Saturday, June 29 Arena Football Orlando Predators at Jacksonville Sharks — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m. Australian Rules Football Geelong Cats vs. Fremantle Dockers — Fox Soccer Plus, 5:30 a.m. Boxing Boxing After Dark, Ledyard, CT Middleweights: Gennady Golovkin vs....
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ESPN received a 2.6 overnight rating for the 2013 edition of the NBA Draft, the last for Communist China Sympathizer David Stern. Adam Silver takes over next year. The number is 13% higher than last year’s Draft. And the 2013...
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Australian Rules Football Sydney Swans vs. Carlton Blues — Fox Soccer Plus, 5:30 a.m. Gold Coast Suns vs. Adelaide Crows — Fox Soccer Plus, 11:30 p.m. Boxing Friday Night Fights, Jacksonville, FL Sergio Mora vs. Grzegorz Proksa — ESPN2, 9...
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This has not been the best of weeks for Boston sports fans. First, the Bruins lost the Stanley Cup on home ice to the Chicago Blackhawks. Second, the Aaron Hernandez story that led to his arrest on first degree murder...
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Ok, we have the official announcement from Fox Sports on the hiring of Bill Raftery to call Big East games with Gus Johnson. FOX SPORTS WELCOMES RENOWNED COLLEGE BASKETBALL ANALYST BILL RAFTERY TO FOLD Man Who Made “With a Kiss!”...
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This coming from The Big Lead’s Jason McIntyre: long-time ESPN college basketball analyst Bill Raftery is leaving to join Fox Sports 1. Raftery has been associated with ESPN especially on the Big East and Big Monday games. He’s been teamed...
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This from ESPN. We learn that college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit has signed a nine year contract extension with ESPN to continue calling games and remain on the show that brought him fame and fortune, College GameDay. Herbstreit joined ESPN’s...
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Australian Rules Football West Coast Eagles vs. Essendon Bombers — Fox Soccer Plus, 6 a.m. CFL Montreal Alouettes at Winnipeg Blue Bombers — TSN/NBC Sports Network, 9 p.m. College Football College Football Live — ESPNU, 4 p.m. FIFA Confederations Cup...
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Time for some sports media thoughts on this Thursday. As usual, they come in bullet form. Well, the hires at Fox Sports 1 just continue to grow. Jason McIntyre of The Big Lead broke some news this week about one...
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Here’s a Fang’s Bites exclusive, at least until 2 p.m. ET today. ESPN has announced that it will carry 60 Canadian Football League games this season, 5 on ESPN2 and 55 online through ESPN3. Since 2008, ESPN has carried CFL...
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Yesterday, I was interviewed for a story that appeared on WLNE (ABC6) in Providence. This was regarding a business scam that has permeated small businesses in Rhode Island. Now, before we go any further, let me say that this was...
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College Football College Football Live — ESPNU, 3:30 p.m. FIFA Confederations Cup Semifinal, Belo Horizonte, Brazil Brazil vs. Uruguay — ESPN, 2:30 p.m. Golf PGA Professional National Championship, Sunriver, OR Final Round — Golf Channel, 4 p.m. Champions Tour Senior...
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From NBC Sports Group, the Stanley Cup Final clinching game on Monday gave NBC an average of 8.16 million viewers as the Chicago Blackhawks came from behind and defeated the Boston Bruins, 3-2. The game drew a 4.7 rating which...
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On Thursday, ESPN will air the NBA Draft for the 11th straight year. Rece Davis will host and he’ll be joined by Jay Bilas, Jalen Rose and Bill Simmons. Shane Battier of the Miami Heat will conduct player interviews. Here’s...
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Starting this weekend, the NBC Sports Group will cover the Tour de France. Coverage of the Tour has been a signature event for the network that was originally known as Outdoor Life Network, then OLN, then Versus and now NBC...
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College Baseball College World Series, Omaha, NE Championship Series Game 2: Mississippi State vs. UCLA — ESPN, 8 p.m. College World Series Pregame — ESPNU, 7:30 p.m. College World Series Postgame — ESPNU, 11 p.m. College Basketball Inside College Basketball...
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College Baseball College World Series, Omaha, NE Championship Series Game 1: Mississippi State vs. UCLA — ESPN, 8 p.m. College World Series Pregame — ESPNU, 7:30 p.m. College World Series Postgame — ESPNU, 11 p.m. College Basketball Inside College Basketball:...
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Ok, where do we begin? Lots of things packed into the season finale that leads up to the final episodes next year. I have no idea how to start this. I’ll do it this way. Don Draper basically hits rock...
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Time for another sports media thoughts post. As always, it’s in bullet form. We are under two months to go until the launch of Fox Sports 1. We know of a few official talent hires like Andy Roddick, Jay Onrait...
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So much for the San Antonio Spurs being ratings killers. Game 7 of the NBA Finals between the Spurs and the Miami Heat led ABC to a huge primetime win, garnering a 15.3 rating and 26.3 million viewers. The viewership...
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Saturday, June 22 24 Hour of Le Mans Saturday, Part 1 — Speed, 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Part 2 — Speed, 4 p.m. Saturday, Part 3 — Speed, 7:30 p.m Arena Football Arizona Rattlers at San Jose CyberCats — CBS Sports...
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With the regular season starting next week, the Canadian Football League has put its stamp of approval of one half of its US television contract on which I reported earlier this week. The CFL has announced that NBC Sports Network...
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ESPN has decided to move the two Group A Confederation Cup matches for Saturday. Italy vs. Brazil which was originally scheduled to air on ESPNews will now air on ESPN at 2:30 p.m. ET. Japan-Mexico which is totally meaningless for...
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17.7. That’s the overnight rating for the last game of the 2012-13 NBA season. Last night’s game that clinched the second straight championship for the Miami Heat brought an overnight number of 17.7 which peaked at a 22.6 in the...
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Australian Rules Football Hawthorn Hawks vs. West Coast Eagles — Fox Soccer Plus, 5:30 a.m. Port Adelaide Power vs. Sydney Swans — Fox Soccer Plus, 11:30 p.m. Beach Volleyball Triple Crown: Elite 18 Nationals, Richmond, VA 3rd Place Game —...
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Thanks to the third overtime game in four contests, NBC is assured of a long Stanley Cup Final series, six games at least. With Chicago winning 6-5 in the extra session, NBC received a 3.8 rating, up 124% from last...
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Since late May, NESN’s Jerry Remy has been out of commission and replaced by various guest analysts. On Wednesday, NESN held a conference call for reporters for Remy to announce that he will return to Red Sox games after being...
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NBC Sports Group has reason to smile over its U.S. Open coverage, in particular the final round in which Justin Rose overtook Phil Mickelson. An average 8.4 million viewers watched the final round of the U.S. Open from Merion Golf...
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College Baseball College World Series, Omaha, NE Elimination Game North Carolina vs. North Carolina State — ESPN, 8 p.m. College World Series Postgame — ESPNU, 11 p.m. College Football College Football Live — ESPN2, 3:30 p.m. Golf European PGA Tour...
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Let’s do some linkage as we reach mid-week. From Joan E. Solsman of CNET, we learn that WatchESPN and HBO have been added to Apple TV. Chris Chase of USA Today’s For the Win blog notes that Serena Williams had...
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