BOISE, ID – [Author’s Note: There’s watching golf and there’s there are WAYS TO WATCH THE GOLF, if you understand the nuance. Anyone can go to the tournament, but maximizing your enjoyment is the ultimate goal. What are you looking for? Golf action? The beer tent? The party scene? People watching? Being watched? If you’re going the Korn Ferry playoffs this week in...
The Masters wrap-up/PGA Championship iHeartRadio show for Golf Nrws Net is up. First we interviewed the Irish Golf Desk’s Brian Keogh who was at Augusta National as Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy won the Masters. Then best-selling author Kevin Cook stopped by to preview the PGA and discuss his new book, Tiger Slam, celebrating the 25th anniversary of...
[Editor’s Note: Jay’s 20th Anniversary celebrations as a sports writer continue with Part 2 of Jay’s 20 year super-intro-retro-spective, looking at golf, skiing, steroids in sports, chumps, lunkheads, and dingbats, and much more in the topsy-turvy world of professional sports…especially when it intersects with the life and tines of an...
A huge thank you to both NASJA and to Golf News Net for airing the NASJA Ethics in Journalism webinar as an iHeartRadio show for Jay Flemma Sports Report. You’ll recall we had four quintessential national panelists sharing their stories and experiences from covering events in the media center to the Olympics and beyond. Filip Bondy of the New York Daily News...
One of the great things about GNN and my editor, publisher, and all around leader Ryan Ballengee is that I get to stretch my legs as a broadcaster and cover the other sports as well. As golf season and ski season dovetail perfectly, here is my first skiing radio show of 2025 . First, we had legendary Hall of Fame extreme skier Dan Egan talking about the snow this...
It’s that time of year again – wrapping up not just presents but the year in sports. So you’ll find all the links to the 4-part year end Jay Flemma Sports Report Christmas Spectacular Part 1 – Brian Keogh, The Irish Sun and jayflemma.com European Correspondent. Part 2 – Scott Nicholes, PGA Head Pro, Ridge Crest GC, Nampa, ID Part 3...
[Author’s Note: Earlier this week, Jay celebrated his 20th anniversary as a sports writer. There will be special articles throughout the holiday season and beyond here, at jayflemma.com, iHeartRadio, Golf Course Trades, NASJA, and all of Jay’s other sports writing outlets. For today, our plucky, puckish, irreverent, and inimitable storyteller pal – “that loveable...
Huge news:Â Golf News Net is now a TV station. Yes, you’ll be seeing me make show appearances. I’ll also have Jay Flemma Sports Report rocking special guest episodes all the rest of the season. Here’s the detailed press release: WASHINGTON, D.C. — Golf News Net (GNN), a leading golf media company focused on news and entertainment content, and...
Not one but two new Jay Flemma Sports Report shows have dropped recently, so here are the links. Skiing in Argentina/Open Championship and USGA Mid-Am Redux Our first guest was Aaron Schorsch of Saveur the Journey, the skiing, fishing, and culinary travel outfit that showed me around Argentina. It was an absolutely gold standard experience on every level –...
There are three new Jay Flemma Sports Report shows up at the Golf News Net iHeartRadio portal. My show is on every Wednesday and Friday at 11 am and 10 pm both days. Right now we have the shows from the Anderson Memorial at Winged Foot and the U.S. Open added to the archives. You can download any show you like right here. First, Gene Westmoreland of Winged Foot Golf...
The Los Angeles U.S. Open Experience LOS ANGELES, CA — Mark Twain famously quipped, “Tip the world over on its side, and all the loose change ends up in California.” I’ll describe it more succinctly:Â Weirdsville! I won’t call California a foreign country, but even though we’re all Americans, they are an entity all their own...
It’s been a hot start to 2023 on Jay Flemma Sports Report on iHeartRadio. First, we preview the turn of the PGA Tour season and its West Coast swing with Editor, Producer, and owner of Golf News Net, Ryan Ballengee, before turning to a discussion of the venues for the four majors, including the changes to Augusta, new venue L.A. Country Club for the U.S. Open...
At long last, here are the links to listen live to Golf News Net Radio. Better still we’ve got all new shows featuring special guests T.J. Auclair, Richard Hurley, Gary Van Sickle, and Ryan Ballengee. We’ve covered everything from next year’s major venues to player of the year, to LIV golf, and more. Join in all the fun live or by streaming your...
The Jay’s Plays Radio Show is coming to iHeartMedia, along with all the other stars of the Golf News Net Galaxy. Ryan Ballengee inked a deal just this week, and we all got swept in together. Ryan wrote: “Golf News Net is proud to announce it has signed a multi-year partnership with iHeartMedia to launch and produce Golf News Net (GNN) Radio, a 24/7/365...
Golf News Net and GolfTripX are hosting a reader and fan fun trip to…drum roll please…Tennessee! (Ain’t no place I’d rather be/Baby, won’t you carry me…). Ryan Ballengee and the GolfTripX guys found this 9-holer designed by the King-Collins firm called Sweetens Cove that has fantastic movement in the earth, terrific green contours...