Just getting word that DirecTV and Fox have come to a carriage agreement which will prevent any networks from being pulled. Reports are coming from various sources that this will keep the 19 Fox Sports Net affiliates plus Speed, Fox...
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Monthly Archives: October 2011
It’s already Week 10 of the college football season. Just four more weeks of games after Saturday. Kind of sad when you think of it. Games will be played from Tuesday through Saturday on the various ESPN platforms. With this...
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For the first time this season, ESPN’s College GameDay will air from a non-ESPN game, LSU-Alabama from Tuscaloosa, AL. For the first 9 weeks of the college football season, College GameDay went to sites all emanating from either an ESPN...
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On Tuesday at 10 p.m. ET, ESPN2 will air the first ever show devoted to the announcement of the MLB Gold Glove Awards. MLB Network did the announcements last year, but this year, ESPN2 devotes an entire hour to the...
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Let’s do some links on this Monday. Some good stuff to get to. Michael Hiestand of USA Today writes that CBS’ Bill Cowher may make broadcasting a true second career after shooting down another coaching rumor. At Fox Sports, Brian...
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Just received from the National Football League, we find that the schedule for Week 10 has been set. This is the first opportunity in the season that the NFL and NBC have to flex a game out of primetime and...
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Last night with the Northeast and the Mid-Atlantic regions recovering from the weekend’s snowstorm, people stayed in to watch some football. NBC says the overnight rating for last night’s Dallas-Philadelphia game ended at a 14.7 with a 23 share, resulting...
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MLB Hot Stove Live (season premiere) — MLB Network, 6 p.m. Studio 42 with Bob Costas: Reggie Jackson — MLB Network, 9 p.m. NFL San Diego at Kansas City — ESPN, 8:30 p.m. NHL San Jose at New York Rangers...
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Bob Costas somehow wanted to mention the St. Louis Cardinals’ World Championship, so he used the St. Louis Rams’ surprise upset over the New Orleans Saints to do it. Certainly not one of my favorites that Costas has done since...
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To conclude the Sunday NFL pregame quotage, we have Football Night in America from NBC. We’ll get Bob Costas’ silly commentary later and that will be posted as soon as I get it. “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” NOTES & QUOTES...
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On tonight’s edition of NBC’s Football Night in America, Al Michaels and Rodney Harrison conduct the interviews in advance of the Dallas Cowboys-Philadelphia Eagles game on Sunday Night Football. No Bob Costas. I guess he was in St. Louis watching...
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And we wrap up the early Sunday NFL pregame quotage with ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown. We’ll begin to look forward to Sunday Night Football after this. ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown Notes and Quotes: Week 8 Sunday NFL Countdown host Chris...
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More quotage, this time from the NFL Today on CBS. We’ll provide three videos here. NEWS, NOTES & QUOTES FROM CBS SPORTS’ “THE NFL TODAY” WITH JAMES BROWN, DAN MARINO, SHANNON SHARPE, BILL COWHER AND BOOMER ESIASON FOR WEEK 8...
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Now we move to Fox NFL Sunday and we have a couple of videos. FOX NFL SUNDAY NOTES – 10/30/11 Strahan: If Suh Taunted Ryan, Why Didn’t Falcons Players Challenge Him on the Field Instead of in the Media? Glazer...
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Ok, the Sunday NFL pregame quotes are beginning to trickle in. We’ll begin with NFL Network’s NFL GameDay Morning which had plenty of talk since it’s four hours. Here it is. News and Sound Bites From Week 8 Edition of...
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30Oct
Let’s some linkage on this Sunday. Mike Reynolds from Multichannel News writes that the NBA lockout has forced the cancellation of the rest of its November games forcing ESPN, TNT, NBA TV and regional sports networks to fill huge programming...
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During The NFL Today, analyst Bill Cowher addressed rumors that the Miami Dolphins might be interested in him after the season. Cowher shot them down and announced that he’ll remain with The NFL Today next season. THIS JUST IN… ...
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Another baseball season over and it’s time for another edition of the Fang’s Bites MLB TV Awards. You can see previous editions here and here. As usual, we’ll deal with the national TV partners, ESPN, Fox, MLB Network and TBS....
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The most watched World Series game since Game 4 in 2004 saw a total audience of 25.4 million people. That is upper echelon NFL-like numbers. Fox saw a rating of 14.7 and a 25 share for Game 7 of the...
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We have the overnight numbers for World Series Game 7 from Friday night. Thanks to a compelling Game 6 Thursday night that hooked viewers, plus some weak competition on ABC, CBS, NBC and The CW, Fox was able to blow...
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And we finish with NBC’s Football Night in America crew talking about Sunday night’s game between Dallas and Philadelphia. MICHAEL VICK AND THE EAGLES HOST TONY ROMO AND THE COWBOYS IN NFC EAST RIVALRY ON “SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL” COVERAGE BEGINS...
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28Oct
We interrupt the NFL Week 8 previews for a baseball respite. While many sports media observers have praised Joe Buck’s call of David Freese’s walk-off home run to force a Game 7 in the World Series (not me, however), you...
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Let’s move to Fox Sports which will have regional NFL action this week. FOX SPORTS NOTES, QUOTES & ANECDOTES Lynch Goes One-on-One with Tebow on FOX NFL SUNDAY ROOKIE QBs MEET IN CHARLOTTE AND FOX SPORTS KEEPS INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR WITH...
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We have the NFL on CBS announcing teams for games through Week 10 which means we’re at the halfway point of the season with Week 8 on Sunday. The games have gone by quickly. Following are THE NFL ON CBS...
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Let’s turn to CBS Sports and what you’ll see from the network on The NFL Today. It’s of course, Halloween-themed. Then we’ll see what one of The NFL Today’s analysts have to say about the games in Week 8. We...
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Let’s now go over what you’ll see on ESPN’s NFL programming during the weekend. Highlights of NFL Content on ESPN TV – Week 8 Sunday NFL Countdown: The Patriots and “The Fighter”; Tapping Out; DeMarcus Ware in Sport Science ESPN...
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We have the press releases from the NFL TV partners in regards to the Sunday NFL pregame shows and what they’ll cover. We have some good stuff from NFL Network talking about this Sunday’s edition of NFL GameDay Morning. NFL...
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We have the final numbers from Fox Sports in what was a big night for the World Series and the network setting up a penultimate Game 7 tonight at 8:05 p.m. ET. Fox received a 12.7 rating with a 21...
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Due to a crazy schedule for most of this week and then having a medical procedure done yesterday, I have not been able to blog like I’ve wanted to. Links have been scarce, but I’m available to do them now...
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We have the former St. Louis Cardinals and the performers who will take part in the pregame and in-game festivities for Game 7 of the World Series. Former American Idol participant Chris Daughtry sings the National Anthem. And former Redbirds...
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