ESPN Takes The Wraps Off SEC College Basketball Schedule

August 26, 2010 | by Keith | Categories Television | 1 Comment

Up next in the ESPN unveiling of its College Basketball schedule, the SEC:

Sat, Jan 8- 1:30 p.m. Tennessee at Arkansas SEC Network / ESPN3.com
4 p.m. Kentucky at Georgia SEC Network / ESPN3.com
Alabama at Mississippi State SEC Network / ESPN3.com
5 p.m. Vanderbilt at South Carolina ESPN2 / ESPN3.com
6 p.m. LSU at Auburn FSN / ESPN3.com
8 p.m. Ole Miss at Florida CSS / ESPN3.com
Tue, Jan 11- 7 p.m. Auburn at Kentucky ESPNU
9 p.m. Florida at Tennessee ESPN / ESPN3.com
Wed, Jan 12- 8 p.m. Georgia at Vanderbilt SEC Network / ESPN3.com
Arkansas at LSU SEC Network / ESPN3.com
9 p.m. South Carolina at Alabama CSS / ESPN3.com
Thu, Jan 13- 9 p.m. Mississippi State at Ole Miss ESPN or ESPN2 / ESPN3.com
Sat, Jan 15- Noon Vanderbilt at Tennessee ESPN / ESPN3.com
1:30 p.m. South Carolina at Florida SEC Network / ESPN3.com
Alabama at Arkansas SEC Network / ESPN3.com
4 p.m. LSU at Kentucky SEC Network / ESPN3.com
5 p.m. Georgia at Ole Miss FSN / ESPN3.com
Sun, Jan 16- 2 p.m. Auburn at Mississippi State FSN / ESPN3.com
Tue, Jan 18- 7 p.m. Tennessee at Georgia ESPNU
9 p.m. Kentucky at Alabama ESPN / ESPN3.com
Wed, Jan 19- 8 p.m. Arkansas at South Carolina SEC Network / ESPN3.com
9 p.m. Ole Miss at Vanderbilt CSS / ESPN3.com
Thu, Jan 20- 7 p.m. Florida at Auburn ESPN or ESPN2 / ESPN3.com
Sat, Jan 22- 1:30 p.m. Ole Miss at LSU SEC Network / ESPN3.com
4 p.m. Mississippi State at Georgia SEC Network / ESPN3.com
6 p.m. Kentucky at South Carolina ESPN / ESPN3.com
Alabama at Auburn CSS / ESPN3.com
8 p.m. Arkansas at Florida FSN / ESPN3.com
Tue, Jan 25- 7 p.m. Florida at Georgia ESPN / ESPN3.com
9 p.m. Auburn at Arkansas ESPNU
Wed, Jan 26- 8 p.m. LSU at Tennessee SEC Network / ESPN3.com
Thu, Jan 27- 7 p.m. Vanderbilt at Mississippi State ESPN or ESPN2 / ESPN3.com
Sat, Jan 29- 1:30 p.m. Auburn at South Carolina SEC Network / ESPN3.com
4 p.m. Georgia at Kentucky ESPN / ESPN3.com
Tennessee at Ole Miss SEC Network / ESPN3.com
6 p.m. Arkansas at Vanderbilt FSN / ESPN3.com
8 p.m. LSU at Alabama FSN / ESPN3.com
