Monthly Archives: December 2012

ESPN Sees Best Viewership For Christmas Day NBA Games Since 2004

ESPN saw its best viewership for its three NBA games on Christmas Day in eight years. Averaging 2.8 million viewers and a household rating of 2.0, ESPN saw double digit rises as compared to 2010. Last year, ESPN had two games as Christmas Day opened the 2011-12 season due to the lockout (remember that?). Let’s […]

REPORT: Fox Sports To Purchase Sports Time Ohio

With the proverbial Fiscal Cliff approaching in just a few days, Fox Sports and its owner, News Corp., was in a rush to get this deal done. It appears that Fox Sports will purchase Sports Time Ohio, owned by the Dolan family in the range of $200-250 million as reported this morning by Sports Business […]

NFL Viewing Picks For Week 17, 12/30/2012

All Times Eastern NFL Viewing Maps (the506.com) Pregame & Studio Shows First on the Field — NFL Network, 7 a.m. NFL Matchup — ESPN2, 8:30 a.m. NFL GameDay Morning — NFL Network, 9 a.m. Sunday NFL Countdown — ESPN, 10 a.m. Fantasy Football Today — CBS Sports Network, 11 a.m. Fantasy Football Now — ESPN2, […]

College Basketball Viewing Picks For 12/29 & 12/30/12, All Times Eastern

Men’s schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports Saturday, December 29 Studio Shows ACC Basketball Pre Season Tip-Off Show — ACC Network, check your local listings 75 Years of March Madness: Behind the Mic — CBS, 2 p.m. 75 Years of March Madness: A Coach’s Perspective — CBS, 3 p.m. Big Ten Finale ’12-’13 — Big […]

Friday's Viewing Picks

Boxing Boxing’s Best of 2012: DeMarco vs. Broner — HBO, 11 p.m Boxing’s Best of 2012: Ward vs. Dawson — HBO, 11:40 p.m. College Basketball Men’s Stony Brook at Seton Hall — Big East Network, 7 p.m. Providence at Brown — NBC Sports Network, 7 p.m. North Carolina A&T at Texas Tech — Fox Sports […]

ESPN College GameDay Prepares For The BCS National Championship

Starting on January 1, ESPN’s College GameDay will be live from four of the five BCS games including the Big One, the BCS National Championship game in South Florida on January 7. College GameDay will begin its cross-country odyssey in Pasadena, CA by doing two shows on New Year’s Day live from the Rose Bowl. […]

MLB Network Has The World Series Umpires Mic'd Up

I wish this documentary had come out sooner. Tonight, MLB Network premieres a new behind-the-scenes film produced by MLB Productions. This has all six World Series umpires miked and the film shows what each man is saying either behind the plate, on the field or inside their clubhouse. This film is called “The Third Team: […]

Sports Media Weekly No. 131 — 2012 Sports Media Year in Review

This was a project that was quite close to my heart and it worked out quite well. Just about everyone I called was very receptive to providing their sports media stories of 2012 and their sports media predictions for 2013. I couldn’t ask for anything better. We have a multitude of sports media writers and […]

Primetime & Late Night Viewing Picks

Boxing Boxing’s Best of 2012: Guerrero vs. Berto — HBO, 11 p.m. College Basketball Men’s Northern Arizona at BYU — BYU TV, 9 p.m. New Mexico at Cincinnati — ESPN2, 9 p.m. College Football Military Bowl, Washington, DC Bowling Green vs. San Jose State — ESPN, 3 p.m. Belk Bowl, Charlotte, NC Cincinnati vs. Duke […]

Boxing Day Viewing Picks

Boxing Boxing’s Best of 2012: Chavez, Jr. vs. Martinez — HBO, 11 p.m. College Football Little Caesar’s Pizza Bowl, Detroit, MI Central Michigan vs. Western Kentucky — ESPN, 7:30 p.m. College Football Live — ESPN, 3:30 p.m. College Football Live — ESPN, 7 p.m. English Premier League Manchester United vs. Newcastle United — ESPN2, 9:55 […]

Nominees for 6th Annual Fang's Bites NFL TV Awards

Merry Christmas! Happy to provide you with the nominees for this year’s NFL TV Awards. Last year’s nominees ended up this way. And later, this was the result for the 2011 season. Let’s take a look at the nominees in each category. Best Play-by-Play: Ian Eagle (CBS), Kevin Harlan (CBS), Al Michaels (NBC), Brad Nessler […]

Christmas Day Viewing Picks

Boxing Boxing’s Best of 2012: Mayweather vs. Cotto — HBO, 11 p.m. College Basketball Men’s Diamond Head Classic, Honolulu, HI 7th Place Game: San Francisco vs. East Tennessee State — ESPN3, 2 p.m. 5th Place Game: Mississippi vs. Hawaii — ESPNU, 4:30 p.m. 3rd Place Game: Indiana State vs. Miami (FL) — ESPN2, 7:30 p.m. […]

Dana Jacobson Returns to TV as Guest Host of "ROME" This Wednesday

She left ESPN in March and it was announced last month that she’ll be part of CBS Sports Radio’s morning drive show with Brandon Tierney and Tiki Barber in January. On the day after Christmas, Boxing Day to Aussies, Brits, Canadians and Kiwis, former First Take co-host Dana Jacobson makes her return to sports television […]

ESPN/ABC Combine For Five NBA Christmas Day Games

In what has become a tradition, ESPN and ABC will combine to show give NBA games on Christmas Day. ESPN will start everything with the Celtics-Nets game at Barclays Center tipping off just after noon ET. Then ABC carries an afternoon doubleheader, Knicks at Lakers called by Mike Breen and Jeff Van Gundy at 3 […]

Christmas Eve Viewing Picks

College Football Hawaii Bowl, Honolulu, HI SMU vs. Fresno State — ESPN, 8 p.m. College Football Live — ESPN2, 3:30 p.m. Inside College Football: Stories of the Year — CBS Sports Network, 7:30 p.m. College Football Live — ESPN, 7:30 Golf Golf Central Special: PGA Tour 2013 Special — Golf Channel, 6 p.m. MLB Baseball: […]

NBC's Football Night in America Quotage for Week 16 of the 2012 NFL Season

Now we conclude our Sunday NFL pregame quotage with Football Night in America. Lots of quotes made by the cast and let’s post it now. “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” NOTES & QUOTES – WEEK 16 “You don’t know week to week which Dallas Cowboys team will show up.” – Rodney Harrison “et every scout in […]

ESPN's Sunday NFL Countdown Quotage For Week 16 of the 2012 NFL Season

We conclude the early Sunday NFL pregame show quotes with Sunday NFL Countdown from ESPN. Let’s take a look at what was said this morning. ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown Notes and Quotes: Week 16 ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown host Chris Berman and analysts Cris Carter, Mike Ditka, Tom Jackson and Keyshawn Johnson previewed today’s week 16 […]

NBC's Football Night in America Previews Interviews For Week 16 of 2012 NFL Season

On tonight’s Football Night in America on NBC, host Bob Costas talks with San Francisco 49ers tight end Vernon Davis and Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson. We have the partial transcripts of each interview in the following press release. “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” PREVIEW – WEEK 16 Bob Costas Interviews Seahawks QB Russell Wilson and […]

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