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Back For Some Linkage

Yesterday, I focused on several press releases before heading out for errands. Today, it’s back to the links. Daniel Kaplan at Sports Business Journal writes that the NFL wants to set up local zones in Super Bowl host cities similar to what Indianapolis did with a village and zip line this year. Mike Ozanian of […]

Bringing Out Some Tuesday Linkage

Let’s do linkage again. Trying to get this done as I have several errands to run in the afternoon. At Multichannel News, Mike Reynolds says Fox Sports is eying several sports properties which are coming up for grabs as potential programming for a cable channel which would challenge ESPN. Mike talks with the President of […]

Mets Set A Ratings Record For Daytime Home Opener

Our first press release sent to us by SNY, the cable home of the New York Mets, tells us that Thursday’s home opener against the Atlanta Braves set a ratings record. According to SNY, the game had a 3.95 household rating averaging 321,000 viewers in the New York market. In addition, the ratings were the […]

55th New York Emmy Award Winners in Sports Categories

Last night, the New York Emmy Awards were handed out at the Marriott Marquis Hotel Ballroom in New York City. A star-studded gala featuring the best and brightest in New York City television were on hand. Among the big winners were MSG Network with 14 trophies, the most of any station; Steve Cangialosi of MSG […]

College Basketball Viewing Picks For 03/03 & 03/04/12, All Times Eastern

Men’s Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports Saturday, March 3 Men’s Schedule College GameDay live from Durham, NC — ESPNU, 10 a.m./ESPN, 11 a.m. & 6 p.m. Atlantic Sun Championship, Macon, GA Belmont vs. Florida Gulf Coast — ESPN2, 7 p.m. Big South Championship, Asheville, NC VMI vs. UNC-Asheville — ESPN, noon Colonial Athletic Association […]

College Basketball Viewing Picks For 02/25 & 02/26, All Times Eastern

Men’s Schedule Courtesy of Matt’s College Sports on TV Saturday, February 25 College GameDay live from Storrs, CT — ESPNU, 10 a.m./ESPN, 11 a.m./ESPN, 8 p.m. 11 a.m. Robert Morris at Quinnipiac — ESPNU noon Virginia Tech at Duke — ACC Network Vanderbilt at Kentucky — CBS Northeastern at Delaware — Comcast SportsNet New England/CSS/The […]

College Basketball Viewing Picks For 02/18 & 02/19/2011, All Times Eastern

Men’s Schedule Courtesy of Matt’s College Sports on TV Saturday, February 18 College GameDay live from Ann Arbor, Michigan — ESPNU, 10 a.m./ESPN, 11 a.m./ESPN, 8 p.m. BracketBusters Drexel at Cleveland State — ESPNU, 11 a.m. Wichita State at Davidson — ESPN2, noon Buffalo at South Dakota State — ESPNU, 1 p.m. Akron at Oral […]

College Basketball Viewing Picks for 02/11 & 02/12/12, All Times Eastern

Men’s Schedule Courtesy of Matt’s College Sports on TV Saturday, February 11 College GameDay live from Nashville, TN — ESPNU, 10 a.m./ESPN,11 a.m./ESPN, 8 p.m. 11 a.m. Butler at Cleveland State — ESPN2 Ball State at Kent State — ESPNU noon DePaul at Notre Dame — Big East Network: Cox Sports Television/MASN/SNY James Madison at […]

Super Bowl XLVI Viewing Picks

All Times Eastern NFL GameDay Morning — NFL Network, 9 a.m. Sunday NFL Countdown — ESPN, 10 a.m. Road to the Super Bowl — NBC, noon Super Bowl XLVI Pregame — NBC, 1 p.m. SportsNet Central Extra: Super Bowl Pregame — Comcast SportsNet New England, 3 p.m. Super Bowl Pre-Kick Show — NBC, 6 p.m. […]

College Basketball Viewing Picks for 02/04 & 02/05/2012, All Times Eastern

Men’s Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports on TV Saturday, February 4 College GameDay live from Columbia, MO — ESPNU, 10 a.m./ESPN, 11 a.m./ESPN, 8 p.m. 11 a.m. South Florida at Georgetown — ESPNU noon LaSalle at St. Joseph – A-10 Network: CSS/The Comcast Network Seton Hall at UConn — Big East Network: Bright House/MASN/SNY […]

