MLB Giants Senior VP & GM Brian Sabean said MLB Productions and Showtime's filming of the team for the upcoming documentary series has "been seamless." Sabean: "They had to shoot a lot of footage to get what they need for each relative program. But they've also spent a lot of time in different areas, as far as the organization, with fans, etc., to try to tie in what was done last year and the feeling or the expectation is this year." He added, "As we get into this thing you kind of wonder where it will go from episode to episode. ... But so far, you haven't even noticed them" (MERCURYNEWS.com, 3/15).
DISPUTED REPORT: The GLOBE & MAIL's Bruce Dowbiggin noted Toronto's The Fan 590-AM host Bob McCown last Friday reported that Penguins C Sidney Crosby's family is "counselling him to retire" due to the lingering effects of a concussion, a report CAA Hockey co-Head Pat Brisson, who reps Crosby, called "irresponsible." While McCown "declined to identify his source," he said that he "was comfortable with his story." McCown: "You weigh these things, the impact, what it's going to be. And I was comfortable with the legitimacy of it. I have no motivation to make this up. It's impossible to suggest they'd have absolute knowledge of every conversation going on in the family" (GLOBESPORTS.com, 3/16).
SPONSOR REASON FOR EXIT? In Atlanta, Rodney Ho reported WCNN-AM's Chadd Scott, who "does sports updates for the station's afternoon shows and produces the Chuck & Chernoff show," said that he was fired Tuesday "for negative Tweets about Delta Air lines, a major sponsor at the station." Scott "complained about a Delta delay Monday in St. Louis on his Twitter page and the fact they didn't have enough de-icing fluid." He was let go "within a few hours." In one tweet he referenced WCNN host Buck Belue's endorsement deal with Delta, posting, "hey @buckbelue8 ur boys at #delta have botched my travel – & thousands of others – miserably today. may want 2 rethink that endorsement." WCNN President & GM David Dickey confirmed that Scott "has been let go but declined to say why" (AJC.com, 3/15).
BEST OF THE BLOGS: About.com named ProFootballTalk.com's Rumor Mill its Best Football Blog of '11. The recognition was part of a "Readers Choice" contest in which four football sides were named award winners for '11 (NBC Universal).