Tue, Feb 1- 7 p.m. Kentucky at Ole Miss ESPNU
9 p.m. Vanderbilt at Florida ESPN / ESPN3.com
Wed, Feb 2- 8 p.m. South Carolina at LSU SEC Network / ESPN3.com
Mississippi State at Alabama SEC Network / ESPN3.com
9 p.m. Georgia at Arkansas CSS / ESPN3.com
Thu, Feb 3- 9 p.m. Tennessee at Auburn ESPN or ESPN2 / ESPN3.com
Sat, Feb 5- 1:30 p.m. Auburn at Georgia SEC Network / ESPN3.com
South Carolina at Vanderbilt SEC Network / ESPN3.com
4 p.m. Mississippi State at LSU SEC Network / ESPN3.com
5 p.m. Alabama at Tennessee FSN / ESPN3.com
6 p.m. Ole Miss at Arkansas ESPN or ESPN2 / ESPN3.com
9 p.m. Kentucky at Florida ESPN / ESPN3.com
Tue, Feb 8- 9 p.m. Tennessee at Kentucky ESPN / ESPN3.com
Wed, Feb 9- 8 p.m. Florida at South Carolina SEC Network / ESPN3.com
Arkansas at Mississippi State SEC Network / ESPN3.com
9 p.m. LSU at Ole Miss CSS / ESPN3.com
Thu, Feb 10- 9 p.m. Alabama at Vanderbilt ESPN or ESPN2 / ESPN3.com
Sat, Feb 12- 1:30 p.m. LSU at Arkansas SEC Network / ESPN3.com
4 p.m. Georgia at South Carolina SEC Network / ESPN3.com
Ole Miss at Alabama SEC Network / ESPN3.com
6 p.m. Tennessee at Florida ESPN or ESPN2 / ESPN3.com
7 p.m. Mississippi State at Auburn FSN / ESPN3.com
Tue, Feb 15- 7 p.m. Mississippi State at Kentucky ESPN / ESPN3.com
Wed, Feb 16- 7 p.m. Vanderbilt at Georgia ESPNU
South Carolina at Tennessee CSS / ESPN3.com
8 p.m. Auburn at Ole Miss SEC Network / ESPN3.com
Thu, Feb 17- 9 p.m. Alabama at LSU ESPN or ESPN2 / ESPN3.com
Sat, Feb 19- 1:30 p.m. Ole Miss at Mississippi State SEC Network / ESPN3.com
4 p.m. Vanderbilt at Auburn SEC Network / ESPN3.com
South Carolina at Kentucky SEC Network / ESPN3.com
7 p.m. Arkansas at Alabama FSN / ESPN3.com
Sun, Feb 20- 1 p.m. Florida at LSU ESPN or ESPN2 / ESPN3.com
Tue, Feb 22- 7 p.m. Ole Miss at South Carolina ESPNU
9 p.m. Tennessee at Vanderbilt ESPN / ESPN3.com
Wed, Feb 23- 8 p.m. Kentucky at Arkansas SEC Network / ESPN3.com
Auburn at Alabama SEC Network / ESPN3.com
9 p.m. LSU at Mississippi State CSS / ESPN3.com
Thu, Feb 24- 7 p.m. Georgia at Florida ESPN or ESPN2 / ESPN3.com
Sat, Feb 26- 1:30 p.m. Vanderbilt at LSU

