This has not been the best of weeks for Boston sports fans. First, the Bruins lost the Stanley Cup on home ice to the Chicago Blackhawks. Second, the Aaron Hernandez story that led to his arrest on first degree murder...
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Category: NESN
Time for another sports media thoughts post. As always, it’s in bullet form. We are under two months to go until the launch of Fox Sports 1. We know of a few official talent hires like Andy Roddick, Jay Onrait...
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Since late May, NESN’s Jerry Remy has been out of commission and replaced by various guest analysts. On Wednesday, NESN held a conference call for reporters for Remy to announce that he will return to Red Sox games after being...
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18Jun
Let’s do some links today. Brian Steinberg of Variety reports that Fox Sports is bundling Fox Sports 1 to potential Super Bowl XLVIII advertisers. That’s one way to get ads on the new network. Brian Lowry of Variety says Tennis...
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Among the Red Sox Nation fanbase, NESN analyst Jerry Remy has become one of the most popular figures over the last twenty years. Unfortunately, his health has become an issue over the last five years. In 2008, he was diagnosed...
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With the Boston Bruins and the Chicago Blackhawks set to do battle for hockey’s ultimate prize in North America, I figured I would provide the coverage in the local markets. I have the plans for the Comcast SportsNet affiliates in...
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NESN has been trying to come up with a hybrid sports talk/highlight show ever since it chucked aside the old “SportsDesk” program in 2010. NESN Daily was supposed to be that sports talk/highlight program, but once co-host Uri Berenguer was...
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31May
Ok, lots of things to get to. Let’s do some Friday links. From Anthony CrupiCrupiCrupi of Adweek, a Disney executive downplays any threat from Fox Sports 1 to ESPN. From Variety, Rick Kissell says NBC Sports Network saw stellar ratings...
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NESN is definitely sad about not being able to carry another Boston Bruins game this season. The last game of the season on Monday, Game 7 between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Bruins received a 16.8 rating with a...
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NHL fans know that NESN’s Jack Edwards loves the Boston Bruins. bleeds Black and Goal on every play. Well this season, NESN installed a camera in the TD Garden broadcast booth to show fans how animated Jack gets when he...
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Game 6 of the Boston Bruins-Toronto Maple Leafs series registered the best rating of the series for NESN on Sunday. The game received a 14.3 rating with a 23. Through six games, the series is averaging a 10.8 rating in...
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The Boston Bruins have set another regular season ratings record on the New England Sports Network, a.k.a. NESN. For the 2013 regular season, the Bruins registered an average 6.3 household rating in Boston. That’s up 35% from the 2011-12 record...
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With the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs starting tonight, let’s post a couple of hockey-related press releases in one post. Tonight, the Western Conference Quarterfinal series between the Minnesota Wild and Chicago Blackhawks commences with Game 1 at the United Center....
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Men’s Schedule Courtesy of Matt’s College Sports Announcing Assignments Courtesy of Eye on Sky and Air Sports Saturday, March 2 Pregame & Studio Shows College Gameday live from Los Angeles, CA — ESPNU, 10 a.m./ESPN, 11 a.m. Inside College Basketball...
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Men’s Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports Announcing Assignments courtesy of Eye on Sky and Air Sports Saturday, February 22 Pregame & Studio Shows College GameDay live from Lexington, KY — ESPNU, 10 a.m./ESPN, 11 a.m. 75 Years of NCAA...
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I have the Spring Training TV schedules for four MLB teams. These are on Comcast SportsNet Chicago, NESN and YES. Let’s take a look at what we have. I’ll go in alphabetical order by teams. First, the Boston Red Sox...
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Men’s Schedule Courtesy of Matt’s College Sports Announcing Assignments Courtesy of Eye on Sky and Air Sports Saturday, February 16 Pregame & Studio Shows College GameDay live from Lawrence, KS — ESPNU, 10 a.m./ESPN, 11 a.m. 75 Years of NCAA...
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I don’t know when NESN installed a camera in its TD Garden broadcast booth, but this is genius. Tonight was a perfect opportunity for NESN to unveil the Jack Edwards Cam during a Boston Bruins battle against the New York...
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Men’s Schedule Courtesy of Matt’s College Sports Announcing Assignments Courtesy of Eye on Sky and Air Sports Saturday, February 9 Pregame and Studio Shows College GameDay live from South Bend, IN — ESPNU, 10 a.m./ESPN, 11 a.m. 75 Years of...
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Men’s Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports Announcing Assignments courtesy of Eye on Sky and Air Sports Saturday, February 2 Pregame & Studio Shows College GameDay live from Bloomington, IN — ESPNU, 10 a.m./ESPN, 11 a.m. Big Ten Tip-Off Show...
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The Boston Bruins season opener occurred four months late, but it did not damper the audience for the game. The New England Sports Network, a.k.a. NESN, received a spectacular 9.4 household rating in Boston for the game and a 17.4...
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Men’s Schedule Courtesy of Matt’s College Sports Saturday, January 19 Pregame & Studio Shows College GameDay live from Indianapolis — ESPNU, 10 a.m./ESPN, 11 p.m. College GameDay live from Indianapolis — ESPN, 8 p.m. 11 a.m. Virginia Military Institute at...
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Men’s schedule courtesy Matt’s College Sports Saturday, January 12 Pregame & Studio Shows College GameDay — ESPN2, 10 a.m. College GameDay — ESPNU, 11 a.m. Big Ten Tip-Off Show — Big Ten Network, 11:30 a.m. Big Ten Game Break —...
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Men’s Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports Saturday, January 5 11 a.m. Pittsburgh at Rutgers — ESPN2 noon Virginia Tech at Maryland — ACC Network Seton Hall at Notre Dame — Big East Network Purdue at Michigan State — Big...
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Men’s schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports Saturday, December 29 Studio Shows ACC Basketball Pre Season Tip-Off Show — ACC Network, check your local listings 75 Years of March Madness: Behind the Mic — CBS, 2 p.m. 75 Years of...
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Men’s schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports Saturday, December 22 Gotham Classic, New York, NY Syracuse vs. Temple — ESPN2, noon Diamond Head Classic, Honolulu, HI Quarterfinals Indiana State vs. Mississippi — ESPNU, 4 p.m. San Diego State vs. San...
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Men’s schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports MSG Holiday Classic, New York, NY Fordham vs. St. John’s — MSG Plus, 7 p.m. Rutgers vs. Iona — MSG Plus, 9:30 p.m. noon Towson at Georgetown — Big East Network Long Beach...
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Men’s Schedule Courtesy of Matt’s College Sports Saturday, December 1 SEC/Big East Challenge Mississippi State at Providence — ESPNU, noon Rutgers at Mississippi — ESPNU, 2 p.m. Alabama at Cincinnati — ESPN2, 3 p.m. Villanova at Vanderbilt — ESPNU, 6...
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Schedule Courtesy of Matt’s College Sports Friday, November 23 Pregame & Studio Shows Best of College Football 2012 — CBS, 1:30 p.m. Fox College Football Saturday — Fox, 3 p.m. 11 a.m. Syracuse at Temple — ESPN2 (Tom Hart/John Congemi)...
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Let’s do some Friday megalinks. Haven’t done any in a couple of weeks. The Weekend Viewing Picks have all of your sports and entertainment TV needs. Time for the linkage. National Michael Hiestand of USA Today notes the rising rights...
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