Chris Mascaro

@ESPNStatsInfo. Formerly @NewsdaySports, @SINow, @NewsTimes, @mlbam. @cornellsun/@columbiajourn

[Chris Mascaro @CCMascaro]

Respectfully disagree, @eboland11. The rotation is better, yes, but they’re 4-10 vs teams .500 or better and pad stats vs teams with bad pitching. They’ll probably snag a wild card (too easy not to), but nothing more

YANKEES BUILT TO SURVIVE WITHOUT JUDGE https://t.co/xx2LY1gD4G

[Dylan Byers @DylanByers]

New statement from Scott Pelley:

There has never been anything in America like 60 Minutes.

The Sunday tradition is the most successful program of any kind in history. For more than a decade, its innovative growth on every major online platform has extended its reach to countless millions around the world. This spring, at the end of our 58thseason, 60 Minutes grew rapidly with an unheard-of 9% jump in viewers on CBS.

“60” has been the number-one program in America for decades because our beloved audience finds integrity, quality, and humanity in our stories. When stewardship of the program passed to my colleagues and me, our responsibility was to expand energetically into a new age of media technology while preserving the values our audience expects. Now, the new owner of our network is casting this legend aside, apparently to curry a moment of favor with the Trump administration.

The waste is heartbreaking.

Last month, 60 Minutes lost its DNA when our entire senior leadership and two of our best on-air correspondents were cruelly fired without cause. Good people were silenced because they stood up for our audience. They stood for fairness against the forces of political bias; they stood for professionalism against chaos.

For my part, new management has instructed me to inject falsehoods and bias into a politically sensitive story. I’ve been told to include assertions that are unverified. To date, in every case, I have managed to ignore these instructions or refuse them. Recently, politicians have been invited to choose correspondents for interviews on the broadcast. Giving politicians control over 60 Minutes interviews is not how this is done. Finally, incompetence and unprofessionalism in the new management have wreaked havoc. In a case involving one of my stories, the entire program came within 19 minutes of not getting on the air at all.

At 60 Minutes, we have fought harder than anyone knows to save the program that became an American icon. We owed that to our millions of viewers. I am deeply moved by the thousands of wishes we have received to “keep up the good fight.” Most of the men and women of CBS News are still in that fight. But now the collapse of values at the top has become untenable. The leadership of 60 Minutes is no longer recognizable. The principles I hold dear are gone, and so I must leave as well.

I depart after 37 years at CBS with one emotion—a heart brimming with gratitude for the men and women of CBS News who encouraged and enriched my work, very often at the risk of their own lives. I pray for a day when those people and their ideals are honored again—a day when sanity, competence, and courage return.

Scott Pelley

[CBS Evening News with Tony Dokoupil @CBSEveningNews]

Third-grade teacher Neil Lahammer goes above and beyond for his students, teaching them about kindness and character, and this year, he was named Kindness 101 Teacher of the Year. @SteveHartmanCBS is On the Road in Red Wing, Minnesota.

[Chris Mascaro @CCMascaro]

Just sit down instead of contest a 3…

[Chris Mascaro @CCMascaro]

@CarlosVoltron @AlbaneseLaura He pitched well against both of them.

[Chris Mascaro @CCMascaro]

@CarlosVoltron @AlbaneseLaura Sure, but he did the same to the Phillies and Braves this month.

[Chris Mascaro @CCMascaro]

The Yankees are 1-8 against teams currently above .500 and 25-7 against everyone else. This team isn’t good.

[CBS Sunday Morning 🌞 @CBSSunday]

In the sandhills of western Nebraska, cattle ranchers Mike and Kayla Wintz were afraid they would lose their livelihood when the largest wildfire in the state's history burned their 11,000 acres of grazing fields.

But then, in remarkable examples of empathy, charity and grace, anonymous donations of hay started arriving by the truckload. @SteveHartmanCBS reports. https://t.co/xLXX0COsnW

[CBS Evening News with Tony Dokoupil @CBSEveningNews]

At 102, George Strausman is still striving to be his best. Through pottery, he’s proving it’s never too late to create something beautiful no matter how many times you start again. @stevehartmanCBS is On the Road.

[CBS Evening News with Tony Dokoupil @CBSEveningNews]

At the heart of this 10-year-old boy is continuing a birthday tradition that's grounded in kindness and inclusion after inviting members of a local special needs recreation center to his celebration. @SteveHartmanCBS is On the Road in Idaho.

[Chris Mascaro @CCMascaro]

@AlbaneseLaura Slow down, Mets beat reporter.

[Chris Mascaro @CCMascaro]

I wonder if Tiger’s watching…

[Chris Mascaro @CCMascaro]

The best stories every week…

@SteveHartmanCBS

[CBS Evening News with Tony Dokoupil @CBSEveningNews]

A 10-year-old boy who once arrived at the hospital alone for heart surgery is now celebrating his birthday surrounded by family after the doctor who cared for him stepped in to change his life. @SteveHartmanCBS is On the Road in Omaha, Nebraska.

[Chris Mascaro @CCMascaro]

The climate threat is too often lost in the fog https://t.co/XXyTwrEs7v

[Chris Mascaro @CCMascaro]

Agreed…

[John O'Connell @jacko2323]

@SansTheHans I love CC. His number shouldn’t be retired. They’ve devalued it immensely

[Chris Mascaro @CCMascaro]

@AlbaneseLaura In what way?

[Chris Mascaro @CCMascaro]

@AlbaneseLaura @APSE_sportmedia Congrats! That’s awesome. Quite an achievement.

[Chris Mascaro @CCMascaro]

Hellebuyck is my new favorite player.

[Bryan Curtis @bryancurtis]

Me on the death of the Washington Post sports section.

This isn't a day to be nostalgic. It's a day to be angry.
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