On Sunday, NBC airs the less-than-attractive New York Football Giants at DC NFL Matchup. Matt Yoder at Awful Announcing explains why the game wasn’t flexed out despite the records of both teams. Another factor was NBC’s Thanksgiving Night game in...
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Due to my schedules, I haven’t been able to post the NFL Sunday pregame previews. With some time today, I’ll post them. Here’s the preview for NFL Network’s two pregame shows tomorrow. WEEK 13 EDITIONS OF NFL NETWORK’S ‘NFL GAMEDAY...
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Bobsledding FIBT World Cup, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Women’s Run — Universal Sports, 5:30 p.m. Boxing HBO After Dark, Quebec City, Canada WBC Light Heavyweight Title Fight Adonis Stevenson vs. Tony Bellew plus Manny Pacquaio vs. Brandon Rios Replay — HBO,...
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Bobsledding FIBT World Cup, Calgary, Canada 2-Man Bobsled — Universal Sports, 9:30 p.m. College Basketball Men’s Barclays Center Classic, Brooklyn, NY Semifinal Mississippi vs. Georgia Tech — NBCSN, 4:30 p.m. Battle 4 Atlantis, Nassau, Bahamas Consolation Semifinals USC vs. Wake...
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We have a short blurb from CBS on a feature that ran on The NFL Today on Thanksgiving Day. NEWS, NOTES & QUOTES FROM CBS SPORTS’ “THE NFL TODAY” WITH JAMES BROWN, DAN MARINO, SHANNON SHARPE, BILL COWHER AND BOOMER...
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We actually have NFL pregame quotage for Thanksgiving. This is the first time that I can recall getting press release quotage. Here is what we have from NFL Network today. News & Sound Bites From Special Thanksgiving Edition of NFL...
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!! College Basketball Men’s Battle 4 Atlantis, Nassau, Bahamas Quarterfinals Villanova vs. USC — AXS TV, 1 p.m. Kansas vs. Wake Forest — AXS TV, 3:30 p.m. Xavier vs. Iowa — NBCSN, 7 p.m. Tennessee vs. Texas-El Paso —...
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All Times Eastern Blackout: San Diego Thursday, November 28 Studio and Pregame Shows NFL GameDay Morning — NFL Network, 10 a.m. Fox NFL Sunday Thanksgiving Day Special — Fox, 11:30 a.m. Fox NFL Postgame — Fox, 3:30 p.m. NFL GameDay...
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All Times Eastern Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports Announcing assignments courtesy of Your Eye on the Sports Sky and Air Thursday, November 28 Pregame Show Fox College Thursday — Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m. 4 p.m. Stillman at Alabama...
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Two, count ‘em, two NFL games saw audiences register over 25 million viewers in Week 12. That means a lot of people were interested in watching football on Sunday. On Fox, Dallas-New York Giants averaged just under 28 million viewers...
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College Basketball Men’s Cancun Challenge, Cancun, Mexico 3rd Place Game Old Dominion vs. Saint Louis — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m. Championship Game West Virginia vs. Wisconsin — CBS Sports Network, 9:30 p.m. Great Alaska Shootout, Anchorage, AK Semifinal Tulsa...
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Welcome to the premiere episode of the Fang’s Bites podcast. This is not to replace what I do with Keith Thibault on the Sports Media Weekly podcast, this podcast will post when there is breaking sports media news. The new...
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The Sunday Night Football game between the Denver Broncos and New England Patriots that spilled to half past midnight on the East Coast garnered some very good numbers for NBC. The Peacock saw an impressive number of 15.6/25 which tops...
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When we learned last night about the new Canadian media rights deal for the NHL, we had no idea how encompassing it would be and how much it would turn the sports media landscape in the Great White North on...
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Boxing Golden Boy Live, Sunrise, FL Antonio Tarver vs. Mike Sheppard & Randy Cabellero vs. Jessy Cruz — Fox Sports 1, 9 p.m. College Basketball Men’s Barclays Center Challenge Monmouth at Penn State — Big Ten Network, 6 p.m. Mississippi...
