League Networks News
NFL Network signs Kimmi Chex to an extension, also plans to feature Mike Yam more following his relocation to LA
Chex first appeared on NFL Network in 2019, and has been involved on multiple fronts there since, especially with fantasy. She also hosts NFL Thursday Night Football Amazon streams on Twitch.
HBO and NFL Films announce “Terry Bradshaw: Going Deep,” combining Bradshaw’s stage show with interview and archival footage
HBO and NFL Films have long worked together on Hard Knocks. Now, they're teaming up for a Terry Bradshaw special, focused on the stage shows he did in Missouri this August.
Richard Justice has left MLB Network, a year after leaving MLB.com
Another MLB Network veteran has left the company.
Ken Rosenthal leaves MLBN after contract expires, amidst a report linking that to his writing on Rob Manfred
Ken Rosenthal will not appear on MLB Network this year after they didn't renew his contract. A New York Post report links that to what Rosenthal wrote about MLB commissioner Rob Manfred at The Athletic in 2020.
NFL Network John Madden programming includes two Greatest Games, Madden’s final Super Bowl, and three All Madden airings
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell also spoke about Madden on Good Morning Football, saying " He helped really until the week he died, with myself, and our staff, and the competition committee, really looking at every aspect of the game. There really wasn't a guy who loved football more than John Madden."
Ex-Notre Dame coach turned ACCN analyst Muffet McGraw called parent corporation ESPN “Connecticut’s network”
"I think it goes over the top with ESPN. That is Connecticut's network. Notre Dame has NBC, Connecticut has ESPN. That is absolutely complete bias there."
Amazon again reportedly emerging as NFL Sunday Ticket front-runner, could add stake in NFL Media
Is WarnerMedia also in pursuit with HBO Max?
The latest impressive SkyCam kick return touchdown coverage came from the Big Ten Network’s Michigan-Maryland broadcast
The SkyCam operator did a great job of following this play as it developed.
Big Ten Network’s Indiana-Rutgers broadcast hit with multiple technical difficulties
They eventually righted the ship after halftime.
ACC Network missed a crucial Miami first down conversion late against Pitt
This was a poorly timed miscue for the ACC Network.
In-season “Hard Knocks” trailer shows off Colts’ preparations for and response to “monsoon” 49ers game
Colts' coach Frank Reich is shown saying here "Our mentality is any circumstance, any time, anywhere, plays to our advantage," and the Colts did make the best of a rainy game against the 49ers.
Houston native Robert Flores talks MLB Network World Series coverage, how “Houston is definitely a baseball town” now
"This is the golden age of Astros' baseball, and it might be the best run of any Houston sports team in the city's history."
Mike Silver announces he’s leaving NFL Network, on day his story on Cal McNair’s “China virus” comment runs on Bally Sports
"At the end of his brief remarks, ...McNair told the crowd, 'I’m sorry that we couldn’t get together last year, because of the China Virus.'"
