NBC has announced that three former Olympic figure skaters will join its broadcast team for the 2014 Winter Olympics. Johnny Weir who recently announced his retirement today will be an analyst for the Olympics as well as on NBC’s figure...
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Throughout the weekend, NBC Sports will have live coverage of the U.S. Figure Skating Championship from HP Pavilion in San Jose, CA. The main event will be the Ladies Free Skate on Saturday night. NBC will have it live at...
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The first two seasons of Battle of the Blades have carried on with male hockey players teamed with female figure skaters. For the third season, Tessa Bonhomme from the 2010 gold medal winning women’s hockey team for Canada was teamed...
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The show that combines hockey and figure skating has announced the pairings of one hockey player and one figure skater for its third season. Last night on CBC, Battle of the Blades announced the teams for this season and also...
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When former Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Wade Belak was found dead of an apparent suicide, there was speculation whether CBC would move forward with this season of Battle of the Blades. Belak was scheduled to take part in the CBC...
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The third season of CBC’s Battle of the Blades premieres next month and this time, it will have a female hockey player taking part. Tessa Bonhomme of Canada’s gold medal-winning Olympic team will be teamed with 2002 Olympics pairs figure...
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Ok, now that the Olympics bidding is over until the next round sometime later this decade, I can focus on other sports media stories and there are quite a few of them now. The Hollywood Reporter notes that embattled cyclist...
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Let’s do the Thursday linkage and there are a few stories to get to. First, this broke late last night, Joe Flint at the Los Angeles Times confirmed that the number two man at NBC Sports, Ken Schanzer is following...
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Time for the mid-week links. Lots of stuff to get to. Michael Hiestand of USA Today looks at the ratings from some of the events held this past weekend. Michael says networks may have to scramble to fill holes if...
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On this first day in May, it is time to take a look at how a couple of networks could improve their presentations during postseason time. As teams raise their game, so should the networks as more people watch and...
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This event was to be held in Tokyo last month, but the earthquake in Japan forced the International Skating Union to delay the World Figure Skating Championships and eventually move it to Moscow after receiving assurances and hotel rooms in...
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Let’s do some links on this back to work Monday. Many of the links will focus on the NCAA Tournament so let’s get cracking. Starting with John Ourand and Michael Smith of Sports Business Journal, they report that Fox is...
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This weekend, NBC gets back into Olympic sports mode by airing figure skating. NBC has weekend coverage with the pair’s, men’s and women’s competitions. As usual, the women will be seen in primetime on Saturday. The U.S. Nationals are being...
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Two-time Olympic gold-medal winning pairs figure skater Ekaterina Gordeeva and former NHL’er Valeri Bure are the champions of the 2nd season of Battle of the Blades. We have the details from CBC Television in Canada. FROM CANADA WITH LOVE: RUSSIAN...
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The finale of the second season of Battle of the Blades is this Sunday and Monday and there’s plenty of speculation on who will win as the final three pairs square off. We have CBC’s press release. BATTLE OF THE...
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We have the latest pair that’s been eliminated from CBC’s “Battle of the Blades”. KYOKO INA AND KELLY CHASE ARE THE SIXTH ICED PAIR ONBATTLE OF THE BLADES - Ekaterina Gordeeva And Valeri Bure Avoid Elimination To Secure Their Spot...
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Not many of you are into figure skating, I’m aware of that, but maybe there’s the viewer who wants an occasional peak at various competitions and I’m willing to keep you informed on the sport. This weekend, NBC Sports and...
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Last night, Canadian sweetheart Jamie Sale and hockey great Theo Fleury were eliminated on CBC’s Battle of the Blades. Let’s check out the press release from the CBC. JAMIE SALÉ AND THEO FLEURY ARE THE FIFTH ICED PAIR ON BATTLE...
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On CBC’s Battle of the Blades, the four “iced” pairs, or those previously eliminated, skated for a chance to return to the show to join the five remaining teams as the competition resumes next week. So figure skater Shae-Lynn Brisbois...
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The four eliminated pairs in CBC’s Battle of the Blades will vie in a mini-competition to see who can return next week. We get the details from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. BATTLE OF THE BLADES ANNOUNCES ‘SECOND CHANCE WEEK’ -...
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Just received this release from CBC regarding the latest team to be ousted from The Battle Of The Blades. Take a look. VIOLETTA AFANASIEVA AND P.J. STOCK ARE THE THIRD ICED PAIR ON BATTLE OF THE BLADES - Katia Gordeeva...
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We need this to come to the US very soon. The second pair on CBC’s Battle of the Blades has been “iced” and we have the names right here. ANABELLE LANGLOIS AND GEORGES LARAQUE ARE THE SECOND ICED PAIR ON...
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This just seems like a natural fit for Jeremy Roenick. The man who did a great job during the Olympics and Stanley Cup Final for NBC now becomes a permanent judge joining the very lovely choreographer Sandra Bezic as a...
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The surprise Canadian TV hit returns this season with the pairings of retired hockey players and figure skaters. Last year, you had interesting teams. That is no different this season. We have the official announcement from CBC and we hope...
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Let’s clarify here. NBC and Universal Sports will air or webcast the entire International Skating Union’s figure skating schedule leading up to the World Figure Skating Championships. NBC will carry six Grand Prix events. We have your press release below....
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In what was a surprise TV hit in Canada, Battle of the Blades returns for an all-new season with a new cast of former hockey stars partnered with various figure skaters. CBC saw good ratings for the show and will...
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Another day of quotage from the World Figure Skating Championships on Universal Sports. By the way, none of this is being covered on NBC Sports if you notice. Talk about low viewership here. Anyway, here’s your notes and quotes from...
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Many of us can’t see Universal Sports’ comprehensive coverage of the World Figure Skating Championships from Turin this week, but I still get press releases and I post them out of service to you. Universal Sports PRESENTS COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE OF...
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The World Figure Skating Championships get underway Wednesday in Turin, the site of the 2006 Winter Olympics. As NBC has the rights to the event, it can also show spillover coverage on Universal Sports and that’s exactly what it will...
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Let’s give you links on this very cold morning on the East Coast. I’m cold as the boiler in my house is malfunctioning again, but hopefully, it’ll get warm later. Brad Adgate of Advertising Age says the ratings for the...
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