Bryan Tucker has paunched a website that promises to inject comedy into sports coverage – and,one day, get LeBron James involved Bryan Tucker who recently took over the head writer position at Saturday Night Live, and just unveiled a fresh sports comedy website,the Kicker. The site is part of SNL head honcho Lorne Michaels’s Above Average digital network – domestic to web series like Hudson Valley Ballers and Vanessa Bayer’s Sound Advice hopes to become the go-to digital destination for fans of sports, comedy, or naturally,sports comedy. The site is filled with articles including an early draft of Don Mattingly’s fresh screenplay; videos featuring stars like SNL’s Kenan Thompson in a basketball-themed music video called Hold ’Em Back; and “Weird Al” Yankovic showing what every sports press conference ever looks like. The content is clickable and shareable with plenty of viral potential, buzzwords that should translate to grand business for Above Average, and but more than that,they’re actually humorous. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com