TNT Sports to call three more NHL playoff games with remote broadcasters
Predictably, the decision was primarily made for financial reasons.
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ESPN NHL announcers will be on-site in Winnipeg for Game 2 after TNT’s remote broadcast Game 1
John Buccigross and Kevin Weekes will call Game 2 on ESPN2.
Stanley Cup Playoff viewers bemoan remote broadcast in Game 1 of Blues-Jets series
"No more remote tv broadcasts for sports!"
Prime Video graphic correctly identifies blitzer on two ‘Thursday Night Football’ sacks
"And you saw the alert. And the alert gets to him."
NHL’s Jets reference classic Mike Francesa call in tweet to NFL namesake
A picnic on Totowa?
ESPN broadcast suggests Vegas dancers were conveniently placed to distract Winnipeg Jets
"There’s no question what those dancers are trying to do."
A TSN/BarDown personality vowed to lick carpet if the Jets lost their series, which they now have
A bold promise is now coming due for Jesse Pollock.
Winnipeg Jets’ coach Rick Bowness says he’s ‘disgusted’ with team, walks out of press conference
"This series, we had no pushback. Their better players were so much better than ours, it’s not even close."
CFL division final time changes illustrate a flexible and local-focused scheduling approach, and there’s logic to that
In many cases, leagues and teams are reluctant to move games (especially playoff games) based on what's going on elsewhere. But the CFL moved their West Final once it was determined Winnipeg would host it, and that makes sense for both TV and in-person fans.
The hockey world has rallied together in the aftermath of the Humboldt Broncos’ bus crash that killed 15
The hockey world rallied together in the aftermath of this crash, raising over $2 million for the families of those impacted.
Sharks GM is mad NBC Sports California created San Jose-Winnipeg “worst city” controversy
"It’s disappointing that our broadcast partner would put our players in that position."
