In a move that’s been long awaited, DirecTV has expanded its channel lineup for the MLB Extra Innings pay per view package that allows both home and visiting networks to be seen. So if an expatriate Red Sox fan in...
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Monthly Archives: March 2008
College Basketball NCAA Women’s TournamentNew Orleans Regional Final/#2 LSU vs. #1 North Carolina – ESPN/Westwood One Radio, 7:30 p.m.Spokane Regional Final/#2 Stanford vs. #1 Maryland – ESPN/Westwood One Radio, 9:30 p.m. MLBAnaheim at Minnesota – ESPN2, 7 p.m.Houston at San...
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The NFL has announced the primetime games for Week 1 including the season opener on NBC and the Monday Night Football doubleheader. First, the news from the NFL. And if you want to see them listed, here they are: Thursday,...
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Saturday, April 5 The Final Four Show – CBS, 4 p.m. (hosted by Greg Gumbel, Clark Kellogg and Seth Davis)The NCAA Tournament Today – Westwood One Radio, 5 p.m. (hosted by Tommy Tighe and Jim Gray)UCLA vs. Memphis – CBS/Westwood...
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31Mar
First off, I wanted to apologize for not being able to provide Sunday links. I worked until 2 a.m. Monday and was not able to get the links done. But I’m here now and I’ll provide links for today. USA...
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30Mar
I’m at work and have been since early morning. Plus, the computer that has internet access is on dial-up so it’s really not worth me giving you links at this time. When I get back home, I’ll give you the...
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Time to give you some Saturday links. Just because it’s the weekend, it doesn’t mean that people aren’t writing about the sports media. So let’s get to it. Dan Caesar of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch writes that Cardinals pitching coach...
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Now that the matchups for the Regional Finals are set, it’s time to give you the tip times and announcing assignments for both radio and TV for the Elite Eight in the NCAA Men’s Tournament. Sirius Satellite Radio will pick...
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29Mar
Well, after watching Davidson run Wisconsin out of Ford Field to get to the Elite Eight and Texas totally annihilate Stanford in the second half of their South Regional semifinal, it’s time to give you some links. Neil Best of...
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29Mar
Saturday, March 29 College Basketball NCAA Women’s TournamentNew Orleans Region/Louisville vs. North Carolina – ESPN, noonNew Orleans Region/Oklahoma State vs. LSU – ESPN, 2:30 p.m.Spokane Region/Vanderbilt vs. Maryland – ESPN, 9 p.m.Spokane Region/Pittsburgh vs. Stanford – ESPN2, 11:30 p.m. NCAA...
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College Basketball NCAA Tournament (All Games on CBS)Midwest Regional/Wisconsin vs. Davidson – 7:10 p.m.South Regional/Texas vs. Stanford – 7:27 p.m.Midwest Regional/Kansas vs. Villanova – 9:40 p.m.South Regional/Memphis vs. Michigan State – 9:57 p.m. College Hockey East Regional/Michigan vs. Niagra –...
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28Mar
Let’s give you some more links on this getaway Friday. The voting for Darren Rovell’s Minor League Baseball Logo Contest has reached the Final Four. Darren wants you to vote for one finalist today. Newsday’s Neil Best has been blogging...
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Yes, it’s Friday, I have a dentist appointment and it’s time for me to do some links. Let’s get started. This weekend, the NCAA Tournament continues as the Sweet Sixteen will be reduced to the Elite Eight tonight. And after...
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Let’s have a late night helping of links, shall we? From Justin Terranova of the New York Post, he says SNY’s Ron Darling will have another go with TBS on its Sunday afternoon MLB package. The Sports Media Watch blog...
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I’m not a fan of Nike for various reasons, but I do like their commercials that have run in the NCAA Tournament. Here is the Nike Sparq ad. It’s very good. And if you’re wondering what song is used on...
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Last October as the MLB League Division Series was underway, I was watching TBS Hot Corner online and was in the midst of writing a post and saw Beau Estes for the first time. I proceeded to rip him and...
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College Basketball NCAA Tournament (All Games on CBS) West Regional/Xavier vs. West Virginia – 7:10 p.m.East Regional/North Carolina vs. Washington State – 7:27 p.m.West Regional/UCLA vs. Western Kentucky – 9:35 p.m.East Regional/Tennessee vs. Louisville – 9:52 p.m. NBADallas at Denver...
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27Mar
Before I start, I’ll say I’ll have news on a sports talk show host whom I talked about earlier this week. I’ll even identify him, Andy Gresh, formerly of the Score in Providence was seen in New York last week....
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Some links for you on this late Wednesday night heading into early Thursday morning. Larry Barrett of Multichannel News says NESN pulled primetime numbers in the early morning for the Red Sox opener on Tuesday against the A’s. Also from...
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College Basketball National Invitation TournamentMississippi at Virginia Tech – ESPN2, 7 p.m.Dayton at Ohio State – ESPN2, 9 p.m. NBAPhoenix at Boston – Comcast SportsNet New England/ESPN, 7 p.m. NHLVancouver at Colorado – TSN/NHL Network (US), 9 p.m. EntertainmentBig Brother...
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Having gotten some important work done, it’s time to give you some linkage on this Wednesday afternoon on the East Coast. Three things from the Sports Media Watch. First, Paul Sen says the joint decision by the NFL and NBC...
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26Mar
Let’s do our links for today. Starting with a very strange story out of ESPN.com. David Scott of Boston Sports Media Watch breaks the news that the website somehow listed the late Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle in its transactions page...
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26Mar
MLBBoston Globe Pre-Game Show – NESN, 5 a.m.Red Sox vs. Oakland – ESPN2/NESN, 6 a.m. (Hopefully, there won’t be an outage on DirecTV)Extra Innings – NESN, 9 a.m.Extra Innnings Xtra – NESN, 9:30 a.m. NewsMorning Express with Robin Meade –...
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College Basketball NCAA Women’s Tournament (All Games on ESPN2)Kansas State vs. Louisville – 7 p.m.Purdue vs. Tennessee – 7 p.m.Arizona State vs. Duke – 7 p.m.Old Dominion vs. Virginia – 7 p.m.Nebraska vs. Maryland – 9 p.m.Georgia vs. North Carolina...
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25Mar
It’s time to give you some more links today. John Ryan of the San Jose Mercury News says A’s fans who got up at 3 a.m. today were just as outraged as Red Sox fans with the DirecTV outage. Phil...
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25Mar
Finally, the Boston Globe has heard from DirecTV and its explanation is still not sufficient, but it’s something. Reid Laymance has a short statement from a spokesman. “We experienced some temporary technical difficulties early this morning that resulted in some...
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25Mar
About four hours since I sent an e-mail to DirecTV asking what caused its outage, leaving millions of fans in the dark for this morning’s Red Sox-A’s game, still no word from its Public Relations Department. Maury Brown of the...
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Well, I sent an e-mail to DirecTV asking what happened with the system outage this morning that effected the two channels that carried the Red Sox-A’s this morning. So far, the DirecTV public relations people are hiding under their desks....
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25Mar
It may be early for baseball to open the season, but there’s always something special about Opening Day. For Red Sox fans, it means hope springs eternal, but having won two Championships over the last four years, it’s a different...
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25Mar
MLBBoston Globe Pre-Game Show – NESN, 5 a.m.Boston Red Sox vs. Oakland A’s – NESN/ESPN2, 6 a.m.Extra Innings – NESN, 9 a.m.Extra Innings Xtra – NESN, 9:30 a.m. NewsMorning Express with Robin Meade – CNN Headline News, 6 a.m.