0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/29/2013
Let’s complete the Sunday NFL pregame quotage with the Football Night in America post from NBC. NOTES & QUOTES FROM “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” — WEEK 4 “Seattle and Denver clearly are the best teams in the league.” – Rodney Harrison “He is the best quarterback I have ever faced. He is the best quarterback […]
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In advance of tonight’s New England at Atlanta game on NBC, Football Night in America will feature interviews with former San Diego and New England safety Rodney Harrison interviewing Falcons wide receivers Roddy White and Julio Jones. Football Night in America will also feature an interview with Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. As usual, Bob Costas […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/26/2013
Thursday, September 26 Studio & Pregame Shows Around the League Live — 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. NFL Total Access Kickoff: Thursday Night Football Preview — NFL Network, 6 p.m. NFL Prekick Show — NFL Network, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/22/2013
Let’s provide you the last set of quotage for the night. We end with NBC’s Football Night in America. NOTES & QUOTES FROM “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” — WEEK 3 “He will enter an inpatient facility to undergo substance abuse rehab and obviously he will not play Thursday night.” – Peter King on 49ers LB […]
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In advance of tonight’s Chicago-Pittsburgh Sunday Night Football game, Bob Costas will have an interview with Bears wide receiver Brandon Marshall in which he will state that he loves quarterback Jay Cutler. Here’s a partial transcript. BOB COSTAS INTERVIEWS BRANDON MARSHALL Football Night in America Preview – Week 3 “He’s one of my best friends. […]
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And with the Chicago Bears taking on the Pittsburgh Steelers, NBC has its preview of the premier primetime game of the week. Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth and Michele Tafoya will be at Heinz Field for the game. Bob Costas will be at the game to host Football Night in America and he’ll be joined by […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/15/2013
We finish the quotage from the Sunday NFL pregame shows with NBC’s Football Night in America. Take a look at what was said during Sunday night’s edition. NOTES & QUOTES FROM “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” — WEEK 2 “We don’t know what a legitimate hit is anymore.” – Dan Patrick “Defensive players have to be […]
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In advance of tonight’s San Fransisco-Seattle game on Sunday Night Football, NBC’s Bob Costas speaks with the 49ers’ wide receiver Anquan Boldin and Seahawks defensive back Richard Sherman. We have a partial transcript of the interviews that will be aired on Football Night in America which begins at 7 p.m. ET on the National Broadcasting […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/8/2013
Let’s close out the Sunday NFL pregame quotage with NBC’s Football Night in America. Some good quotage here. NOTES & QUOTES FROM “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” — WEEK 1 “I’m concerned that defensive coaches are going to say, ‘We’re going to have to go low.’” – Tony Dungy on helmet hits “Today proved that they’re […]
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Tonight in advance of the New York Giants-Dallas Cowboys game, Bob Costas speaks to the quarterbacks for both teams, Eli Manning and Tony Romo, respectively. We have a partial transcript of what you’ll see during tonight’s Football Night in America show on NBC. BOB COSTAS INTERVIEWS ELI MANNING AND TONY ROMO Football Night in America […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/5/2013
Sunday, September 8 NFL Viewing Maps (the506.com) Pregame and Studio Shows NFL Matchup — ESPN, 6:30 a.m. NFL GameDay First — NFL Network 7 a.m. That Other Pregame Show (series premiere) — CBS Sports Network, 9 a.m. NFL GameDay Morning — NFL Network, 9 a.m. Fox NFL Kickoff — Fox Sports 1, 10:30 a.m. (this […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/2/2013
Lots of things happening in sports media this week. The NFL returns in the next seven days. College Football goes into its second week. Baseball heads into its final month of the regular season. Soccer goes into World Cup qualifying. The PGA Tour takes the week off and we bid adieu to Fox Soccer. TELEVISION […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/17/2013
Let’s take a look where Keith Olbermann has worked over the years. It’s a very interesting timeline. 1976 — Reporter for United Press International. 1979 — Joins UPI Radio. 1980 — Joins the RKO Radio Network. 1981 — Joins CNN Sports 1984 — Works at WCVB in Boston as the 11 p.m. sportscaster. 1985 — […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/17/2013
In a move that was first reported by Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch, former Kansas City Chiefs General Manager and New England Patriots Director of Player Personnel, Scott Pioli will be moving to the Dark Side. He’ll be an analyst for NBC’s Football Night in America starting in September. According to the press release, Pioli will […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/21/2013
NBC received a total of 58 nominations for the 34th annual Sports Emmy Awards. The NBC Sports Group consisting of NBC, NBC Sports Network, Golf Channel, Bravo, CNBC, MSNBC and NBCOlympics.com received the most nominations of any sports media group over ESPN, Fox Sports Media Group, CBS and Turner Sports. Of course, NBC is coming […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/20/2013
Just received this from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the full press release of the nominations for the 34th Annual Sports Emmy Awards. NBC Sports Group received the most nominations with 58 followed by ESPN with 43 and Turner in third with 27. Bob Costas was nominated yet again for Outstanding Studio […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/4/2013
For the sixth straight season, NBC will carry the Wild Card Playoff doubleheader on Saturday. And it mark the next-to-last time NBC will do so. After next season, it’s expected that ESPN will carry one Wild Card Playoff game to add to its almost-$2 billion contract for airing Monday Night Football. NBC has contracted (thus […]
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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 Night in America — NBC, 4 p.m. NFL GameDay Scoreboard — NFL Network, 7:30 p.m. […]
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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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 […]
