Yes, boys and girls, the NFL has flexed Pats-’Fins out of the primetime slot and put in … wait for it now… Vikings-Cards into primetime! That means another appearance of Brett Favre on national TV and I know that’s something...
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Monthly Archives: November 2009
College Basketball Cancun Challenge, Cancun, MexicoQuarterfinal/Cleveland State vs. Kentucky – CBS College Sports, 4:30 p.m.Quarterfinal/Stanford vs. Virginia – CBS College Sports, 7 p.m. CBE Classic, Kansas City, MOConsolation/Iowa vs. Wichita State – ESPNU, 7:30 p.m.Championship/Texas vs. Pittsburgh – ESPN2, 10...
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Two college football press releases for you here and then two NFL releases in the next post will round out our posts for tonight. First, here’s what games you’ll see this week on the ESPN family of networks. No. 3...
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Let’s provide you with three NBA-related releases that came in today. First, TNT has an NBA doubleheader on Thanksgiving Night. No holiday is sacred in the NBA. TNT to Give Thanks with an Exclusive Thanksgiving NBA Doubleheader Featuring the TNT...
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Here’s a release from our friends at MLB Network about the classic games from years past on Thanksgiving Day. Should be fun to watch if you want a respite from football. NEW EPISODES OF BASEBALL’S SEASONS & AN ALL-TIME GAMES...
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Here’s a quickie preview of one timely segment that airs on Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel on Tuesday. SEGMENT FEATURING INSIDER’S FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT OF TIM DONAGHY BETTING SCANDAL ADDED TO NEXT EDITION OF REAL SPORTS WITH BRYANT GUMBEL, DEBUTING NOV....
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23Nov
I’m a tired man after working until 2:15 this morning. Started at 10 a.m. Sunday and worked through with a couple of breaks for lunch and dinner, but I’m tired and naturally, I’m dragging. I’ll give you the links while...
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Against some tough competition on ABC with the American Music Awards, Sunday Night Football with what ended up being a good game between big market Philadelphia and Chicago won the primetime ratings on Sunday. It’s becoming obvious that Sunday Night...
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College BasketballCBE Classic, Kansas City, MOPittsburgh at Wichita State – ESPN2, 7:30 p.m.Texas vs. Iowa – ESPN2, 9:50 p.m. Maui Invitational, Maui, HIColorado vs. Gonzaga – ESPN2, 3 p.m.Cincinnati vs. Vanderbilt – ESPN2, 5:30 p.m.Maryland vs. Chaminade – ESPNU, 9:30...
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With no eliminated racers this week, there’s no phone call so the teams get a Taekwondo lesson. And Lance decides to spar. Then the teams get to pack to leave for the End City. And next week, the teams are...
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This is what Golf Channel’s airing for this week. With the golf just about finished on all the tours, you pretty much get Big Break and studio shows. COMING UP ON GOLF CHANNEL… Nov. 23 – 29, 2009 Tempers Flare...
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We have a couple of releases for you from ESPN. As Jimmie Johnson won his 4th consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship, the Alleged Worldwide Leader will have him all over the place on Monday. ESPN to Welcome NASCAR Sprint Cup...
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I’m in the home office doing work as the boss keeps adding page after page to this engineering specification which is becoming longer than War & Peace. And while I was waiting for him to give me a few pages,...
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22Nov
While I’m working on an engineering specification from home, I’ll provide the links this Sunday morning. Sports Illustrated’s Andy Staples says ESPN/ABC forced him to go to Justin.tv to watch last night’s Oregon-Arizona game. Tennessee Titans owner Bud Adams who...
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21Nov
Giving you some links while I’m working at the home office today. That’s no fun working on a Saturday, but we do what we gotta do to eat. We start with what broke last night out in Los Angeles, that...
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I’m going to post two NBA-related press releases and then go to bed. Sleep is calling me and it’s calling me rather loudly. Starting with TNT, we have quotage from the network’s NBA doubleheader from Thursday. Notes from TNT’s Coverage...
