Showtime Renews Jim Rome for A Third Season
This from Showtime, Jim Rome is coming back for a third season on the pay cable network. The new set of shows will premiere on Wednesday, January 15 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. Rome will continue his mix of...
View ArticleShowtime Previews the January 2014 Edition of 60 Minutes Sports
Coming up in the next edition of 60 Minutes Sports, the sports edition of the CBS News magazine, the program profiles U.S. Olympic skier Mikaela Shiffrin. We’ve all heard of Lindsey Vonn, the gold...
View ArticleCBS Sports Family of Networks to Cover Super Bowl XLVIII Like a Wet Blanket
This from the fine people at CBS Sports. With Super Bowl Week fast approaching, the various sports television networks have unveiled their plans to provide programming for the days leading up to the...
View ArticleThe Nominees for the 35th Annual Sports Emmy Awards
The nominees are out. A few interesting developments for this year’s Emmys. In the play-by-play category, Al Michaels is noticeably absent. Marv Albert, Mike Breen, Joe Buck, Bob Costas (?) and Mike...
View Article35th Annual Sports Emmy Award Winners
Here’s the listing of the 35th Annual Sports Emmy Awards. They were handed out in New York tonight to an appreciative audience at the Frederick P. Rose Hall at the Time Warner Center. Overall, NBC led...
View ArticleInside the NFL Moves to Tuesday with New Host Greg Gumbel
This in from Showtime, Inside the NFL will move from Wednesday nights to Tuesday nights at 9 ET starting September 2. And here’s the kicker, the show will air for the first time on basic cable when NFL...
View ArticleWeekend Sports Media Notebook — 01/03-04/2015
Let’s give you some news, linkage and maybe some news you can use. Figured you could use some Sunday reading today. NEWS You’ve probably heard it already, but the College Football Playoff semifinals,...
View ArticleTuesday’s Sports Media Notebook — 01/06/2015
On this first Tuesday of the New Year, let’s open the notebook once again to provide you with some linkage and some news you can use. First, some thoughts which will take the place of the breaking news...
View ArticleWednesday’s Sports Media Notebook — 02/18/2015
Time for another edition of the notebook. Let’s do this. NEWS NBC Sports has announced it will pick up radio coverage of horse racing’s Triple Crown. Over the past few years, radio coverage of the...
View Article36th Annual Sports Emmy Award Winners
The 36th Annual Sports Emmy Awards were handed out in New York on Tuesday, May 5. NBC’s coverage of the Sochi Winter Olympic Games was a big winner, but in several technical categories. We can’t say...
View ArticleSports Media Notebook — June 11, 2015
Let’s do another notebook for you on this Thursday. NEWS The NBA Finals are breaking records. Through three games, the series between the Cleveland Cavs and Golden State Warriors is averaging almost...
View ArticleWinners of the 37th Sports Emmy Awards
On Tuesday, May 10 at Frederick P. Rose Hall at Lincoln Center in New York, the Sports Emmy Awards were handed out to the national sports networks nominated in a number of categories. FS1 was the...
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