How a PowerPoint deck helped NBC & “Sunday Night Football” land Tom Brady’s Buccaneers vs. Patriots
"Brady...can only play them the first time one time.”
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“Another humbling moment”: Jeopardy! contestants blank on Cris Collinsworth clue
The contestants did well on sports questions overall, but didn't have an answer for the NBC Sunday Night Football announcer. Collinsworth responded on Twitter.
NBC’s Cris Collinsworth and Al Michaels, along with other media figures, blasted Doug Pederson’s pull of Jalen Hurts
"Al, I couldn't have done it. I couldn't have done what Philadelphia did."
Sunday Night Football will feature Washington and Philadelphia in Week 17
This game will have playoff implications regardless of what happens earlier.
NBC rolls out MSNBC analyst Steve Kornacki to break down NFL playoff races instead of elections
Why not? NFL playoffs and national elections are both races that deal in percentages.
Right after NBC discussed the Bucs scoring on every goal-to-go situation this year, they failed to score on one
Tampa Bay was 22-for-22 in goal-to-go touchdowns, while New Orleans had allowed touchdowns in all 13 goal-to-go situations they had faced. Both of those stats changed after Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth discussed them.
Both Sunday Night Football and Sunday Ticket could change hands in the next round of rights bidding
It's NFL rights deal rumor mill time!
Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth reluctantly wear masks during Sunday Night Football in Santa Clara
"We're going to get lollipops at the end of the game tonight," said Michaels during the broadcast.
NBC confirms the Collinsworth Slide is out, along with other Sunday Night Football changes
Artificial crowd noise, Michelle Tafoya on a "moat", and more changes prompted by Covid-19.
How do the 2020 NFL primetime schedules compare for NBC, ESPN, Fox and NFLN?
A NFL schedule analysis has some good news for ESPN, at least relative to Fox.
Ranking every primetime game on the 2020 NFL schedule
Following the release of the 2020 NFL schedule, let's rank the primetime games.
Drew Brees has reportedly agreed to work for NBC after he retires
Brees is expected to start on Notre Dame football and Football Night In America, then join NBC's top NFL package. But the contract will only kick in when he retires from the NFL, which could be after the 2020-21 season or the 2021-22 season.
No, NBC isn’t trading Al Michaels to ESPN and Monday Night Football
This was never going to happen, right?
