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Let us conclude our Sunday NFL pregame quotage posts with Football Night in America from the National Broadcasting Company. Lots of info and plenty of notes and quotes. Check it out below. “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” NOTES & QUOTES – WEEK 14 “You just constantly preach to them all year: make good decisions.” – Tony […]
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Tonight on Football Night in America, NBC’s Bob Costas speaks with Detroit Lions wide receiver Calvin “Megatron” Johnson and Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy. In addition to these interviews, FNIA will review all of Week 14’s action on Sunday with Dan Patrick, Tony Dungy and Rodney Harrison in New York. At a snowy Lambeau […]
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Now to Fox NFL Sunday and its quotage for Week 14. Laura Okmin interviewed Dallas Cowboys General Manager and owner Jerry Jones on the Josh Brent incident and there’s more. FOX NFL SUNDAY NOTES – 12/9/12 Johnson: Anything Short of Super Bowl Appearance by Niners Would be a Failure Strahan on NFL Potentially Eliminating Kickoffs: […]
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Today, The NFL Today had a show that it could be proud of, spending 12 minutes of its “A” block on both the Javon Belcher-Kasandra Perkins murder suicide and the Josh Brent tragedy in Dallas. James Brown, Shannon Sharpe and Bill Cowher all had strong comments. We have the comments below as well as other […]
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We continue the notes and quotes from the Sunday NFL pregame programming on the league’s TV partners. This is from ESPN and Sunday NFL Countdown. ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown Notes and Quotes: Week 14 ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown host Chris Berman and analysts Cris Carter, Mike Ditka and Tom Jackson previewed today’s NFL action with Suzy […]
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Let’s get to the Sunday NFL pregame quotage. We’ll begin with NFL Network which began its day at 7 a.m. ET with First on the Field and then continued with NFL GameDay Morning two hours later. Check it out below. News and Sound Bites From Week 14 Editions of NFL Network’s FIRST ON THE FIELD […]
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Last week, CBS was vilified for its failure to properly report on the Javon Belcher-Kasandra Perkins murder-suicide. In the wake of Josh Brent’s incident that led to the death of Dallas Cowboys teammate Jerry Brown, Jr., The NFL Today stepped up and went all in on the story. For the other pregame shows, ESPN once […]
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So we have tragedy in the NFL again. Unfortunately yes. This time, it’s struck the Dallas Cowboys as tackle Josh Brent was arrested on intoxicated manslaughter charges in the death of teammate Jerry Brown, Jr. The Sunday NFL pregame shows are adjusting once again. For the second week in a row, @fangsbites), I usually tweet […]
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In primetime on Sunday, NBC airs the NFC North blood rivalry game between the Detroit Lions and the Green Bay Packers live from the venerable venue, Lambeau Field in Wisconsin. Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth will have the call live from high above the field. Michele Tafoya will roam the sidelines providing reports on the […]
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Now to Fox Sports which has the doubleheader for Week 14. The showcase game will be New Orleans at the New York Giants at the New Meadowlands Stadium. Fox NFL Sunday will have coverage of the tragedy in Dallas that occurred on Saturday. Here’s the press release from Fox Sports. FOX SPORTS NOTES, QUOTES & […]
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Let’s move to CBS Sports which has regional action on Sunday with just one game in your area. CBS will divide the country five ways with the San Diego-Pittsburgh game going to most of the country at 1 p.m. Jim Nantz and Phil Simms will call the game live from Heinz Field in the Steel […]
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Ok, we move to ESPN’s previews of Week 14. Lots of programming and we even have an extra post from them on what is easily the Game of the Week, Houston at New England. We start with NFL Matchup which airs early. NFL Matchup – Patriots First Down Passing; Texans Zone Run Game; Bengals Blitz […]
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Let’s begin our NFL previews for Week 14. Lots of stuff to get to. As usual, I’ll start with NFL Network’s programming that begins at 7 a.m. ET with First on the Field. The show will have reports from five game sites and an interview with DC NFL Team wide receiver Santana Moss. Take a […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/7/2012
Sunday, December 9 12:30 p.m. Compass Media Networks Baltimore at Washington — Chris Carrino/Brian Baldinger Dallas at Cincinnati — Kevin Burkhardt/Danny White Dial Global Radio Chicago at Minnesota — Kevin Kugler/Mark Malone Sports USA Radio Network Tennessee at Indianapolis 3:30 p.m. Compass Media Networks Miami at San Francisco — Gregg Daniels/Dale Hellestrae 3:45 p.m. Dial […]
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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. Sunday NFL Countdown — ESPN, 10 a.m. Fantasy Football Today — CBS Sports Network, 11 a.m. Fantasy Football Now — ESPN2, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/6/2012
Taking a cue from ESPN which has selected various locations in the Super Bowl host cities to base their studio shows, CBS will do the same for its shows across its multiple platforms. CBS says it will use Jackson Square in New Orleans to house shows like the Super Bowl Today pregame show on CBS […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/5/2012
I’ll do a few links for you this evening. I’ll start with a strange story that surfaced today from a University of Maryland journalism class during which ESPN Vice President and Executive Editor John Walsh made some rather strange statements about Deadspin’s John Koblin over the Lynn Hoppes plagiarism situation. Deadspin has raised issues of […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/4/2012
One of the strongest documentary series this season has been the “A Football Life” series produced by NFL Films and aired on NFL Network throughout this season. Some of the strongest films I’ve seen this season have focused on Steve McNair and the demise of my Cleveland Browns. I would not be surprised if this […]
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The great game between the New York Football Giants and the DC Football Team definitely hooked viewers on Monday night. ESPN says the ratings for Monday Night Football in Week 13 ended at a 10.2 rating and 16.2 million viewers. That rating is up 40% from last year’s 6.1 for a weak San Diego-Jacksonville game. […]
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The Oakland Raiders may be a sad team at 3-9 and in a long rebuilding process, but the atmosphere in the Coliseum formerly known as Oakland-Alameda County is one of the more raucous in the NFL. With fans dressed as aliens and various riff-raff, the Coliseum in primetime is a wondrous spectacle. NFL Network will […]
