Monthly Archives: October 2008
NFL Week 9, With Local Media Links
Halfway through the NFL season…here is the week 9 schedule along with our links to the local media covering each team…
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd
NY Jets at Buffalo 1:00 PM CBS
Detroit at Chicago 1:00 PM FOX
Jacksonville at Cincinnati 1:00 PM CBS
Baltimore at Cleveland 1:00 PM CBS
Green Bay at Tennessee 1:00 PM FOX
Arizona at St. Louis 1:00 PM FOX
Houston at Minnesota 1:00 PM CBS
Tampa Bay at Kansas City 1:00 PM FOX
Miami at Denver 4:05 PM CBS
Atlanta at Oakland 4:15 PM FOX
Dallas at NY Giants 4:15 PM FOX
Philadelphia at Seattle 4:15 PM FOX
New England at Indianapolis 8:15 PM NBC
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3rd
Pittsburgh at Washington 8:30 PM ESPN
What They’re Saying, October 31st, 2008
Here is our Friday potpourri of sports media columnists and what’s on their minds…
We start with our friend Christopher Byrne at Eye on Sports Media who has a piece about the branding of sports network websites, specifically through their web addresses. It may be a little technical for those not into the inner workings of the Internet, but interesting nonetheless.
Michael Hiestand at USA Today has the story of a new tradition taking hold during ESPN’s College Gameday telecasts…
Laura Nachman at her Philly TV and Radio site has her impressions how the local Philadelphia media handled the teams World Series win.
Bob Raissman at the NY Daily News has more criticism for Bud Selig…
Richard Sandolmir at the NY Times has the story we have all seen on the record low World Series ratings…
Neil Best at Newsday echoes the thoughts of many of us in arguing for an earlier start to World Series games…
Phil Mushnick at the NY Post also piles on with his World Series thoughts…The paper also has 5 questions for TNT’s Kenny Smith…
David Barron at the Houston Chronicle also chimes in on the World Series ratings…
As does Eric Deggans at the St. Petersburg Times…
Nancy Marrapese Burrell at the Boston Globe has the NBC view of the Patriots heading into their match-up with the Colts Sunday night…
David Darling at the Orlando Sentinel has a piece which looks at endorsements…
Doug Nye at the State has the story of a local South Carolina grad and her role at ESPNU.
Barry Jackson at the Miami Herald looks at the opening night telecast of the Miami Heat.
Scott D. Pearce at the Salt Lake City Desert News looks at the viewing option for local MLS fans…
Jim Carlisle at the Ventura County Star talks with Chris Collinsworth on his multi-network obligations…
John Maffei at the North County Times also has a piece on Collinsworth and the NFL Network crew…
Ditto Jay Posner at the San Diego Union Tribune…
Tom Hoffarth at the LA Daily News profiles Petros Papadakis…
Ray Frager at the Baltimore Sun talks about the blurred line between sports reporting and commentary…
Dan Caesar at the St. Louis Post Dispatch looks at changes at one local sports radio outlet…
Tim Lemke at the Washington Times has his notes…
Diane Pucin at the LA Times looks at Doris Burke’s ascension to ESPN’s NBA sideline reporter role…
Mel Bracht at the Oklahoman looks at the launch of Fox Sports Oklahoma. He has other tidbits in his notebook…
NFL Week 8, With Local Media Links
OK…Here is your NFL week 8 schedule, along with our links to the local media outlets of the teams…
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26th
Tampa Bay at Dallas 1:00 PM FOX
Washington at Detroit 1:00 PM FOX
Buffalo at Miami 1:00 PM CBS
St. Louis at New England 1:00 PM FOX
San Diego at New Orleans 1:00 PM CBS
Kansas City at NY Jets 1:00 PM CBS
Atlanta at Philadelphia 1:00 PM FOX
Oakland at Baltimore 1:00 PM CBS
Arizona at Carolina 1:00 PM FOX
Cleveland at Jacksonville 4:05 PM CBS
Cincinnati at Houston 4:05 PM CBS
NY Giants at Pittsburgh 4:15 PM FOX
Seattle at San Francisco 4:15 PM FOX
MONDAY, OCTOBER 27th
Indianapolis at Tennessee 8:30 PM ESPN
Rocky Mountain Break
Good Friday…I’m coming to you from our Rocky Mountain outpost in Denver. I am here on business so I will not be filing our weekly “What They’re Saying” post of sports media columnists and their weekly columns. I know many of you are crushed…
Later today I will post the week 8 NFL schedule along with our links to the local media outlets covering the teams.
More when I return next week.
XM Radio Dedicates Channel to Baseball Classics
This Sunday, baseball fans who subscribe to XM Radio will have a new channel dedicated to them which will, for one day only, “be dedicated entirely to baseball-themed songs, famous play-by-play calls and other classic odes to the game.”
Here is more from XM:
XM listeners will relive some of baseball’s most historic moments, such
as Milo Hamilton’s television call of Hank Aaron’s record-setting 715th
career home run in 1974. They’ll hear dozens of versions of “Take Me
Out To The Ball Game,” plus a variety of other songs including
well-known tunes like “Centerfield” by John Fogerty and “Willie, Mickey
& The Duke (Talkin’ Baseball)” by Terry Cashman and rarely heard tracks
such as “The First Baseball Game” by Nat King Cole and “There Used To Be a Ballpark” by Frank Sinatra.The channel will also present baseball programs from the Golden Age of
Radio, famous baseball-themed comedy bits like Abbott and Costello’s
“Who’s On First” and George Carlin’s “Baseball-Football,” spoken-word
pieces including James Earl Jones’ recitation of the classic baseball
poem “Casey At The Bat,”…even clips from Bugs Bunny in his memorable “Baseball Bugs” cartoon.
Here is one of the clips listeners will be able to enjoy…Courtesy of the late George Carlin:
XM subscribers can find the programming on Channel 55.
