Monthly Archives: October 2007

Primetime & Late Night Viewing Picks

Back from the jobsite. It was a long day. This is the first of several posts tonight. Yes, Friday Megalinks are still on the way, but first, we’ll give you Primetime Viewing Picks, College Football Viewing Picks, NFL Viewing Picks, Friday Megalinks, NFL Picks and other stuff I have not thought of. In the meantime, […]

Primetime Viewing Picks

NHL/Chicago at Boston – NESN, 7 p.m.College Football/Boston College at Virginia Tech – ESPN, 7:30 p.m.World Series, Colorado at Red Sox, Game 2 – Fox, 8 p.m.Survivor China – CBS, 8 p.m.CSI: Crime Scene Investigation – CBS, 9 p.m.College Football/Air Force at New Mexico – Versus, 9 p.m.NHL/Minnesota at Edmonton – NHL Center Ice, 9 […]

A Thursday Update

Let’s get some links for you now. CNBC’s Darren Rovell has been busy today blogging from Boston. First, he took Fox Sports to task for inserting two ads in the middle of Game 1 of the World Series. Then Rovell writes about Fox’s response to his entry. And Rovell posts an interview he did with […]

Your Thursday Morning Links

Here are your links for today. Mel Bracht of the Daily Oklahoman says Fox Sports’ Joe Buck is looking forward to going to Coors Field. Neil Best in his Newsday blog writes that Buck tries to pass the time on baseball broadcasts by trying to fit in words and phrases that his friends text him […]

Your Wednesday Night Links

While I’m watching Game 1 of the World Series and chatting with fellow Red Sox fans online, I’ll give you some links. First, Neil Best breaks the news that the Yankees are banning ESPN from future conference calls after it aired the Joe Torre announcement live despite the team’s request not to. This is not […]

Primetime Viewing Picks

World Series/Colorado at Red Sox, Game 1 – Fox, 8 p.m.Hotel Babylon – BBC America, 9 p.m.Inside the NFL – HBO, 10 p.m.

The Amazing Race 12 Teams Have Been Announced

CBS has aired its first promo for the latest version of The Amazing Race 12 which premieres on November 4. And the teams have been announced and their pictures are up at a CBS alpha site. I’ll have more details plus stuff on The Amazing Race Asia which will premiere on AXN-Asia on November 1 […]

The Mid-Week Links

Here we are with our links for Wednesday. Michael Hiestand of USA Today has an extensive column which includes stuff about Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Eric Byrnes going into broadcasting while being an active player, plus stuff on TNT hiring Mike Fratello to join Marv Albert and Reggie Miller on the NBA. Neil Best of Newsday […]

Our Tuesday Night Update or How Does Gregg Easterbrook Still Have His ESPN.com Gig?

Here’s a brief update for you. Gregg Easterbrook is not making friends out in the blogosphere. I like his Tuesday Morning Quarterback column, but it’s getting hard to defend him especially when he makes totally inane comments and tries to present them as facts. Earlier this month, ESPN Ombudsman Le Anne Schreiber correctly took Easterbrook […]

Review of Real Sports for 10/23/07

Today, Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel will offer its four usual segments, but one that comes in just under the wire is Bob Costas‘ interview with former Yankees manager Joe Torre. Here is our real time review as it aired tonight. Usually airing at 10 p.m., tonight’s program is on at 9. Feels a bit […]

Primetime Viewing Picks

E:60 – ESPN, 7 p.m.NHL/NY Rangers at Pittsburgh – Versus, 7 p.m.NHL/Atlanta at Toronto – Rogers Sportsnet Ontario/NHL Center Ice, 7:30 p.m.Bones – Fox, 8 p.m.House – Fox, 9 p.m.Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel – HBO, 9 p.m.NHL/Colorado at Edmonton – TSN/NHL Center Ice, 9:30 p.m.

A Tuesday Afternoon Update

Well, I found some linkage for this afternoon. Let’s get to them. Good friend, LC of the anti-Glenn Geffner blog, 38 Cliches, has the news that regular listeners of the Red Sox Radio Network outside of Boston won’t be able to hear Goofner during the World Series unless they log on the internet. ESPN Radio […]

The Tuesday Morning Links

Here we are with another set of links for you this morning. By the way, the number of hits from the San Diego area to this site has dropped over the last couple of days due to the megafires. I talked to a friend of mine who lives there and I also have a cousin […]

Videos of the Week – Chaiyya Chaiyya

You’re saying, “What? What?” Chaiyya Chaiyya. If you went to see Inside Man with Denzel Washington, Clive Owen and Jodie Foster, you’ve heard this song at the beginning and at the end of the movie. In addition, it’s been played on CSI: Miami. It was originally from an Indian movie called, “Dil Se“, which to […]

Monday Night Linkage

Giving you some links on this Monday night. We start this update with a blog entry from Neil Best of Newsday. He has some quotes from Joe Buck and Tim McCarver from a Fox conference call and both men discussed the future of Joe Torre. And thanks to Best who got the link from Awful […]

Primetime Viewing Picks

NHL/Boston at Montreal – Versus, 7:30 p.m.Prison Break – Fox, 8 p.m.Monday Night Football – Indianapolis at Jacksonville – ESPN, 8:30 p.m.Two and a Half Men – CBS, 9 p.m.Weeds – Showtime, 10 p.m.Californication – Showtime, 10:30 p.m.

It's a Monday Update

We’ve got a few things for you. First, John Ourand in today’s edition of Sports Business Daily reports that Time Warner Cable has offered to put the NFL Network’s eight late season Thursday and Saturday night games on Pay Per View. Ourand writes that in a letter sent to the NFL Network, Time Warner offers […]

It's Monday and It's a Great Day in New England

It’s a great Monday to be a New England sports fan. The Patriots stomped on Miami, Boston College is ranked #2 in the BCS and of course, the Red Sox beat Cleveland in the American League Championship Series coming back from a 3-1 deficit. Now, you may have noticed that I’m a diehard Red Sox […]

Sunday Linkage

Good morning. Time to bring you some links from the Sunday papers. Starting with Bob Raissman of the New York Daily News, he wonders if the YES Network will continue to use loaded questions sent from the front office to ask the manager about strategy during post game press conferences. Phil Mushnick of the New […]

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