0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/26/2010
GolfPGA Tour/The Barclays, 1st round – Golf Channel, 3 p.m.USGA/U.S. Amateur, Day 2 – GOlf Channel, 6:30 p.m. MLBAmerican LeagueDetroit at Toronto – Fox Sports Detroit/Rogers Sportsnet, 7 p.m.Oakland at Cleveland – Comcast SportsNet California/STO, 7 p.m.Baltimore at Chicago White Sox – MASN2/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 8 p.m.Minnesota at Texas – MLB Network/Fox Sports North/Fox Sports […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/25/2010
I have this press release from the fine people at NBA TV. This involves its live coverage of the WNBA playoffs and the FIBA World Championships. Check it out. NBA TV Tips Off Coverage of the WNBA Playoffs and the Men’s 2010 FIBA Championships NBA TV will provide first round coverage of the WNBA Playoffs […]
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CBS College Sports which picked up carriage on Comcast and a couple of other providers over the summer brings back two of its signature programs from last fall. Here is the press release. TUESDAY IS COLLEGE FOOTBALL NIGHT ON CBS COLLEGE SPORTS NETWORK WITH “THE TONY BARNHART SHOW” AND “INSIDE COLLEGE FOOTBALL” BEGINNING AUGUST 31 […]
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CBS will be busy this weekend with tennis and golf. The Barclays marks the last PGA Tour event for CBS this year. CBS SPORTS TO BROADCAST FIRST PGA TOUR PLAYOFFS EVENT FOR THE FEDEXCUP AS WORLD’S BEST GOLFERS TEE OFF AT “THE BARCLAYS” AUGUST 28-29 ELS, STRICKER, MICKELSON, ROSE, WOODS, SLOCUM AMONG THOSE COMPETING The […]
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Here’s NFL Network’s schedule from tonight through next Tuesday. NFL NETWORK PROGRAMMING NOTES (8/25-8/31) LIONS HOST BROWNS IN LIVE PRESEASON MATCHUP SATURDAY AT 5:00 PM ET Interviews with Packers QB Aaron Rodgers and Former NFL QB Kurt Warner on NFL Total Access Wednesday Week 3 Preseason Game Line-Up Features Cleveland Browns vs. Detroit Lions LIVE […]
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I thought I would do another mailbag around the end of September, but with NFL season coming fast upon us, I thought I would answer your questions about the NFL on TV or any other subject. I’m going to try to get some swag so I can give away some stuff to you, the loyal […]
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Back for her fourth season, Faith Hill will once again sing the opening for NBC’s Sunday Night Football, “I’ve Been Waiting For Sunday Night”. I’m not a fan of either opening for Sunday or Monday Night Football, but the networks like them, so they’re staying. Here’s the release from NBC Sports. FAITH HILL PERFORMS “SUNDAY […]
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We have the Big Ten college basketball schedule for ESPN’s family of networks. Earlier this week, ESPN announced the Big Tuesday schedule which is split between the Big Ten and the SEC. Now we have the complete Big Ten schedule. ESPN Announces Big Ten Men’s College Basketball Television Schedule ESPN and the Big Ten Conference […]
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The latest edition of the Sports Media Weekly podcast brings us closer to football season and today’s guest is the Executive Producer for Fox Sports, Scott Ackerson. Lots of good stuff from Scott, but before we get to that, Keith Thibault of Sports Media Journal and I went over the news of the week. We […]
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NBC goes into its final year of its current contract with a 10 game schedule including the NHL Winter Classic in Pittsburgh as well as Hockey Day in America on February 20 where the network will provide regional coverage which is welcomed here. Let’s take a look at what NBC has in store for us […]
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Going into its last season of its current contract, Versus is really pulling all of the stops for the NHL, carrying 78 games including 9 games in the first seven days of the regular season and going balls to the wall in the final month of April carrying at least a game a night in […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/24/2010
We have the announcing assignments for the NFL on CBS for the first three weeks of the 2010 regular season. The first week is all 1 p.m. games as CBS has the U.S. Open men’s finals at 4:30 p.m. But the following two weeks will be doubleheaders and we have the games and announcing crews […]
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This week, CBS Sports will air two preseason games just like Fox had two last week. CBS has games Friday and Saturday nights. Here’s what you’ll see. CBS SPORTS KICKS OFF 2010 NFL PRESEASON SCHEDULE WITH WEEKEND GAMES THE NFL ON CBS Preseason Schedule Kicks Off with San Diego Chargers Visiting Super Bowl Champions New […]
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We have the announcing lineup for CBS Sports this season. Ian Eagle takes Dick Enberg’s slot and will team with Dan Fouts becoming the “C” team for CBS. Gus Johnson teams with Steve Tasker and Hall of Famer Don Criqui is paired with Steve Beuerlein. Bill Macatee will be partnered with Rich Gannon. And Randy […]
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We have the NFL announcers for Westwood One Radio. Westwood One has Sunday afternoon doubleheaders as well as Sunday, Monday, Thursday and Saturday night football. Here are the announcers plus their biographies. WESTWOOD ONE ANNOUNCES ALL-STAR ANNOUNCERS FOR THE 2010 NFL SEASON — Kevin Harlan joins Boomer Esiason on Monday Nights with Randy Cross, Dave […]
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Let’s get some linkage done while I can. Starting with Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch who looks at the arrest of Jay “The Rat” Mariotti over the weekend and ESPN’s Jenn Brown endorsing Icehouse Beer. Rich Rovito of the Business Journal of Milwaukee reports that ESPN has apparently put the kybosh on Brown’s endorsement contract. Richard […]
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This just in from the NFL Network, the channel has renewed its carriage deal with Cox Communications. In addition, subscribers will gain access to NFL RedZone. It’s the third agreement in a week for NFL Network having signed with the National Cable Television Cooperative and Suddenlink. Now Cox has re-signed with NFL Network. Here’s the […]
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NBC continues to rack up the ratings for the NFL preseason. The final ratings are in from Sunday’s Minnesota Vikings-San Francisco 49ers game and they’re very good. Ratings were the highest in 8 years for a game in Week 2 of the preseason. And the game also swept the key demographics for the network. We […]
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She was the most annoying person on the show, but whenever she had to make a big putt or a big shot, Carling came through and it was the clutch shots that made her the winner of Big Break Sandals Resort this season. With her win over Lili Alvarez, Carling gets to compete in the […]
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MLBAmerican LeagueKansas City at Detroit – Fox Sports Kansas City/Fox Sports Detroit, 7 p.m.New York Yankees at Toronto – WWOR/Rogers Sportsnet, 7 p.m.Oakland at Cleveland – Comcast SportsNet California/STO, 7 p.m.Seattle at Red Sox – FSN Northwest/NESN, 7 p.m.Baltimore at Chicago White Sox – MASN2/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 8 p.m.Minnesota at Texas – MLB Network/Fox Sports […]
