Getting your player ready...
Paper cuts.
The electronic sports media delves into the problems of the print sports media Tuesday at 8 p.m.
“HBO’s Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel” examines the exodus of top sportswriters who have left their papers or have lost their jobs because of staff cutbacks.
According to noted reporter Frank Deford, the situation, brought about mainly by the rise of the Internet, has reshaped the reporting and consumption of sports news and opinion, thus gradually eliminating “a great tradition.”
Changes in Denver, brought about by the closing of the Rocky Mountain News, are not covered.
