By Tom Jones, Times Staff Writer
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Show of the day
Former local TV sports anchor Al Keck begins a weekly one-hour program at 4 p.m. today on WTAN-AM 1340. For now, the show will run each Friday, but there is a chance it could be expanded in the coming months.
Point of the day
Philadelphia Daily News columnist Rich Hofmann points out there was "not a word about hockey'' during the 6 p.m. edition of ESPN's SportsCenter on Tuesday, the day before the Stanley Cup final began. Of course, that night was Game 1 of the NBA Finals, which was being shown by ESPN's corporate partner, ABC. Hofmann wrote, "On the one hand, the NHL is growing. … But on the other hand, if ESPN is any kind of barometer of mainstream American sporting thought, well, what?"