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The Design Game

A podcast about the role of design in sports hosted by David Merriell and Justin Hastings

015: Broadcast Graphics and Clutch

David and Justin discuss the new Fox Box, especially the excellent exchange around design and outs per Jason Snell’s recent post. They also talk about the history and evolution of on-screen graphics, and the argument for and against “clutch.” Plus, a few minutes on the retiring Derek Jeter.

Topics discussed in this episode:
  • 0:20: Recapping the Ryder Cup
    • Results
    • Team sweaters
  • 4:55: MLB on-screen graphics, Fox, history, and evolution
    • Jason Snell’s Six Colors post
    • Fox Box Twitter discussion on Storify
    • 1995 Duke/UNC game
    • Fox Box at the New York Times
    • CBS NFL graphics
    • Cleatus, the Fox robot
    • Justin’s article, “What happened to my big screen TV?”
    • Basketball timeout graphics
    • NBC Sports graphics for EPL
  • 33:27: Important broadcast information and the meaning of “clutch”
    • Advanced metrics
    • Juan Uribe’s home run
    • Henry Abbott’s TrueHoop post on big game players
    • Ohio vs UNC and Walter Offutt
  • 51:15: Wrap-up and Derek Jeter
    • Will Ferrell says goodbye on Funny or Die
    • Keith Olbermann on Jeter
    • Gatorade commercial
    • Re2pect commercial
    • Nice Kicks’ 15 greatest sneaker ads of 2000s
    • Jeter’s new venture

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October 10, 2014 Filed Under: Episodes

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