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Now, here’s the NFL on Fox schedule for the 2011 regular season. Again, all this is depending on the resolution of the lockout. 2011 NFL ON FOX BROADCAST SCHEDULE (ALL TIMES ET) Sunday, September 11 (FOX NFL SUNDAY Doubleheader) 1:00 PM Atlanta Falcons at Chicago Bears Detroit Lions at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Philadelphia Eagles at […]
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Lots of games in the NFL on CBS schedule. The less I say the better. 2011 CBS SPORTS NFL BROADCAST SCHEDULE (all times ET) WEEK 1 – SUNDAY, SEPT. 11 Pittsburgh @ Baltimore – 1:00 Cincinnati @ Cleveland – 1:00 Indianapolis @ Houston – 1:00 Tennessee @ Jacksonville – 1:00 Buffalo @ Kansas City – 1:00 WEEK 2 – SUNDAY, SEPT. 18 – CBS […]
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Ok, here’s ESPN’s Monday Night Football schedule which includes Jon Gruden’s first game calling a Tampa Bay Buccaneers game since he was let go as coach three years ago. Some pretty good games in this schedule which comes off another ratings record for ESPN. Here’s the schedule. ESPN’s 2011 Monday Night Football Schedule Preseason Date […]
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Tonight is the night for the 2011 NFL regular season schedule release and all this despite the fact that the lockout is not resolved. The NFL is going full speed ahead and throughout the next hour, I’ll be posting the regular season schedules from the networks. Here’s the 2011 Sunday Night Football schedule for NBC […]
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John Ourand of Sports Business Journal was all over this story starting from Monday when he reported that Fox and Turner had dropped out of the bidding. Then this morning, he broke the story that NBC/Versus had won the the US rights for the National Hockey League. This will be a ten year/$2 billion deal. […]
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Just in from NESN, its ratings for Game 3 of the Boston Bruins-Montreal Canadiens NHL Eastern Conference Quarterfinals was the highest ever for a non-Game 7 playoff game. An amazing 10.7 for the Boston-Manchester, NH market. We have this blurb for perspective. NESN’s coverage of last night’s 4-2 Bruins win over Montreal in Game #3 […]
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I need to get these up quickly as the NBC/NHL conference call will occur at 1 p.m. today. I won’t be able to monitor it, but I do hope to provide details as they become available. Lots of links to get to. The major news of the day thus far is NBC’s renewal of its […]
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Sports Business Journal’s John Ourand is reporting that NBC/Versus has retained the NHL’s US TV rights and possibly more. That is a big win for the NBC Sports Group as it keeps the National Hockey League in the fold and could have hockey to promote if it gets the rights to the 2014 Olympics. Yesterday […]
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College Baseball Nebraska at Creighton – CBS Sports Network, 7:30 p.m. English Premier League Newcastle United vs. Manchester United – ESPN2, 2:30 p.m. MLB American League Chicago White Sox at Tampa Bay – WCIU/Sun Sports, 6:30 p.m. New York Yankees at Toronto – MLB Network/WWOR/Rogers Sportsnet, 7 p.m. Minnesota at Baltimore – Fox Sports North/MASN, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/18/2011
Jack Edwards was in rare form tonight during Game 3 of the Boston Bruins-Montreal Canadiens series on NESN. Not only was he in his best homer announcing style, but he was yelling and screaming at Les Habitants at every opportunity. The best moment was late in the third period as the Bruins were trying to […]
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This just in from NFL Network, it will have a two hour special on Tuesday at 7 p.m. announcing the entire 2011 regular season schedule. Of course, all of this depends on the resolution of the lockout, but we’ll have the schedule to have some hope that the whole thing can end before any games […]
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In a big break in the NHL US TV rights bidding, John Ourand of Sports Business Journal tells us that two prospective networks have dropped out. .bbpBox60073786942300160 {background:url(http://a3.twimg.com/a/1302646548/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} p.bbpTweet span.metadata{display:block;width:100%;clear:both;margin-top:8px;padding-top:12px;height:40px;border-top:1px solid #fff;border-top:1px solid #e6e6e6} p.bbpTweet span.metadata span.author{line-height:19px} p.bbpTweet span.metadata span.author img{float:left;margin:0 7px 0 0px;width:38px;height:38px} p.bbpTweet a:hover{text-decoration:underline}p.bbpTweet span.timestamp{font-size:12px;display:block} Turner, Fox […]
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This weekend being Easter, the ESPN Family will air seven NBA Playoff games. On Friday, ESPN and ESPN2 will combine for three games. Then ESPN will have two games on Saturday night and ABC has a doubleheader on Easter Sunday. Got it? Good. The schedule is below. Seven NBA Playoff Games This Weekend across ESPN […]
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The networks of ESPN will not only air the NASCAR Nationwide race live from Nashville on Saturday, but also some NHRA action the following day. Check it out. Motorsports This Week on ESPN NASCAR Nationwide Series Live from Nashville ESPN continues its coverage of the NASCAR Nationwide Series with a live telecast of the 300-mile […]
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With this being Patriots Day in Massachusetts and Maine, it’s time to give some links. It’s a day off for some in Massachusetts and Boston has the Marathon plus the 11 a.m. Red Sox game. Both of which are traditions I have come to enjoy. Some interesting links today. We start with John Ourand and […]
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MLB American League Toronto at Boston – Rogers Sportsnet/NESN, 11 a.m. Chicago White Sox at Tampa Bay – Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Sun Sports, 6:30 p.m. Minnesota at Baltimore – Fox Sports North/MASN, 7 p.m. Anaheim Angels at Texas – Fox Sports West/Fox Sports Southwest, 8 p.m. Cleveland at Kansas City – STO/Fox Sports Kansas City, 8 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/17/2011
Here’s the guest list for Golf Channel’s Morning Drive. Coming Up on Morning Drive…April 18-22 South Carolina Flavor This Week on Morning Drive Steve Spurrier, Catherine Bell, Boo Weekley, Edwin McCain, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and Dustin Johnson Headline Roster of Guests USGA Executive Director Mike Davis, USGA President Jim Hyler, Natalie Gulbis and […]
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Earlier today, TNT aired the first game of its playoff tripleheader as the Memphis Grizzlies took Game 1 of its Western Conference Quarterfinal series with San Antonio, 101-98. We have the quotage from the pre, post and halftime studio shows, plus game coverage as well. Quote of the Day during TNT’s Pregame Show: “The Memphis […]
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Time for the Sunday links. Quite a few to get to. Dennis Dodd from CBSSports.com looks at the increasing rights fees for college football. Erick Smith of USA Today says the University of Miami is in talks with ESPN about a “Hard Knocks”-type reality show for its football team. Mike Reynolds from Multichannel News says […]
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This is being posted later than normal, but I didn’t want to omit my duties of providing the Sunday thoughts. I’m trying to avoid doing so because I’m in denial over the following thoughts over two sites. I feel if I don’t write the following paragraphs, maybe they’ll still be around. Anyway, here’s what I […]
