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Fox Sports Has Exclusive Coverage of the NLCS

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 studios. Ken Rosenthal will also be on the field for Fox. Fox will continue to […]

NFL Viewing Picks For Week 6, 10/14/2012

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. Fantasy Football Today — CBS Sports Network, 11 a.m. Fantasy Football Now — ESPN2, 11 a.m. The NFL Today — CBS, […]

College Viewing Picks For Week 7, 10/13/2012, All Times Eastern

Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports Pregame & Studio Shows College GameDay live from South Bend, IN — ESPNU, 9 a.m./ESPN, 10 a.m. BTN Football Pregame — Big Ten Network, 11 a.m. ACC Blitz — ACC Network, noon College Football Uncut-Auburn — CBS, 2 p.m. College Football Uncut-South Carolina — CBS, 2:30 p.m. Fox College […]

Some Quick Wednesday Linkage

Let’s do some links now. Austin Karp at Sports Business Daily says the MLB TV partners saw record low ratings this season. Sports lllustrated’s Richard Deitsch reviews ESPN2’s first foray into pro hockey since losing the NHL in 2005. Michael Hiestand of USA Today notes that Bob Costas is back calling postseason baseball for the […]

What is Fox Sports 1? How Does It Affect You?

As we speed into the last quarter of 2012 and prepare for what’s ahead in 2013, there is one thing that is on the horizon for US sports fans and that is the expected appearance of a new all-sports cable channel. No, it’s not NBC Sports Network, although its trials and tribulations this fall will […]

Fox NFL Sunday Quotage For Week 5 of the 2012 Season

Now it’s time for Fox NFL Sunday quotage. No videos this time. Just quotes. We’ll bring the videos for Fox NFL Sunday back next week. FOX NFL SUNDAY NOTES – 10/7/12 Bradshaw to Cutler:  “Grow up young man” Johnson & Strahan Debate Which Team is League’s Best FOX NFL SUNDAY co-host Terry Bradshaw commented on […]

Your Week 5 NFL Viewing Guide

Ok, let’s go over the Viewing Guide for Week 5 in The League Where They Play For Pay. So where were you last week? Um, I forgot? Will you take that excuse? I simply forgot. Eating chicken wings and General Tso’s Chicken will do that to you. Lame excuse, but I’ll take it. So are […]

Fox Sports Previews Week 5 of the 2012 NFL Season

Onwards to the NFL on Fox which will carry regional action on Sunday. Fox’s main game will be Philadelphia at Pittsburgh at 1 p.m. ET with Joe Buck, Troy Aikman and Pam Oliver. There’s also Atlanta at Washington, Matt Flynn vs. RGIII in Landover, MD. Sam Rosen and John Lynch have the call along with […]

NFL Viewing Picks For Week 5, 10/07/2012

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. Fantasy Football Today — CBS Sports Network, 11 a.m. Fantasy Football Now — ESPN2, 11 a.m. The NFL Today — CBS, […]

College Football Viewing Picks For Week 6, 10/06/2012, All Times Eastern

Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports Pregame & Studio Shows College GameDay live from Columbia, SC — ESPNU, 9 a.m./ESPN, 10 a.m. BTN Football Pregame — Big Ten Network, 11 a.m. Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 11 a.m. ACC Blitz — ACC Network, noon College Football Countdown — ABC, 3 p.m. College Football […]

Your Thursday Linkage

Let’s do a few links for you. Michael Hiestand of USA Today looks at the local MLB TV ratings. Mike Ozanian from Forbes explains what the new national MLB TV deals mean for the upcoming bids for the Los Angeles Dodgers TV rights. Georg Szalai of the Hollywood Reporter has an NBC Sports executive defending […]

Fox Sports Announces Pac-12 College Football Doubleheader on October 13

This and next Saturday, Fox Sports will have a college football doubleheader, one game at 3:30 p.m. ET and another at 7:50 p.m. ET. This week, Fox will have Arizona at Stanford at 3 p.m. followed by West Virginia at Texas in the nightcap. Next Saturday, Fox has its first ever Pac-12 doubleheader with Utah […]

Bringing Out Some Wednesday Links For You

Time for some linkage in this mid-week and last day of the 2012 MLB regular season. Lots of things to get to. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand analyzes the new MLB TV deals with Fox and Turner. Nate Davis of USA Today’s Game On blog previews tonight’s NFL Network “A Football Life” documentary. John Ourand and […]

Wrapping Up All of the New MLB TV Deals Into One

Now that we know what comprises the new TV deals for Major League Baseball starting in 2014, let’s summarize and go over them from ESPN to Turner Sports with Fox Sports and MLB Network in between. Wading through all of the features each partner receives, we know that MLB will increase its total take from […]

Quick Tuesday Linkage

Let’s do a few links on this Tuesday. Edmund Lee of Bloomberg analyzes the new MLB TV deals with Fox and Turner. Michael Hiestand of USA Today says with some playoff spots decided, ESPN has dropped plans for a duel MLB doubleheaders on Wednesday. Jacqueline Palank of the Wall Street Journal reviews ESPN’s 30 for […]

Fox Sports Announces Eight-Year Rights Deal with MLB

Ok, we have Fox’s announcement. I was about to post MLB Network’s announcement on its deal to air games, but Fox’s press release just came in so I’ll post this first. Under the new deal, Fox will retain rights to the Saturday Baseball Game of the Week, All-Star Game, one League Championship Series and the […]

MLB Announces Deal With Fox & Turner Sports

We get the official MLB announcement on its new eight year media rights deals with Fox Sports and Turner Sports. We have highlights of the deal. There will be no more silly blackouts of the Fox Saturday Baseball games. They will be available on the out-of-market MLB Extra Innings package and MLB.TV. MLB Network will […]

MLB To Announce New Deals With Fox Sports & Turner Today

I just received an advisory that Major League Baseball will announce its new media deals with Fox Sports and Turner Sports at midday today. Some details of the Fox’s and Turner’s deals have leaked already, but we’ll get confirmation of what both companies will air starting in 2014. Whether or not there will be additional […]

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