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The NBA comes back to TNT after a one week absence with a special Tuesday night double dip. You have two pretty good games on Tuesday with Chicago-Atlanta and Phoenix-LA Lakers. Here’s the press release from Turner Sports which has been very prolific with the press releases the last couple of weeks. The NBA on […]
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This weekend, St. Joseph’s coach Phil Martelli will be helping to man the Atlanta portion of CBS/Turner’s coverage of the NCAA Tournament. Indiana’s Tom Crean has the guest analyst for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday with Matt Winer, Steve Smith and Seth Davis. It will be that cast minus Crean that Martelli will join during the […]
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Of course, in a contest run by a company, we all hear the disclaimer that a company’s employees are not eligible to win as it would be considered unfair and it would be a conflict of interest. However, it was learned today that ESPN does not allow its employees to take part in any office […]
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With the NCAA Tournament having started in earnest, I’ll do my best to give you links now. Let’s get cracking. Mike McCarthy of USA Today has ESPN’s Erin Andrews denying that she’s interested in being on ABC’s “The Bachelorette”. This whole thing started when Erin, appearing on KNBR in San Francisco, said she wanted to […]
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I don’t have announcing assignments for the earlier rounds, but I do have this press release from Westwood One Radio in regards to the coverage plans for the Final Four® which will have Omaha’s own Kevin Kugler, John Thompson and Bill Raftery on the call. For the second year in a row, Bill Walton will […]
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Despite heavy promotion and having Screamin’ Gus Johnson on the call, the American people were not enamored with seeing a second night of NCAA Tournament’s FIRST FOUR®. The first night averaged an 0.85. Wednesday’s overnights averaged a 0.7 for the two games according to Brian Helfrich, the Assistant Managing Editor of Sports Business Daily. .bbpBox48403444385579010 […]
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We have the quotage from the second night of the NCAA Tournament, what was essentially was the appetizer for the main course starting today. Let’s check out what was said on truTV last night. Notes from the First Four on truTV – Wednesday, March 16, 2011 The 2011 Division I Men’s Basketball Championships continues with […]
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Late last night or early this morning, whichever you prefer, Tiger Woods made a rare talk show appearance. It was to promote his new video game. But before talking about Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters, he and Jimmy Fallon discussed how Woods gave him plenty of material over the last couple of years. […]
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Yesterday, Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic and DC United of Major League Soccer announced an extension of their current rights agreement. In addition, CSN unveiled a 17 game regular season schedule for DC United which begins this Saturday and runs through October. We have the press release below. D.C. United, Comcast SportsNet Extend Partnership Network to air […]
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Next month, Fox Sports Ohio will air a one hour tribute honoring radio voice Joe Tait, a man who has been the Voice of the Cleveland Cavaliers since the team’s inception in 1970. On April 13, Joe will call his last game and retire as he has been experiencing health problems. There will be many […]
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College Basketball NCAA Tournament NCAA Tip-Off – truTV, 11 a.m. 2nd Round East Region St. Petersburg, FL West Virginia vs. Clemson – CBS, noon Kentucky vs. Princeton – CBS, approximately 2:30 p.m. Southeast Region Washington, DC Butler vs. Old Dominion – truTV, 12:30 p.m. Pittsburgh vs. UNC-Asheville – truTV, approximately 3 p.m. Tampa, FL Florida […]
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The NCAA is trying to get the country excited about two additional days of basketball for its men’s basketball tournament. It even trademarked the FIRST FOUR® in an attempt to give the opening round play-in games some extra juice. But if the games are dull as in the case with the inaugural quartet of games […]
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Here’s what’s on NFL Network this week. NFL NETWORK & NFL.COM PROGRAMMING NOTES (3/16 – 3/22) TOP PROSPECTS MARCELL DAREUS, PRINCE AMUKAMARA & CAMERON JORDAN IN-STUDIO THIS WEEK NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to Chat With Fans on NFL.com Friday, March 18 at 2:00 PM ET NFL Network Analyst Mike Mayock Unveils Top 32 Draft Prospects […]
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This week, Sports Illustrated focuses on the NCAA Tournament and other stories in an issue which has five regional covers. Here’s what you’ll read this week. Sports Illustrated Predicts There Will Be Euphoria in Columbus As Ohio State Will Win The National Title For The First Time Since 1967 Kansas, Pittsburgh and San Diego State […]
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The PGA Tour’s Florida Swing continues as the Transitions Championship takes place through Sunday at Palm Harbor, FL. Golf Channel will have weekday afternoon coverage and NBC Sports will come in for the weekend. Golf Channel will also be on hand for early weekend coverage leading into NBC. So let’s take a look at what […]
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Golf Channel will have three live tournaments, the PGA Tour’s Transitions Championship, the LPGA Founders Cup in Arizona and then the European PGA Tour’s Sicilian Open in Italy. What day and what time is coming up. Golf Channel Live Tournament Coverage: March 17-20 Live Tournament and Wraparound News Coverage On-Site at Transitions Championship LPGA Kicks […]
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This just in from ESPN, President Obama has made his Final Four® picks for the men’s NCAA Tournament. For the most part, he went chalk choosing all #1 seeds to make it for the Final Four. We have the details of Andy Katz’s interview at the White House with the President right here. President Obama […]
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The final rating and viewership numbers are in for the Opening Night FIRST FOUR® NCAA Tournament doubleheader for Tuesday. truTV averaged a 0.85 rating for the two games which is slightly better than the 0.8 rating for the Winthrop/Arkansas-Pine Bluff Opening Round game last year on ESPN. Overall, the two games featuring UNC-Asheville/Arkansas-Little Rock and […]
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Trying to copy the success and energy of the football and basketball editions of College GameDay, ESPN is sending the Sunday editions of Baseball Tonight on the road. Baseball Tonight will broadcast live outside the venues of each Sunday Night Baseball game hoping to capture the atmosphere of each ball park before the show tosses […]
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Thanks to the great people at Turner Sports, we have your quotes from the first night of NCAA Tournament coverage on truTV. After tonight’s coverage, I’ll write a review of the first two nights the CBS/Turner collaboration. So far so good for this Brave New World of televising the NCAA Tournament, but we’ll see how […]
