0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/27/2011
College Basketball men’s Colgate at Holy Cross – CBS College Sports, 7 p.m. Michigan at Michigan State – ESPN, 7 p.m. Vanderbilt at Mississippi State – ESPN2, 7 p.m. Hofstra at Virginia Commonwealth – ESPNU, 7 p.m. Robert Morris at Quinnipiac – Fox College Sports, 7 p.m. Western Kentucky at Florida International – Fox College […]
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This weekend, ESPN2 and ESPNU continue their coverage of women’s college hoops, culminating with Duke at UConn on Monday. We have the schedule starting from Friday through Monday. Women’s College Basketball: No. 3 Duke at No. 2 Connecticut Two of the nation’s top teams will square off – No. 3 Duke at No. 2 Connecticut […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/26/2011
The YES Network, jokingly called Al-Yankzeera by Bob Raissman of the New York Daily News, has proclaimed that it’s the most watched Regional Sports Network for the eighth straight year. It cites the ratings for the Yankees plus other programming. YES IS MOST-WATCHED REGIONAL SPORTS NETWORK IN U.S. FOR EIGHTH STRAIGHT YEAR NEW YORK, January […]
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In primetime, the NFL Pro Bowl live from Hawaii will be aired on Fox. To attract viewers, Fox is bringing back “helmet cam” as well as miking several players to give us closer access. Calling the game will be Thom Brennaman, Brian Billick, Tony Siragusa, Terry Bradshaw and Jay Glazer. I thought Kenny Albert and […]
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Ready for some more NFL Network stuff? Yes, you are. Here is what NFL Network is airing during Super Bowl Week from locations all over North Texas including Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, TX. NFL NETWORK GOES BIG FROM NORTH TEXAS WITH MORE THAN 100 HOURS OF HD COVERAGE OF SUPER BOWL XLV Exclusive Programming Including […]
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As the NFL Network approaches Super Bowl Sunday, it gets ready by airing the Senior Bowl and its annual NFL Films Super Bowl marathon. Lots of stuff to get to. This is a long press release and we’ll probably need a jump break somewhere in between. Here’s the schedule. NFL NETWORK & NFL.COM PROGRAMMING NOTES […]
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Premiering this Saturday, CBS will debut a new pregame show for its college basketball coverage. Gus Johnson will be the host for the premiere edition. Expect Greg Gumbel to host future editions. We have the particulars for you right here. CBS SPORTS DEBUTS NCAA PRE-GAME SHOW “COLLEGE BASKETBALL TODAY” ON SATURDAY, JAN. 29 CBS Sports […]
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This Saturday night, SportsNation and Winner’s Edge co-host Michelle Beadle branches out from the ESPN studios to be a guest judge on Food Network. Here’s a quick blurb for you. Michelle Beadle Makes Guest Judge Appearance on Food Network’s Tailgate Warriors SportsNation co-host Michelle Beadle will make a guest appearance on Food Network’s Tailgate Warriors […]
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This just in from CBS Sports, we find that the Tiffany Network had it’s highest viewership for the AFC side of the NFL playoffs going back almost two and a half decades. The average viewership was over 40 million people. We have the press release. “THE NFL ON CBS” AFC PLAYOFFS COVERAGE SCORES HIGHEST VIEWER […]
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This weekend, NBC gets back into Olympic sports mode by airing figure skating. NBC has weekend coverage with the pair’s, men’s and women’s competitions. As usual, the women will be seen in primetime on Saturday. The U.S. Nationals are being held this week in Greensboro, NC. NBC SPORTS PRESENTS 7 HOURS OF LIVE COVERAGE OF […]
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ESPN tells us that there’s going to be plenty of college basketball on the family of networks starting on Thursday. You can count the games if you wish. In addition, College GameDay will be live from the University of Kansas for the interstate and inter Big 12 Conference showdown between Kansas and Kansas State. Men’s […]
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We have what is in this week’s issue of Sports lllustrated including Peter King once again patting himself on the back on his preseason Super Bowl prediction. I like Peter, but enough of the Super Bowl prediction. Peter King Sticks With His Preseason Pick: Steelers to Win Super Bowl XLV 33–27 Plus: His Three Most […]
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Once again, I provide the Australian Open schedules for you. This is in Eastern time so adjust accordingly for your time zone. The women’s semifinals are tonight and should start around 9:30, depending on how long the men’s doubles semifinal match involving the Bryan twin brothers takes. So here’s the schedule. Matches begin at 7 […]
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In a big upset, corporate siblings Showtime and CBS have lured boxer Manny Pacquaio away from HBO and have signed the fighter’s next bout against “Sugar” Shane Mosely in May. The fight will be held in Las Vegas on May 7. It marks the first time that Showtime will have a Pacquaio fight. Showtime Pay […]
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College Basketball men’s Iowa at Penn State – Big Ten Network, 6:30 p.m. St. John’s at Georgetown – Big East Network, 7 p.m. Villanova at Providence – Big East Network, 7 p.m. West Virginia at Louisville – ESPNU, 7 p.m. North Carolina at Miami (FL) – ESPN, 7:30 p.m. Texas at Oklahoma State – ESPN2, […]
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With the PGA Tour back upon us, this means CBS Sports is also back with its comprehensive coverage starting with the tour stop at the Torrey Pines Golf Course outside San Diego, CA. Overall, CBS airs 23 golf tournaments including 20 PGA Tour events, The Masters, the PGA Championship and one Champions Tour event. Let’s […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/25/2011
I happened on this press release at ESPN’s public relations website. Surprised I did not receive this today. But I found it and I’m happy. Hannah Storm, who signed with ESPN and launched the 9 a.m. ET SportsCenter block in 2008, has been signed to a contract extension that gives her additional duties including hosting […]
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That means ESPN will keep Wallace through the end of its NASCAR TV contract. He’s been with ESPN since the network returned to NASCAR in 2007. Here are details of the press release. No terms of the extension were announced. ESPN Extends Contract of Rusty Wallace Through 2014 Champion NASCAR driver Rusty Wallace, ESPN’s lead […]
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Another ratings record for the National Football League and yes, it’s for Conference Championship Sunday. Amazing stuff. This dates back to 1982 when the games involving San Diego-Cincinnati and Dallas-San Francisco averaged over 60 million viewers. The average for Sunday totaled 53.4 million people. Very impressive. Here’s the NFL’s press release. MOST-WATCHED CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY […]
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I almost forgot to post this. Here’s tonight’s Australian Open schedule of play. It begins at 7 p.m. Eastern time. Rod Laver Arena 7:00 PM Start Women’s Singles – Quarterfinals Petra Kvitova(CZE)[25] vs. Vera Zvonareva(RUS)[2] Not Before: 8:30 PM Women’s Singles – Quarterfinals Agnieszka Radwanska(POL)[12] vs. Kim Clijsters(BEL)[3] Men’s Singles – Quarterfinals Alexandr Dolgopolov(UKR) vs. […]
