“Costas Tonight,” NBC Sports Network’s new talk show hosted by the Holy Diminutive One, Bob Costas, will have three guests including two commissioners and the always controversial boxer Floyd Mayweather. The first airing is on Thursday at 9 p.m. ET....
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Let’s do our linkage for today. It’s going to snow in Southern New England so I’m doing this early in case I have bug out later. Starting with USA Today’s Michael Hiestand, we learn that ESPN will be streaming its...
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College Basketball Men’s Penn State at Purdue — Big Ten Network, 6:30 p.m. Dayton at Richmond — A-10 Network: CSS/The Comcast Network, 7 p.m. South Florida at Louisville — Big East Network: Bright House/Cox Sports Television/MASN/SNY, 7 p.m. Fordham at...
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Due to a very hectic schedule, I have not been writing as much as I would like, but with so many sports media stories occurring, I have to give you some of the thoughts that have come to mind. I...
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Fox is claiming a victory for the rain-delayed Daytona 500 which ran in primetime for the first time ever. The network says a total of 36.5 million people watched at least a portion of the race, saying that’s the highest...
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This just in from the National Football League, the season opening game to be hosted by the Super Bowl Champions, the New York Football Giants, will be pushed back one day from the originally scheduled Thursday, September 6 to Wednesday,...
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Let’s provide some links now. John Ourand and John Lombardo of Sports Business Journal write that local NBA TV ratings are up thus far. Eric Fisher of SBJ writes that sports arenas have an issue with providing more bandwidth as...
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Due to weather delays, the Daytona 500 was pushed to Monday night in primetime. And thanks to some compelling racing, the Great American Race on Fox received a decent number. According to Nielsen, the overnight rating for the Daytona 500...
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Continuing in an ESPN press release theme this morning, we have the Alleged Worldwide Leader’s announcement of its 2012 ACC football Labor Day and primetime schedule. Just five games released thus far, but in particular, the game on November 8th...
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Last year, Tennis Hall of Famer Chris Evert joined ESPN for Wimbledon and the US Open tournaments. She also worked the Australian Open this year and just announced by the Alleged Worldwide Leader, she’ll be working all four Grand Slams...
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This week wraps up the regular season for college basketball. Some conferences are starting their tournaments this week as well, so it’s an eclectic mix of games as we get ready for one of the best parts of sports calendar,...
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Early this morning, I posted the schedule for the men’s portion of ESPN’s Championship Week. Now, we give the women their turn. Overall, 88 games will offered from the various women’s basketball tournaments. Many will be presented on ESPN’s online...
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College Basketball Men’s DePaul at West Virginia — Big East Network: MASN/MSG Network/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. UConn at Providence — Big East Network: Bright House/Cox Sports RI/SNY, 7 p.m. Michigan State at Indiana — ESPN, 7 p.m. Kansas State...
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ESPN’s Championship Week which actually lasts more than seven days starts March 1 and lasts until March 11. It begins with the Atlantic Sun and Big South Tournaments on ESPNU and ESPN3 on Thursday and then will end on Sunday,...
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Let’s do some long overdue linkage for you. It’s been owed big time. We begin with Mike McCarthy of USA Today who writes that a San Diego sports anchor is in trouble for referring to NASCAR driver Danica Patrick as...
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The second edition of “Costas Tonight,” NBC’s Sports Network’s monthly interview program hosted by the holy diminutive one, Bob Costas, premieres Thursday night at 9 ET. In this particular episode, Costas will be at the NBC studios in New York...
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TNT puts a spin on the NBA All-Star Game overnight ratings. The network says last night’s All-Star Game in Orlando received a 5.4 overnight rating, the 2nd highest overnight rating in seven years, but comparing it to last year’s contest,...
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College Basketball Men’s Notre Dame at Georgetown — ESPN, 7 p.m. Mississippi Valley State at Jackson State — ESPNU, 7 p.m. Texas-Pan American at North Dakota — Fox College Sports Central, 8 p.m. Kansas at Oklahoma State — ESPN, 9...
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TNT saw its 2nd highest overnight rating for last night’s NBA All-Star Saturday. Lockout? What lockout? Was there ever an NBA lockout? The rating for the events which included the Three Point Shooting Competition and the Slam Dunk, totaled a...
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Since television began, theme songs have helped us to identify our favorite programs. This is certainly the case in sports where the theme for Monday Night Football, Sunday Night Football, Wide World of Sports, the Olympics, The Masters and others...
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Since I’ve already posted about NHL Network in the US plans to simulcast TSN’s TradeCentre ’12 show on Monday, I might as well provide TSN’s plans for Monday for NHL Trade Deadline Day. The NHL Trade Deadline should be an...
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One of the best days on the sports calendar, NHL Trade Deadline Day is coming on Monday. The Canadian sports networks, Rogers Sportsnet, The Score and TSN will be all over the big day as trades between teams can go...
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For NBA All-Star Weekend and having Jeremy Lin in the Rising Stars Challenge, TNT saw its highest-ever ratings for the event. The game between the NBA’s best rookies and sophomores saw a 1.7 rating, up from the 1.6 that was...
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Saturday, February 25 Boxing Boxing After Dark: Welterweights, Devon Alexander vs. Marcos Maidana — HBO, 10 p.m. Ali 70 From Las Vegas — ESPN2, 10 p.m. College Basketball Viewing Picks English Premier League Queens Park Rangers vs. Fulham — Fox...
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Men’s Schedule Courtesy of Matt’s College Sports on TV Saturday, February 25 College GameDay live from Storrs, CT — ESPNU, 10 a.m./ESPN, 11 a.m./ESPN, 8 p.m. 11 a.m. Robert Morris at Quinnipiac — ESPNU noon Virginia Tech at Duke —...
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College Baseball Oregon State at San Diego State — the mtn., 9 p.m. College Basketball Men’s Loyola (MD) at Rider — ESPN2, 7 p.m. Butler at Valparaiso — ESPNU, 7 p.m. Columbia at Yale — YES, 7 p.m. Marquette at...
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Here’s another MLB Network-related post. This one deals with the complete 150 game Cactus and Grapefruit League schedule. Many games will be live. Others will be aired on tape delay. In the primetime and viewing picks, I’ll list all of...
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As March approaches, MLB Network is getting ready for its Spring Training coverage. Its studio show during that period, “30 Clubs in 30 Days” returns March 5 in a big way. It will hit every team’s camp either in Arizona...
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MLB Network has been experimenting with bringing viewers in-game audio during Spring Training games. It conducted two off-air experiments last year and after listening to the results, it will air an actual game featuring almost-live audio as it happens. Of...
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College Basketball Men’s Bucknell at American — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m. Duke at Florida State — ESPN, 7 p.m. Alabama at Arkansas — ESPN2, 7 p.m. Murray State at Tennessee State — ESPNU, 8 p.m. Arkansas State at Western...
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