Another year is over and another year is just beginning. It’s time to review the 12 biggest stories in sports media in the year of 2010 A.D. We had plenty of stories to choose from. Not every one made the...
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Monthly Archives: December 2010
31Dec
Saturday, January 1 Happy New Year!!! College BasketballWest Virginia at Marquette – ESPN2, 11 a.m.DePaul at Georgetown – Big East Network, 1 p.m.New Mexico at Dayton – CBS College Sports, 1 p.m.Notre Dame at Syracuse – ESPNU, 3:30 p.m.Boston College...
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All Times Eastern Coverage Maps courtesy of the506.com Blackouts: None Fox NFL Sunday – Fox, noonThe NFL Today – CBS, noon 1 p.m.CBS Coverage MapBuffalo at New York Jets – Gus Johnson/Steve TaskerCincinnati at Baltimore – Kevin Harlan/Solomon WilcotsMiami at...
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College BasketballKentucky at Louisville – CBS, noonNorthwestern at Purdue – ESPN2, noonCollege of Charleston at Tennessee – ESPN2, 2 p.m.Minnesota at Michigan State – Big Ten Network, 4 p.m. Florida at Xavier – ESPN2, 4 p.m.Washington at UCLA – Fox...
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We all know that Sunday Night Football was delayed until Tuesday due to the snow in the Northeast. The game between Minnesota and Philadelphia was a big hit on Tuesday with a 13.8 rating and a 23 share. That’s up...
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If you want to avoid the bowl games or if the NHL Winter Classic is in a weather delay which is highly possible, MLB Network gives you some counterprogramming with various season reviews such as a look at the American...
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Let’s bring you some quotage from this week’s edition of Inside the NFL on Showtime. Not all of you have the channel so this will be fresh to you. NEWS, NOTES AND QUOTES FROM WEEK SEVENTEEN OF INSIDE THE NFL...
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BoxingBest of 2010Pacquaio vs. Margarito – HBO, 11 p.m. College BasketballTemple at Villanova – ESPN2, 7 p.m.Oakland at Oral Roberts – Fox College Sports, 8 p.m.Arizona at Oregon – Fox College Sports, 10 p.m.Arizona State at Oregon State – Fox...
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I briefly touched on this earlier today in the links, but this story kept building and finally came to a crescendo late this evening. ESPN has suspended ESPNews anchor Will Selva for taking the first paragraphs from Orange County Register...
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Yes, for one night and one night only, it’s the return of the podcast with Keith Thibault of Sports Media Journal and yours truly. For this podcast, Keith and I review the Year in Sports Media. It’s based on a...
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Since I gave you the NFL on CBS announcing assignments for Week 17, I might as well do so for Fox Sports as well. As I mentioned before, both CBS and Fox have a doubleheader in the final week of...
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I’ll give you the CBS NFL press releases on Friday after I give you the NFL Viewing Picks sometime around 10 a.m. But I figured I would give you the announcing assignments because you want the information as fast as...
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On Saturday, NBC Sports airs the NHL Winter Classic live from Heinz Field in Pittsburgh. This is a dream matchup for NBC with Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins hosting Alexander Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals. The two teams played...
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For the last NBA doubleheader of 2010, TNT has exclusive intraconference matchups as the resurgent New York Knicks take on Orlando and we have a battle of Texas as San Antonio challenges Dallas in the Lone Star State. Here’s the...
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Ok, this may turn out to be a busy day for me so I’m going to try to sneak some links in. You may see this in multiple parts so here goes. We’ll begin with Tom Weir in USA Today’s...
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Let’s provide the programming schedule for the NFL Network from today through next Tuesday, technically next year. NFL NETWORK & NFL.COM PROGRAMMING NOTES (12/29 – 1/4) NO HUDDLE: THE ROAD TO DALLAS PRESENTED BY MERCEDES-BENZ PREMIERES THURSDAY, DEC. 30 AT...
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I’ve run out of things to write about the NFL’s ratings every week. Just read the press release. NFL GAMES TOP RATINGS IN 29 MARKETS FOX National Telecast Most-Watched Show of the Week Most-Watched Seasons: ESPN’s Monday Night Football &...
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Last night during the Minnesota Vikings-Philadelphia Eagles game, Bob Costas announced that NBC’s sister network, Universal Sports will air a nine day tribute to Olympic documentarian Bud Greenspan who passed away over the Christmas holidays. Greenspan made great films on...
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Well, since this was also a sports media story as well as an NFL story, we are presenting you with the complete statement from the National Football League in regards to the Brett Favre/Jenn Sterger situation. It’s not the punishment...
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Overnight ratings show that the NFL once again won in primetime and this time on a Tuesday. The 15.2 rating was head and shoulders above the competition which was mostly repeats on the other networks except for the tedious Kennedy...
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BoxingBest of 2010Marquez vs. Katsidis – HBO, midnight College BasketballSt. John’s at West Virginia – Big East Network, 7 p.m.Boston College at URI – Cox Sports, 7 p.m.Georgetown at Notre Dame – ESPN2, 7 p.m. Duke at North Carolina –...
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It’s a long headline, but it’s part of the story here. ESPN ends on a high note as a compelling New Orleans-Atlanta game went right down to the wire with the Saints winning last night. The game received an 11.2...
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On New Year’s Eve, CBS airs one of two bowls not being aired on the ESPN Family of Networks and that’s the Sun Bowl live from El Paso, TX. It will be the matchup between Notre Dame and Miami, two...
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This comes directly from NBC’s Sunday Night Football Twitter account so you know this isn’t Photoshopped. I have a feeling you’ll see this as part of the open and maybe even Faith Hill adding “Tuesday” for “Sunday” in the “I’ve...
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Announced earlier this month, Comedy Central and comedy website, The Onion are forging a new partnership to launch what will be known as “The Onion Sports Network”. This will be an extension of the new show from The Onion that...
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There are going to be plenty of college basketball games on ESPN’s platforms this week, except for the Mothership itself. Games will be aired mostly on ESPN2 and ESPNU with a few on ESPN3.com sprinkled in. Here’s the schedule. College...
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Due to Tuesday Night Football, NFL Network has slid the NFL Replay games to a special time at 3 a.m. Wednesday in the East, midnight in the West. So it means you won’t be able to watch them “live” so...
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During a special edition of NFL Total Access on the NFL Network tonight, the entire rosters for the AFC-NFC Pro Bowl will be announced. You may recall that this season’s Pro Bowl will be played back in its usual home...
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Just received this press release on CBS’ ratings for its NFL regional coverage on Sunday and they were up almost 30% from regional coverage during Week 15 from last season. A lot of it might have had to do with...
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28Dec
With the digging out from the Great Northeast Blizzard yesterday, plus having to finish some year-end work, I wasn’t able to provide linkage, but now with things slowly getting back to normal, it’s time to give you the sports media...
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