Monthly Archives: January 2009

Bob Hayes – Dallas Cowboys wide receiverRandall McDaniel – Minnesota Vikings and Tampa Bay Bucs guardBruce Smith – Buffalo Bill defensive endDerrick Thomas – Kansas City Chiefs linebackerRalph Wilson – Buffalo Bills founder and ownerRod Woodson – Pittsburgh Steelers and...
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NBC announces that the network has finally sold out its spot availabilities for Super Bowl XLIII. NBC SELLS OUT SUPER BOWL & SETS NEW RECORDAll-Time Super Bowl Record $206 Million in Advertising RevenueAlso Sets New Full-Day Super Bowl Revenue Mark...
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Here are ESPN’s plans for Sunday. Lots of people spread all over the place. ESPN Super Bowl Sunday Programming Notes NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on ESPN Radio at 7:40 a.m.; Country Music Star Faith Hill on SportsCenter at 9:45 a.m.;...
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Let’s give you some links this morning. They should be the last links before Super Bowl Sunday, but we’ll see. Friend of Fang’s Bites Bob Glauber of Newsday writes that the Pro Football Writers of America have elected their first...
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College BasketballCanisius at Marist – ESPNU, 7 p.m.Cleveland State at Youngstown State – ESPNU, 9 p.m.San Francisco at Santa Clara – ESPNU, 11 p.m. GolfPGA Tour/50th Bob Hope Classic, 3rd Round – Golf Channel, 3 p.m. NBADallas at Detroit –...
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On Inauguration Day, HBO aired a new edition of Real Sports, the first for 2009 and its 14th season of its Emmy Award-winning sports news magazine. In this edition, there were three new stories and one update from 2006. Let’s...
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It looks like this will be a late night for me. I’m going to finish my review of Real Sports from Tuesday and I want to give you some links before the night is finished. Here we go. CNBC’s Darren...
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I told you earlier today that ESPN would announce its plans for Super Bowl Week programming. I guess the fine people in ESPN PR’s department read my mind or blog and put out a release outlining its plans for next...
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I have some press releases for you once again. Depending how late it is, I hope to give you some linkage because there’s quite a bit of news since I last posted. This is going to be CBS Sports heavy...
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The ratings for the four divisional playoff games from last weekend were down compared to last year, but they were still ratings winners according to the National Football League. The NFL Divisional Playoffs and college football’s BCS Championship Game accounted...
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College BasketballIndiana at Ohio State – ESPN, 7 p.m.Florida State at NC State – ESPNU, 7 p.m.Memphis at Tulsa – ESPN2, 7:30 p.m.Kansas State at Kansas – Big 12 Network/ESPN Plus, 8 p.m.Kentucky at Tennessee – ESPN, 9 p.m.Georgia State...
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Time for some linkage on this Tuesday. I did listen to the debut of Andy Gresh on Sirius XM Radio last night. It was good. Gresh knows how to generate calls and get people to talk. I listened from 11...
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Ok, plenty of press releases to clear from the inbox tonight. Let’s give you the releases without further delay. First, the comments from the NFL Gameday Final crew on Sunday night. Divisional Weekend (Jan. 11, 2009) – Quotable from NFL...
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Chloe taking over all computer systems – A. The White House and FBI confused over the situation – D. Jack and Chloe seeing each other again – B. Tony’s explanation returning from the dead – C. Tony explaining he was...
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Opening sequence at the White House – B (President Taylor finally shows some backbone). Agent Moss skeptical of Jack’s actions – F. Janis lifting up Tony’s shirt – D (I’m sure it’s higher for the women). Agent Moss not trusting...
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This comes courtesy of Awful Announcing. This is the video of MLB Network’s announcement of Rickey Henderson and Jim Rice being elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Notice Greg Amsinger, formerly of CBS College Sports, anchoring then throwing it...
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A few more links for you. Here are some links from the Sports Business Journal. John Ourand writes that ad time for the NFL Conference Championship Games are sold out and the Super Bowl is 90% sold out. John says...
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Let’s give you linkage today. Plenty of things going on including the live streaming of the Baseball Hall of Fame Announcements which I may live blog. Let’s do some links while I can. USA Today’s Michael McCarthy picks apart the...
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College BasketballNotre Dame at Louisville – ESPN, 7 p.m.Hampton at Florida A&M – ESPNU, 7 p.m.Texas at Oklahoma – ESPN, 9 p.m.Southern at Jackson State – ESPNU, 9 p.m. MLBBaseball Hall of Fame Election Announcement Special – MLB Network/MLB.com, 1:30...
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NFC ChampionshipPhiladelphia at Arizona – Fox/Westwood One Radio, 3 p.m.Fox – Joe Buck/Troy Aikman/Pam Oliver/Chris Myers AFC ChampionshipBaltimore at Pittsburgh – CBS/Westwood One Radio, 6:30 p.m.CBS – Jim Nantz/Phil Simms

Hearing “Previously on 24″ Again – A. Opening Sequence in Air Traffic Control – C. Seeing the airplanes miss each other – B. Seeing FBI Supervisor Larry Moss stall – D. Seeing FBI Agent Renee Walker finally believe Jack –...
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Hearing Kiefer say “The events occur in real time” again – A+ Opening sequence, Kidnapping – A. Questioning of Jack in the Senate – C. Introducing characters at the FBI – C. White House sequences – D. Seeing Evil Tony...
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Let me tell you, digging out is never fun, especially when the snow has been tamped down by ice. First, I slept in, second, I took my time getting to dig out the driveway and third, it took over an...
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Time for another four episodes of B.J. Fletcher: Private Eye. Last week, I posted the first four episodes of Season 1. Time for four more. Episode 5 – In the case of “Mr. Christie and his Wandering Aperture”, Fletch (Lindy...
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I’m not going to write it here, but after watching Showtime’s preview of the new and last season of The L Word, I think I know who killed Jenny. There’s a proposed spinoff of The L Word that could be...
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Well, it’s 11:10 p.m. ET. The Arizona Cardinals are blowing out the Carolina Panthers. And I guess CBS, ESPN and Fox are not going to send NFL pregame quotage so NFL Network’s NFL Gameday Morning will stand alone today. Lots...
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