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NESN Announces Jerry Remy Will Miss the Rest of the 2013 Red Sox Season

With the unfortunate news about Jerry Remy’s son Jared accused of murdering his girlfriend, Jennifer Martel, and Remy’s daughter also in legal trouble, NESN has announced that the popular Red Sox analyst will miss the rest of the 2013 regular season. Remy has been away from the booth since the news broke about his son. […]

How to Anger Boston Bruins Fans? Let Popular NESN Reporter Naoko Funayama Go

This has not been the best of weeks for Boston sports fans. First, the Bruins lost the Stanley Cup on home ice to the Chicago Blackhawks. Second, the Aaron Hernandez story that led to his arrest on first degree murder charges. Third, former Celtics coach Doc Rivers getting traded to the Los Angeles Clippers and […]

A Few Sunday Sports Media Thoughts

Time for another sports media thoughts post. As always, it’s in bullet form. We are under two months to go until the launch of Fox Sports 1. We know of a few official talent hires like Andy Roddick, Jay Onrait and Dan O’Toole, Regis Philbin and a few others. We now await the official word […]

NESN’s Jerry Remy to Return to the Booth on Tuesday

Since late May, NESN’s Jerry Remy has been out of commission and replaced by various guest analysts. On Wednesday, NESN held a conference call for reporters for Remy to announce that he will return to Red Sox games after being out at first due to allergies, then after contracting pneumonia. According to Remy, he’ll be […]

Some Tuesday Linkage

Let’s do some links today. Brian Steinberg of Variety reports that Fox Sports is bundling Fox Sports 1 to potential Super Bowl XLVIII advertisers. That’s one way to get ads on the new network. Brian Lowry of Variety says Tennis Channel is crying foul at Comcast in trying to gain carriage on the cable provider’s […]

NESN’s Jerry Remy to Miss More Games

Among the Red Sox Nation fanbase, NESN analyst Jerry Remy has become one of the most popular figures over the last twenty years. Unfortunately, his health has become an issue over the last five years. In 2008, he was diagnosed with lung cancer and missed much of the 2009 season. NESN filled the role with […]

Local Coverage of the 2013 NHL Stanley Cup Final

With the Boston Bruins and the Chicago Blackhawks set to do battle for hockey’s ultimate prize in North America, I figured I would provide the coverage in the local markets. I have the plans for the Comcast SportsNet affiliates in both cities as well as for NESN in Boston. As you’re aware, Comcast SportsNet Chicago […]

NESN to Premiere a New Sports Talk/Highlight Show

NESN has been trying to come up with a hybrid sports talk/highlight show ever since it chucked aside the old “SportsDesk” program in 2010. NESN Daily was supposed to be that sports talk/highlight program, but once co-host Uri Berenguer was let go after three months, the show went back to strictly highlights. Well, NESN will […]

Some Friday Linkage

Ok, lots of things to get to. Let’s do some Friday links. From Anthony CrupiCrupiCrupi of Adweek, a Disney executive downplays any threat from Fox Sports 1 to ESPN. From Variety, Rick Kissell says NBC Sports Network saw stellar ratings for the NHL Conference Semifinals. R. Thomas Umstead from Multichannel News says the next Floyd […]

Jack Edwards Gets Stabby While Calling Bruins OT Game Winning Goal

NHL fans know that NESN’s Jack Edwards loves the Boston Bruins. bleeds Black and Goal on every play. Well this season, NESN installed a camera in the TD Garden broadcast booth to show fans how animated Jack gets when he calls goals. He certainly got very excited when Patrice Bergeron scored the game winning goal […]

NESN Garners its 4th Best Ever Rating for the Bruins

Game 6 of the Boston Bruins-Toronto Maple Leafs series registered the best rating of the series for NESN on Sunday. The game received a 14.3 rating with a 23. Through six games, the series is averaging a 10.8 rating in the Boston MMA. Overall, the Bruins game was the 4th highest rated playoff game of […]

Boston Bruins Set Ratings Record on NESN for 3rd Consecutive Year

The Boston Bruins have set another regular season ratings record on the New England Sports Network, a.k.a. NESN. For the 2013 regular season, the Bruins registered an average 6.3 household rating in Boston. That’s up 35% from the 2011-12 record of an average 4.7 rating. With the Bruins numbers, NESN ranks third among all National […]

A Look at Bruins and Blackhawks Stanley Cup Playoffs Coverage

With the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs starting tonight, let’s post a couple of hockey-related press releases in one post. Tonight, the Western Conference Quarterfinal series between the Minnesota Wild and Chicago Blackhawks commences with Game 1 at the United Center. Comcast SportsNet Chicago will be on the case with legendary voice Pat Foley behind the […]

College Basketball Viewing Picks For 03/02 & 03/03/2013, All Times Eastern

Men’s Schedule Courtesy of Matt’s College Sports Announcing Assignments Courtesy of Eye on Sky and Air Sports Saturday, March 2 Pregame & Studio Shows College Gameday live from Los Angeles, CA — ESPNU, 10 a.m./ESPN, 11 a.m. Inside College Basketball — CBS Sports Network, 11 a.m. Big Ten Tip-Off Show 2013 — Big Ten Network, […]

College Basketball Viewing Picks For 02/23 & 02/24/2013, All Times Eastern

Men’s Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports Announcing Assignments courtesy of Eye on Sky and Air Sports Saturday, February 22 Pregame & Studio Shows College GameDay live from Lexington, KY — ESPNU, 10 a.m./ESPN, 11 a.m. 75 Years of NCAA March Madness: Top 10 Upsets — CBS, 1 p.m. 75 Years of NCAA March Madness: […]

Spring Training TV Schedules For The Yankees, Red Sox, Cubs and White Sox

I have the Spring Training TV schedules for four MLB teams. These are on Comcast SportsNet Chicago, NESN and YES. Let’s take a look at what we have. I’ll go in alphabetical order by teams. First, the Boston Red Sox will have 14 Spring Training games aired on NESN a.k.a. New England Sports Network. They’ll […]

College Basketball Viewing Picks For 02/16 & 02/17/2013, All Times Eastern

Men’s Schedule Courtesy of Matt’s College Sports Announcing Assignments Courtesy of Eye on Sky and Air Sports Saturday, February 16 Pregame & Studio Shows College GameDay live from Lawrence, KS — ESPNU, 10 a.m./ESPN, 11 a.m. 75 Years of NCAA March Madness: Top 10 Improbable Heroes — CBS, 12:30 p.m. College GameDay live from Lawrence, […]

Jack Edwards Jumps Up and Down on NESN

I don’t know when NESN installed a camera in its TD Garden broadcast booth, but this is genius. Tonight was a perfect opportunity for NESN to unveil the Jack Edwards Cam during a Boston Bruins battle against the New York Rangers. While the Blue Shirts won in a shootout, it reached an extra session and […]

College Basketball Viewing Picks For 02/09 & 02/10/2013, All Times Eastern

Men’s Schedule Courtesy of Matt’s College Sports Announcing Assignments Courtesy of Eye on Sky and Air Sports Saturday, February 9 Pregame and Studio Shows College GameDay live from South Bend, IN — ESPNU, 10 a.m./ESPN, 11 a.m. 75 Years of March Madness: Top 10 Coaches — CBS, 12:30 p.m. Big Ten Tip-Off Show — Big […]

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