0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/31/2012
CBS Sports Radio has unveiled its full weekend lineup that will begin this week. As you’re aware by now, CBS Sports Radio begins full operation on January 2 with a weekday lineup that includes Dana Jacobson, Tiki Barber, John Feinstein, Jim Rome, Doug Gottlieb, Chris Moore, Scott Farrell and Damon Amendolara. CBS and its partner, […]
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The NFL’s strategy of putting a winner-take-all game on the last Sunday night of the regular season is a successful one. Last night’s Dallas-Washington game for the NFC East title turned out to be the highest-rated primetime game in the history of NBC’s Sunday night package. It’s also the highest-rated primetime game on any network […]
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As we approach the long-awaited college football playoff in 2015, the BCS is still in effect and ESPN will air the entire five game sequence which includes the National Championship Game on January 7. The BCS begins on Tuesday with the Rose Bowl and the Orange Bowl. It then proceeds to the Sugar Bowl on […]
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The 79th annual Sun Bowl will air on the CBS Television Network this afternoon. Georgia Tech will take on USC at 2 p.m. today. Uncle Verne Lundquist and Gary Danielson will call the game with Tracy Wolfson manning the sidelines. This marks the 45th consecutive year that CBS has aired the game in El Paso, […]
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College Basketball Men’s Cincinnati at Pittsburgh — ESPN2, noon Florida A&M at Texas Tech — Fox Sports Southwest/Fox Sports Arizona/Fox Sports Detroit/Fox College Sports Atlantic, 1 p.m. Michigan State at Minnesota — ESPN2, 2 p.m. South Dakota at Kansas State — Fox Sports Midwest/Fox Sports North/Fox Sports Wisconsin/Fox Sports Prime Ticket/Fox College Sports Pacific, 2 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/30/2012
We now conclude our Sunday NFL pregame quotage with Football Night in America. We’re done for the night. “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” NOTES & QUOTES – WEEK 17 “Adrian Peterson is the sole reason why this team made the playoffs.” – Rodney Harrison “He wanted Indianapolis and he’s got them now.” – Tony Dungy on […]
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Let’s continue the Sunday NFL pregame show quotage with Fox NFL Sunday. FOX NFL SUNDAY NOTES – 12/30/12 Bradshaw: Bears Would Be Worst Team In Playoffs Long: “Peyton Manning is MVP. Adrian Peterson is offensive player of the year.” Glazer Reports On Future Employment of Several NFL Head Coaches ————————————————————————————————– Co-host Terry Bradshaw believes that […]
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Now, it’s time for CBS’ quotage from The NFL Today. Last one of the regular season. NEWS, NOTES & QUOTES FROM CBS SPORTS’ “THE NFL TODAY” WITH JAMES BROWN, DAN MARINO, SHANNON SHARPE, BILL COWHER AND BOOMER ESIASON FOR WEEK 17 ON DECEMBER 30 GREG GUMBEL INTERVIEWS COLTS HEAD COACH CHUCK PAGANO THE NFL ON […]
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The National Football League has provided the schedules for the next two weekends of playoff action. NBC’s Wild Card Saturday doubleheader kicks off on January 5 with Cincinnati at Houston for the second year in a row. The nightcap in primetime will be Minnesota at Green Bay as those two teams meet for the second […]
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Technically played in 2013, but you get the idea. This was just announced by the National Football League. Saturday, January 5, 2013 Cincinnati at Houston — NBC, 4:30 p.m. (Dan Hicks/Mike Mayock/Alex Flanagan) Minnesota at Green Bay — NBC, 8 p.m. (Al Michaels/Cris Collinsworth/Michele Tafoya) Sunday, January 6, 2013 Indianapolis at Baltimore — CBS, 1 […]
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Let’s do our last set of Sunday NFL pregame quotage for the regular season. As usual, we begin with NFL Network’s pair of pregame shows that began at 7 a.m. ET with First on the Field. Get ready to scroll as the NFL Network press release lists the quotes from First on the Field and […]
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So it’s over? Well, the regular season will be after tonight. Once Sunday Night Football is over, it’ll be the playoffs starting next Saturday with the Wild Card round. Are there any blackouts this week? Yes, in Buffalo where Western New York won’t see the New York Jets-Bills game. That is the only blackout for […]
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Now to our last NFL preview, NBC’s look at Sunday Night Football which will involve the NFC East blood rivalry between Dallas and Washington. This will be the battle for the NFC East. This is not necessarily “loser go home” as the DC NFL Team can still make the playoffs with a loss depending on […]
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Ok, we move to NFL Network and its pregame shows on Sunday. It all begins at 7 a.m. ET with First on the Field with co-hosts Melissa Stark and Sterling Sharpe live from the NFL Films studios in New Jersey. Melissa Stark Examines the Dallas Cowboys – Washington Redskins Historic Rivalry on First on the […]
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Let’s take a look at what we have from Fox Sports for Week 17. Lots of stuff to go over. And Fox has a doubleheader for the last week of the regular season. FOX SPORTS NOTES, QUOTES & ANECDOTES Vikings Playoff Hopes & Peterson’s Quest for Single-Season Rushing Record on the Line Sunday as FOX […]
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Let’s move to the NFL Today on CBS. For the Week 17 edition, former host Greg Gumbel talks with Indianapolis Colts coach Chuck Pagano about his return to the sidelines after being diagnosed with leukemia in Week 3. As you’re well aware, Pagano had to step aside while offensive coordinator Bruce Arians become interim head […]
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As we have reached the end of the NFL regular season, all that’s left is playoff positioning and the schedule for Wild Card Weekend. We’ll get that at the end of Sunday’s action, but first, there are 16 games to be played on Sunday. ESPN will air its final regular season edition of Sunday NFL […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/29/2012
College Basketball Viewing Picks College Football ESPNU Film Room: BCS National Championship — ESPNU, 6 p.m. College Hockey Great Lakes Invitational, Detroit, MI Championship Michigan Tech vs. Western Michigan — Fox Sports Detroit Plus/MSG Plus, 7 p.m. Mariucci Classic, Minneapolis, MN Boston College at Minnesota — Fox Sports North, 8 p.m. English Premier League Everton […]
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Boxing Showtime Sports: Best of Showtime Boxing 2012 — Showtime, 10:30 a.m. Boxing’s Best of 2012: Rios vs. Alvarado — HBO, 11 p.m. Boxing’s Best of 2012: Pacquaio vs. Marquez 4 — HBO, 11:40 p.m. College Basketball Viewing Picks College Football Armed Forces Bowl, Fort Worth, TX Rice vs. Air Force — ESPN, 11:45 a.m. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/28/2012
It’s official. News Corp. has completed its purchase of regional sports network, Sports Time Ohio and it includes a long-term agreement for the rights to the Cleveland MLB Team. STO had held the rights since 2006. Previously, the rights had been held by Fox Sports Ohio. No financial terms have been announced, but John Ourand […]
