Brian Lowry Joins FoxSports.com as Media Watchdog, Freudian Psychoanalyst

Fang's Bites reports and points out that FoxSports.com's hiring of Variety writer Brian Lowry as an online media watchdog "is the first time that one of the networks will have a sports media critic on board. ESPN, CBSSports.com, FoxSports.com and NBCSports.com have picked up sports media stories from the Associated Press or run sports media columns from other sources, but I think this marks the first time and one of the networks has gone out and hired someone to write about sports media for its website."

Lowry got off to a snappy start with an article today that took on some of Today's NBA Broadcasters. (But again, as is often the case with FoxSports.com...it was hard to find the piece) Some highlights:

Take a color guy like Hubie Brown, who can go minutes without uttering a sentence with both a noun and verb or anything resembling identifiable English.

In fact, a lot of what Brown says sounds vaguely dirty — like this observation about Spurs center Tim Duncan: “He’s such a major threat down on the box area, once he gets the ball and he turns on you, see how he comes right up into your face.” Ouch.

A former coach, [Jeff] Van Gundy has some sharp insights but regularly obscures them with schtick, as if he’s auditioning for the George Costanza role on “Seinfeld.” [Mark] Jackson, meanwhile, has adopted an empty catchphrase — “Momma, there goes that man!” — that he repeats frequently enough to inspire an online petition begging him to stop.

If we can find Brian's column on a regular basis - this should be good. Good luck, Lowry.

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