Monthly Archives: April 2008

2008 NFL Schedule

Week 1 Thursday, Sept. 4 Washington Redskins at New York Giants 7 p.m. NBC Sunday, Sept. 7 Cincinnati Bengals at Baltimore Ravens 1 p.m. CBS Sunday, Sept. 7 New York Jets at Miami Dolphins 1 p.m. CBS Sunday, Sept. 7 Kansas City Chiefs at New England Patriots 1 p.m. CBS Sunday, Sept. 7 Houston Texans […]

Primetime & Late Night Viewing Picks (with Some Afternoon Picks Added)

JournalismE:60 – ESPN, 7 p.m.Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel – HBO, 10 p.m. MLBBoston at Cleveland – NESNplus/STO, 7 p.m.Minnesota at Detroit – FSN North/FSN Detroit, 7 p.m.Atlanta at Florida – SportSouth/FSN Florida, 7 p.m.Washington at New York Mets – MASN/SNY, 7 p.m.Houston at Philadelphia – FSN Houston/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 7 p.m.New York Yankees at […]

Tuesday's Linkage

Let’s give you more links today. At 2 p.m. ET, the NFL will release its week-by-week schedule. Both the NFL Network and ESPN will air specials today devoted to the release of the schedule. Last year, NFL.com streamed the program, but there were so many problems, that it was not worth watching. I believe I […]

Monday Night Linkage

I’ll give you some links here this evening. First, Ombudsman Le Anne Schreiber praises ESPN for tackling race issues head on. Pete Dougherty of the Albany Times Union notes that the ratings for The Masters were down slightly on CBS Sunday. Neil Best of Newsday says ratings for The Masters on ESPN set a record […]

Preview of Real Sports for April 15, 2008

Coming up the new edition on Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel on HBO, premiering Tuesday, April 15 at 10 p.m. ET. Bryant speaks with Democratic Presidential hopeful Senator Barack Obama. The preview from HBO is as follows: *The Love of the Game. As Sen. Barack Obama continues his campaign for the Democratic Party presidential nomination, […]

Primetime & Late Night Viewing Picks

MLBBoston at Cleveland – ESPN/NESN/STO, 7 p.m.Minnesota at Detroit – FSN North/FSN Detroit, 7 p.m.New York Yankees at Tampa Bay – YES/FSN Florida, 7 p.m.Oakland at Chicago White Sox – Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 8 p.m.Pittsburgh at Los Angeles Dodgers – FSN Pittsburgh/FSN Prime Ticket, 10 p.m.Arizona at San Francisco – Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, 10 […]

Nominations for Boston/New England Emmy Awards Announced

I thank Skip Perham over at Comcast SportsNet New England for giving me the heads up on this. The nominations for the Boston/New England Emmy Awards have been announced. Of course, most of the nominations have to deal with news, but a few deal with sports and I have the nominations listed below. If you […]

It's a Monday Thing

Back to the work grind. Not fun, but gotta do it. And it also means some more links for you today. I’ve updated the NHL Playoff Series post through today. The NHL has not updated times for the upcoming weekend as Games Five and Six would be played for the first round series. Once they […]

Your Sunday Links

Last night, my computer went on the fritz again, but I have it back for now, but I wonder just for how long? I’m backing it up on Carbonite, but it’s a rather long process. I just hope I can back up everything before the computer dies for good. A personal note before we get […]

Some Saturday Links

I have my home computer back online, but I don’t know for how long. But at least I can provide you with some links. First, let’s continue on the news from late yesterday regarding Bryant Gumbel. As you might know by now, he has announced he would no longer calls games for the NFL Network. […]

Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, April 12 BoxingShowtime Championship Boxing/Light Heavyweight Unification Bout, Antonio Tarver vs. Clinton Woods and WBC light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson vs. Glen Johnson – Showtime, 9 p.m.World Championship Boxing/IBF Welterweight Championship, Kermit Cintron vs. Antonio Margarito and WBA Welterweight Championship, Miguel Cotto vs. Alfonso Gomez – HBO, 10 p.m. College HockeyNCAA Men’s Championship/Boston College […]

Bryant Gumbel To Give Up Play-By-Play for NFL Network

In a story that’s breaking just this evening, the NFL Network has announced that Bryant Gumbel has given up his duties to call late season Thursday and Saturday games. When the NFL Network named Gumbel to be play-by-play man, many media critics scratched their heads as he had never called games before. And his inexperience […]

Primetime & Late Night Viewing Picks (with Some Afternoon Picks Added)

GolfThe Masters, 2nd Round – ESPN, 4 p.m.The Masters, highlights – CBS, 11:35 p.m. MLBNew York Yankees at Red Sox – YES/NESN, 7 p.m.Chicago Cubs at Philadelphia – Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 7 p.m.Oakland at Cleveland – Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/STO, 7 p.m.Baltimore at Tampa Bay – MASN2/FSN, 7 p.m.Atlanta at Washington – SportsSouth/MASN, 7 p.m.Minnesota […]

It's Our Friday Megalinks

I’m still having computer issues at home which are preventing me from doing an evening update. I can still blog at work, but if the computer issues still persist during the weekend, then I may not be able to give you Saturday and Sunday updates. I appreciate your patience during this time. In the meantime, […]

Primetime & Late Night Viewing Picks (with Some Afternoon Picks Added)

College Hockey – NCAA Men’s Frozen FourNational SemifinalsBoston College vs. North Dakota – ESPN2, 6 p.m.Michigan vs. Notre Dame – ESPN2, 9:30 p.m. GolfThe Masters, 1st Round – Masters.org, all day/ESPN, 4 p.m., replay at 8 p.m.The Masters/Highlights – CBS, 11:35 p.m. MLBAtlanta at Colorado – SportsSouth/FSN Rocky Mountain, 3 p.m. (postponed due to snow)Detroit […]

Day of the Thursday Links

I was trying to be creative but with my brain fried already this morning, that’s the best I could do. Sorry. Let’s just do the links. Bill Doyle of the Worcester Telegram & Gazette says CBS Sports’ Nick Faldo is gaining on NBC’s Johnny Miller as most entertaining golf analyst on TV. Doyle also touches […]

Wednesday Night Update

Some more links on this late Wednesday night. First, John Eggerton of Broadcasting & Cable writes that with Time Warner Cable’s agreement to put FSN South on its systems to provide Charlotte Bobcats games may help its argument in its arbitration case against MASN. Bruce Allen of the Boston Sports Media Watch says WBZ sports […]

Fox Saturday Baseball Game of the Week Distribution for April 12

Fox will send the Yankees-Red Sox game to most of the country, but in case of a rainout, there’s the backup game, the rematch of the NLCS, Colorado at Arizona. First pitch will be at 3:55 p.m. ET. NY Yankees at Boston Red Sox, Joe Buck, Tim McCarver & Ken Rosenthal, Sent to 95% of […]

Quick Wednesday Linkage

Some links for you here. From his blog, Neil Best of Newsday says “The Odd Couple” is not eligible for his “Best Sports-Themed TV Show” column. And like me, Neil is watching the Par 3 Contest at The Masters on ESPN and notes the Golf Channel’s Kelly Tilghman is caddying for Arnold Palmer. Speaking of […]

Some Quick Thoughts

No links here, just some thoughts. Why is Skip Bayless so angry and what does he have against Tiger Woods? Brad Faxon said it best today on WEEI. Why is it such a big deal that ESPN is showing The Masters? USA Network had it last year. People will watch it no matter what network […]

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