![]() "I think it was one of the few avenues that could honestly explore issues without having to worry about ratings or sponsorships or relationships. “The show tried to do some things in sports journalism that no one else was doing,” Gumbel said. Increasingly, sports news comes from outlets owned by leagues, like the NFL or MLB networks, or networks whose businesses depend greatly on winning rights deals, he said. “It checked all the boxes - timely, ambitious, well-funded, independent.” ![]() “It has been the gold standard in sports journalism on TV for the last three decades and it really is quite a loss,” said Mark Hyman, director of the Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism at the University of Maryland. While the show's exit makes sense, the fear is that a form of sports journalism is leaving for good, too. Gumbel is 75, at the end of a contract, and HBO is now controlled by a company, Warner Bros. ![]() Taylor Swift's Milk Bar birthday cake is going viral ![]()
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