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TSN Acquires Two International Sports Properties

TSN, one of Canada’s two cable all-sports networks, has gained the rights to two international sports events. First, TSN acquired the Canadian rights to Euro 2012 and Euro 2016 just as ESPN did earlier today. TSN Acquires Rights to Euro 2012 and 2016 – Deal includes comprehensive English and French multimedia rights in Canada – […]

Univeral Sports Quotage on Alberto Contrador’s Positive Test Results

It broke today and when people heard the news, there didn’t seem to be much surprise. On Thursday, Tour de France champion Alberto Contrador’s test results from the race came up positive for a banned substance. Contrador is making a preposterous claim that the positive test results came as a result of eating bad beef. […]

Weekend Programming Press Releases

Let’s give you some weekend programming releases. Asides from baseball, NASCAR and golf, there are some slim pickings, but you may find something you like in the following announcements. Don’t let me influence your viewing. Tomorrow, CBS airs the finale of the Tour de France plus has a special on the road to the PGA […]

Some Sunday Night Links

My plans to provide linkage this weekend went up in smoke when I had to run errands for my family, but I’ll do some this evening. My day has been planned for me on Monday so I don’t know when I can blog, but I’ll do my best. Mike Florio from Pro Football Talk has […]

Friday Megalinks, Part I

I’m going to do the Friday megalinks in two parts once again. I’m going to leave the office before 4 p.m. ET so I can get a few things done at home and then I’ll do the rest of the megalinks tonight then post some press releases. Once again, I’ll post the National and Northeast […]

Some Monday Press Releases to Post

I’ll provide some press releases while I can. Here’s the interview CNN medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta conducted with Lance Armstrong. This interview aired on today’s edition of American Morning. In an interview that aired on today’s American Morning, CNN’s chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta spoke exclusively with seven-time Tour de France winner Lance […]

Back to the Grind Links

As many of you return to work today, time for some linkage. Starting with USA Today’s Michael Hiestand, he says ESPN will conduct an announcing experiment during tonight’s Dodgers-Cardinals game. Mike Freeman from CBSSports.com, who wrote a book about problems at ESPN, writes that ESPN has put together a list of 100 banned reporters in […]

Some More Sunday Links

Here are some more links on this Sunday as I try to watch True Blood and not get attracted to Anna Paquin. Ever since I saw her in “The Piano”, I never gave her a thought as she was only a kid. Then I saw her in “Almost Famous” and couldn’t believe how much she […]

Videos of the Week – Tour de France

As the Tour de France ends today, I thought I would take a look back at how the Tour was covered on US TV some two decades ago. Thanks to Lance Armstrong, the popularity of the Tour has led to wall-to-wall coverage on Versus. When CBS had the exclusive rights, it would only show coverage […]

The Thursday Press Release Post

There are quite a few press releases to give you on the waning minutes of Thursday. Let’s give them to you. First, the Big Ten Network prepares to hit the road in August to visit all of the schools in advance of football season. ‘Big Ten Football Tour’ Hits the Road Starting August 11 Revsine, […]

Some Late Night Linkage

Time for some links on this Thursday. Starting with the Associated Press which states that the American Sportscasters Association has named Lesley Visser as the top female sportscaster. Here’s the release from the American Sportscasters Association and those who are ranked after Lesley. Based on her career, I would agree with this. Lesley was the […]

Wednesday Evening Links

Let’s do some linkage this evening. Lazy night for sports, but never a lazy night for blogging. Let’s do the links then I have some housekeeping to do later. Blog housekeeping, not house housekeeping. That’s for later. I’ll start with Friend of Fang’s Bites and fellow puckhead Ken Schott of the Schenectady Gazette who is […]

Tuesday Afternoon Update

I have enough links to warrant an update today. Starting with two links from the Sports Business Daily and thanks to the fine people there for opening these pages to the public. Comcast-owned Golf Channel and Versus saw the biggest year-to-year viewership gains for a sports network as Austin Karp writes. Erik Swanson talks to […]

The What Am I Doing Friday … Errrrrr… Saturday Megalinks

Ok, time for the megalinks. I’ve been procrastinating so these are very late, but better late than never. As usual, we go over the Weekend Viewing Picks. The 4th of July weekend is perfect for Breakfast at Wimbledon and we know that an American will will win the Ladies Final on Saturday, either Venus or […]

Links for Your Thursday Night

Time for some linkage finally. For the 4th of July holiday weekend, the posting may be sparse. It depends on the schedule. Friday will have your usual posts, Primetime & Late Night Viewing Picks, Weekend Viewing Picks, Follow Friday and the megalinks. I know Saturday will be busy so I may not be able to […]

Late Monday/Early Tuesday Links

It’s early Tuesday morning on the East Coast as I do these links. I’ve been researching clips for the 2000 Olympic Games so this update is delayed. I promised you links and by golly, I’m going to give them to you. First, John Crowe at his Crowe’s Nest blog has some industry news including some […]

Quick Monday Afternoon Update

I can give you a few more links today. Starting with David Scott of Boston Sports Media Watch where he updates us on the John Tomase situation at the Boston Herald. Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch writes about Jim McKay’s death and the impact of his work on his fellow sportscasters and at the 1972 Munich […]

Thursday Afternoon Links

Since I wasn’t able to provide links this morning, I’ll give you some now. No Dan Patrick today and thinking about it, he’ll probably be back on Monday so we’ll get our big announcement then. Onto other stuff. I love juicy gossip on the sports biz. Neil Best in his Newsday blog says MLB is […]

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