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21Nov
I’ll do some links again during a late night. Things continue to happen in the sports media. First, Diane Pucin of the Los Angeles Times reports that the TV broadcast team for the Clippers made fun of the only Iranian-born...
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Let’s do the Friday megalinks as we steam into Thanksgiving holiday week. Lots of links to get to so let’s not waste any more time. The Weekend Viewing Picks have what’s in store for college football, college basketball, NFL, NASCAR...
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This just in from HBO, we find that there were about one and a quarter million purchases for last week’s Manny Pacquaio-Miguel Cotto fight. We have the announcement from the fine people at HBO Sports. PACQUIAO-COTTO REGISTERS 1.25 MILLION PAY-PER-VIEW...
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20Nov
Saturday, November 21 BoxingSuper Six World Boxing Classic/Super Middleweights, Mikkei Kessler vs. Andre Ward – Showtime, 10 p.m.Manny Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto (replay) – HBO, 10 p.m. College BasketballRider at Kentucky – Fox Sports South/Sun Sports, 1 p.m.Presbyterian at Illinois...
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NFL Gameday Morning – NFL Network, 10 a.m.The NFL Today – CBS, noon 1 p.m.CBS Coverage MapBuffalo at Jacksonville – Bill Macatee/Steve BeuerleinCleveland at Detroit – Don Criqui/Randy CrossIndianapolis at Baltimore – Greg Gumbel/Dan DierdorfPittsburgh at Kansas City – Ian...
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College Gameday live from Tucscon, AZ – ESPN, 10 a.m. noonOhio State at Michigan – ABC Louisville at South Florida – Big East Network Maine at New Hampshire – Comcast SportsNet New England/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic Minnesota at Iowa – ESPNNorth...
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College Basketball Coaches vs. Cancer Classic3rd Place Game/Ohio State vs. Cal – ESPN2, 5 p.m.Championship/Syracuse vs. North Carolina – ESPN2, 7:20 p.m. Puerto Rico Tip-OffConsolation/Georgia Tech vs. George Mason – ESPNU, 1 p.m.Semifinal/Dayton vs. Villanova – ESPNU, 3:30 p.m.Semifinal/Ole Miss...
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Nice of the NFL to send this quotage from tonight’s Miami-Carolina game within minutes of the finish of the broadcast. That’s efficient! Thursday Night Football Telecast NotesPlay-by-Play: Bob Papa Analyst: Matt Millen Quotes from Miami Dolphins vs. Carolina Panthers Nov....
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20Nov
I am seeing some stories for Friday, but I’ll leave those for the megalinks. I can provide you with a few links before closing my eyes for the night. Staci D. Kramer of paidContent.org notes that Fox Sports Net is...
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National Geographic has announced the discovery of five ancient crocodiles and this development will be part of a new special on crocs called, “When Crocodiles Ate Dinosaurs”. As usual, with our National Geographic Channel previews, we have a program description...
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Michelle Wie’s win in the LPGA’s Lorena Ochoa Invitational, her first career Tour win, sent Golf Channel to new ratings heights for women’s golf. Wie’s win on Sunday gave Golf Channel its second highest ratings for an LPGA round this...
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Well, I have some releases for next week. And starting on Sunday, Tennis Channel airs live matches from the season ending ATP World Tour Finals live from London. Tennis Channel will have the entire tournament including the singles and doubles...
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20Nov
I have two releases that contain quotage. First, from NFL Network, we have a transcript of various statements NFL Commish Roger Goodell made tonight before the Miami-Carolina game announcing the Player Advisory Forum to be headed up by former Indianapolis...
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I’ve given you the college football and NFL previews. Let’s give you previews of other weekend programming. NBC Sports airs plenty of figure skating and will air Skate Canada this weekend. SKATE CANADA COVERAGE ON NBC SPORTS & UNIVERSAL SPORTS...
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