First off, thanks to FSN New England for letting me know that it will carry the Celtics live press conference introducing Kevin Garnett at 6 p.m. Garnett, Ray Allen and Paul Pierce will all be in attendance. The deal between...
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Monthly Archives: July 2007
Let’s give you a brief update and perhaps a mini-rant if I have time. We start with NBC Sports. It has a press release announcing the re-launch of its Sunday Night Football website, Sundaynightisfootballnight.com. It looks similar to its website...
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31Jul
Time for some more links. Checking around to see what’s going on for you. Newsday’s Neil Best says ESPN has picked up two more San Francisco Giants games tonight and tomorrow. And Best writes that Craig Carton who’s proposed to...
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Growing up as a kid in Rhode Island in the 1970′s, I’ll always remember the CBS Saturday night lineup including the venerable Mary Tyler Moore Show. It lasted seven seasons, went out on top and probably had the very best...
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Chicago Cubs at Philadelphia Phillies – ESPN, 7 p.m.How I Met Your Mother – CBS, 8 p.m.Hell’s Kitchen – Fox, 9 p.m.The Closer – TNT, 9 p.m.Saving Grace – TNT, 10 p.m.Ninja Warrior – G4, 10 & 10:30 p.m.Big Brother...
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According to the Sports Media Watch blog, the NHL is talking to ESPN about picking up NBC’s portion of the broadcast contract in 2008-09. NBC would end televising the NHL after this season (makes sense after the ratings its received...
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30Jul
Just got the sad news that former San Francisco 49er coach Bill Walsh died of leukemia. He was a pioneer in the league bringing in the West Coast offense, started what was known as the coaching tree, won three Super...
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30Jul
Back to work on a Monday. Had heavy rains here early in the morning, but they’re over now and we expect some humidity later. But enough of the weather report, time for your links. Yesterday marked ESPN’s return to NASCAR...
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29Jul
Hello on a scorching Sunday. Hot here in the Northeast, but it’s hot everywhere in the US as well, so I hope you’re running the air conditioner or at least heading to the beach today. Let’s give you some links...
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This video was revealed at ComicCon 2007 in San Diego on Thursday. As expected, Steven Spielberg was there, so was Harrison Ford, Ray Winstone and Shia LaBeouf. But also, Karen Allen as Marion Ravenwood. Check it out. This is courtesy...
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28Jul
Instead of doing music videos this week, I thought I would give you some vintage NFL TV opens from NBC and ABC. Here’s an open from NBC dating back to 1978 – 79, Oakland vs. Seattle when NBC had the...
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28Jul
You’ve got a lot of picks for this weekend. Saturday, July 28 Senior Open Championship, 3rd Round – ABC, 2 p.m.PGA Golf/Canadian Open, 3rd Round – CBS, 3 p.m.Braves at Arizona or Detroit at Anaheim or Padres at Astros –...
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28Jul
Sorry for the long delay in getting you links. I was out at two job sites during the day, then I had to drive my mother to several locations and got home late when I thought I would get home...
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27Jul
Hello. Time for an update since I didn’t have one earlier today. I won’t be able to give a Friday morning update and may not be here for the afternoon as work gets in the way of the blog. I...
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Red Sox at Cleveland – NESN, 7 p.m.Atlanta at Giants – TBS, 7 p.m.Big Brother 8 – CBS, 8 p.m.Ninja Warrior – G4, 10 & 10:30 p.m.Big Brother After Dark – Showtime Too, midnight
26Jul
Been out and about today, but I’ll give you a few links here. The return of ESPN to NASCAR is this weekend. If you haven’t watched ESPN lately, you’re lucky not to have seen the many promos which have flooded...
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Good evening. Barry Bonds isn’t playing tonight so there’s no need to watch the Braves-Giants game on TBS. So instead, I’m watching Ninja Warrior on G4. Very entertaining indeed. The Sports Media Watch blog has a good entry today on...
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25Jul
Checking for some more links for you. Chater Communications in Madison, WI is adding ESPNU and ESPN2HD, but not the Big Ten Network. Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz will be promoting the Big Ten Network in Des Moines today as part...
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25Jul
Time for the links on this Wednesday. The New York Times’ Richard Sandomir talks with former MLB Commissioner Fay Vincent about the NBA referee gambling scandal. You may remember Vincent was in charge when the Pete Rose gambling story ruled...
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I just finished watching the series premiere of Damages on FX. This was one of the best premieres I have seen. This is about a litigator, Patty Hewes (Glenn Close) who will stop at nothing at winning her cases and...
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Red Sox at Cleveland – NESN, 7 p.m.America’s Got Talent – NBC, 8 p.mAtlanta at San Francisco – TBS, 10 p.m.Damages (series premiere) – FX, 10 p.m.Ninja Warrior – G4, 10 & 10:30 p.m.Big Brother After Dark – Showtime Too,...
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24Jul
Here are a few more links before I ease up for the day. For satellite radio subscribers, we have a couple of items and thanks to the Orbitcast blog which tracks everythying XM and Sirius. First, Sirius NFL Radio begins...
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In the 11:00 a.m. ET hour, NBA Commissioner David Stern went in front of the media to talk about the alleged gambling by former referee Tim Donaghy. To his credit, Stern stood at a podium in front of a full...
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24Jul
Listening to Scott Baio on the Howard Stern Show on Sirius Satellite Radio. The women he’s banged. If I only had half of his number, I’d be a very happy man. I started watching “Scott Baio is 45 … and...
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24Jul
Well, I keep finding stuff and I need to pass them along to you, my loyal visitors. From Canada, there’s a shakeup for the venerable Hockey Night in Canada on CBC. The legendary Bob Cole has been signed to a...
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24Jul
Here are a few more links for you tonight before I watch “Saving Grace” on TNT. SI’s Richard Deitsch has a story on the San Francisco Giants announcers who have the potential to call Barry Bonds’ record breaking 756th home...
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Red Sox at Cleveland – NESN/ESPN2, 7 p.m.Hell’s Kitchen – Fox, 9 p.m.The Closer – TNT, 9 p.m.Saving Grace (series premiere) – TNT, 10 p.m. (anything with the lovely Holly Hunter automatically goes in the primetime picks)Giants at Atlanta –...
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23Jul
I’ve been keeping track of the Pan American Games online. If you have access to ESPN360, you can watch the coverage from ESPN Deportes. The coverage is in Spanish, but if you don’t understand, you can either turn the volume...
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23Jul
Good morning. Back to work on this Monday, but let’s get into the links. First, Michael Hiestand of USA Today has kind words for ESPN/ABC for coverage of the Open Championship this past weekend saying it was laid back and...
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22Jul
Time to give a few links today. Neil Best talks about the headaches of parking at the Meadowlands now that 5,000 spaces have been lost to construction of the new Giants-Jets stadium. Phil Mushnick continues to bash ESPN and for...
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