When I first learned of Mrs. B’s Patriotworld Podcast, I was listening to C.C. Chapman’s Managing the Gray podcast. This was about a year ago when I first started listening to podcasts. When I decided to give my own podcast a whirl, I knew that I wanted to find out more about this woman who was so passionate about the New England Patriots. Over the course of NFL training camp, I listened to three or four episodes from Mrs. B. She is a great resource for Pats fans and tremendous ambassador for the team. Her real name is Karen Cardoza and she is without question one of the biggest fans the Patriots have. In my conversation with Karen, we cover her motivation to start podcasting, the lines between traditional and new media, and whether she thinks the Super Bowl is in the cards this year.
The RANT-OF-THE-WEEK comes from a long-time friend and fellow sports nut Dave DeRosa from Ottawa. Along with Tom Pechloff, we covered the Ottawa sports scene back in university broadcasting a show called Breakaway on CKCU-FM.
The inspiration for this, the fourth installment of THE DISH ON SPORTS, came from a column I read a few weeks ago by Michael Geist, the Canada Research Chair of Internet and E-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa. Michael writes a column covering technology law issues called Law Bytes, which appears regularly in the Toronto Star. In his piece, Give the Internet a Sporting Chance, he addresses the growing number of leagues and sports associations trying to assert control over athlete blogging, posting photographs and video online, and even the use of player statistics. We discuss whether sports bloggers will ever be taken seriously as legitimate media.
The RANT-OF-THE-WEEK offers a little humour from Terry Fallis of the Inside PR podcast. Surely, he could not be serious in singing the praises of this particular member of the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Episode #2 could be called “the public relations edition,” even though I never intended it to be when I first started hatching what would be covered. The main interview guest in this show is Steve McAllister, the sports editor of The Globe & Mail based in Toronto, Canada. The G&M is considered by many as the newspaper of record in Canada and it’s certainly one most of my clients like to be featured in. To be completely transparent, Steve and I worked together at Tennis Canada many moons ago. So, Steve knows both sides of the fence – public relations and journalism. We cover a variety of topics including how best to pitch a sports reporter and where the newspaper business is headed.
The RANT-OF-THE-WEEK also has a PR slant to it this episode, as my colleague Ted Griffith from NATIONAL Public Relations offers some free advice to Barry Bonds as he swings for the record books.
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