College Basketball Viewing Picks For 01/28 & 01/29/2012, All Times Eastern

Men’s schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports on TV Saturday, January 28 College GameDay live from Tucson, AZ — ESPNU, 10 a.m./ESPN, 11 a.m. & 6 p.m. 11 a.m. Ball State at Ohio — ESPNU noon Wake Forest at Clemson — ACC Network Hofstra at Northeastern — Comcast SportsNet New England/MSG Plus/The Comcast Network St. […]

NBC Sports Group Coverage Plans For Super Bowl XLVI

On Tuesday, I gave you NBCUniversal’s programming for Super Bowl Week. Apparently, that was just the tip of the iceberg as we’ll get even more networks and more shows with a Super Bowl theme on the NBCUniversal family. But that’s later. Right now, I’m going to give you the overview of what the NBC Sports […]

College Basketball Viewing Picks for 01/21 & 01/22/2012, All Times Eastern

Men’s Schedule Courtesy of Matt’s College Sports on TV Saturday, January 21 College GameDay live from Pittsburgh, PA — ESPNU, 10 a.m./ESPN, 11 a.m./ESPN, 8 p.m. 11 a.m. Maryland at Temple — ESPNU noon Fordham at St. Bonaventure — A-10 Network: Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/CSS/The Comcast Network Wake Forest at Boston College — ACC Network Rutgers […]

Former Giants RB and NBC Analyst Tiki Barber Joins SNY

Starting this weekend, Tiki Barber joins New York regional sports network SNY for its Giants playoff coverage. Barber who was a running back for the Football Giants and then an analyst for NBC’s Football Night in America as well as a correspondent for the Today Show, has not been seen on TV regularly since 2010 […]

College Basketball Viewing Picks For 01/14 & 01/15/2012, All Times Eastern

Men’s schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports on TV Saturday, January 14 College GameDay — ESPN2, 10 a.m./ESPNU, 11 a.m. 11 a.m. UConn at Notre Dame — ESPN2 noon Villanova at Cincinnati — Big East Network/Cox Sports Television/MASN/SNY Hofstra at Old Dominion — Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/Comcast SportsNet New England/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/CSS/MSG Plus Kentucky at Tennessee […]

College Basketball Viewing Picks For 01/07 & 01/08/2012, All Times Eastern

Men’s Schedule Courtesy of Matt’s College Sports Saturday, January 7 11 a.m. College GameDay — ESPNU Florida at Tennessee — ESPN2 noon Virginia Tech at Wake Forest — ACC Network Georgetown at West Virginia — Big East Network/Cox Sports Television/MASN/SNY Duke at Georgia Tech — ESPNU Xavier at Fordham — Fox College Sports Atlantic/Fox Sports […]

College Basketball Viewing Picks For 12/31/11 & 01/01/12, All Times Eastern

Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports on TV Saturday, December 31, 2011 noon St. John’s at UConn — Big East Network (SNY/MASN) Louisville at Kentucky — CBS Virginia Tech at Oklahoma State — ESPN2 Austin Peay at Morehead State — ESPNU South Carolina Upstate at South Carolina — Fox College Sports Central/SportSouth Boston University at […]

Some Quick Sports Media Thoughts

I’ll do a few thoughts on what’s transpired in sports media this week. As always, they come in bullet form. The NFL came out smelling like roses after the league’s owners approved the new 9 year agreements with CBS, Fox, and NBC. Not only does the league have stability with its players with a long-term […]

Doing Some Quick Wednesday Linkage

Lots of stuff going on here and it’s prevented me from providing links. I’ll do some now while I can. Anthony Crupi of Adweek reports that the NFL has put the kybosh on a new Thursday Night Football package until next season. Michael Smith and John Ourand of the Sports Business Journal report that with […]

Friday Megalinks Just For You

Let’s do some linkage. The Weekend Viewing Picks give you everything to you need for your viewing pleasure. Let’s do this. National Michael Hiestand of USA Today writes that primetime is the right time for college football. Tripp Mickle of Sports Business Daily reports that ESPN has sold out its ad inventory for its new […]

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