Aug

26

Big Ten Network’s Men’s College Basketball Schedule

August 26, 2010 | by Keith | Categories Television | Leave a Comment

Big Ten college basketball fans will have their fair fill of men’s college basketball this season on the Big Ten Network (BTN). The BTN has announced a 61 game intra-conference schedule beginning December 27th.

Here it is:

Monday Dec. 27 – Penn State @ Indiana 6:30 PM
Tuesday Dec. 28 – Purdue @ Michigan 2 PM
Wednesday Dec. 29- Illinois @ Iowa 9 PM
Friday Dec. 31- Minnesota @ Michigan State 4 PM
Sunday Jan. 2- Penn State @ Michigan 4 PM
Sunday Jan. 2- Wisconsin @ Illinois 6 PM
Monday Jan. 3- Michigan State @ Northwestern 7:30 PM
Tuesday Jan. 4- Ohio State @ Iowa 9 PM
Wednesday Jan. 5- Purdue @ Penn State 6:30 PM
Wednesday Jan. 5 – Michigan @ Wisconsin 8:30 PM
Saturday Jan. 8- Michigan State @ Penn State 1 PM
Sunday Jan. 9- Iowa @ Purdue Noon
Sunday Jan. 9- Minnesota @ Ohio State 2 or 4 PM
Sunday Jan. 9- Indiana @ Northwestern 7 PM
Tuesday Jan. 11- Illinois @ Penn State 9 PM
Wednesday Jan. 12- Ohio State @ Michigan 6:30 PM
Wednesday Jan. 12 – Northwestern @ Iowa 8:30 PM
Saturday Jan. 15- Northwestern @ Michigan State 1 PM
Saturday Jan. 15- Illinois @ Wisconsin 3 PM
Saturday Jan. 15- Penn State @ Ohio State 5:30 PM
Saturday Jan. 15- Michigan @ Indiana 8 PM
Sunday Jan. 16- Iowa @ Minnesota 6 or 7 PM
Tuesday Jan. 18- Michigan @ Northwestern 9 PM
Wednesday Jan. 19- Iowa @ Ohio State 6:30 PM
Wednesday Jan. 19- Penn State @ Purdue 8:30 PM
Saturday Jan. 22- Minnesota @ Michigan 7 PM
Sunday Jan. 23- Wisconsin @ Northwestern 1 PM
Sunday Jan. 23- Indiana @ Iowa 3 PM
Wednesday Jan. 26- Iowa @ Penn State 6:30 PM
Wednesday Jan. 26- Northwestern @ Minnesota 8:30 PM
Thursday Jan. 27- Illinois @ Indiana 9 PM
Saturday Jan. 29- Wisconsin @ Penn State 4 PM
Sunday Jan. 30- Iowa @ Michigan 4 PM
Sunday Jan. 30- Indiana @ Michigan State 6 PM
Tuesday Feb. 1- Penn State @ Illinois 9 PM
Wednesday Feb. 2- Minnesota @ Indiana 6:30 PM
Wednesday Feb. 2- Michigan State @ Iowa 8:30 PM
Sunday Feb. 6- Michigan @ Penn State Noon or 3 PM
Wednesday Feb. 9- Northwestern @ Michigan 6:30 PM
Wednesday Feb. 9- Wisconsin @ Iowa 8:30 PM
Thursday Feb. 10- Penn State @ Michigan State 7 PM
Saturday Feb. 12- Indiana @ Michigan 4 PM
Sunday Feb. 13- Northwestern @ Penn State 3:30 PM
Sunday Feb. 13- Minnesota @ Iowa 6 PM
Wednesday Feb. 16- Wisconsin @ Purdue 6:30 PM
Wednesday Feb. 16- Michigan @ Illinois 8:30 PM
Thursday Feb. 17- Iowa @ Northwestern 9 PM
Saturday Feb. 19- Wildcard @ Wildcard 4:30 PM
Saturday Feb. 19- Wildcard @ Wildcard 7 PM
Sunday Feb. 20- Penn State @ Wisconsin 6 PM
Tuesday Feb. 22- Michigan State @ Minnesota 9 PM
Wednesday Feb. 23- Wisconsin @ Michigan 6:30 PM
Wednesday Feb. 23- Purdue @ Indiana 8:30 PM
Saturday Feb. 26- Michigan @ Minnesota 4:30 PM
Saturday Feb. 26- Wildcard @ Wildcard 7 PM
Sunday Feb. 27- Northwestern @ Wisconsin 6 PM
Tuesday March 1- Ohio State @ Penn State 9 PM
Wednesday March 2- Iowa @ Michigan State 6:30 PM
Wednesday March 2- Wildcard @ Wildcard 8:30 PM
Saturday March 5- Wildcard @ Wildcard Noon
Sunday March 6- Penn State @ Minnesota 1 or 6 PM

Aug

26

ESPN Announces New Programs For ESPNEWS

August 26, 2010 | by Keith | Categories Television | Leave a Comment

In conjunction with the expansion of SportCenter to ESPNEWS beginningext week n, the WWL has announced the creation of two new programs that will also air on ESPNNEWS beginning Monday.

From ESPN PR:

The Beat, hosted by Bram Weinstein at 6 p.m. and repeated immediately at 6:30 p.m., will provide an entertaining and quirky look at sports and sports stories, as an alternative to SportsCenter, airing on ESPN at that time. It will consist of stories, highlights, interviews and a variety of segments playing off the show’s name – “On the Beat,” “Beats Me,” “Bite Beat,” etc. The name was chosen to invoke both a heartbeat – the pulse of sports – and the notion of reporter’s beat.

Highlight Express will present the day’s best highlights and sound bites in a fast-paced half-hour format at 11 a.m. It will be updated through the end of the day’s action and then reaired until the next afternoon (3 p.m. on weekdays, noon on Saturdays and 2 p.m. on Sundays). The show will focus exclusively on the most amazing plays and action, with all the day’s news and scores provided via the BottomLine. The two co-hosts will vary among the ESPNEWS anchor roster.

ESPN has also announced that College Football Overdrive will return to ESPNEWS Saturdays beginning September 4th. The five hour show, hosted by Ryan Burr with analysis by Jon Ritchie, will provide live updates and highlights beginning at 3:00p.m. each Saturday.

