0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/28/2011
College Volleyball Women’s Purdue at Northwestern — Big Ten Network, 8 p.m. Texas at Oklahoma — ESPNU, 8 p.m. CONCACAF Champions League Tauro vs. Dallas — Fox Soccer, 8 p.m. Los Angeles vs. Morelia — Fox Soccer, 10 p.m. Mixed Martial Arts UFC Unleashed — Spike, 9 p.m. The Ultimate Fighter — Spike, 10 p.m. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/27/2011
For the last night of the MLB regular season, ESPN could not have asked for anything better by having both the American and National League Wild Card races tied. So ESPN will use both itself and ESPN2. And all four games with Wild Card implications will be aired. ESPN will focus on the American League […]
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There could be as many as two Wild Card Playoff games on Thursday. Both games have already been slotted. If the Red Sox and Rays end up tied, that game will be played Thursday afternoon in St. Petersburg at 4 p.m. ET. And if the National League requires a tiebreaker between Atlanta and St. Louis, […]
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I’ll provide a few links now, then as I’m watching Catching Hell on ESPN, I’ll attempt a few more links to complete the set. Earlier today, I wrote a recap of Blogs with Balls 4. Check it out. One of the stars of BWB4 was Bomani Jones of BomaniJones.com. He wrote why he feels there’s […]
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With the ratings for the NFL 4:15 p.m. late window, Fox is crowing about being the #2 top rated show for last week. As Green Bay-Chicago went to most of the nation, Fox received a 14.1 rating with a 26 share, beating Sunday Night Football on NBC which was in primetime and faced stiffer competition. […]
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We have some quotage from NFL Network from GameDay Highlights and Final from Sunday. Let’s check it out. Week 3 (09/25/11) – Quotable from NFL GameDay Highlights & NFL GameDay Final on NFL Network (Airs Sundays at 7:30 & 11:30 PM ET) “Don’t sleep on the Buffalo Bills. They can beat anybody right now.” — […]
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NBC sends a press release touting the viewership numbers for Sunday Night Football. Still, they were the lowest of the season as an average of 20.4 million people watched the Pittsburgh-Indianapolis game. It received a 12.2 rating with a 19 share. Compared with Week 1 which had 25.8 million people and was the most watched […]
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Just announced by Turner Sports, the announcing teams for the League Division and National League Championship Series on TBS. The playoffs begin on Friday. We still don’t know the actual matchups, but we’ll know them after the regular season end on Wednesday. Ernie Johnson, Jr. will not be working the MLB Postseason this year as […]
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On Saturday, September 24, the 4th incarnation of Blogs with Balls was held at the ultramodern, ultragreen and überchic Bloomberg Tower in New York City. This was the first BWB I was able to attend since the inaugural event in 2009. Having been unable to attend Blogs with Balls 2 in Las Vegas, Blogs with […]
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CONCACAF Champions League Toronto vs. Pumas — Fox Soccer/Galavision, 8 p.m. Communicaciones vs. Seattle — Fox Soccer, 10 p.m. Monterrey vs. Herediano — Galavision, 10 p.m. MLB American League Boston at Baltimore — MLB Network/NESN/MASN, 7 p.m. Cleveland at Detroit — STO/Fox Sports Detroit, 7 p.m. New York Yankees at Tampa Bay — WWOR/Sun Sports, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/26/2011
This weekend, ESPN has another set of college football games starting on Thursday and running through Saturday. Also, we have news about College GameDay heading to Wisconsin. You know when you’ve said Wisconsin, you’ve said it all. Old slogan. Anyway, here’s the press release from ESPN. ESPN College GameDay Heads to Wisconsin ESPN’s Emmy-award winning […]
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This game was on the NHL on NBC schedule even though the National Hockey League had not officially announced, but finally, today in Philadelphia at Citizens Bank Park, the 2012 NHL Winter Classic has been unveiled. The New York Rangers will take on the Philadelphia Flyers on January 2, 2012 at 1 p.m. ET. NBC […]
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During the press conference announcing the NHL Winter Classic between the New York Rangers and Philadelphia Flyers at Citizens Bank Park, it was unveiled that HBO will bring back 24/7 Road to the Winter Classic which was so successful for the Washington Capitals-Pittsburgh Penguins game on New Year’s Day this year. Now for the January […]
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Quick blurb from CBS announcing its SEC football game for Saturday, October 8. It’ll be Florida at top-ranked LSU. CBS will begin its broadcast with Uncle Verne Lundquist, Gary Danielson and Tracy Wolfson starting at 3:30 p.m. ET. THIS JUST IN… …from CBS Sports CBS Sports has announced its SEC ON CBS football game for […]
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This year’s golf team event will be The Presidents Cup pitting U.S. golfers vs. golfers from Africa, Asia, Australia, Middle East, New Zealand and South America, unlike the Ryder Cup which has the U.S. vs. Europe. The Presidents Cup was created in 1994 and doesn’t have the prestige and tradition of the Ryder Cup, but […]
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Tomorrow on MLB Network, two games with playoff implications will be aired simultaneously. The games will be blacked out in home markets. Some of you will see Boston at Baltimore while others will view Philadelphia at Atlanta. Both the Red Sox and Braves lead the American and National League Wild Card standings respectively. MLB Network […]
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Let’s do some links now. I have to write my recap of Blogs with Balls 4 while everything is still fresh in my mind. It really was a great event to attend and wonderful to meet so many good people. I hope to have the BwB recap up tonight. Here are some links for you. […]
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NBC has sent over this press release crowing about its overnight ratings for Sunday Night Football. For a surprisingly good game between Pittsburgh and a Peyton Manning-less Indianapolis Colts, NBC received a 13.2 rating with a 21 share, up 2% from last year’s Week 3 game, the New York Jets at Miami. Naturally, Pittsburgh and […]
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MLB American League Boston at Baltimore — MLB Network/NESN/MASN, 7 p.m. Cleveland at Detroit — STO/Fox Sports Detroit, 7 p.m. New York Yankees at Tampa Bay — YES/Sun Sports, 7 p.m. Kansas City at Minnesota — Fox Sports Kansas City/Fox Sports North, 8 p.m. Toronto at Chicago White Sox — Rogers Sportsnet/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 8 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/25/2011
We now conclude the Sunday NFL pregame quotage with NBC’s Football Night in America. Lots of good stuff here. I’ve added one video for you. FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA NOTES & QUOTES- WEEK 3 “If we can just get these games changed to 30 minutes, I’m picking the Vikings to go to the Super Bowl.” […]
