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OT: Alexa Philippou Joins ESPN

FanFromMaine said:
BTW, are you a subscriber to any of the three sites you mention???
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Yes, Yes and Gotta Check (Her Hoop). Really enjoy getting The Next early morning report on previous night's results.
 
Dillon77 said:
Miss Graham Hays. Active reporter who was also adept at womens' soccer.
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come on Dillon..........that's not much of a commute from Essex County to Hartford........ here's your big chance to see the "dark side" up close and personal.......:)
 
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It's sad the way venture capitalists have no qualms destroying newspapers. The Courant has lost over 40 people in editorial over the last few months and has only made a couple of new hires.
 
Disregarding the cheap shot at capitalists, I’m sure you realize that ownership has little to do with the demise of newspapers in general. I’m also confident that you know that the overwhelming majority of staff reductions at the Courant were undertaken by the likes of the Tribune Company.

Anyway, “Go Huskies”.
 
Cuango said:
Don’t bet on it. Management will make that call, not Alexa.
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ESPN will promote the teams (and players) for which it has broadcasting rights. That does not include UConn.

ESPN will still write about UConn because of clicks and because UConn will still appear on its network for non-conference away/neutral court games and the NCAA tournament. ESPN loves the ratings.
 
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The article in today's Currant about the women's team was good but just read a bit differently. We will miss her there.
 
Here is a data item that I am not quite able to process:

I just finished reading an article in the Hartford Courant online edition about Morgan Valley and the "coaching odyssey" that finally brought her back to UConn. That isn't the mystery.

The mystery is that the byline for the article is "Alexa Phillipou, Hartford Courant", and the date is today: February 22, 2022. What is going on here?
  • Did Alexa write this story before she left the Courant, and it is only being published today? (It was not in this morning's print edition, so I assume it will appear there tomorrow.)
  • Or is this a "last supper" contribution to the Courant that will not be followed by any more articles on her byline?
  • Or is she somehow able to work for ESPN and contribute to the Courant at the same time?
I assume this situation will soon be clarified.
 
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JoePgh said:
Here is a data item that I am not quite able to process:

I just finished reading an article in the Hartford Courant online edition about Morgan Valley and the "coaching odyssey" that finally brought her back to UConn. That isn't the mystery.

The mystery is that the byline for the article is "Alexa Phillipou, Hartford Courant", and the date is today: February 22, 2022. What is going on here?
  • Did Alexa write this story before she left the Courant, and it is only being published today? (It was not in this morning's print edition, so I assume it will appear there tomorrow.)
  • Or is this a "last supper" contribution to the Courant that will not be followed by any more articles on her byline?
  • Or is she somehow able to work for ESPN and contribute to the Courant at the same time?
I assume this situation will soon be clarified.
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As I noted in a previous post, in her tweet she says "until WE find my replacement". So possibly your 3rd scenario.
 
arch said:
Disregarding the cheap shot at capitalists, I’m sure you realize that ownership has little to do with the demise of newspapers in general. I’m also confident that you know that the overwhelming majority of staff reductions at the Courant were undertaken by the likes of the Tribune Company.
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What I do confidently do know is after this latest round of job reductions, the Courant has their lowest staffing level since the 90's. The 1890's. And yet here you are commenting out of your redacted.
 
UConnCat said:
I feel confident in saying that Alexa will never, ever ask a coach at the Final Four a question like this gem from Charlie Creme.

She will do excellent work at ESPN.

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Oh my Lord. If I was once aware of that moment, I had blocked it from my brain. I will be sending my memory-deletion therapy bills to you @UConnCat

@HuskyNan Any chance Charlie has been making some of the posts lately? That would explain a lot.

Though personally I would love it if someone asked Coach K his thoughts on being married to Roy Williams.
 
Yeah but didn't Geno handle it. First push back on the silly question. Toss in a little tension removing humor (I wouldn't marry myself) and then give a really serious answer about the about the status of Women's basketball coverage.
 
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Waquoit said:
What I do confidently do know is after this latest round of job reductions, the Courant has their lowest staffing level since the 90's. The 1890's. And yet here you are commenting out of your redacted.
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Classy. Anything in particular you found “out of my redacted” or just having a tantrum?
Facts is facts and “capitalists” aren’t taking the paper down. In fact they are the only ones willing to keep the dumpster fire of a company alive at all. What this and other papers need is a Jeff Bezos. Someone willing to take the losses to keep something worthwhile alive. How about you?
 
Waquoit said:
What I do confidently do know is after this latest round of job reductions, the Courant has their lowest staffing level since the 90's. The 1890's. And yet here you are commenting out of your redacted.
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Do you subscribe to the Courant? It’s how they make their money.
 
Waquoit said:
It's sad the way venture capitalists have no qualms destroying newspapers. The Courant has lost over 40 people in editorial over the last few months and has only made a couple of new hires.
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The late Sheldon Addison rescued the Las Vegas Review Journal from financial problems. If it hadn't been for his willingness to lose money because he loved the paper and thought it best that Vegas have it's owner live in the same town it would most likely be shuttered or have a major reduction in staff. He kept the reductions to a lot less than the previous owners were contemplating, thankfully his wife has carried on with the same mindset.
 
MSGRET said:
The late Sheldon Addison rescued the Las Vegas Review Journal from financial problems. If it hadn't been for his willingness to lose money because he loved the paper and thought it best that Vegas have it's owner live in the same town it would most likely be shuttered or have a major reduction in staff. He kept the reductions to a lot less than the previous owners were contemplating, thankfully his wife has carried on with the same mindset.
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Then again, since he was making about $23 million a day last time I checked, it could just be that he wanted to influence Nevada politics and it was chump change to him.
 
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FanFromMaine said:
After just reading Michelle's [Voepel] power rankings, I hope she is being moved on.
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Vowelguy said:
[via Twitter @DougFeinberg] It's great that @alexaphilippou got hired by @espn as she'll do an awesome job for them. Too bad they didn't want to make this commitment when @grahamhays was let go by the company a year ago.
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topogigio said:
ESPN needed someone sane to counter the insanity coming from Monica McNutt!
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Kudos again to Alexa & ESPN for hiring her. I was also a big Graham Hayes fan-- for both his WBB & USWNT coverage.

Unfortunately, I think far less of Michelle Voepel & Monica McNutt. Former has a clear anti-UConn bias & latter is virtually unwatchable in studio: spastic, mistake-prone, talks over analyst(s), poor elocution.
 
Actually if you follow Michelle’s writing’s over the years, not too hard to imagine she has an anti-UCONN bias. She hides it well in professionalism and masked comments/slants. Maybe she’s responding to ESPN drumbeats but really glad Alexa is over there.
 
Alexa had a significant on-air assignment tonight on ESPN Sportscenter reporting on Paige's comeback. No negative UConn Bias on this one. :)
 
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