPN's media outlets. One of television's most successful innovators as a sports and entertainment producer, programmer and network president, the longtime NBC and ABC executive was honored with 16 Emmys, including the Lifetime Achievement Award, and two Peabody Awards. He will critique decision-making, coverage and presentation of news, issues and events on ESPN's platforms. Ohlmeyer will have an 18-month tenure and succeeds ombudsmen George Solomon and Le Anne Schreiber. |
Martha Burk: Don't Expect Madison Square Garden to Change
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopIf you read my last post, you know that I have been wondering about Madison Square Garden. Let's assume the jury was right, and the work environment t...
Blog | October 03, 2007Craig Lancaster Describes his Oregonian Story
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...answering every question directly is a solid start. Lancaster did that. "It's definitely not an ombudsman-type piece," he explains. "It's not even an investigation. Because there's really nothing...
Blog | October 26, 2006The Troubled Relationship Between the Blazers and the Press
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...interested in hiring someone to make them look bad. (Maybe they are! Papers do those kinds of ombudsman stories.) You'd have to wonder even more if, out of anyone they might have hired, that...
Blog | October 25, 2006Gee, Mike Lupica Sure Has It In for Isiah Thomas
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...wow. UPDATE: A link from the comments (thanks Dave) turns up a similar post from The Sports Ombudsman: Over the summer, when the Larry Brown-Isiah Thomas honeymoon began, one noted New York columnist, Mike...
Blog | June 14, 2006Unveiling your 2010 TV lineup
Bill Simmons, Page 2Bill Simmons' mailbag returns with questions about funny athletes, Michael Jackson, "The Bachelorette" and your 2010 TV lineup.
Story | July 17, 2009In a goofy year, there's a thing about the Titans
Bill Simmons, Page 2Nothing makes sense in the NFL in 2008, but the Sports Guy says there's a thing he likes about Tennessee.
Story | Conversation | October 17, 2008Written guidance necessary to establish boundaries of comment
Le Anne Schreiber, ESPN OmbudsmanWithout a formal handbook of guidance and policy, writes the ombudsman, there is not much chance ESPN's producers, editors, columnists and commentators will ever be on the same page.
Story | July 13, 2008ESPN is right to engage, not avoid, racial matters in sports
Le Anne Schreiber, ESPN OmbudsmanESPN, writes the Ombudsman, should not have its motives impugned when it takes on racial matters, whether in TV documentaries or online columns. The bar is set too high. The only alternatives, she writes, are to clear it or take the lumps trying.
Story | April 13, 2008Where Are They Now?
Our first issue cover subjects have taken different paths to 2008. Some became champions. Some are still waiting for the ring. And some have just moved on.
Story | Conversation | February 16, 2008Clemens, the Mitchell report and the mail
Bill Simmons, Page 2The Mitchell report and everything else is fair game in the latest edition of the mailbag.
Story | Conversation | December 14, 2007Links of the week
Bill Simmons, Page 2With some help from the readers, Bill Simmons passes on some links you have to see.
Story | Conversation | October 09, 2007ESPN must allow announcers to keep eyes on the ball
Le Anne Schreiber, ESPN OmbudsmanThe Ombudsman says that many ESPN broadcasts of live games seem more scripted than spontaneous and that announcers should be allowed to keep their eyes on the ball.
Story | July 09, 2007Given conflicts, Amaechi coverage 'over the top'
George Solomon, ESPN OmbudsmanESPN would have been better served by showing restraint in how it covered former NBA player John Amaechi's recent revelation that he is gay, says the Ombudsman.
Story | March 05, 2007ESPN needs more journalism, less sensationalism
George Solomon, ESPN OmbudsmanESPN Ombudsman George Solomon says the network should focus more on quality journalism and less on sensationalism.
Story | Conversation | May 26, 2006Bonds show offers more questions than answers
George Solomon, ESPN Ombudsman"Bonds on Bonds" producers need to press the San Francisco Giant to react to the turmoil that seems follows him 24/7.
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