0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/16/2011
Let’s do some mid-week linkage on a very rainy Wednesday in Southern New England. Here we go. Michael Hiestand of USA Today says even with all of the NCAA Tournament games being nationally televised, CBS and Turner still have to figure out which games go where. Sports Business Daily looks at the overnight ratings for […]
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ESPN Films’ presentation of “The Fab Five”, the critically acclaimed movie on the Fab Five of Michigan from the early 1990’s has become the highest rated documentary on the network, surpassing the “30 for 30” docs, “The U”, on the University of Miami football program and “The Pony Express” which focused on the SMU football […]
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The first half of the NCAA Tournament’s inaugural FIRST FOUR® did well for truTV, averaging a 1.0. The NCAA play-in game did a 0.8 on ESPN last year. For the first game which featured UNC-Ashville against Arkansas-Little Rock, the game received a 0.9 rating while the nightcap between Clemson and an overmatched UAB received a […]
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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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College Basketball NCAA Tournament, Dayton OH 1st Round Texas-San Antonio vs. Alabama State – truTV, 6:30 p.m. USC vs. Virginia Commonwealth – truTV, approximately 9 p.m. National Invitation Tournament 1st Round Nebraska at Wichita State – ESPN2, 7 p.m. Bethune-Cookman at Virginia Tech – ESPNU, 8 p.m. Mississippi at Cal – ESPN2, 9 p.m. Long […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/15/2011
Starting next year, ESPN through its TV syndication arm, ESPN Regional Television, will launch a new soccer tournament in conjunction with Major League Soccer. This will be a four game, two day event held in Honolulu and played at Aloha Stadium, the site of the NFL Pro Bowl. This is an extensive press release. Here’s […]
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Sirius XM says Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski will take time out of his busy schedule to talk with the Miami Heat’s LeBron James on Wednesday. Coach Krzyzewski and his co-host Dave Sims will talk with James about life in Miami and his “decision” to leave Cleveland. Then, Dave and Coach K will hold court with […]
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On Saturday, NESN will have two hockey games to cover, the Bruins taking on the Toronto Maple Leafs live from the Air Canada Center in what is a Hockey Night in Canada game on CBC. In addition, NESN will cover the Hockey East Championship game live from TD Garden. Both games drop the puck at […]
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It may be owned and run by the National Football League, but I give it credit for giving a free hand to Sirius NFL Radio for covering both sides equally in the NFL lockout. Live shows will run from meetings sites held by both the league and the players. In addition, interviews will be conducted […]
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In what has become a tradition, President Obama has filled out his brackets for ESPN. He’s done both the men and women. Two years ago, he correctly pegged North Carolina as the men’s National Champion. Last year, none of his Final Four teams made it. So you would think the President has nowhere to go […]
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While he’s cooling his heels waiting to see if he’s going to be dealt from the DC NFL Team, quarterback Donovan McNabb who knows a thing or two about basketball, will be utilized by Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic as an analyst for the NCAA Tournament. McNabb will be on the regional sports network throughout the first […]
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The good golf ratings continue as fans are finding Golf Channel for the PGA Tour. Thursday’s 1st round of the PGA Tour Stop at the TPC Blue Monster at Doral garnered more than a million viewers. And on Friday, another million people watched the 2nd round giving the Doral event the best 2 day cable […]
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Not sure how much I’ll be able to get done today so I’ll do as many links as I can. I expect to get interrupted in the middle so don’t be surprised if there are just a few links here. Brian Lowry at Fox Sports says you’re now in control of what you watch at […]
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Just received this from the fine people at CBS/Turner Sports. Seton Hall coach Kevin Willard will be a guest analyst for the March Madness on Demand portion of the NCAA Tournament. That means he’ll be seen during halftime and other studio segments online whether it be on the March Madness on Demand website or the […]
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While it no longer can show games, CBS College Sports will continue to air NCAA Tournament-related shows starting today and will run all the way through the end of March Madness. There will be highlight shows as well as pregame programming that will compliment CBS/Turner’s coverage of the NCAA Tournament. You’ll remember for the past […]
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For Celtics fans, the team of Mike Gorman and Tommy Heinsohn have been broadcasting games for what it seems like forever. They actually began as the tandem broadcasting Providence College games in 1980 for WPRI-TV, then a season later, moved to calling Boston Celtics games on a pay per view venture called Prism. It actually […]
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College Basketball NCAA Tournament 1st Round, Dayton, OH UNC-Ashville vs. Arkansas-Little Rock – truTV, 6:30 p.m. UAB vs. Clemson – truTV, 9 p.m. National Invitation Tournament 1st Round Dayton at College of Charleston – ESPN2, 7 p.m. Coastal Carolina at Alabama – ESPNU, 7 p.m. Harvard at Oklahoma State – ESPN, 7:30 p.m. UTEP at […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/14/2011
College basketball’s second postseason tournament, the NIT will be exclusively on the networks of ESPN. The 32 team field will be seen all over the ESPN family of networks and platforms ranging from ESPN to ESPN3.com. We have the schedule for you, but before I post it, all 16 first round games will be available […]
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We have the schedule of games, tip times and announcing assignments for the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament. ESPN and ESPN2 will carry the games as will ESPN3.com. An interesting note, three men named Dave, Flemming, O’Brien and Pasch will call the regionals for the Tournament. Pam Ward is the lone woman calling play-by-play […]
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I was reading this press release and noticed that ABC gets to air some live sports for once! ABC carries the final of the BNP Paribas Open along with the men’s semifinals. ESPN2 will have extensive coverage of both BNP Paribas and the Sony Ericsson through the semifinal rounds. CBS has the finals of Miami. […]
