Watching the first episode of this year’s 
Hard Knocks — which, like just about everything HBO does, was extremely well-produced — I was reminded of conversations I had with The Sun‘s Ravens reporters about the initial year of the series, set at Ravens training camp. They said many Ravens very much played to the cameras, acting in ways that could be quite different from their normal demeanors. In particular, one veteran — who usually was at best indifferent and otherwise disdainful when it came to rookies — acted far more concerned about a first-year player than he did in previous camps without HBO’s presence.
That’s not saying any of the Bengals are “acting.” But I’m just sayin’.
Here we go on our weekly Friday look at what some of the sports media columnists from across the country are writing today…
Let’s head to the Mid-Atlantic region of the country and examine the local media contingent that covers the 
Let’s head to Nashville and take a look at the local media that covers the 
Let’s head inside the beltway to look at the local media contingent that covers the 
Let’s head to the southwest and examine the local media group that covers the 
We spend today in the Mile High City to look at the media that covers the 
Down south we go to take a look at the media that covers the 
Today we look at the local media that covers the other team in the Lone Star State, the 
Sports Media Journal 