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Bringing Out The Monday Links

With this being Columbus Day, it’s a holiday for some of you. Not for me, but for some. I hope you’re able to enjoy the day. Let’s do some links. Sports Business Journal has a look at some of the important women in sports business. Michael Hiestand of USA Today says former Red Sox manager […]

Fox NFL Sunday Quotage For Week 5

And the early Sunday NFL pregame quotage will conclude with Fox NFL Sunday which also spent time on Raiders owner Al Davis. You’ll also see some videos here. FOX NFL SUNDAY NOTES – 10/9/11 Howie Long on Al Davis: We Lost a Titan Glazer Talks to Barry Sanders About Working with Lions; Reports on T.O.’s […]

The American League Championship Series Exclusively on Fox

Ok, I posted the coverage plans for the National League Championship Series on TBS. I might as well do so for the American League Championship Series on Fox. It all begins tomorrow night. Joe Buck will call play-by-play of the series that will have the Detroit Tigers playing the Texas Rangers. He’ll be joined by […]

NFL on Fox Previews Week 5

Let’s do the NFL on Fox thing now. FOX SPORTS NOTES, QUOTES & ANECDOTES FOX NFL SUNDAY Analyst Jimmy Johnson: Romo’s Developed Bad Habits CAN THE EAGLES RIGHT THE SHIP DURING NFL ON FOX’S WEEK 5 ACTION? – Week 5 of the 2011 NFL on FOX season kicks off on Sunday, Oct. 9 as FOX […]

League Championship Series Schedules Announced

Major League Baseball has just released the days and times for the League Championship Series which start tomorrow. The American League Championship Series begin Saturday on Fox while the NLCS start Sunday on TBS. Out a potential seven games, the National League Championship Series on TBS will have a potential six in primetime while the […]

NFL Viewing Picks For Week 5, 10/09/11, All Times Eastern

Week 5 Coverage Maps Blackouts: None Byes: Baltimore, Cleveland, Dallas, Miami, St. Louis, Washington NFL GameDay Morning — NFL Network, 9 a.m. The NFL Today — CBS, noon 1 p.m. CBS Cincinnati at Jacksonville — Bill Macatee/Steve Tasker Kansas City at Indianapolis — Kevin Harlan/Solomon Wilcots Oakland at Houston — Ian Eagle/Dan Fouts Tennessee at […]

Fox Claims Victory in NFL Week 4

For the 2nd straight week, Fox is claiming a ratings victory over all of the other NFL TV partners for Week 4. Fox notes that its regional coverage averaged a 14.0 rating with a 30 share bringing a total of 23.3 million viewers to its games. The network says that’s better than a national doubleheader […]

Some Thursday Links

I was hoping today would be quiet, but instead, the Hank Williams, Jr. story is released and all hell breaks loose. What can you do? Anyway, let’s do some links while I can. With Hank Williams, Jr. being the stop story, I’ll start with those links first. Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch. USA Today’s Reid Cherner […]

Former Red Sox Manager Terry Francona Subs For Tim McCarver on ALCS

This was broken earlier today, but Fox is making it official now, that former Boston Red Sox manager Terry Francona who left the team last week, will be substituting for Tim McCarver on Fox when the American League Championship Series begins on Saturday. According to Fox Sports PR man Dan Bell, McCarver has a medical […]

It’s a Mid-Week Link Thing!

It’s Wednesday already? Goodness. Seemed like I was at the Rhode Island Convention Center just this week for an all-day seminar. Oh wait! I was. Anyway, let’s get to your linkage. Michael Hiestand of USA Today feels that ESPN should pull Hank Williams, Jr. from Monday Night Football pronto. Eric Deggans of the St. Petersburg […]

Doing Some Tuesday Linkage

Having spent most of the day at the Providence Civic Center and the Rhode Island Convention Center for a seminar, I wasn’t able to provide linkage. I’ve collected quite a few links for you today so let’s get to them. Michael Hiestand of USA Today goes over the ratings from the weekend and notes that […]

Fox NFL Sunday Quotage For Week 4

Ok, to Fox NFL Sunday’s quotage. Yes, I’ll post a video for you. It’ll be from Jimmy Johnson’s Fired Up segment which ended the show. FOX NFL SUNDAY NOTES – 10/2/11 Bradshaw Prefers Stafford Over Romo Long: Suh is the Closest Thing to Mean Joe Greene Strahan: Jets Game is ‘Must Win’ for New York […]

Doing Sunday Links

Well, the blog is blowing up thanks to my latest edition of the Five Women Who Can Make Me Stop The Remote. CNBC’s Darren Rovell

Another Fox Soccer-Fox Sports EPL Game

On Sunday either before or after NFL coverage on Fox Sports, you’ll have the opportunity to see another English Premier League game. Again, it’ll be tape delayed. The Tottenham Hotspur-Arsenal game will be live on Fox Soccer at 11 a.m. Eastern then again on Fox either at 2 p.m. or 4:30 p.m. We have the […]

Fox Sports Previews NFL Week 4

We have Fox Sports’ NFL preview for Week 4 and this includes the return of Gus Johnson to the NFL as his College Football on Fox crew will be in Kansas City tomorrow. Also, Craig Bolerjack from Fox’s college football crew will crossover to call Atlanta-Seattle after calling Arizona-USC on Saturday. We have the press […]

Cranking Out Friday Megalinks

Let’s do some Friday linkage for you. MLB Postseason starts up really in earnest with four games on Saturday. College Football in full swing and the NFL completes its first month of games on Sunday. Your Weekend Viewing Picks have everything you need to know in sports and primetime programming. To the linkage. National Michael […]

NFL Viewing Picks For Week 4, 10/02/11 All Times Eastern

NFL Coverage Maps Blackouts: Cincinnati, San Diego NFL GameDay Morning — NFL Network, 9 a.m. The NFL Today — CBS, noon 1 p.m. CBS Buffalo at Cincinnati — Andrew Catalon/Steve Tasker Pittsburgh at Houston — Greg Gumbel/Dan Dierdorf Tennessee at Cleveland — Marv Albert/Rich Gannon FOX Carolina at Chicago — Thom Brennaman/Brian Billick/Laura Okmin Detroit […]

Fox Touts Its Ratings For Packers-Bears

With the ratings for the NFL 4:15 p.m. late window, Fox is crowing about being the #2 top rated show for last week. As Green Bay-Chicago went to most of the nation, Fox received a 14.1 rating with a 26 share, beating Sunday Night Football on NBC which was in primetime and faced stiffer competition. […]

Fox NFL Sunday Quotage for Week 3

And we close out the early Sunday NFL quotage from Fox NFL Sunday. We add video here as well. FOX NFL SUNDAY NOTES – 9/25/11 FOXSports.com Medical Expert & Former NFL Player Dr. Mark Adickes To Manning: Retire Johnson Reacts To Teams Faking Injuries: Why Are Coaches Working on This? Glazer Reports Teams Have Designated […]

Back For Some Sunday Linkage

Ok, back from New York after attending “Blogs with Balls 4” at the Bloomberg world headquarters on Lexington Avenue. I’ll have a recap of the event later today. But I’ll give you some links since I was unable to blog yesterday. Mike Reynolds of Multichannel News says MLB Network has signed several cable providers for […]

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