As I try to leave before I get caught in Patriots tailgating traffic, I have a couple of things to pass along.
ESPN’s College Gameday makes its first trip to the Big Ten this season as it will be at the site of Penn State at Ohio State from the Big Horseshoe in Columbus, OH. It will be there live at 10 a.m. Saturday and as I check the ABC/ESPN/ESPN2 college football schedule, lo and behold! Penn State-Ohio State is the ABC primetime game opposite World Series Game 3 on Fox at 8 p.m. Another visit to a game that will be on the ESPN Family of Networks. Here’s a quick blurb from ESPN sent to my inbox:
ESPN’s College GameDay from #3 Penn State at #9 Ohio State
College GameDay (Saturdays at 10 a.m. ET on ESPN) will originate from Columbus, Ohio this Saturday, site of undefeated #3 Penn State at Big 10 foe #9 Ohio State (televised on ABC at 8 p.m.). College GameDay is hosted by Chris Fowler with analysts Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit and Desmond Howard.
Neil Best of Newsday tells us that the New York Mets will remain on flagship station WFAN, its home dating back to 1986.
If you’re wondering about radio coverage of the World Series, ESPN Radio will carry the games with Jon Miller and Joe Morgan on the call. Plus, ESPN Radio will have a bunch of programming leading up to and during the Series.
World Series: All Games on ESPN Radio; Baseball Tonight On Site
ESPN Radio will present every World Series game with Jon Miller and Joe Morgan describing all the Rays-Phillies action. Jon Sciambi will serve as on-site studio host, with analysts Dave Campbell and Peter Pascarelli.
ESPN Radio Studio World Series Programming
Baseball Tonight will offer a World Series Preview, with host Karl Ravech and analysts Peter Gammons, John Kruk and Steve Phillips, Tuesday, Oct. 21, at 8 p.m. Additionally, Baseball Tonight will present post-game coverage, including highlights, news and analysis, on site throughout the World Series with Ravech, Gammons, Kruk and Phillips, along with analysts Eric Young (from St. Petersburg) and Chris Singleton (Philadelphia). Buster Olney and Fernando Vina will offer analysis from Bristol.
The Baseball Show: Postseason Edition aka SportsNation: ESPN Radio’s SportsNation (4-6:30 p.m. M-F) became The Baseball Show, Postseason Edition September 30 and will continue through the World Series. Co-hosts John Seibel and former MLB player and current Baseball Tonight analyst Orestes Destrade analyze the action Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Regular segments include the O-Zone (Orestes presenting his keys to each night’s game), Game Changers (plays that impacted the previous night’s games), and Pre-game Chatter (press conference coverage).
Mike & Mike in the Morning (6-10 a.m., M-F): hosts Mike Golic and Mike Greenberg present baseball-related guests daily, including: Monday (6:25 a.m., Buster Olney; 7:25 a.m., Rays season ticket holder Dick Vitale); Tuesday (8:25 a.m., Jayson Stark); Wednesday (7:10 a.m., Steve Phillips), Thursday (7:40 a.m., Tim Kurkjian) and Friday (7:10 & 7:25 a.m., Peter Gammons).
Scott Van Pelt Show (3-4 p.m., M-F): Giants pitcher Barry Zito will serve as a special guest analyst throughout the postseason.
The Sports Media Watch says Game 7 of the American League Championship Series on TBS fared well in the ratings directly opposite the Sunday Night Football game between Seattle and Tampa Bay on NBC.
And Barry Horn of the Dallas Morning News reports Sunday’s Cowboys blowout at the hands of St. Louis on Sunday garnered the team’s worst TV ratings in the local area since 2005.
I should have an evening update. Check your RSS feeds later.
