0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/9/2014
Executives at Fox Sports are doing backflips and handstands in the hallways this week. Thanks to the MLB Postseason, Fox Sports 1 has been seeing increased viewership. The network has been setting viewership records and Tuesday night was not an exception. After hitting a viewership record on Saturday, Fox Sports 1 did it again on […]
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All Times Eastern Thursday, October 9 8:30 p.m. Indianapolis at Houston — Ian Eagle/Rod Woodson//Laura Okmin Sunday, October 12 1 p.m. New England at Buffalo — Chris Carrino/Brian Baldinger Green Bay at Miami — Ryan Ruocco/Bill Polian//Ian Fitzsimmons Carolina at Cincinnati — Larry Kahn/John Robinson//Troy West Denver at New York Jets — Dave Sims/Rod Woodson […]
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All Times Eastern Byes: Kansas City and New Orleans Thursday, October 9 Studio and Pregame Shows Around the NFL — NFL Network, 2 p.m. NFL Insiders — ESPN, 3 p.m. NFL Live — ESPN, 4 p.m. NFL Fantasy Live — NFL Network, 5 p.m. Fantasy Football Live — NBCSN, 6 p.m. NFL Total Access Kickoff […]
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College Football BYU at Central Florida — ESPN, 7:30 p.m. Hampton at North Carolina A&T — ESPNU, 7:30 p.m. Minnesota State at Winona State — CBS Sports Network, 8 p.m. BTN Football & Beyond 2014 — Big Ten Network, noon CFB Daily — ESPNU, 1 p.m. College Football Live — ESPN, 2:30 p.m. College Football […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/8/2014
If you’re an NHL fan, you may already have noticed that NHL Network has picked up Sportsnet’s Hockey Central’s radio simulcast at noon ET. This will be the first of several programs that NHLN will simulcast from the league’s new Canadian TV partner. Weeknights, NHL Network will air the Hockey Central nightly recap show. On […]
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Boxing IBF Middleweight Title Fight, Beau Rivage Resort & Casino, Biloxi, MS Sam Soliman vs. Jermain Taylor — ESPN2, 9 p.m. College Football BTN Football & Beyond 2014 — Big Ten Network, noon CFB Daily — ESPNU, 1 p.m. College Football Live — ESPN, 2:30 p.m. ESPNU Film Room — ESPNU, 6:30 p.m. 2014 College […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/7/2014
College Football BTN Football & Beyond 2014 — Big Ten Network, noon CFB Daily — ESPNU, 1 p.m. College Football Live — ESPN, 2:30 p.m. College Football Featured — ESPNU, 4:30 p.m. Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 8 p.m. College Volleyball Women’s Baylor at Texas — Longhorn Network, 8 p.m. Golf Playing Lessons […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/6/2014
ESPN may have lost the World Cup and chose not to go after the NCAA Tournament, but it did get what it has coveted since 2002, and that is continued rights to the National Basketball Association. In a nine year deal that covers the period between the 2016-17 and 2024-25 seasons, ESPN and ABC will […]
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Ok, the new media rights deals for the National Basketball Association have been announced. Let’s first start with Turner Sports which has maintained a relationship with the Association dating back to 1984. With this being its 30th year of the marriage, this new agreement will ensure that the NBA and Turner will stay together through […]
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College Football BTN Football & Beyond 2014 — Big Ten Network, noon CFB Daily — ESPNU, 1 p.m. College Football Live — ESPN2, 2:30 p.m. Final Verdict — ESPNU, 4:30 p.m. Great8 Plays — ESPNU, 5;30 p.m. ESPNU Championship Drive — ESPNU, 6 p.m. Golf The Golf Fix — Golf Channel, 7 p.m. Junior PGA […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/5/2014
Let’s start this thing. What’s new? Well, almost a full slate of Sunday games. Only Miami and Oakland are off this week. They’re recovering after playing in London last week. Any crossover games? Yes just one. Buffalo is at Detroit. Last year, that would have been on CBS. This year, it’s on Fox at 1 […]
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Basketball 2014 FIBA World Championships for Women Final Spain vs. USA — ESPN2, 2 p.m. College Football Championship Drive: Who’s In? — ESPN, 8:30 p.m. College Soccer Men’s Maryland at Northwestern — Big Ten Network, 1 p.m. Cal at Oregon State — Pac-12 Networks, 6 p.m. Stanford at Washington — Pac-12 Networks, 8 p.m. Women’s […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/4/2014
The first-ever games of the MLB Postseason on Fox Sports 1 set a viewership record on the network. In particular, Game 1 of the St. Louis Cardinals-Los Angeles Dodgers gave FS1 its highest numbers in the young history of the network. The game drew 3.595 million which broke the previous record of 3.526 million set […]
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Basketball 2014 FIBA World Championships for Women Semifinal, Istanbul, Turkey Australia vs. United States — NBA TV, 2 p.m. CFL Edmonton Eskimos at Toronto Argonauts — TSN/ESPN3, 4 p.m. BC Lions at Hamilton Tiger-Cats — TSN/ESPN3, 7 p.m. College Football Viewing Picks College Volleyball Women’s Santa Clara at BYU — BYUtv, 10 p.m. College Water […]
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All Times Eastern Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports Announcing assignments courtesy of Eye on Sky and Air Sports Studio and Pregame Shows College GameDay live from Oxford, MS — ESPN, 9 a.m.Fox Sports Live: Countdown to Kickoff — Fox Sports 1, 9 a.m. SEC Nation live from Starkville, MS — SEC Network, 10 a.m. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/3/2014
Basketball 2014 FIBA World Championships for Women Quarterfinals, Istanbul, Turkey USA vs. France — NBA, 2 p.m. CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers at Ottawa Redblacks — TSN/ESPN3, 7 p.m. Calgary Stampeders at Saskatchewan Roughriders — TSN/ESPN2, 10 p.m. College Field Hockey Ohio State at Maryland — Big Ten Network, 3:30 p.m. College Football Lafayette at Fordham […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/2/2014
Coming up in November, CBS will air a documentary which will honor Verne Lundquist’s 50 years in broadcasting. Throughout his career, Lundquist has had the opportunity to call some of the greatest moments in sports history including Jack Nicklaus’ birdie at the 17th hole at August to win the 1986 Masters®, Christian Laettner’s shot to […]
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This came yesterday and I’m finally posting this. It’s the announcement from the National Football League and satellite provider DirecTV extending their agreement for out-of-market pay NFL Sunday Ticket package. While the announcement does not mention any financial details, reports indicate that this is an eight-year deal and will cost DirecTV $1.5 billion annually. With […]
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Two of ESPN’s standout college basketball analysts have signed new contracts this week. ESPN on-air original Dick Vitale has signed a new agreement to remain with the network through the 2016=17 season. It means that Vitale will continue to work marquee games and the NCAA Final Four for ESPN International which is seen globally except […]
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The Wild Card game is in its third year of existence and first on ESPN. Well, the combination of a Wild Card game on ESPN led to a record rating and viewership. Despite an 8-0 blowout, the San Francisco-Pittsburgh Pirates game resulted in a 3.6 rating and a viewership of 5.591 million, the highest in […]
