0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/17/2012
ESPN has an 17 game schedule and it’ll kick it off with an opening week doubleheader as it has since obtaining the MNF contract. And it’ll be an AFC doubleheader with the Cincinnati Bengals squaring off against the Baltimore Ravens and the San Diego Chargers battling the Oakland Raiders in the nightcap. Then ESPN has […]
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The NFL regular season schedules are being released and we have the press releases from the networks. Two networks get expanded schedules this season. NBC Sports will air 19 regular season games getting the Thanksgiving Night game that had been on NFL Network. We know that NBC will have the 2012 regular season opener between […]
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Thanks to Showtime, we have this sneak peek at this Saturday’s sneak peek at this season’s MLB reality show, “The Franchise: A Season with the Miami Marlins.” The sneak peek airs at 9 p.m. ET/PT this Saturday on Showtime. In this clip, we see the Marlins preparing for the new season in a new ballpark […]
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Starting tonight, National Geographic Channel begins a 10 part series on the Amish. More specifically, those Amish trying to integrate into American society and shunning the lives they’ve known. While some are gung-ho on leaving, others find that leaving the group is not as easy as thought. Nat Geo spent time with an ex-Amish community […]
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We’ve just about completed the first full week of the Stanley Cup Playoffs and we’re turning into the second half of the NHL Conference Semifinals for some series. Tonight, there will be three games, all spread out on the networks of Sports Group. CNBC, NBC Sports Network and NHL Network will share the wealth and […]
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Been crazy with the schedules again, but I’m giving you some linkage today because you’re owed some. Let’s get busy. Sports Business Daily notes the dueling NFL regular season schedule release shows on ESPN and NFL Network today. Terry Lefton of Sports Business Journal says Comcast wants to replicate the success of its “Xfinity Live!” […]
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This Saturday, Showtime and MLB Productions will give a sneak preview of its reality show, “The Franchise: A Season with the Miami Marlins.” Last season’s series on the San Francisco Giants went well for both parties so a second season was definitely in the cards. And with the Miami Marlins moving into a new ballpark […]
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The Emmy Award-winning newsmagazine, Real Sports returns to HBO tonight with three new stories and an update. As always, the show is extremely compelling and one of the best bastions of sports journalism today. In tonight’s edition, we get a profile of Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon, another on Los Angeles Lakers center Pau […]
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College Baseball Louisiana-Monroe at TCU — the mtn., 7:30 p.m. MLB American League Minnesota at New York Yankees — MLB Network/Fox Sports North/YES, 7 p.m. Tampa Bay at Toronto — Sun Sports/Rogers Sportsnet, 7 p.m. Texas at Boston — MLB Network/Fox Sports Southwest/NESN, 7 p.m. Baltimore at Chicago White Sox — MASN2/WCIU, 8 p.m. Detroit […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/16/2012
This is an interesting development. ESPN and the University of Southern California have jointly announced that all of the Trojans home games will aired nationally on ESPN Radio. This will be for all games played at the LA Memorial Coliseum or those games deemed as home games for the Trojans. USC becomes the second school […]
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This came much earlier today, but I was away from my computer for most of the day so I’m posting it now. NBC is crowing about the overnight ratings for the three NHL Stanley Cup Playoff games it aired this weekend. Sunday’s Game 3 annihilation of the Pittsburgh Penguins at the hand of the Philadelphia […]
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On April 5, the Paley Center in New York brought former ESPN SportsCenter anchors Dan Patrick and Keith Olbermann back to mark the 20th Anniversary of The Big Show. On April 5, 1992, Dan and Keith began a joyous era that lasted into the mid-1990’s. Their show transcended sports and became part of popular culture. […]
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Here are the announcing assignments for the NHL on NBC Sports Group Stanley Cup Playoffs through Wednesday of this week. We’ll continue to update the announcing assignments as they progress. I thank NBC Sports public relations for making this available to me. For games not listed, assume a simulcast through CBC, TSN or a Comcast […]
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Here’s something that was just announced by the National Football League. The entire 2012 regular season schedule will be made public at 7 p.m. Tuesday on NFL Network. The show is called aptly, “The 2012 Schedule Release Show” and it will last three hours. Rich Eisen hosts and he’ll be joined by NFL Network analysts […]
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We have a few press releases to post before dinnertime on the East Coast and I’ve been unable to get these to you until now. This is the slate of games on the NBC Sports Group for Day 6 of the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs. Three games tonight, two on NBC Sports Network and one […]
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CBS has announced that it will air the Notre Dame Fighting Irish taking on the Navy Midshipmen live from Dublin, Ireland on September 1. The regular SEC on CBS crew of Uncle Verne Lundquist, Gary Danielson and Tracy “The Wolf” Wolfson will call the game. Call it “Breakfast with the Irish.” CBS SPORTS TO BROADCAST […]
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To help you get through any last minute tax filing you have to do on Tuesday, TNT will air a special NBA doubleheader tomorrow night. The early game will have the Atlantic Division-leading Boston Celtics traveling to MSG to take on the New York Knicks and the late game will see the Southwest Division-leading San […]
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The WNBA Draft is being held at the ESPN World Headquarters in Bristol, CT today. The first round will air on ESPN2 at 2 p.m. ET followed by the second and third rounds on ESPNU at 3 p.m. All rounds will be simulcast on ESPN3. Pam Ward will host and she’ll be joined by Rebecca […]
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College Softball Georgia Tech at Florida State — ESPNU, 7 p.m. English Premier League Arsenal vs. Wigan Athletic — Fox Soccer, 3 p.m. Golf The Haney Project: The Last Workouts — Golf Channel, 9 p.m. Feherty: Annika Sorenstam — Golf Channel, 10 p.m. MLB American League Tampa Bay at Boston — Sun Sports/NESN, 11 a.m. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/15/2012
Tonight was one of the best Mad Men episodes ever. Lane Pryce tries to drum up some new business for Sterling, Cooper, Draper, Pryce, but needs Don, Pete and Roger to help bail him out. Pete entertains Don at an exclusive dinner party at his house. Pete also creeps us out while attending a driver’s […]