Aug

26

ESPN Announces Big Ten College Basketball Schedule

August 26, 2010 | by Keith | Categories Television | Leave a Comment

ESPN continues to unveil its growing schedule of college basketball telecasts. Next up, the Big Ten Conference schedule:

Tue, Dec 28 7 p.m. – Minnesota at Wisconsin ESPN2 / ESPN3.com
Fri, Dec 31 Noon – Northwestern at Purdue ESPN2 / ESPN3.com
6 p.m. Ohio State at Indiana ESPN2 / ESPN3.com
Tue, Jan 4 7 p.m. – Indiana at Minnesota ESPN2 / ESPN3.com
Thu, Jan 6 9 p.m. – Northwestern at Illinois ESPN2 / ESPN3.com
Tue, Jan 11 7 p.m. -Wisconsin at Michigan State ESPN / ESPN3.com
Thu, Jan 13 7 p.m. – Purdue at Minnesota ESPN or ESPN2 / ESPN3.com
Tue, Jan 18 7 p.m. – Michigan State at Illinois ESPN / ESPN3.com
Thu, Jan 20 9 p.m. – Indiana at Wisconsin ESPN or ESPN2 / ESPN3.com
Sat, Jan 22 9 p.m. – Michigan State at Purdue ESPN / ESPN3.com
Tue, Jan 25 9 p.m. – Purdue at Ohio State ESPN / ESPN3.com
Thu, Jan 27 7 p.m. – Michigan at Michigan State ESPN or ESPN2 / ESPN3.com
Sat, Jan 29 6 p.m. – Ohio State at Northwestern ESPN2 / ESPN3.com
Tue, Feb 1 7 p.m. – Purdue at Wisconsin ESPN / ESPN3.com
Thu, Feb 3 7 p.m. – Michigan at Ohio State ESPN or ESPN2 / ESPN3.com
Sat, Feb 5 4 p.m. – Iowa at Indiana ESPN or ESPN2 / ESPN3.com
Sun, Feb 6 2 p.m. – Ohio State at Minnesota ESPN / ESPN3.com
Tue, Feb 8 7 p.m. – Indiana at Purdue ESPN / ESPN3.com
Thu, Feb 10 9 p.m. – Illinois at Minnesota ESPN or ESPN2 / ESPN3.com
Sat, Feb 12 2 p.m. – Ohio State at Wisconsin ESPN or ESPN2 / ESPN3.com
Tue, Feb 15 9 p.m. – Michigan State at Ohio State ESPN / ESPN3.com
Thu, Feb 17 7 p.m. – Minnesota at Penn State ESPN or ESPN2 / ESPN3.com
Sat, Feb 19 9 p.m. – Illinois at Michigan State ESPN / ESPN3.com
Tue, Feb 22 7 p.m. – Illinois at Ohio State ESPN / ESPN3.com
Thu, Feb 24 9 p.m. – Penn State at Northwestern ESPN or ESPN2 / ESPN3.com
Sun, Feb 27 1 p.m. -Wildcard Selection (Purdue at Michigan State, Indiana at Ohio State or Iowa at Illinois) ESPN or ESPN2 / ESPN3.com
Tue, Mar 1 7 p.m. – Illinois at Purdue ESPN / ESPN3.com
Thu, Mar 3 9 p.m. – Wildcard Selection (Minnesota at Northwestern or Wisconsin at Indiana) ESPN or ESPN2 / ESPN3.com
Sat, Mar 5 4 p.m. -Wildcard (Wisconsin at Ohio State, Indiana at Illinois or Purdue at Iowa) ESPN / ESPN3.com

Aug

25

Sports Media Weekly Podcast No. 46- Scott Ackerson, Fox NFL Sunday

August 25, 2010 | by Keith | Categories Internet, Sports Radio, Television | Leave a Comment

We are back with another edition of the Sports Media Weekly Podcast.

We have a full show as Ken Fang at Fang’s Bites and I start the show by talking about the egos of some members of the sports media, specifically AOL Fanhouse/ESPN’s Jay Mariotti and Fox Sports.com’s Jason Whitlock.

Ken and I also review the announcer assignments for CBS, Fox, and Westwood One as they get set for the 2010 NFL season. And speaking of announcers, we also look at Ken’s list last week of his best announcers of all time.

Our guest this week is Scott Ackerson, Coordinating Producer of Fox NFL Sunday. Scott has been producing the show for 17 years and tells us about the changes in technology and how it has impacted the show over the years, the chemistry of the on-air talent, the addition of Mike Pereira to the line-up, and what other new features we can expect on the show this year.