Trying to provide two consecutive days of linkage, something I haven’t done in quite some time. Here we go. Pete Iacobelli of the Associated Press writes that Fox is still investigating the incident that caused a rope supporting its overhead...
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So Fox Sports 1 has been officially announced? What’s next? The launch on Saturday, August 17 which will include a NASCAR Truck Series race and a UFC card. During the event that introduced US version of Fox Sports 1 to...
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Erin Andrews left ESPN in July and signed with Fox. Since then, she’s been a studio host for college football, an on-field reporter during Fox’s MLB jewels and the NFL Postseason. This weekend, she was included in Fox’s Daytona 500...
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All Times Eastern Saturday, January 12 Pregame & Studio Shows NFL Matchup — ESPN, 6:30 a.m. Sunday NFL Countdown — ESPN, 10 a.m. First on the Field — NFL Network, 10 a.m. NFL GameDay Morning — NFL Network, noon The...
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Fox Sports has the last game of NFL Wild Card Weekend, Seattle at Washington at 4:30 p.m. The network’s “A” team of Joe Buck, Troy Aikman and Pam Oliver will be joined by Erin Andrews for the entire run of...
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Tonight, a non-BCS bowl takes center stage on the college football scene. The Cotton Bowl live from Arlington, TX will hit the air at 8 p.m. Gus Johnson and Charles Davis will have the call from high above Cowboys Stadium....
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All Times Eastern Saturday, January 5 Pregame & Studio Shows NFL Matchup — ESPN2, 8:30 a.m. First on the Field — NFL Network, 10 a.m. Sunday NFL Countdown — ESPN, 11 a.m. NFL GameDay Morning — NFL Network, noon Football...
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Time for the look back at the Year in Sports Media in 2012. Lots of great stuff. The year has been very interesting and we have seen a lot of things. Just doing a Top Ten is never enough for...
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With another college football regular season over and another bowl season about to begin, it’s time to go hand out the college football TV awards once again. As Fox increases its presence in college football thanks to its new contracts...
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All Times Eastern Pregame and Studio Shows NFL GameDay Morning — NFL Network, 10 a.m. The NFL Today — CBS, noon Fox NFL Sunday — Fox, 4 p.m. NFL GameDay Scoreboard — NFL Network, 4 p.m. NFL Total Access —...
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Believe it or not, college basketball starts this week, Friday to be exact. There will be several special games to tip off the season and one includes the “Battle on the Midway,” a game between San Diego State and Syracuse...
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Time to provide some sports media thoughts as we begin another workweek. Of course, they will be in bullet form. What was once the place for sports networks to convene to put pressure on cable has suddenly become the place...
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Fox Sports is back to air the entire World Series, no matter how far it goes. Fox’s history with the World Series dates back to 1996 and since 2000, the network has aired the Fall Classic consecutively and will continue...
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It’s been too long since I’ve done a links post and why not do this with a Friday megalink post. Your Weekend Viewing Picks have all of my sports and entertainment suggestions. Now to your linkage. National Michael Hiestand of...
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With the League Division Series over, it’s time for the League Championship Series which begin on Saturday. TBS airs the American League Championship Series. Fox has the National League Championship Series. ESPN Radio has both series. Here’s the schedule and...
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Starting on Sunday, Fox Sports airs the National League Championship Series. Joe Buck and Tim McCarver will be on the case, calling all the action from the booth. Erin Andrews joins the MLB on Fox fray from the college football...
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A few sports media thoughts on this Monday. Yes, they’re in bullet form. I finally had an opportunity to see Fox’s college football production on Saturday. While Gus Johnson and Charles Davis were on top of their form for Nebraska-UCLA,...
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I hope to be doing this for you before each week of the NFL regular season and into the postseason. I’ll give you a few facts and pick a couple of games from each network to watch. So let’s give...
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Let’s provide the announcing assignments, regional splits plus a preview of what will be seen on the premiere of Fox NFL Sunday at noon ET on September 9. There are a couple of newbies on Fox’s pregame show this Sunday,...
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This being the last Sunday of 2012 without the NFL, let’s go over a few tweaks to the television experience this season. SUNDAY LATE AFTERNOON GAMES START AT 4:25 P.M. ET After numerous complaints about breaking away from NFL cut-ins...
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I wanted to do a piece of site business before doing some rare Sunday linkage and rare linkage in general. Thanks to you, August was the best month ever as far as site visits are concerned. Whether it was due...
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Let’s do the Thursday linkage. We’re doing well so far this week, knock on wood. Austin Karp of Sports Business Journal reports NBC’s overnight rating for Wednesday’s Olympic Primetime was up from Beijing. Tripp Mickle of Sports Business Journal says...
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Fox Sports has unveiled the announcing teams for the upcoming college football season. With Fox, FX, Fox Sports Net, Fox College Sports and Big Ten Network all carrying games, Fox has a lot of announcing teams. Returning are Gus Johnson...
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It’ll be called Fox College Football, naturally. It’ll be hosted by Erin Andrews and joining her as analysts will be former Heisman Trophy winner Eddie George and former quarterback Joey Harrington. George has worked at Fox Sports as an analyst...
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Olympics start today with women’s soccer and there’s more soccer action tomorrow on the men’s side. Let’s bring you some linkage before I get distracted by the live streaming. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand reports that Erin Andrews will get some...
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Time for the links on this Wednesday. Let’s check out what we have. Marisa Guthrie of the Hollywood Reporter talks with NBC’s Bob Costas about the Olympics, Jerry Sandusky and being short. That’s right. Daniel Kaplan from the Sports Business...
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I was expecting to be out of the office today, but with the temperatures over 90 in Southern New England, being inside with air conditioning is probably the way to go today. I hope wherever you are, you’re staying cool...
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Let’s do a few sports media thoughts and a couple non-sports thoughts. They’re in bullet form, of course. Fox did its usual good job in covering the MLB All-Star Game. The production was spot on. Joe Buck was decent. Ken...
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Let’s do some links. Couldn’t get to them yesterday. Time to grind some out today. Michael Hiestand of USA Today says ESPN won’t be an oasis away from political advertising this fall. Michael also has the ratings on Wimbledon and...
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Time for Friday linkage. The Weekend Viewing Picks have your sports and entertainment suggestions. Let’s get cracking. National Michael Hiestand from USA Today looks at TNT’s plans to go mostly split-screen during breaks for Saturday’s NASCAR race. Tom Perrotta of...
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