Monthly Archives: September 2013

This announced tonight from the National Football League. To accommodate the Oakland A’s in their MLB Postseason quest, the NFL has moved Sunday afternoon’s San Diego at Oakland game from its originally scheduled 1:25 p.m. Pacific start time to later...
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So ESPN Radio has provided the announcing assignments for the MLB Postseason. ESPN Radio’s Sunday Night Baseball crew of Jon Sciambi and Chris Singleton will be on the American League side at least for the Wild Card and the League...
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From Turner Sports, we learn the announcing assignments for the Wild Card Games and the League Division Series on TBS, formerly known as the Superstation. With the lead team of Ernie Johnson, Jr., Ron Darling and Cal Ripken calling the...
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The 2012-13 NBA Coach of the Year, George Karl, formerly of the Denver Nuggets, will be making the trek east to Bristol, CT to become a TV analyst. Karl will his second tour with ESPN, the first being back in...
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In a bit of a shakeup albeit a temporary one, CBS is sending three of its NFL Today analysts on the road to join current announcing teams. Bill Cowher, Boomer Esiason and Shannon Sharpe will call games involving their former...
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Boxing Golden Boy Live, Brooklyn, NY Sadam Ali vs. Jay Krupp — Fox Sports 1, 9 p.m. College Football CFB Daily — ESPNU, 1 p.m. Final Verdict — ESPNU, 4 p.m. College Football Live — ESPN, 5 p.m. BCS Countdown...
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Let’s complete the Sunday NFL pregame quotage with the Football Night in America post from NBC. NOTES & QUOTES FROM “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” — WEEK 4 “Seattle and Denver clearly are the best teams in the league.” – Rodney...
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Tampa Bay and Texas will need Game 163 to determine which team will face Cleveland on Wednesday in the American League Wild Card. Cleveland has clinched the top Wild Card spot. Texas and Tampa Bay ended up tied for the...
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In advance of tonight’s New England at Atlanta game on NBC, Football Night in America will feature interviews with former San Diego and New England safety Rodney Harrison interviewing Falcons wide receivers Roddy White and Julio Jones. Football Night in...
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We conclude the early Sunday NFL pregame quotage with ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown. Check it out. ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown Notes and Quotes: Week Four ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown host Chris Berman and analysts Cris Carter, Mike Ditka, Tom Jackson,...
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Let’s do your Fox NFL Sunday quotage. It’s all posted below in black and white. FOX NFL SUNDAY NOTES – 9/29/13 Bradshaw to Josh Freeman: You Should Be Ashamed of Yourself Glazer Reports on Josh Freeman Asking for Trade or...
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Let’s move to the notes and quotes from CBS’ pair of pregame shows, The NFL Today and That Other Pregame Show for Week 4 of the NFL season. NEWS, NOTES & QUOTES FROM CBS SPORTS’ “THE NFL TODAY” WITH JAMES...
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Let’s do the Sunday NFL pregame show quotage. For NFL Network, it’s the notes and quotes from NFL GameDay First and NFL GameDay Morning, a total of six hours of quotage. That’s a lot. Here’s the NFL Network press release....
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So any blackouts today? No, none. Through four weeks, all games have been sold out ensuring fans in all of the home markets can watch their favorite teams. Now, depending on where you live, that may not be a good...
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Saturday, September 28 Australian Rules Football Grand Final, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia Hawthorne Hawks vs. Fremantle Dockers — Fox Soccer Plus, 12:30 a.m. Boxing World Championship Boxing, Montreal, Canada and Carson, CA Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. vs. Bryan Vera...
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Well, this has been a wild eight days. A small podcast sets in motion a turn of events that not even the most clairvoyant medium could see. It all began last week when your humble blogger interviewed Michelle Beadle for...
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CFL B.C. Lions at Winnipeg Blue Bombers — TSN, 8 p.m./NBCSN, 10:30 p.m. College Field Hockey Iowa at Northwestern — Big Ten Network, 3 p.m. College Football Viewing Picks Golf European PGA Tour Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, St. Andrews, Scotland...
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College Football Viewing Picks College Soccer Women’s Indiana at Ohio State — Big Ten Network, 3 p.m. Washington State at Oregon — Pac-12 Networks, 10 p.m. Golf European PGA Tour Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, St. Andrews, Scotland 1st Round —...
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Thursday, September 26 Studio & 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 — NFL Network, 5 p.m. NFL Total Access Kickoff:...
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Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports Announcing Assignments courtesy of Your Eye on the Sports Sky and Air Thursday, September 26 Studio & Pregame Shows CFB Daily — ESPNU, 1 p.m. College Football Live — ESPN2, 5 p.m. College Football...
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A week after Michelle Beadle went on Sports Media Weekly and lamented over the lack of promotion for her show, “The Crossover,” NBC and NBCSN have announced that the program is the odd man out of a new late afternoon...
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This from Golf Channel which continues to show viewership strength and gains. The network has announced a new ten year extension of its current rights agreement with the European PGA Tour. This deal will begin with the 2015 season and...
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America’s Cup Finals, San Francisco, CA Race 19 — NBCSN, 4 p.m. Capital One Cup Manchester United vs. Liverpool — beIN Sport, 2;50 p.m. College Football CFB Daily — ESPNU, 1 p.m. College Football Live — ESPN2, 5 p.m. ESPNU...
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WFSB in Hartford, CT is reporting that former Philadelphia Eagles defensive end and former ESPN NFL analyst Hugh Douglas has been arrsted in Hartford for allegedly attacking a woman at a hotel. Douglas has been charged with third degree assault and...
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After receiving criticism for butchering the 2012 Paralympics in London, NBC Sports Group has signed a new deal with the International Paralympic Committee that significantly increases its commitment to the Games. Announced today, NBC Sports Group will air 116 hours...
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America’s Cup Finals, San Francisco, CA Race 17 & Race 18 (if necessary) — NBCSN, 4 p.m. College Football CFB Daily: The Experts — ESPNU, 1 p.m. College Football Live — ESPN2, 5 p.m. Fast Football — CBS Sports Network,...
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Turner Sports has provided the announcers for the 2013 MLB Postseason. This marks the final year that TBS will have both Wild Card Games, all four MLB League Division Series and one League Championship series as next season, it will...
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