Since putting up the Weekend Viewing Picks, I’ve been preparing for a day trip to Ithaca, NY on Saturday and then heading to Boston Sports Blogzpalooza on Sunday. I hope to do some linkage in Ithaca at a Starbucks, provided...
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30Apr
Monthly Archives: April 2010
30Apr
Saturday, May 1 BoxingShane Mosley vs. Floyd Mayweather – HBO Pay per view, 10 p.m. English Premier LeagueBirmingham vs. Burnley – ESPN2, 7:30 a.m.Tottenham vs. Bolton – Fox Soccer Plus, 9:55 a.m.Manchester City vs. Aston Villa – Fox Soccer Channel,...
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Perhaps this is a post-Olympics bump or perhaps it was Versus finally hashing out an agreement with DirecTV, a combination of the two or perhaps another factor, but the channel is seeing increased viewership for the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs....
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We have plenty of baseball for you this weekend. And quite a few press releases regarding the games you’ll see on the various MLB TV partners. As usual, we begin with Fox Sports and the games it’ll cover. Joe Buck...
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GolfPGA Tour/Quail Hollow Championship, 2nd round – Golf Channel, 2 p.m. MLBAmerican LeagueAnaheim Angels at Detroit – Fox Sports West/Fox Sports Detroit, 7 p.m. Red Sox at Baltimore – NESN/MASN, 7 p.m.Chicago White Sox at New York Yankees – Comcast...
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Another rite of Spring comes along this Saturday, the first one in May as the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs touches off another Triple Crown season. Hard to believe we haven’t had a Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978,...
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Westwood One Radio has announced its schedule for Sunday, Monday and Thursday Night Football as well as Thanksgiving and Christmas games. Here’s your schedule. WESTWOOD ONE ANNOUNCES 2010-2011 NFL PRIMETIME BROADCAST SCHEDULE -- Westwood One is the NFL’s Exclusive Network...
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Let’s give you three press releases from various Regional Sports Networks regarding NHL coverage. We’ll begin with Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic which had tremendous ratings for Game 7 of the Montreal-Washington series. Those ratings won’t go any further this postseason. CAPITALS...
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29Apr
Let’s do some linkage for you. Getting off to a slow start today. David Bauder of the Associated Press writes that the NFL Draft is a hugely popular television event. Sean Leahy of USA Today’s The Huddle blog says the...
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The 1st round of the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs ended on Wednesday and the 2nd round begins on Thursday. I like that. Hit the ground running. Keep the momentum of a great 1st round going. And we have the Western...
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Time for another edition of the Sports Media Weekly Podcast. In the first segment, Keith Thibault of Sports Media Journal and I talk about the NFL Draft, coverage and the ratings, plus the move to a primetime event. Then we...
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This week, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to see or listen to golf. Let’s go over what’s on. First, Golf Channel will air several tournaments in the US and Europe. Golf Channel Live Tournament Coverage: April 29-May 2 Extended News...
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Golf PGA Tour/Quail Hollow Championship, 1st round – Golf CHall MLBAmerican LeagueMinnesota at Detroit – Fox Sports North/Fox Sports Detroit, 1 p.m.Chicago at Texas – MLB Network/Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Fox Sports Southwest, 2 p.m.Kansas City at Tampa Bay – Fox Sports...
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I had to wait for the last seconds of Game 7 between Washington and Montreal to tick off before I could do this post. Man, Jaroslav Halak has stood on his head since Game 5 of the series and closed...
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Here’s what you have for tonight and tomorrow on NBA TV and TNT for the NBA Playoffs. Teams Continue to Battle it Out as They Must “Win or Go Home” During TNT and NBA TV’s NBA Playoff Coverage TNT’s coverage...
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28Apr
I’m home waiting for the boiler repairman so you’re getting linkage early today which is good for you. Starting with Michael Hiestand of USA Today who says HBO Sports continues to churn out documentaries despite increased competition from ESPN. CNBC’s...
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MLBAmerican LeagueSeattle at Kansas City – FSN Northwest/Fox Sports Kansas City, 2 p.m.Red Sox at Toronto – NESN/Rogers Sportsnet, 7 p.m.Cleveland at Anaheim Angels – STO/Fox Sports West, 7 p.m.Minnesota at Detroit – ESPN/Fox Sports North/Fox Sports Detroit, 7 p.m.New...
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Started hearing about this tonight on Twitter and it appears to be confirmed that MLB.com has ordered its beat writers to stop tweeting non-baseball issues on their accounts. I don’t know if this has anything to do with what Peter...
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This is an interesting hire. Terry Gannon who has worked with ESPN on college football, college basketball and golf is joining Golf Channel to call both PGA and LPGA events. I’m not sure if this is a full-time hire since...
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Got this release from CBC talking about its ratings for its group of series including Ottawa-Pittsburgh and Vancouver-Los Angeles. While some thought CBC should have aired Montreal-Washington instead of Ottawa-Pittsburgh, the network did quite well. Take a look. HIGHEST ROUND...
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Another press release for you. This one deals with the great ratings for the NHL in Washington. On Monday, Game 6 of the Capitals-Canadiens series gave Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic its highest ratings ever for an NHL playoff game. Impressive. CAPITALS...
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TNT and NBA TV continue to pair up to air as many as four NBA playoff games a night and that is the case this evening. Reminds me of the old days when TBS and TNT would tagteam to carry...
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Let’s do some Tuesday linkage today. Lots of stuff to get to. Breaking now, Tim Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that beloved Brewers voice Bob Uecker will undergo heart surgery and miss up to 12 weeks of broadcasting...
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We interrupt the Sports Emmy Award press release-fest for this release from Versus. Thanks to the interest in the NHL Playoffs this month, Versus is seeing good ratings and high viewership giving it a record month and April isn’t over...
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Thanks to its multiple collaborations with HBO and CBS/Showtime, NFL Films and NFL Network combined for four Sports Emmy Awards including three for the prestigious NFL Films. The multimedia arm of the National Football League is one of the best...
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CBS Sports hauled seven Sports Emmy Awards in New York last night. That includes the award for Outstanding Play-by-Play to Jim Nantz who wins for the second year in a row. Here’s the lucky seven won by CBS last night....
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ESPN’s networks and platforms took home seven Sports Emmys including Studio Analyst (Kirk Herbstreit), Weekly Studio Show (College Gameday), Daily Studio Show (Pardon The Interruption) and in an upset over HBO’s Real Sports which had four nominees, Outstanding Journalism for...
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The inaugural year of MLB Network is capped off with four Emmys, most of which were technical wins, but thanks to Bob Costas being nominated as a studio host for both NBC Sports (for Football Night in America) and MLB...
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Just completed the list of winners at the Emmy Awards and I’ll have to do some editing as the list came out a bit ragged. But it’s there. Here is an HBO Sports press release regarding Monday night’s festivities as...
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Last night, I gave you some of the winners of the 31st Annual Sports Emmy Awards which were handed out in New York. I garnered the info as best as I could. We now have the complete list of winners....
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