Let’s do some Friday linkage for you. MLB Postseason starts up really in earnest with four games on Saturday. College Football in full swing and the NFL completes its first month of games on Sunday. Your Weekend Viewing Picks have...
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Monthly Archives: September 2011
30Sep
Saturday, October 1 Australian Rules Football Grand Final Collingwood vs. Geelong — ESPN2, midnight Boxing World Championship Boxing: Middleweights: Andy Lee vs. Brian Vera & Darren Barker vs. Sergio Martinez — HBO, 10 p.m. CFL Saskatchewan at Calgary — TSN/NFL...
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We have the college football games that will be aired on the Fox Sports Media Group’s networks ranging from Big Ten Network to FX. We also have the announcing assignments. Take a look at what’s in store for Week 5...
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Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports College GameDay live from Madison, WI — ESPNU, 9 a.m./ESPN, 10 a.m. noon Rutgers at Syracuse — Big East Network Minnesota at Michigan — Big Ten Network Air Force at Navy — CBS Tulane...
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NFL Coverage Maps Blackouts: Cincinnati, San Diego NFL GameDay Morning — NFL Network, 9 a.m. The NFL Today — CBS, noon 1 p.m. CBS Buffalo at Cincinnati — Andrew Catalon/Steve Tasker Pittsburgh at Houston — Greg Gumbel/Dan Dierdorf Tennessee at...
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CFL Montreal at Winnipeg — TSN, 7 p.m. Edmonton at BC — TSN/NFL Network, 10:30 p.m. College Football Utah State at BYU — ESPN, 8 p.m. Golf Champions Tour: SAS Championship, 1st round — Golf Channel, 7:30 p.m. (same day...
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I have the ESPN Radio announcing assignments for the entire MLB Postseason from the League Division Series all the way through the World Series. The announcers assigned to each series will work all the way through to the end. Here’s...
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ESPN has provided a slideshow which you’ll see below on what its MLB announcers are saying about the end of the regular season. We also have ESPN’s coverage plans for the MLB Postseason plus a few other notes about the...
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Ok, we’ve been waiting for the League Division Series schedule and this goes from Friday through Monday. The American League Division Series games kick off the MLB Postseason on TBS then all four series will play on Saturday. Three games...
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I forgot to post this a couple of days ago. I thought this press release from NFL Network was pertaining to something else so I was in no rush to post until I read through it this morning. Here’s the...
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Well, in one of the greatest nights in MLB history where four games went down to the wire and in a span of 20 minutes, Atlanta and the Red Sox lose and Tampa Bay wins to complete some of the...
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College Football Texas Southern at Jackson State — ESPNU, 7:30 p.m. Houston at UTEP — CBS Sports Network, 8 p.m. South Florida at Pittsburgh — ESPN/ESPN 3D, 8 p.m. CONCACAF Champions League Alajuelense vs. Motagua — Galavision, 10 p.m. Golf...
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Today, Keith Thibault of Sports Media Journal took the opportunity to have Steven Bennett, one of the hosts of the SportsCasters podcast on the Sports Media Weekly podcast. But before we get to that, I’ll go over what Keith and...
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Another press release from the NFL touting the ratings for Week 3. Can’t add much to what is being said here. Take a look at the release. NFL GAMES RANK AS EIGHT OF NINE MOST-WATCHED SPORTING EVENTS SINCE SUPER BOWL...
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Lots of stuff going on here and it’s prevented me from providing links. I’ll do some now while I can. Anthony Crupi of Adweek reports that the NFL has put the kybosh on a new Thursday Night Football package until...
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CBS Sports Network and the Hockey East conference have announced an eight game college hockey schedule that begins next week and ends in March. Overall, Boston College makes the most appearances with 5, Boston University is next with 4, then...
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At Blogs with Balls 4 in New York this past weekend, Southern New England media mogul Keith Thibault of Sports Media Journal and I conducted interviews with a few of the attendees. Keith brought his camera and we both snagged...
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Think of this as MLB’s online companion similar to NASCAR’s Race Buddy. While it’s not the actual game, it’s an online companion that will compliment the TV coverage on TBS. Like Race Buddy which is also run by Turner Sports,...
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Tuesday, TBS held a media conference call with the crew that will call one League Division Series and the National League Championship Series. Milwaukee Brewers TV voice Brian Anderson, Ron Darling of the New York Mets crew along with TBS’...
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This in from ESPN, Monday Night Football was definitely helped by the Dallas Cowboys this week as its game with Washington received the highest ratings of the season for the network. While the numbers didn’t beat Two and a Half...
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College Volleyball Women’s Purdue at Northwestern — Big Ten Network, 8 p.m. Texas at Oklahoma — ESPNU, 8 p.m. CONCACAF Champions League Tauro vs. Dallas — Fox Soccer, 8 p.m. Los Angeles vs. Morelia — Fox Soccer, 10 p.m. Mixed...
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For the last night of the MLB regular season, ESPN could not have asked for anything better by having both the American and National League Wild Card races tied. So ESPN will use both itself and ESPN2. And all four...
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There could be as many as two Wild Card Playoff games on Thursday. Both games have already been slotted. If the Red Sox and Rays end up tied, that game will be played Thursday afternoon in St. Petersburg at 4...
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27Sep
I’ll provide a few links now, then as I’m watching Catching Hell on ESPN, I’ll attempt a few more links to complete the set. Earlier today, I wrote a recap of Blogs with Balls 4. Check it out. One of...
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With the ratings for the NFL 4:15 p.m. late window, Fox is crowing about being the #2 top rated show for last week. As Green Bay-Chicago went to most of the nation, Fox received a 14.1 rating with a 26...
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We have some quotage from NFL Network from GameDay Highlights and Final from Sunday. Let’s check it out. Week 3 (09/25/11) – Quotable from NFL GameDay Highlights & NFL GameDay Final on NFL Network (Airs Sundays at 7:30 & 11:30...
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NBC sends a press release touting the viewership numbers for Sunday Night Football. Still, they were the lowest of the season as an average of 20.4 million people watched the Pittsburgh-Indianapolis game. It received a 12.2 rating with a 19...
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Just announced by Turner Sports, the announcing teams for the League Division and National League Championship Series on TBS. The playoffs begin on Friday. We still don’t know the actual matchups, but we’ll know them after the regular season end...
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On Saturday, September 24, the 4th incarnation of Blogs with Balls was held at the ultramodern, ultragreen and überchic Bloomberg Tower in New York City. This was the first BWB I was able to attend since the inaugural event in...
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CONCACAF Champions League Toronto vs. Pumas — Fox Soccer/Galavision, 8 p.m. Communicaciones vs. Seattle — Fox Soccer, 10 p.m. Monterrey vs. Herediano — Galavision, 10 p.m. MLB American League Boston at Baltimore — MLB Network/NESN/MASN, 7 p.m. Cleveland at Detroit...
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