0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/14/2011
Opening Day is just two and a half weeks away. ESPN will tell us that baseball means more than what’s happening on the field, the sport is practically a way of life. So we get various scenes that remind us that Spring Training culminates with Opening Day and the first promo in the campaign premieres […]
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I have found a few more links today and instead of shoving them into the earlier edition, I’ll just a whole new set of links. First, Sports Business Daily says the overnight ratings for the NCAA Tournament Selection Show were down significantly from last year. Eric Fisher at Sports Business Daily says MLB Advanced Media […]
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Continuing a downward trend from the last six years, the overnight ratings for the NCAA Men’s Tournament Selection Show were down from the previous year. According to Austin Karp, the Assistant Managing Editor of Sports Business Daily, the overnight was 4.4 which is down from last year. .bbpBox47327717309415420 {background:url(http://a3.twimg.com/a/1299876209/images/themes/theme1/bg.png) #C0DEED;padding:20px;} p.bbpTweet{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px !important;line-height:22px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px} […]
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For Tuesday and Wednesday, Turner Sports will bring in current Indiana coach Tom Crean to compliment the studio coverage for the NCAA Tournament’s FIRST FOUR® games. Crean will join host Matt Winer and analysts Seth Davis and Steve Smith in the Turner Atlanta studios. We have the press release from CBS and Turner Sports. THIS […]
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Let’s do some links on this back to work Monday. Many of the links will focus on the NCAA Tournament so let’s get cracking. Starting with John Ourand and Michael Smith of Sports Business Journal, they report that Fox is about to sign a new cable rights deal with the Big 12 Conference that would […]
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I’m going to post two MLS press releases that I received last week, but did not have the time to post. Catching up now. One is from Fox and the other from Comcast SportsNet Philly. We have this official announcement from Fox Soccer Channel regarding the announcers for Major League Soccer which includes the addition […]
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College Basketball men’s Men’s Tournament Coaches Special – ESPNU, 1 p.m. Bracket Breakdown – CBS College Sports, 3 p.m. College Basketball Live: Tournament Edition – ESPNU, 6 p.m. women’s NCAA Women’s Basketball Selection Special – ESPN, 7 p.m. MLB Pittsburgh vs. Baltimore – MLB Network/MASN, 1 p.m. Florida vs. Minnesota – MLB Network/Fox Sports North, […]
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CBS may have added TNT’s Charles Barkley and Kenny “The Jet” Smith to its NCAA Tournament Selection Show, unveiled a new set, new graphics and a jazzed up theme, but it was the same old, same old when it came to unveiling the teams for the expanded 68 team tourney. We had an energized Greg […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/13/2011
I just love when Turner Sports is involved in a major sports property because it means plenty of press releases. With Turner on the NCAA Tournament, it means great releases like this one highlighting a conference call that took place shortly after the NCAA Tournament Selection Show. CBS’ Clark Kellogg and Greg Anthony were on […]
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We have the announcing teams plus the tip times for the 2011 NCAA Tournament. This is the first time we’ll see the CBS/Turner Sports collaboration. Let’s take a look at the situation. FIRST ROUND GAMES TUESDAY, MARCH 15 6:40 PM – truTV, Dayton I: UNC Asheville vs. UALR, Jim Nantz/Clark Kellogg/Steve Kerr//Tracy Wolfson Approximately 9 […]
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While we’re buzzing over Gus Johnson’s call of Isiah Thomas’ game winning shot, let us not forget the Ivy League playoff game between Harvard and Princeton which was a barnburner throughout the game. Doug Davis had the game winning shot as time expired to put Princeton in the NCAA Tournament. Unfortunately, this great game was […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/12/2011
There have been articles written by various sports media critics regarding the way the NCAA Tournament will be handled by CBS Sports and new partner Turner Sports starting this year. Some are salivating over all of the games being aired nationally. Others are lamenting the end of the old way CBS aired the tournament, cutting […]
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This Saturday has been a classic day for college basketball. Actually, the last three days have been classic for college basketball. Last second shots by Kemba Walker of UConn and Douglas Davis of Princeton along with comeback wins by North Carolina (twice) in the ACC Tournament, Memphis in the Conference USA Championship and Boston University […]
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Let’s provide some linkage for you on this Saturday. Haven’t done links on a Saturday in a while. Marisa Guthrie of the Hollywood Reporter notes that the NFL lockout could cause the networks to lose billions of dollars in ad revenue should games be canceled. Richard Deitsch of Sports Ilustrated has your NCAA Tournament Viewing […]
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We finally have the NFL’s official statement on the Players Association decertifying and why it chose to lockout the players. Let’s hope this thing gets resolved sooner than the later. This is not what fans want to read about, labor discord and litigation. They want to read about free agency, game preparation and then watching […]
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One of the benefits of having satellite radio is the ability to having access to all 67 games of the NCAA Tournament. Sirius XM has the channel capacity to carry all of the games from start to finish. Westwood One Radio will provide the broadcasts and Sirius XM will air them. Let’s take a look […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/11/2011
After talks between the NFL and the NFL Players Association broke down on Friday, Commissioner Roger Goodell put out this message tonight ahead of an expected announcement of a lockout. While things look dire now, there’s still plenty of time to hash out an agreement. The NFL Draft will still take place as scheduled in […]
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On Monday, ESPN has its own Selection Show, this one devoted to the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament which lately has been the UConn Invitational. This year, Stanford has a chance to take the National Championship. ESPN and ESPNU will have specials devoted to Selection Monday. We have your schedule. Selection Monday Specials on ESPN Networks […]
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The NBC Sports Group is busy this weekend with golf and hockey. NBC Sports and Golf Channel are in Miami at the TPC Blue Monster at Doral for the WGC-Cadillac Championship and again from Sunday through Wednesday with Versus for the NHL. NBC has Chicago at Washington for its NHL Game of the Week on […]
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On Thursday, TNT carried the Los Angeles Lakers-Miami Heat game. Plenty of people wanted to see if the Heat would lose its sixth straight and continue crying after losses. It would not meant to be as Miami finally pulled out the win over the Lakers and TNT was very happy with the ratings and viewership. […]
