Monthly Archives: December 2012

CBS Sports Radio has unveiled its full weekend lineup that will begin this week. As you’re aware by now, CBS Sports Radio begins full operation on January 2 with a weekday lineup that includes Dana Jacobson, Tiki Barber, John Feinstein,...
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The NFL’s strategy of putting a winner-take-all game on the last Sunday night of the regular season is a successful one. Last night’s Dallas-Washington game for the NFC East title turned out to be the highest-rated primetime game in the...
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As we approach the long-awaited college football playoff in 2015, the BCS is still in effect and ESPN will air the entire five game sequence which includes the National Championship Game on January 7. The BCS begins on Tuesday with...
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The 79th annual Sun Bowl will air on the CBS Television Network this afternoon. Georgia Tech will take on USC at 2 p.m. today. Uncle Verne Lundquist and Gary Danielson will call the game with Tracy Wolfson manning the sidelines....
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College Basketball Men’s Cincinnati at Pittsburgh — ESPN2, noon Florida A&M at Texas Tech — Fox Sports Southwest/Fox Sports Arizona/Fox Sports Detroit/Fox College Sports Atlantic, 1 p.m. Michigan State at Minnesota — ESPN2, 2 p.m. South Dakota at Kansas State...
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We now conclude our Sunday NFL pregame quotage with Football Night in America. We’re done for the night. “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” NOTES & QUOTES – WEEK 17 “Adrian Peterson is the sole reason why this team made the playoffs.”...
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Let’s continue the Sunday NFL pregame show quotage with Fox NFL Sunday. FOX NFL SUNDAY NOTES – 12/30/12 Bradshaw: Bears Would Be Worst Team In Playoffs Long: “Peyton Manning is MVP. Adrian Peterson is offensive player of the year.” Glazer...
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Now, it’s time for CBS’ quotage from The NFL Today. Last one of the regular season. NEWS, NOTES & QUOTES FROM CBS SPORTS’ “THE NFL TODAY” WITH JAMES BROWN, DAN MARINO, SHANNON SHARPE, BILL COWHER AND BOOMER ESIASON FOR WEEK...
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The National Football League has provided the schedules for the next two weekends of playoff action. NBC’s Wild Card Saturday doubleheader kicks off on January 5 with Cincinnati at Houston for the second year in a row. The nightcap in...
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Technically played in 2013, but you get the idea. This was just announced by the National Football League. Saturday, January 5, 2013 Cincinnati at Houston — NBC, 4:30 p.m. (Dan Hicks/Mike Mayock/Alex Flanagan) Minnesota at Green Bay — NBC, 8...
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Let’s do our last set of Sunday NFL pregame quotage for the regular season. As usual, we begin with NFL Network’s pair of pregame shows that began at 7 a.m. ET with First on the Field. Get ready to scroll...
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So it’s over? Well, the regular season will be after tonight. Once Sunday Night Football is over, it’ll be the playoffs starting next Saturday with the Wild Card round. Are there any blackouts this week? Yes, in Buffalo where Western...
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Now to our last NFL preview, NBC’s look at Sunday Night Football which will involve the NFC East blood rivalry between Dallas and Washington. This will be the battle for the NFC East. This is not necessarily “loser go home”...
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Ok, we move to NFL Network and its pregame shows on Sunday. It all begins at 7 a.m. ET with First on the Field with co-hosts Melissa Stark and Sterling Sharpe live from the NFL Films studios in New Jersey....
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Let’s take a look at what we have from Fox Sports for Week 17. Lots of stuff to go over. And Fox has a doubleheader for the last week of the regular season. FOX SPORTS NOTES, QUOTES & ANECDOTES  Vikings...
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Let’s move to the NFL Today on CBS. For the Week 17 edition, former host Greg Gumbel talks with Indianapolis Colts coach Chuck Pagano about his return to the sidelines after being diagnosed with leukemia in Week 3. As you’re...
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As we have reached the end of the NFL regular season, all that’s left is playoff positioning and the schedule for Wild Card Weekend. We’ll get that at the end of Sunday’s action, but first, there are 16 games to...
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College Basketball Viewing Picks College Football ESPNU Film Room: BCS National Championship — ESPNU, 6 p.m. College Hockey Great Lakes Invitational, Detroit, MI Championship Michigan Tech vs. Western Michigan — Fox Sports Detroit Plus/MSG Plus, 7 p.m. Mariucci Classic, Minneapolis,...
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Boxing Showtime Sports: Best of Showtime Boxing 2012 — Showtime, 10:30 a.m. Boxing’s Best of 2012: Rios vs. Alvarado — HBO, 11 p.m. Boxing’s Best of 2012: Pacquaio vs. Marquez 4 — HBO, 11:40 p.m. College Basketball Viewing Picks College...
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It’s official. News Corp. has completed its purchase of regional sports network, Sports Time Ohio and it includes a long-term agreement for the rights to the Cleveland MLB Team. STO had held the rights since 2006. Previously, the rights had...
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ESPN saw its best viewership for its three NBA games on Christmas Day in eight years. Averaging 2.8 million viewers and a household rating of 2.0, ESPN saw double digit rises as compared to 2010. Last year, ESPN had two...
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With the proverbial Fiscal Cliff approaching in just a few days, Fox Sports and its owner, News Corp., was in a rush to get this deal done. It appears that Fox Sports will purchase Sports Time Ohio, owned by the...
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All Times Eastern NFL Viewing Maps (the506.com) Pregame & Studio Shows First on the Field — NFL Network, 7 a.m. NFL Matchup — ESPN2, 8:30 a.m. NFL GameDay Morning — NFL Network, 9 a.m. Sunday NFL Countdown — ESPN, 10...
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Men’s schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports Saturday, December 29 Studio Shows ACC Basketball Pre Season Tip-Off Show — ACC Network, check your local listings 75 Years of March Madness: Behind the Mic — CBS, 2 p.m. 75 Years of...
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Boxing Boxing’s Best of 2012: DeMarco vs. Broner — HBO, 11 p.m Boxing’s Best of 2012: Ward vs. Dawson — HBO, 11:40 p.m. College Basketball Men’s Stony Brook at Seton Hall — Big East Network, 7 p.m. Providence at Brown...
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Starting on January 1, ESPN’s College GameDay will be live from four of the five BCS games including the Big One, the BCS National Championship game in South Florida on January 7. College GameDay will begin its cross-country odyssey in...
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The NFL continues to show its ratings strength as Fox’s late national window that showcased mostly the New York Giants-Baltimore Ravens garnered an average of 24.2 million viewers and was the most watched show of the week. In addition, all...
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I wish this documentary had come out sooner. Tonight, MLB Network premieres a new behind-the-scenes film produced by MLB Productions. This has all six World Series umpires miked and the film shows what each man is saying either behind the...
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This was a project that was quite close to my heart and it worked out quite well. Just about everyone I called was very receptive to providing their sports media stories of 2012 and their sports media predictions for 2013....
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Boxing Boxing’s Best of 2012: Guerrero vs. Berto — HBO, 11 p.m. College Basketball Men’s Northern Arizona at BYU — BYU TV, 9 p.m. New Mexico at Cincinnati — ESPN2, 9 p.m. College Football Military Bowl, Washington, DC Bowling Green...
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