Aug 2024 - Sports Lunatics - The Importance of June 17, 1994 on Sports and Television Broadcasting History

The audio quality of this Sports Lunatics Show episode was not top notch, but the overall quality and importance of this date in history remains unquestionable. Shawn and Howie go through all the important points of the day, from the final US Open round of Arnold Palmer's career, the New York Rangers' Stanley Cup parade, the opening of the 1994 Soccer World Cup, Ken Griffey's chase for the fastest 30 home runs in baseball history, Game Five of the NBA finals, they were all overshadowed by the police chase through the streets of Los Angeles of O. J. Simpson. What did it mean at the time? What did it mean to the future of sports broadcasting? What did it herald for the future of reality TV? What did it say about the television viewing audience? The boys look at all this in this very special episode rebroadcast of The Sports Lunatics Show.