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What could an eight-team college football playoff add in rights fees and viewers?
Adding four quarterfinal games annually might be very lucrative indeed for college football.
ESPN signs Tim Kurkjian to a multi-year extension
Expect to see Kurkjian cracking up at Scott Van Pelt more in the coming years. And maybe we'll get more MLB players impersonating him as well.
Your 2019 NFL Week 15 announcing schedule
Thursday, December 12 NY Jets at Baltimore, FOX/NFL 8:20 p.m. – Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Erin Andrews &...
Your NBA announcing schedule for 12/10-12/16
Tuesday, December 10 Denver at Philadelphia (TNT 8 pm) Brian Anderson, Greg Anthony & Allie LaForce Wednesday, December...
Oregon’s 37-15 win over Utah was the most-watched Pac-12 Championship since 2014
This Pac-12 championship was up 44 percent over last year's.
What would the College Football Playoff look like if it went by teams’ 2019 viewership?
There are plenty of interesting elements in the regular-season viewership totals for the top 15 teams in the CFP rankings.
Your 2019 college football Championship Week announcing schedule
Friday, December 6 8 PM- Pac-12 Championship: Utah vs. Oregon ABC: Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Molly McGrath ESPN...
Undisputed’s best day ever Friday drew 52 percent of First Take’s audience that day, illustrating the gulf between the shows
Undisputed's 366,000 viewers Friday was a record for that show, but it was only 52 percent of the 700,000 viewers First Take drew then.
ESPN goes 0-for-4 on team logos for NBA Friday promo
Pelicans-Rockets and Mavericks-Suns are *not* the scheduled ESPN games. But those are definitely their logos.
The PR battle over college football pregame show ratings is so stupid
This past Saturday, we finally got a college football pregame show battle worth talking about. ESPN’s College GameDay...
Your 2019 NFL Week 14 announcing schedule
Thursday, December 5 Dallas at Chicago, FOX/NFL 8:20 p.m. – Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Erin Andrews & Kristina...
In a week, Mike Greenberg went from “Michigan is going to beat Ohio State” to calling that series “hammer and nail,” “a relationship,...
On Thursday, Mike Greenberg said "Michigan is going to beat Ohio State in the Big House on Saturday." On Tuesday, Greenberg said "a hammer and a nail have a relationship, but not a rivalry," and "is the problem in Ann Arbor the coach, or is it the expectation?"
Your NBA announcing schedule for 12/3-12/9
Tuesday, December 3 Dallas at New Orleans (TNT 7:30 pm) Kevin Harlan, Reggie Miller & Kristen Ledlow Portland...
Booger McFarland claims on Monday Night Football that the Minneapolis Miracle went against the Vikings, gets roasted
"These are the types of plays that historically have gone against the Vikings, the Minneapolis Miracle, plays that are fluke plays that went against this team. I'm sure Vikings' fans are saying 'It's about time we get one of these to go our way.'"
