WBD sets ratings records for first-round NHL playoffs coverage
TNT and TBS combined to average 959,000 viewers for first-round coverage, a first-round record for cable.
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Boston radio host says Dan Le Batard is sending callers to troll his show over Bruins and Celtics losses
"We didn't tell anyone to call you. If they did, they did so own [sic] their own."
Source: TNT’s prophetic Florida Panthers goal graphic was due to operator error
Feed delay was not the reason.
Boston Bruins broadcaster Jack Edwards compares Game 7 loss to Hindenburg disaster
"And this joyride ends in a Hindenburg-like ending!"
Early ESPN NHL Playoffs viewership sees ‘double-digit growth’
Wednesday's Game 2s in the 2023 NHL Playoffs on ESPN drew significant viewership growth from the 2022 NHL Playoffs.
Dale Arnold retires from Bruins broadcasts on NESN
A Boston sports fixture is stepping away.
Vancouver 2011 Stanley Cup 30 for 30 ‘I’m Just Here For The Riot’ announced
“Taking a subject like Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals and the ensuing riot–and using that event to tell an even bigger story about society–is what makes 30 for 30 so special.”
Jack Edwards throws weird pizza shot at Pat Maroon, Maroon responds with donation
"Fasting! Inadvertent fasting for Pat Maroon is like four hours without a meal."
NESN becomes first U.S. RSN to launch full OTT service, offering NESN 360 for $30 a month
The new NESN 360 will also be available via MVPD authentication.
The Boston Globe’s 150 selected front pages for their 150th anniversary have an interesting selection of sports ones
The Globe looked back across their 150-year history and chose 150 notable front pages. 33 of the ones they picked were about sports.
NESN’s Jack Edwards discusses ‘frustrating’ travel restrictions: ‘They know I’m not going to like it’
“It’s frustrating. But as the saying goes, that decision is made way above my pay grade.”
There’s an ESPN project coming on the 2011 Vancouver Stanley Cup riots, but it’s not yet clear what it is
"I think everyone in Vancouver can remember exactly where they were when the riots happened. It’s always just such an interesting conversation that comes up."
Two of the 16 regular-season NHL games on broadcast NBC this year look set to be outdoor games from Lake Tahoe
As per Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman, the NHL is looking to hold games at a specially-built outdoor arena at a Lake Tahoe resort on Feb. 20 and 21.
Review: NHL Network Originals’ “The 1970 Bruins: Big, Bad, and Bobby” is a compelling look at a fascinating team
The 1970 Bruins: Big, Bad & Bobby premieres Sunday, May 10 at 8 p.m. Eastern on NHL Network.
Jack Edwards stands by his “bad hockey karma” call on Roman Polak, Allan Walsh stands by calling Edwards “a piece of shit”
“I stand by my real-time call. Brick [analyst Andy Brickley] encapsulated it when he said was it was self-inflicted.”
Blues-Bruins Stanley Cup Final Game 7 draws highest NHL overnight rating in at least 25 years
If you want to find a higher overnight for an NHL game, you need to roll all the way back to the 1970s.