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This began developing around 11 p.m. ET on Monday. TSN NHL Insider Bob McKenzie tweeted that it appeared that two Canadian TV networks had made an agreement with the National Hockey League and reading between the lines, it appeared that...
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This from NBC, the Sunday Night Football turnover-filled overtime game between the Denver Broncos and New England Patriots that spilled way past midnight on the East Coast scored very well. It garnered a 17.0 overnight rating with a 28 share,...
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College Basketball Men’s CBE Hall of Fame Classic, Kansas City, MO Semifinals BYU vs. Texas — ESPNU, 7:30 p.m. Wichita State vs. DePaul — ESPN3, 10 p.m. Las Vegas Invitational IUPUI at Missouri — Fox College Sports Central/Fox Sports Midwest,...
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And we conclude the Sunday NFL pregame quotage with NBC’s Football Night in America. Check it all out. NOTES & QUOTES FROM “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” — WEEK 12 “Amazing how this relationship has evolved over the years.” – Scott...
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Now to the double quotage from the CBS entry. NEWS, NOTES & QUOTES FROM CBS SPORTS’ “THE NFL TODAY” WITH JAMES BROWN, DAN MARINO, SHANNON SHARPE, BILL COWHER AND BOOMER ESIASON AND “THAT OTHER PREGAME SHOW” WITH ADAM SCHEIN, AMY...
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And we move to Fox NFL Sunday’s quotage. FOX NFL SUNDAY NOTES – 11/24/13 Johnson: “Cowboys Fans Have To Expect More Than Mediocrity” Howie and Diane Long: Watching Sons Play Each Other is “Like a Dream” Glazer: NFL Trying To...
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Now to ESPN’s quotage from Sunday. ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown Notes and Quotes: Week 12 ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown with Chris Berman and analysts Cris Carter, Mike Ditka, Tom Jackson, Keyshawn Johnson, Ray Lewis and Ron Jaworski previewed today’s NFL games....
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Time for the NFL Sunday pregame quotage posts. They’re a bit late, but later is better than never. We begin with NFL Network’s stuff. News & Sound Bites From Week 12 Editions of NFL Network’s NFL GAMEDAY FIRST & NFL...
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This had been speculated after Carolina beat the New England Patriots last Monday night and even more so after Carolina came back to win over Miami this afternoon. Now it’s official. In Week 14, the Carolina Panthers-New Orleans Saints game...
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CFL 101st Grey Cup, Regina Saskatchewan Hamilton Tiger-Cats at Saskatchewan Rough Riders — TSN/NBCSN, 6 p.m. College Basketball Men’s Schedule courtesy Matt’s College Sports Announcing Assignments courtesy Your Eye on the Sports Sky and Air Barclays Classic North Carolina A&T...
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Boxing Manny Pacquaio vs. Brandon Rios, Las Vegas, NV Weigh-In Live — HBO, 6:30 p.m. College Basketball Men’s 2K Sports Classic, New York, NY Third Place Game Boston College vs. Indiana or Washington — ESPNU, 5 p.m. Championship Game UConn...
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The first part of the Paul Finebaum Experience on ESPN was to be syndicated across the country on ESPN Radio. The second part was to join College GameDay. Now the third part is about to be completed and that is...
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Tonight’s Thursday Night Football game will be in Atlanta for an NFC South Division battle. When NFL Network got this game, it was hoping the New Orleans Saints-Atlanta Falcons game would be a game for first place in the division....
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Boxing 24/7 Pacquaio/Rios (series finale) — HBO, 10 p.m. College Basketball Men’s 2K Sports Classic, New York, NY Semifinals Boston College vs. UConn — ESPN2, 7 p.m. Indiana vs. Washington — ESPN2, 9:30 p.m. Battle 4 Atlantis The Citadel at...
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All Times Eastern Byes: Buffalo, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Seattle Thursday, November 21 Studio and Pregame Shows Around the League Live — NFL Network, 2 p.m. NFL Insiders — ESPN, 3 p.m. NFL Live — ESPN, 4 p.m. NFL Fantasy Live —...
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