{"id":21783,"date":"2019-05-21T09:00:21","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T14:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=21783"},"modified":"2019-05-21T09:00:21","modified_gmt":"2019-05-21T14:00:21","slug":"nbc-sports-chicago-hires-fans-host-outside-ivy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2019\/05\/21\/nbc-sports-chicago-hires-fans-host-outside-ivy\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC Sports Chicago hires fans to host 'Outside the Ivy'"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_21784\" style=\"width: 790px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2019\/05\/21\/nbc-sports-chicago-hires-fans-host-outside-ivy\/\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21784\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-21784\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Outside-The-Ivy-Hosts-Cerami-Rockett-Medina-NBC-Sports-Chicago-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Outside-The-Ivy-Hosts-Cerami-Rockett-Medina-NBC-Sports-Chicago-1024x576.jpg 1024w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Outside-The-Ivy-Hosts-Cerami-Rockett-Medina-NBC-Sports-Chicago-300x169.jpg 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Outside-The-Ivy-Hosts-Cerami-Rockett-Medina-NBC-Sports-Chicago-768x432.jpg 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Outside-The-Ivy-Hosts-Cerami-Rockett-Medina-NBC-Sports-Chicago-500x281.jpg 500w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Outside-The-Ivy-Hosts-Cerami-Rockett-Medina-NBC-Sports-Chicago-150x84.jpg 150w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Outside-The-Ivy-Hosts-Cerami-Rockett-Medina-NBC-Sports-Chicago-1200x675.jpg 1200w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Outside-The-Ivy-Hosts-Cerami-Rockett-Medina-NBC-Sports-Chicago-400x225.jpg 400w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Outside-The-Ivy-Hosts-Cerami-Rockett-Medina-NBC-Sports-Chicago-800x450.jpg 800w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Outside-The-Ivy-Hosts-Cerami-Rockett-Medina-NBC-Sports-Chicago-200x113.jpg 200w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Outside-The-Ivy-Hosts-Cerami-Rockett-Medina-NBC-Sports-Chicago.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-21784\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/a> Michael Cerami, Danny Rockett and Luis Medina<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Three die-hard Cubs fans and bloggers will host a new postgame show for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcsportschicago.com\">NBC Sports Chicago,<\/a> starting Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOutside the Ivy\u201d will air after select Cubs games this season on the regional sports network. Wednesday\u2019s debut will follow the Cubs vs. Philadelphia Phillies game and \u201cCubs Postgame Live\u201d at about 10:30 p.m.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Hosts of the new show are Michael Cerami, 27, of Schaumburg, a blogger for Bleacher Nation; Danny Rockett, 44, of Arlington Heights, a blogger for SB Nation\u2019s Bleed Cubbie Blue; and Luis Medina, 31, of Chicago, a blogger for Bleacher Nation.<\/p>\n<p>The half-hour show will emphasize viewer interaction through fan engagement on various social media platforms. It also will be available through NBC Sports Chicago\u2019s website, the MyTeams by NBC Sports app and Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>The format is similar to \u201cBulls Outsiders,\u201d the first fan-hosted\/fan-interactive postgame show launched last fall by NBC Sports Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>This marks the final season of Cubs broadcasts on NBC Sports Chicago before the launch of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/2019\/02\/13\/cubs-sinclair-announce-marquee-sports-network-today\/\">Marquee Sports Network,<\/a> the regional sports network being developed by the Cubs in partnership with Sinclair Broadcast Group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three die-hard Cubs fans and bloggers will host a new postgame show for NBC Sports Chicago, starting Wednesday. \u201cOutside the Ivy\u201d will air after select Cubs games this season on the regional sports network. Wednesday\u2019s debut will follow the Cubs vs. Philadelphia Phillies game and \u201cCubs Postgame Live\u201d at about 10:30 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21783"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21783"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21786,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21783\/revisions\/21786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}