0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/20/2012
I had to step out earlier and from the time I posted the Sports Emmy Award nominations until now, a few networks have been sending press releases touting the number of nods they have received. We begin with ESPN’s Family of Networks which received a total of 52 Sports Emmy Awards noms, the most of […]
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We have the nominations, all 170 in 33 different categories, for the 33rd Annual Sports Emmy Awards. They just came out today. There are some surprises like massive hockey charlatan Pierre McGuire nominated in the Sports Reporter category and for some really strange reason, Skippy Bayless of ESPN2’s First Take was nominated for Best Studio […]
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Tonight on the Emmy Award-winning Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, there will be three new stories and an update. The main story will be a profile on New York Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist. The other new stories include a look at the Flying Wallendas who are still going strong despite numerous deaths and an inspirational […]
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College Basketball Men’s National Invitation Tournament Quarterfinals UMass at Drexel — ESPN, 7 p.m. Oregon at Washington — ESPN, 9 p.m. NAIA Division I National Championship, Kansas City, MO Concordia vs. Oklahoma Baptist — CBS Sports Network, 8 p.m. Women’s NCAA Tournament Second Round Des Moines, IA Region Stroh Center, Bowling Green, OH Announcers: Cara […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/19/2012
For the last few weeks, we’ve been having issues with the server and some of you have complained to me. Suffice to say that I hope to have this fixed very soon. I will keep you apprised of the situation. In the meantime, thanks for your patience on the matter. To the links. We begin […]
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College Baseball Virginia at Florida State — ESPNU, 7 p.m. College Basketball Men’s College Basketball Invitational Quarterfinals Butler at Penn — HDNet, 8 p.m. TCU at Oregon State — HDNet, 10 p.m. National Invitation Tournament Second Round Middle Tennessee at Tennessee — ESPN, 7 p.m. Minnesota at Miami (FL) — ESPN, 9 p.m. Illinois State […]
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We know that Jim Nantz and Clark Kellogg will be headed to Atlanta to call the overall number one seed of the NCAA Tournament, Kentucky and the compelling South Regional semifinal between UK and Indiana. While Clark won’t be able to call his son, Nick playing for Ohio in the Midwest Regional in St. Louis […]
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After not showing the NBA last Thursday due to the NCAA Tournament, TNT is back on the NBA beat on Monday with a special doubleheader. Bulls/Magic and Mavs/Nuggets are the games for Monday. And with Turner putting its top talent, Marv Albert/Steve Kerr/Kevin Harlan/Brian Anderson/Reggie Miller/Craig Sager/Jamie Maggio on the NCAA Tournament plus with the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/18/2012
The news is good for CBS/Turner on two fronts. While there were no upsets on Saturday unlike Friday, ratings were up for the NCAA Tournament by 3% from last year. Yesterday’s rating registered a 6.1, up from a 5.9 last year. In addition, the Tournament averaged 9.3 million viewers which was even with last year. […]
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Tonight on National Geographic Channel, it’s the fascinating program, “Finding The Lost DaVinci.” I saw a preview of this on Friday. This deals with the possible find of a lost Leonardo Da Vinci mural, thought to have been missing for 500 years, “The Battle of Anghiari.” One man has spent over 35 years looking for […]
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While I have a moment, let’s provide some rare Sunday links. The lovely Nicole Auerbach of USA Today notes that ESPN’s Bob Knight won’t mention Kentucky by name on the air. ESPN allows Knight to wear sweaters on the air instead of a suit and tie and now this. I don’t understand it. The Associated […]
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I know many of you won’t care about this, but in case you’re heading to London for the Olympics, I am going to post this press release from the BBC in regards to its Olympic hosts or as the network calls them, presenters. The main hosts will be Wimbledon presenter Sue Barker, Match of the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/17/2012
Just received this from the CBS/Turner consortium (I like writing “consortium”). Ratings for Friday were the highest for the second official day of the NCAA Tournament dating back to 1991. The ratings finished at a total of 5.4 for the CBS/TBS/TNT/truTV perfecta. That’s up 8% from last year’s 5.0. Average viewership was 8 million people, […]
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The press release is in. We have the tip times, networks and announcing assignments for the NCAA Tournament for the third round action on Sunday. CBS will have the first three games starting at 12:15 p.m. ET with Georgetown vs. North Carolina State from Columbus, OH. That will be followed by Michigan State-Saint Louis at […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/16/2012
The four games on four networks in one window is working for CBS/Turner. Thursday’s action saw a 5.3 rating and 7.7 million viewers on CBS/TBS/TNT and truTV. That’s up from a 5.0 and 7.4 million viewers last year. Here’s the press release from CBS/Turner Sports. 2012 NCAA® Division I Men’s Basketball Championship on TBS, CBS, […]
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Let’s do some megalinks on this Friday. My apologies for the lack of posts yesterday. The site was swamped with people linking to my post on How to Avoid Paying the $3.99 Fee For March Madness Live and it was down for most of the day. We seem to be ok today, although the site […]
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Saturday, March 17 Men’s National Invitational Tournament Second Round UMass at Seton Hall — ESPN,11 a.m. NCAA Tournament Third Round East Region Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh, PA Announcers: CBS/Turner — Kevin Harlan/Len Elmore/Reggie Miller/Marty Snider (sidelines); Dial Global Radio — Scott Graham/Kevin Grevey #1 Syracuse vs. Kansas State — CBS, 12:15 p.m. #2 Ohio State […]
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Saturday, March 17 Boxing World Championship Boxing: Middleweights, Sergio Martinez vs. Matthew Macklin & Edwin Rodriguez vs. Donovan George — HBO, 10 p.m. College Baseball Vanderbilt at Florida — CSS/Comcast SportsNet (Chicago/Mid-Atlantic), 1 p.m. Arkansas at Alabama — CSS/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 4 p.m. Mississippi State at LSU — CSS/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, 7 p.m. Virginia at […]
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Arena Football Georgia Force at Tampa Bay Storm — NFL Network, 8 p.m. College Basketball Men’s National Invitation Tournament 2nd Round Northwestern at Washington — ESPNU, 10 p.m. NCAA Tournament 2nd Round East Region Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN Announcers: CBS/Turner — Ian Eagle/Jim Spanarkel/Lewis Johnson (sidelines); Dial Global Radio — Brad Sham/Pete Gillen #6 Cincinnati […]
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Ok, it’s late, but we have the tip times and the announcing assignments for Saturday’s Third Round games in the NCAA Tournament. CBS has its traditional Saturday quadruple header. TBS and TNT will both have two games apiece. truTV won’t have a game on Saturday, but will have one on Sunday. CBS will begin the […]
