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People & Personalities: Ricky Craven Happy With New Fox NASCAR Role

In Maine, Larry Mahoney notes Fox Sports NASCAR analyst Ricky Craven has been "highly involved" in weekend race coverage this season, after previously "feeling underutilized" at ESPN. Craven, who joined the net this year, "handles prerace and postrace analysis with several other personalities." He only appeared on "SportsCenter" last year at ESPN, noting the platforms for him "had disappeared." But Craven said that he "enjoyed his 12 years at ESPN." In addition to a "much more prominent role" at Fox, Craven works "primarily out of the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte" (BANGOR DAILY NEWS, 3/6).

OVER THE AIRWAVES: ESPN Radio 98.7 N.Y.'s Michael Kay said he believes sports talk radio is "one of the things keeping radio alive." Kay: "You’re giving opinions, but there’s also the Town Hall aspect to it where you’ll let people call in so you can debate." He compared his show to a "four-hour column" because he is "not reporting" (THEATHELTIC.com, 3/5).

RULES OF AUTHORITY: Univ. of Iowa AD Gary Barta said that he "was consulted" by Learfield Sports Properties about suspending radio voice Gary Dolphin for the rest of the season, but the decision "was ultimately out of his hands." Dolphin was removed from his duties after "referring to a black Maryland player as 'King Kong.'" Barta said that he "agreed with the length of the punishment," but noted he "can’t overrule" Learfield. Barta: "They hire. They pay. They discipline" (DES MOINES REGISTER, 3/6).

PULLING DOUBLE DUTY: Navy football radio analyst Joe Miller has "taken on increasingly more responsibilities," filling in for Pete Medhurst "occasionally on men’s basketball broadcasts while handling play-by-play duties for women’s basketball contests that conflicted with the men" (Annapolis CAPITAL, 3/6).

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