Time for your look ahead in the week in sports media. It’s going to be a busy seven days. GOLF The final Major of the year in the PGA Tour takes place at the Oak Hill Country Hill East Course...
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Category: NBA TV
15Jun
Ok, I wasn’t able to get to do linkage during the day so in lieu of a Friday post, I’ll make this a weekend post so you can go through these at your leisure. So while I watch some Australian...
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I’ve been neglecting a couple of things that have been staples of this site, linkage and sports media thoughts. I’m taking care of linkage today. I hope to have a sports media thoughts post this week. It’s all about managing...
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Let’s go over the entire list of those who won hardware in the 34th Annual Sports Emmy Awards. The awards were handed out at Frederick P. Rose Hall at Lincoln Center in New York. Overall, NBC Sports Group has reason...
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Just received this from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the full press release of the nominations for the 34th Annual Sports Emmy Awards. NBC Sports Group received the most nominations with 58 followed by ESPN with 43...
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He’s had a celebrated playing career at Indiana University and the Detroit Pistons. His post-playing career is something else. Isiah Thomas was an analyst on the NBA on NBC and wasn’t great. His coaching and managerial career in the NBA...
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30Oct
I hope those of you in the Mid-Atlantic states are ok after Hurricane Sandy. I’m lucky to still have power after yesterday’s gusts in Southern New England. I know many are not. Hopefully you’re ok after Sandy and you can...
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Let’s do some Sunday linkage on this first NFL regular season Sunday of 2012. We’ll begin with Pat Eaton-Robb of the Associated Press with an interesting story on how Connecticut is fast becoming home of major sports media companies. Candace...
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NBA TV will have 96 games. I’ve been editing press releases so they format nicely on the site. And it’s getting late for me so I’m just going to slap this up for you. However it looks is the way...
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I’m putting two press releases together like I used to. The only thing they have in common is the fact that they’re from league-owned networks. The first is from NBA TV regarding the 2012-13 schedule. It will be unveiled Thursday...
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Let’s do some links. Couldn’t get to them yesterday. Time to grind some out today. Michael Hiestand of USA Today says ESPN won’t be an oasis away from political advertising this fall. Michael also has the ratings on Wimbledon and...
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Ok, maybe you’re not jonesing for the linkage, but at least you can read them at your leisure. Sometimes I think way too long about the title of the post and this is the case today. Anyway, let’s get to...
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Ok, linkage has been really scarce over the last month and a half and I apologize for that. My schedules have been quite busy and it’s been tough to sit down for the time it takes to gather the links....
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Earlier today on his syndicated radio program, Jim Rome got into some verbal fisticuffs with NBA Communist China Sympathizer David Stern. Rome asked Stern about the NBA Draft Lottery being fixed. Then Stern got pissy and asked Rome if he...
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NBA TV airs another playoff game tonight with Game 6 of the Philadelphia-Chicago series. The 76ers hope to close out the series with a win tonight. Ian Eagle calls the game with Greg Anthony and Cheryl Miller on the sidelines....
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With four NBA Playoff games tonight, NBA TV is getting into the mix with an Eastern Conference Quarterfinal doubleheader while TNT has a doubleheader of its own. Tonight, Ian Eagle and Kevin Calabro will be the announcers calling games for...
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NBA TV, the league-owned and Turner Sports-run network, will be part of the TV rotation in the early-going for the playoffs. For the first week, it will carry three games and will utilize NBA television veterans Ian Eagle and Kevin...
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With the NBA Playoffs starting on Saturday, let’s provide the schedule of games in each series and networks where applicable. 2012 Playoffs Schedule Here is the complete schedule and national television & radio arrangements for the 2012 NBA playoffs. WESTERN...
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The NBA’s official television network saw a record viewership for the 2011-12 regular season. Overall, the average viewership for its 96 game regular season schedule was 337,000 viewers, up 33% from last year when it averaged 253,000. The 2011-12 saw...
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After criticism for simulcasting the local feeds of the NBA Conference Quarterfinals and leaving viewers stuck with some outrageous homer calls, NBA TV has come to its senses and announced that it will produce its own feeds of the NBA...
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Let’s go for some linkage now. Michael Hiestand of USA Today says ESPN and NFL Network have agreed not to show prospects on the phone spoiling the suspense of the NFL Draft. Richard Deitsch of Sports Illustrated goes behind-the-scenes with...
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The NBA regular season is about to close up shop for 2012 and NBA TV will end its regular season schedule tonight and tomorrow. It will carry a doubleheader tonight and a single game tomorrow. Here’s the blurb from Turner...
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Due to crazy personal schedules on Tuesday and Wednesday, I wasn’t able to update the site as much as I would like. I apologize to you as I’ve been trying to keep you apprised of the latest sports media news....
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We have the nominations, all 170 in 33 different categories, for the 33rd Annual Sports Emmy Awards. They just came out today. There are some surprises like massive hockey charlatan Pierre McGuire nominated in the Sports Reporter category and for...
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On Thursday, NBA TV goes live at 2 p.m. ET and over the following two hours, it will keep track of the wheeling and dealing as teams try to get that one player to put them over the top to...
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Time for some linkage on this Wednesday. In case you missed it from early this morning, I wrote a post on how you can avoid paying the $3.99 fee to watch the March Madness Live app on your mobile, iPad...
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Lots of things to get to today. Couldn’t do the links yesterday. Going to do a big megalink edition for you. Let’s get cracking, but first, there’s the Weekend Viewing Picks complete with a link to the busy College Basketball...
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On January 14, NBA TV received its best ratings ever for a regular season game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Los Angeles Clippers. As the Denver-New England NFL Divisional Playoff game was reaching blowout proportions, an audience of...
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On this day when many of you head back to work after the lazy holiday season, let’s provide some links as we get into the New Year. I’m still saddened today by the passing of Turner Sports and PGA.com essayist...
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NBA TV analysts Greg Anthony, Steve Smith and Chris Webber along with NBA Digital Vice President of Content (and Marv Albert’s favorite NBA on TNT producer) Albert “Scooter” Vertino took part in a media conference call on this date. Discussed...
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