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NBC Reacquires The Breeders Cup From ESPN

NBC lost the Breeders Cup in 2005 to ESPN and this was after NBC had aired the inaugural set of races in 1984 and had remained a partner until 2005. Now after a six year absence, NBC Sports has regained the Breeders Cup and will use its cable partner, NBC Sports Network to air most […]

The Best in Sports Broadcasting in 2011

I’m not going to go too wild on this. Other sites are doing similar posts as well. I’ll provide what I feel are the best calls in Sports Broadcasting this year. The only way to do this is to post videos and that’s what I’ll do. I know I said Best and Worst earlier, but […]

Bringing Out The Wednesday Links

Ok, going to try to give you a full set of links today. Let’s get started. Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch has his 2011 Media Awards. Very good list of people getting awards this year. Michael Hiestand from USA Today writes that when all is said and done, the NFL’s TV ratings for this season will […]

NBC Sports Group Announces “Road To The Kentucky Derby” Series

Following the new “Summer at Saratoga” and “Autumn at Keeneland” horse racing series that premiered this year on both NBC and Versus, the NBC Sports Group has announced a spring horse racing series that will lead up to the First Saturday in May which is when the Kentucky Derby is held and marks the first […]

NBC Extends “Summer at Saratoga” For Two More Years

NBC Sports Group was apparently happy with its Summer at Saratoga horse racing series that it has extended its agreement with the Saratoga Race Course and the New York Racing Association through the 2013 season. This year, NBC and Versus combined to show 8 hours of horse racing over a span of seven weeks. Tentatively […]

“Summer at Saratoga” Ends Today

The end of NBC Sports Group’s horse racing series, “Summer at Saratoga” is today. Versus will air the Forego and Woodward Stakes from the fabled Saratoga Race Course in upstate New York. It’s a series that gave both NBC and Versus some summer programming over a span of six consecutive weeks. We’ll see if this […]

Doing Some Thursday Linkage

Let’s provide links while I can. Trying not to make this a week where links are scarce. Let’s get this done. First, Jessica E. Vascellaro and Darren Everson of the Wall Street Journal look at how infusions of TV rights money has changed college sports not necessarily for the better. John Ourand at Sports Business […]

The Friday Night Megalinks

I’ve been to Newton, MA and back, South Kingstown, RI and back and all over my hometown of North Kingstown, RI and all of this today. It’s time to do the megalinks and get them all done in one sitting. There’s the Weekend Viewing Picks for your sports and entertainment programming. National Sports Business Daily […]

“Summer at Saratoga” Continues on NBC

The “Summer at Saratoga” series on the NBC Sports Group, this time airing on the “Mothership” with the Alabama Stakes being the featured race. The NBC Sports horse racing crew of Tom Hammond, Gary Stevens, Mike Battaglia and Kenny Rice will all be on hand. Calling the race will be the Voice of Saratoga, Tom […]

NBC Sports To Launch Fall Horse Racing Series

Just as it did for “Summer at Saratoga”, the NBC Sports Group has announced today a fall horse racing series that will take place over two weekends from the Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, KY. Versus will air most of the races with NBC Sports coming in for the last weekend of racing. This “Autumn […]

Let’s Do Some Thursday Linkage

Today is going to be a busy day with the UFC on Fox press conference and the NHL TV schedule announcement. I figure now would be a good time to linkage and I hope I don’t get interrupted here at work. The big news that broke late yesterday was DirecTV announcing that it would offer […]

Versus Has A Double Dose of Summer at Saratoga This Weekend

Saturday and Sunday, Versus will air a total of four horse races from Saratoga Race Track. We have details have the NBC Sports Group right here. NBC SPORTS GROUP COVERAGE OF “SUMMER AT SARATOGA” SERIES CONTINUES THIS WEEKEND ON VERSUS Seven Straight Weekends of Coverage from Saratoga Continues Saturday at 5 p.m. ET with The […]

Two NBC Sports Group Press Releases

I’ll post two press releases that pertain to The Group, one for NBC Sports and the other for Versus. One has to do with the U.S. Senior Open and the other to the second installment of Summer at Saratoga. You can guess which event goes where. Here’s NBC Sports’ release on what it’s airing today […]

Trying To Do A Friday Megalink Session

I’m hoping to get this entire Megalink session finished in one sitting. It’s been a crazy day thus far. Of course, all of your weekend sport and entertainment programming are featured in the Weekend Viewing Picks. Let’s get to the linkage now. National Michael Hiestand of USA Today speaks with noted baseball announcing author Curt […]

NBC/Versus’ New Summer Horse Racing Series Starts Today

Summer at Saratoga premieres today and will be shown on both NBC Sports and Versus over a 7 week span from now through September 3. There will be eight hours of programming. NBC will air three hours while Versus gets the rest. Races like the Travers and Woodward Stakes will be shown as part of […]

Quick Saturday Links

I keep getting interrupted at work. I wrote a post earlier today on Brent Musburger’s night in Las Vegas, but I kept being recruited to the leave the office and something that should have taken 20 minutes to write ended up being three hours. And now I’m trying to do some linkage and keep getting […]

The Complete Friday Megalinks

Friday’s have become maddening. I was out of the office earlier today and expect to be out again later, but I’m doing the Megalinks early so I can be done with them and be free for other stuff tonight. As always, check out the Weekend Viewing Picks for the sports and entertaining programming. National We’ll […]

Cranking Out Some Mid-Week Linkage

Time for some Wednesday links. Let’s get to them. Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch has his reaction to the ESPN Ombudsman column on the Bruce Feldman suspension or non-suspension depending on whom you choose to believe. Sports Business Daily looks at the media reaction to the death of Myra Kraft, the wife of New England Patriots […]

Bringing You Sunday Linkage

I’m at work again, but I’m trying to cope by flicking on the Watch ESPN for the Women’s World Cup game against Brazil. I’ll give you what linkage I can find today. Mike McCarthy of USA Today says Turner Sports has reportedly hired Shaquille O’Neal for its NBA coverage. Still no official comment from Turner. […]

Some Quick Thursday Links

Trying to squeeze linkage in while I can. This won’t be a full set of links. I will do the megalinks tomorrow, but today will be a quickie links day. Michael Hiestand of USA Today reports that the ratings for the USA-North Korea game in the Women’s World Cup drew decently for ESPN. Todd Spangler […]

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