ESPN has begun its three month-long recognition of Title IX. It has already launched a dedicated microsite and begun some programming initiatives. ESPN’s networks will be all over the 40th anniversary weekend in June with documentaries, espnW features and a...
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This is what puckheads were hoping for when the NHL signed its new contract with the NBC Sports Group last year. There will be wall-to-wall hockey on both NBC and the NBC Sports Network in the last seven days of...
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While CBS is focusing on the Final Four in New Orleans, it also will be airing the women’s and men’s finals of the Sony Ericsson Open at the Crandon Park Tennis Center in Miami. There has been some great tennis...
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The CBS Sports/Turner Sports NCAA Tournament consortium is in New Orleans to air the 2012 Final Four in the Louisiana Superdome. Kentucky-Louisville will be the first game scheduled for 6:09 p.m. ET. That will be followed by Ohio State-Kansas at...
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It’s only been eight years since we last saw Ron Burgundy and the Channel 4 Evening News team. Well, on Wednesday, Ron showed up on TBS’ Conan to announce that indeed, a sequel to Anchorman, The Legend of Ron Burgundy...
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This week has been hellish for me and I apologize for not being able to post as much as I would like. I’ve been away from my computer for most of the day and by the time I get home,...
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Saturday, March 31 College Baseball Duke at Georgia Tech — Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/Fox Sports Arizona/Fox Sports Florida/Fox Sports South, 1 p.m. Miami at Clemson — ESPNU, 4 p.m. Kentucky at Georgia — Fox Sports Florida/Fox Sports South, 4 p.m. Washington...
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Saturday, March 31 Men’s College GameDay live from New Orleans — ESPN, noon Bracket Breakdown — CBS Sports Network, 1 p.m. The Big Dance in the Big Easy — CBS, 3 p.m. Human Highlight Reel — CBS, 3:30 p.m. The...
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Arena Football San Jose SaberCats at Spokane Shock — NFL Network, 8 p.m. College Baseball UNLV at TCU — the mtn., 7:30 p.m. College Basketball Men’s College Basketball Invitational Championship Series Game 3: Washington State at Pittsburgh — HDNet, 7...
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All times are Eastern. 3:30 p.m. Fox Saturday Baseball Pregame Show 4 p.m. Boston at Detroit — Joe Buck/Tim McCarver St. Louis at Milwaukee — Thom Brennaman/Eric Karros San Francisco at Arizona — Daron Sutton/Eric Byrnes Kansas City at Anaheim...
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The streaming webcast, Masters Live returns next week as The Masters® comes back onto the sports scene. For the first time, “Masters on the Range” will be seen both online and on CBS Sports Network. This will be seen on...
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Starting next Wednesday, the annual rite of Spring, The Masters® takes place at the scenic Augusta National Country Club in Augusta, GA. For five days starting with the Par 3 Contest on Wednesday, April 4 through to the Final Round...
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Jim Rome’s new show on the CBS Sports Network gets its series premiere on Tuesday, April 3, the day after the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship. The show will originate from Southern California and be co-produced by dick clark productions. “Rome”...
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College Basketball Men’s National Invitation Tournament Madison Square Garden, New York, NY Stanford vs. Minnesota — ESPN, 7 p.m. Slam Dunk & 3 Point Shootout — ESPN, 9 p.m. Figure Skating World Figure Skating Championships, Nice, France Ladies Short Program...
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Bloomberg’s Andy Fixmer and Alex Sherman are reporting that News Corp., the parent company of Fox plans to launch an all-sports cable network to challenge ESPN. Now News Corp. tried this once before in the 1990′s through its Fox Sports...
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We have ESPN’s press release on its coverage for the first week of Major League Baseball’s 2012 season. Not only will it have the Opening Night game between the defending World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals opening up the new...
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This morning, MLB Network aired the 2012 regular season opener from Japan on tape delay, this after viewers in the Pacific Northwest and certain areas around the country could see it live through Root Sports Northwest. Fans hoping to wake...
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The first major tournament on the LPGA calendar, the Kraft Nabisco is this week and Golf Channel has announced a three year extension to air the Championship beginning in 2013. Golf Channel took over the rights to the Kraft Nabisco,...
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To kick off the 2012 MLB regular season, the Major League Baseball Network will go all in by airing 30 games in the first month involving all 30 teams over a span of 30 days. Now MLB Network will not...
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Darren Rovell’s “CNBC SportsBiz: Game On!” may get more publicity as it’s aired through the NBC Sports Network, but did you know that Bloomberg has a sports business show of its own? Sportfolio is very good and is hosted by...
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College Basketball Men’s College Basketball Invitational Championship Series Game 2: Washington State at Pittsburgh — HDNet, 7 p.m. (Washington State leads series 1-0) Collegeinsider.com Tournament Championship Mercer at Utah State — Fox College Sports, 9 p.m. CONCACAF Champions League Semifinals,...
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This story continues to develop. The Los Angeles Dodgers currently owned by Frank McCourt, has entered into agreement to sell the team to a group that includes former Lakers star Magic Johnson. While Magic has the biggest name in the...
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The NFL continues to evolve in the 21st Century. It changed its iconic shield back in 2008, reducing the number of stars in its original logo from 25 to 8. And starting in April during the draft, the NFL will...
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This is developing this evening. First, The Big Lead and SportsbyBrooks both learned that long-time ESPN’er Dana Jacobsen is leaving the network. Dana first joined ESPNews in 2002 then in 2005 became a co-host of ESPN2′s morning show, called Cold...
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With this week’s announcement that the Boston Bruins have launched a new social media portal putting their Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Google+ along with video all in one place, fans who download the team’s mobile app for iPhones, Androids and Blackberries...
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As mentioned in the previous post, the defending Super Bowl Champs New York Giants will host the Dallas Cowboys on Wednesday, September 5 to start the 2012 regular season. This means that Cowboys-Giants ended the 2011 regular season on NBC...
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This just announced by the National Football League, the defending Super Bowl Champion New York Football Giants will open the season against their traditional NFC East Division rival, the Dallas Cowboys on Wednesday, September 5 at 8:30 p.m. ET on...
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College Basketball Men’s National Invitation Tournament Madison Square Garden, New York, NY Semifinals UMass vs. Stanford — ESPN, 7 p.m. Washington vs. Minnesota — ESPN, 9:30 p.m. Women’s NCAA Tournament Elite 8 Kingston Region Ryan Center, University of Rhode Island,...
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As promised earlier today, I’m giving you more links. I was out earlier today and I’ll be out again tomorrow so it’s going to be a bit crazy for me. So let’s get to the linkage right now. Sports Illustrated’s...
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Don’t have much time today. I’ll do a few links for you here while I can. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand has CBS/Turner’s Clark Kellogg saying he wouldn’t be surprised if Kentucky lost in the Final Four this weekend. Mr. College...
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