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New Year’s Day Viewing Picks

College Basketball Men’s BYU at Santa Clara — BYUtv, 5 p.m. Women’s Santa Clara at BYU — BYUtv, 2:30 p.m. College Football Viewing Picks English Premier League Stoke City vs. Manchester United — NBCSN, 7:45 a.m. Aston Villa vs. Crystal Palace — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m. Hull City vs. Everton — Premier League […]

College Football Viewing Picks for 01/01/2015

All Times Eastern Studio and Pregame Shows College GameDay on ESPN Radio — ESPN2, 6 a.m. College GameDay live from the Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA — ESPN, 10 a.m. SEC Nation live from the Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, LA — SEC Network, 10 a.m. BTN Football Pregame 2014: Bowl Edition — Big Ten Network, 11 […]

The Big Dozen Sports Media Stories of 2014, Part I

It’s that time of year once again to look back at the stories that made the Big Dozen list. If you’re new here and wonder why it’s called the Big Dozen? It’s a tribute to where I used to work, WPRI-TV on the border of East Providence, RI and Seekonk, MA. My good friend, John […]

Wednesday’s Sports Media Notebook — 12/31/2014

The last notebook of the year quite a bit of stuff. Not much linkage out there, but plenty of news out there and News You Can Use. BREAKING NEWS CBS has announced that it will once again stream all of its AFC Playoff games for desktop and laptop computers and tablets beginning with Sunday’s Wild […]

New Year’s Eve Viewing Picks

College Basketball Men’s Tulsa at Central Florida — ESPNU, noon Tulane at East Carolina — ESPNews, noon St. John’s at Seton Hall — Fox Sports 1, noon Penn State at Wisconsin — Big Ten Network, 1 p.m. Temple at UConn — ESPN2, 1 p.m. East Tennessee State at Tennessee — SEC Network, 1 p.m. Houston […]

The 8th Annual Fang’s Bites NFL TV Awards

Hard to believe that this is the 8th year of the awards. While some announcers and networks are constants in the NFL, other announcers just come and go. It’s here where we recognize the Best and Worst in NFL announcing and production. There are some new winners and here which is a good thing. Unlike […]

Tuesday’s Sports Media Notebook — 12/30/2014

It’s been a long time since I’ve done one of these. You deserve better from me and I apologize for the lack of posts. Life has gotten in the way. I’ve become a caregiver for my parents as they’ve gotten older. If you follow me

Tuesday’s Viewing Picks

Boxing Boxing’s Best of 2014 Marquez vs. Alvarado — HBO, 11:30 p.m. Klitschko vs. Pulev (finale) — HBO, 12:25 a.m. (Wednesday) College Basketball Men’s Northwestern at Rutgers — ESPNU, noon Iowa at Ohio State — ESPN2, 1 p.m. Virginia Tech at West Virginia — ESPNU, 2 p.m. Illinois at Michigan — ESPN2, 3 p.m. Cincinnati […]

Monday’s Viewing Picks

Boxing Boxing’s Best of 2014 Cotto vs. Martinez — HBO, 11:30 p.m. Crawford vs. Gamboa — HBO, 12:15 a.m. (Tuesday) College Basketball Men’s Rice at Texas — Longhorn Network, 1 p.m. Toledo at Duke — ESPN2, 7 p.m. Southern Mississippi at LSU — SEC Network, 7 p.m. Mount St. Mary’s at Old Dominion — American […]

2014 NFL Wild Card Weekend & Divisional Weekend Playoff Schedule

Ok, the National Football League has announced the schedules for the Wild Card and Divisional Playoff Weekends. On Saturday, January 3, ESPN kicks off the action with Arizona at Carolina at 4:30 p.m. Then NBC takes the nightcap at 8:15 p.m. ET with Pittsburgh hosting a Wild Card game as the AFC North Champ against […]

The 8th Annual Fang’s Bites NFL TV Awards Nominees

Time to post the nominees for the 8th Annual Fang’s Bites NFL TV Awards. There are some usual suspects here and a few newbies. We’ll hand the awards on Tuesday, December 30. The Pat Summerall Award for Best Play-by-Play: Kevin Burkhardt (Fox), Ian Eagle (CBS), Kevin Harlan (CBS), Al Michaels (NBC), Mike Tirico (ESPN) Best […]

Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, December 27 College Basketball Viewing Picks College Football Viewing Picks Golf Golf Central Special: Men’s Major Review — Golf Channel, 6 p.m. Hockey 2015 IIHF World Junior Championship Preliminary Round Group B, Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Denmark vs. Sweden — TSN/NHL Network (US), 1 p.m. Switzerland vs. Czech Republic — TSN3/NHL Network […]

College Football Viewing Picks for 12/27/2014

All Times Eastern Military Bowl, Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, MD Virginia Tech vs. Cincinnati — ESPN1/ESPN Radio, 1 p.m. ESPN: Beth Mowins/Joey Galloway//Paul Carcaterra ESPN Radio: Eamon McAnaney/Jay Walker Sun Bowl, Sun Bowl Stadium, El Paso, TX Duke vs. Arizona State — CBS/Sports USA Radio Network, 2 p.m. CBS: Carter Blackburn/Gary Danielson//Allie LaForce Sports […]

College Basketball Viewing Picks, 12/27-28/2014

All Times Eastern Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports on TV Announcing announcements courtesy of Eye on Sky and Air Sports Saturday, December 27 Men’s noon Georgetown vs. Indiana at New York, NY — ESPN2 (Bob Wischusen/Seth Greenburg) Maine at Seton Hall — Fox Sports 1 (Jim Davis/Jim Spanarkel) 1 p.m. North Carolina-Wilmington at Minnesota […]

Boxing Day Viewing Picks

College Football Heart of Dallas Bowl, Cotton Bowl Stadium, Dallas, TX Illinois vs. Louisiana Tech — ESPN, 1 p.m. Quick Lane Bowl, Ford Field, Detroit, MI Rutgers vs. North Carolina — ESPN, 4:30 p.m. St. Petersburg Bowl, Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, FL North Carolina vs. Central Florida — ESPN, 8 p.m. Crunch Time: Playoff Special […]

Christmas Day Viewing Picks

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! College Basketball Men’s Diamond Head Classic, Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, HI 5th Place Game DePaul vs. Loyola Marymount — ESPN3, 1:30 p.m. 7th Place Game Ohio vs. Nebraska — ESPNU, 4 p.m. 3rd Place Game Colorado vs. Hawaii — ESPN2, 6:30 p.m. Championship Game George Washington vs. Wichita State — ESPN2, 9 p.m. […]

NFL Radio Games for Week 17 of the 2014 Season

All Times Eastern Sunday, December 28 1 p.m. Dallas at Washington — Kevin Ray/Danny White Cleveland at Baltimore — Adam Amin/Doug Plank San Diego at Kansas City — Kevin Lee/Rod Woodson 4:25 p.m. Oakland at Denver — Greg Papa/Tom Flores//Lincoln Kennedy Carolina at Atlanta — Marc Kestecher/Bill Polian//Ian Fitzsimmons St. Louis at Seattle — Larry […]

Wednesday’s Viewing Picks

College Football Bahamas Bowl, Thomas A. Robinson Stadium, Nassau, Bahamas Central Michigan vs. Western Kentucky — ESPN, noon Hawaii Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI Fresno State vs. Rice — ESPN, 8 p.m. All SEC on CBS Team: Julio Jones: Alabama vs. Auburn 11/26/10 — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m. ESPNU Film Room: College Football Playoff […]

NFL Viewing Picks for Week 17 of the 2014 Season

All Times Eastern Sunday, December 28 NFL Viewing Maps (the506.com) DirecTV NFL Sunday Ticket Channel Assignments Studio and Pregame Shows NFL Matchup — ESPN, 6:30 a.m. NFL GameDay First — NFL Network, 7 a.m. That Other Pregame Show — CBS Sports Network, 9 a.m. NFL GameDay Morning — NFL Network, 9 a.m. Sunday NFL Countdown […]

DirecTV and Disney Sign Long-Term Agreement; Adds WatchESPN and Longhorn Network

This is a nice present to DirecTV subscribers which includes your humble blogger. The satellite provider and the Walt Disney Company have signed a comprehensive, multi-year deal that includes ESPN and its vast family of networks. Not only does it keep ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNews, ESPN Deportes and SEC Network on the system’s lineup, it […]

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