ERIC CRAWFORD

WDRB Sports Journalist. Writer. Photographer.

Menu
  • Contact
  • Photography
  • Kentucky Derby
  • Off the Field
Menu

Coronavirus and the history happening around us

Posted on March 23, 2020March 7, 2022 by Eric Crawford

So how is everybody feeling? I have used this space to write about a great many issues surrounding this COVID-19 tsunami that has overtaken us in the past week. Today I don’t want to write about nuts and bolts, statistics or curves — though there are plenty of updates to give. Instead, consider this: Every…

Read more

California lockdown, a leadership failure and my rules for media engagement

Posted on March 21, 2020March 7, 2022 by Eric Crawford

The entire state of California was told Thursday to stay home. To shelter in place. The most populous state in the nation has been ground to a halt. Seven weeks after the biggest story there (and everywhere) was the death of Kobe Bryant in a helicopter crash, the health and livelihoods of millions are on…

Read more

More bad news — and solutions from unlikely places

Posted on March 20, 2020March 7, 2022 by Eric Crawford

So here’s the latest: the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 1,300 points Wednesday, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S. increased by more than 4,000, President Trump ordered Navy hospital ships into New York Harbor and New York City mayor Bill de Blasio came closer to a shelter-in-place order to citizens of the…

Read more

You know it’s serious when the politicians start playing nice

Posted on March 20, 2020March 7, 2022 by Eric Crawford

I have spent the day writing sports news, and much of it, I’m just going to be honest with you, doesn’t matter to me, or at least, not nearly as much as it ordinarily would. I’m thrilled Teddy Bridgewater is getting a 3-year, $60 million contract with the Carolina Panthers, but honestly, I think it’s…

Read more

A new role, amid more dramatic containment measures

Posted on March 16, 2020March 7, 2022 by Eric Crawford

Today won’t be much different for me. It will be very different for many of my hard-working WDRB colleagues. Without going into specifics, I’ve never seen a workplace more dramatically and quickly transform than this television station has over the past week. A sizable portion of the WDRB newsroom, the largest TV newsroom in Kentucky,…

Read more

In 1918, Louisville came together when faced with flu pandemic

Posted on March 15, 2020March 7, 2022 by Eric Crawford

I was paging back through some old newspapers, looking at what generally is agreed to be the worst influenza outbreak in Louisville’s history, and was struck by something. They didn’t know as much back in 1918 when the so-called “Spanish Flu” hit, but they knew more than you probably think. Today, our technology is better,…

Read more

Thoughts while social distancing

Posted on March 13, 2020March 7, 2022 by Eric Crawford

What do you do when you’re a sportswriter, and sports suddenly disappear? ESPN is grappling with a similar scenario, as it scrambles to provide programming over a family of channels – with no games going on. Thursday night, Sports Business Journal media writer John Ourand shared an outline of programming for the network, with ESPN…

Read more

‘Sporting world on hold:’ Kentucky, Indiana adjust to ‘new normal’

Posted on March 12, 2020March 7, 2022 by Eric Crawford

In Kentucky and Indiana, if you took a poll of the most important things in life, God and basketball would be in the Associated Press Top 5. On Wednesday morning, Kentuckians were told they might want to think about not going to church on Sunday, and by Wednesday evening citizens of both states were told…

Read more

State of the Union, in the age of trolls

Posted on February 6, 2020March 7, 2022 by Eric Crawford

I didn’t expect better, but for some foolish reason, I had hoped for better. When it comes to the annual State of the Union address, by now we all know, it’s not the words that matter anymore, it’s the images. All of this is, after all, a television show — especially in a presidential election…

Read more

Good grief, and good luck: Missouri State rolls the dice on Petrino

Posted on January 15, 2020March 7, 2022 by Eric Crawford

It’s a heck of a life, being a football coach. At the same time, results are everything, and nothing. Contracts are binding, and non-binding. The curious career of Bobby Petrino will resume in Springfield, Missouri, home of Missouri State University, soon to be the latest case study in institutional hubris in pursuit of football notoriety. Petrino’s…

Read more

Posts navigation

  • Previous
  • 1
  • …
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • …
  • 12
  • Next
Tweets by ericcrawford

Search this site

  • Lisa Murkowski and Sarah Palin Survive Primary Battles, but a Democrat Breaks Through
  • Liz Cheney Loses Wyoming Primary to Trump-Backed Harriet Hageman
  • At Last, Online Travel Planning Is Becoming (a Little) Easier
  • Behind Enemy Lines, Ukrainians Tell Russians ‘You Are Never Safe’
  • Mexico Sees Its Energy Future in Fossil Fuels, Not Renewables
© 2022 ERIC CRAWFORD | Theme by Superb WordPress Themes