Monthly Archives: August 2008

College FootballFresno State at Rutgers – ESPN, 4 p.m.Tennessee at UCLA – ESPN, 8 p.m. GolfPGA Tour/Deutsche Bank Championship, final round – NBC, 2 p.m. MLBNew York Yankees at Detroit – TBS/YES/FSN Detroit, 1 p.m.Atlanta at Florida – SportSouth/FSN Florida,...
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Now that the Olympics are over, I can find some worldwide TV partners opens and closes. This includes the BBC and NBC. I did find some extensive CBC stuff from the Closing Ceremonies and also, the network’s bidding farewell to...
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To prove to you that breaking news never rests for the weekend, David Scott of the Boston Sports Media Watch reports that the long-time weekend duo of Craig Mustard and Larry Johnson are no longer doing shows together on WEEI....
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Well, it’s a drab day in Southern New England, lots of rain and plenty of overcast skies, plus people all go to the Post Office at the same time to send out packages. It’s never fun waiting at the Post...
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Saturday, August 30 College FootballSee College Football Viewing Picks English Premier LeagueEverton vs. Portsmouth – Setanta Sports, 9:45 a.m.Blackburn vs. West Ham – Fox Soccer Channel, 10 a.m.Newcastle vs. Arsenal – Fox Soccer Channel, noonBolton vs. West Bromwich Albion –...
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Here is my real time review of Real Sports as it airs on HBO, August 26, 2008. Four stories as usual, three new, one update. Let’s get to tonight’s episode without further delay. Segment #1 – Pay To Stay Reported...
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College FootballTemple at Army – ESPN Classic, 7 p.m.SMU at Rice – ESPN, 8 p.m. MLBChicago White Sox at Red Sox – Comcast SportsNet Chicago/NESN, 7 p.m.Baltimore at Tampa Bay – MASN2/FSN Florida, 7 p.m.Toronto at New York Yankees –...
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Thanks to the Southern Saturday blog which happened to find this and to the Eye on Sports Media blog for linking to it, here’s the projected SEC on CBS schedule for this season. This looks like a very strong schedule....
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As we head into a three day weekend, it’s time to give you your Friday megalinks. As always, we go into the Weekend Viewing Picks first. College football has already begun with some games played on Thursday. Among the highlights...
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Just as I did last year, I will post College Football Viewing Picks every Friday. I get the information from Matt’s College Sports on TV Website as he updates the regional ESPN on ABC broadcasts right up until Thursday when...
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Two in one day for the Big Ten Network. While Cox Communications does not have a huge presence in the Midwest, it does have subscribers in suburban Cleveland. Here’s the announcement: Cox Launches the Big Ten Network in Ohio in...
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The very last hurdle for the Big Ten Network has been cleared as far as Big Cable is concerned. As Wolf Blitzer of CNN would say, “Happening now…” BTN has reached an agreement with Mediacom to have the channel appear...
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College FootballVanderbilt at Miami (OH) – ESPNU, 7:30 p.m.NC State at South Carolina – ESPN, 8 p.m.Wake Forest at Baylor – FSN, 8 p.m.Oregon State at Stanford – ESPN2, 9 p.m. MLBToronto at Tampa Bay – Rogers Sportsnet/FSN Florida, 7...
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You may have been noticing different looks for the blog over the last 12 hours or so. I’m experimenting with various templates to see how they look. The current look now is what I have settled upon for now, but...
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Ok, in lieu of an evening update, I figured I would give you the announcing teams for the NFL by network. I know many of you would like to know the teams and since Fox made its announcement earlier today,...
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Fox Sports has coverage of two games and I notice that Joe Magrane of the Tampa Bay Rays TV broadcast team who did some good work for NBC during the Olympic baseball tournament is teaming up with Kenny Albert for...
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MLBRed Sox at New York Yankees – ESPN/NESN/YES, 7 p.m.Toronto at Tampa Bay – Rogers Sportsnet/ION, 7 p.m.Chicago White Sox at Baltimore – Comcast SportsNet Chicago/MASN, 7 p.m.Cleveland at Detroit – STO/FSN Detroit, 7 p.m.New York Mets at Philadelphia –...
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Got the latest press release from Fox Sports officially announcing the announcing teams for the NFL on Fox. Nice to see Charissa Thompson graduating from the Big Ten Network going to do sideline work on the NFL. By the way,...
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Thanks to the people over at 360i.com, I have two Olympics Opening Ceremonies DVD’s to give away. I’ll give the first two people with the right answers the DVD courtesy of NBC. To answer, you’ll have to do a little...
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I was out earlier today and we already have some breaking news. Early this morning, the Big Ten Network hashed out a carriage agreement with Charter Communications meaning fans in Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Northern Illinois and Ohio will be able...
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Fox Sports’ Jay Glazer tells us that Michael Strahan will not come out of retirement and go with his original plan to become part of the Fox NFL Sunday studio crew. Strahan turns down Giants, will stay retired The recently...
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Here we go, the last press release from NBC that I will put up on the Communist China Olympics. Without looking at it, I can tell you it will say the Olympics in Beijing set a viewing record. The Games...
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MLBRed Sox at New York Yankees – NESN/WWOR, 7 p.m.Chicago White Sox at Baltimore – Comcast SportsNet Chicago/MASN, 7 p.m.Toronto at Tampa Bay – Rogers Sportsnet/ION, 7 p.m.Cleveland at Detroit – STO/FSN Detroit, 7 p.m.New York Mets at Philadelphia –...
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After being at a jobsite this morning, I’m now back in the comfortable confines of my office ready to provide you with some linkage. It was certainly a busy day on Monday with ESPN signing its landmark deal with the...
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Holy Toledo! And people in Toledo will be happy to read this. I never thought I would see this so soon. After some lengthy bickering, the Big Ten Network and Time Warner Cable have reached an agreement this evening and...
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