0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/31/2010
To round out our Sunday NFL pregame quotage, we have a long press release from NBC to give us what transpired on Football Night in America. Plus, NBC gives us the transcript of Bob Costas’ halftime soliloquy on the Oakland Raiders-Kansas City Chiefs which made no sense. See if you can make sense out of […]
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Tonight on Football Night in America, Bob Costas talks with Drew Brees of the New Orleans Saints and Mike Tomlin from the Pittsburgh Steelers. In addition, Tony Dungy interviews Steelers safety Ryan Clark. Here’s a preview. “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” PREVIEW – WEEK 8 BOB COSTAS INTERVIEWS DREW BREES & MIKE TOMLIN; TONY DUNGY SITS […]
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We conclude our early Sunday NFL pregame quotage with The NFL Today on CBS. NEWS, NOTES & QUOTES FROM CBS SPORTS’ “THE NFL TODAY” WITH JAMES BROWN, DAN MARINO, SHANNON SHARPE, BILL COWHER AND BOOMER ESIASON FOR WEEK 8 ON OCTOBER 31 ? QUICK HITS (On Dallas and Minnesota) BILL COWHER: You’re not going to […]
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A game that started earlier and ended earlier on the East Coast led to a primetime win for Fox in the 8 p.m. to 9:52 p.m. time slot. While the game started at 6:57 p.m. officially, Fox was allowed to adjust for the period starting at 8 p.m., when primetime starts. So during that 112 […]
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We have your Fox NFL Sunday quotes and notes for today. FOX NFL SUNDAY NOTES – 10/31/10 Johnson: I Thought About Benching Marino in His Final Season But Didn’t Out of Respect Glazer Reports Romo Will Not Have Surgery This Season to Repair Broken Collarbone Bradshaw: I Wouldn’t Play Romo the Rest of the Season, […]
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Announced today by ESPN, College Gameday heads to a non-ESPN game and goes to the Mountain West for a game involving TCU and Utah, a game of unbeatens. This means that Kirk Herbstreit will pick this game and it also means he’ll have to fly out to be at ESPN on ABC’s primetime game at […]
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And we have your Sunday NFL Countdown quotage from ESPN complete with Halloween references ESPN Sunday NFL Countdown Notes and Quotes: Week 8 ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown host Chris Berman and analysts Cris Carter, Mike Ditka, Tom Jackson and Keyshawn Johnson previewed today’s NFL action. Some excerpts: On whether Vikings coach Brad Childress should start Brett Favre […]
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The Sunday NFL pregame quotage is starting to trickle in. Hello. Good Morning. Every time I think of NFL Gameday Morning, I think of their open. Unfortunately, it’s not available online otherwise I would embed it here. Anyway, lots of quotes from NFL Network’s NFL Gameday Morning today. Check it out. News and Sound Bites […]
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We have your quotage from MLB Network’s MLB Tonight after Game 3 of the World Series. Following the Texas Rangers’ Game Three win in the 2010 World Series, the Rangers’ Colby Lewis and Josh Hamilton spoke to MLB Tonight, while MLB Network’s Dan Plesac and Harold Reynolds gave their analysis of the game. Reynolds also […]
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Yesterday was busier than I expected both personally and sports media-wise. I was out most of the day which prevented me from providing links, but then the Cablevision/Fox story broke and I give tremendous kudos to Brian Stelter of the New York Times
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/30/2010
In a more conventional press release, Fox makes this statement on its new carriage agreement with Cablevision. Fox’s signal returned just before Game 3 of the World Series. Fox Networks and Cablevision Reach Agreement in Principle to Carry WNYW FOX5, WWOR My9, WTXF FOX29, FOX Deportes, FOX Business Network, and Nat Geo WILD Viewers to […]
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You want to read a rather bitter statement? Check this out from Cablevision in regards to its agreement with Fox. Wow. FOX PROGRAMMING RETURNS TO CABLEVISION BETHPAGE, NY, October 30, 2010 – Cablevision Systems Corp. (NYSE: CVC) today reached agreement with News Corp. to return Fox programming to Cablevision. The channels will return to Cablevision […]
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Happening now, Brian Stelter of the New York Times is reporting that Cablevision and Fox have ended their two week dispute and have hashed out a deal. Fox’s signal was being restored to Cablevision systems just before Game 3 of the World Series this evening. This ends a rather hostile dispute that led to Fox […]
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For tonight and tomorrow, Anaheim Angels outfielder Torii Hunter joins MLB Tonight: World Series Edition. Los ANGELES ANGELS OF ANAHEIM CENTER Fielder Torii hunter to Join MLB Network as a Guest Analyst October 30 & 31 Secaucus, N.J., October 30, 2010 – Four-time MLB All-Star and nine-time Gold Glove winner Torii Hunter will join MLB […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/29/2010
This Sunday, CBS News’ 60 Minutes will air a report on the thoroughbred mare Zenyatta who goes for history in the Breeders’ Cup next weekend. She’ll attempt to win her 20th consecutive race in the Breeders’ Cup Classic. Zenyatta has won races not only over her fellow mares, but over male horses and goes into […]
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On Saturday, boxing fans can see what Manny Pacquaio is doing in advance of his fight with Antonio Magarito next month. The series premiered last week and we have a preview of this week’s episode. 24/7 PACQUIAO/MARGARITO OCT. 30 EPISODE Episode #2 Debut: SATURDAY, OCT. 30 (10:00-10:30 p.m. ET/PT) Manny Pacquiao (51-3-2, […]
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I’ll throw in two college football press releases in one post and they just so happen to be from future sister networks, NBC Sports and Versus. NBC will carry Notre Dame hosting Tulsa and Versus has an intriguing Pac 10 matchup so let’s take a look at the releases, first from NBC Sports. NOTRE DAME […]
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Time to do the megalinkage on this Friday. Lots of things going on today into this evening and let’s get cracking. Of course, we have the Weekend Viewing Picks. Now let’s do the links. National USA Today’s Michael McCarthy wants to know who’s your favorite NFL announcer. Mike says this year’s World Series ratings are […]
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To avoid another embarrassing situation with another content provider, Fox hashed out a deal today with Dish Network restoring its regional sports networks and various cable channels back and also avoiding the pulling of several owned and operated local channels on Monday. Fox still is off Cablevision in New York and New Jersey, but it […]
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Just received this press release from Fox regarding the final ratings for Game 2 of the World Series from Friday. It tells us that Fox won the night with an 8.5 rating and a 14 share. Overall, 14.1 million viewers watched the game. While the game was down 27% from last year’s Yankees-Phillies matchup, Fox […]
