Monthly Archives: August 2007

Time Warner finally adds ESPNU

By Ken McMillan | Published: August 31, 2007 | Comments closed
It’s taken almost 30 months for college sports network ESPNU to finally find a home on Time Warner Cable systems, and it arrives just in time for the start of college football season. Army will make two appearances (Sept. 29 versus Temple; Oct. 6 versus Tulane). Local fans can also see Highland graduate Brad Serini [...]
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ESPN Tour: Sign me up

By Ken McMillan | Published: August 30, 2007 | Comments closed
It’s no wonder that the sports personalities at ESPN are very much in demand by the sporting public. Signing autographs at game sites is not uncommon among some of the broadcast talent, but there is an interesting sight in the ESPN offices. Right outside of the new broadcast news center is a long hallway. Hanging all [...]
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ESPN Tour: Missing the mascots by one day

By Ken McMillan | Published: August 29, 2007 | Comments closed
ESPN is hosting a three-day media event at its Bristol, Conn., campus this week. Approximately 35 media members are attending brief seminars on portions of ESPN’s broad media reach. Today, Chris Berman and Ron Jaworski spoke about the network’s NFL coverage and USA soccer star Julie Foudy spoke about the upcoming Women’s World Cup in China. We [...]
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U.S. Open tennis, baseball on Daily News Live on Tuesday

By Ken McMillan | Published: August 28, 2007 | Comments closed
Daily News Live, aired daily on SportsNet New York, will focus the Tuesday show on U.S. Open tennis, plus the Mets and Yankees. Daily News writers John Harper and Bob Raissman will be guests, as will TV tennis analyst Patrick McEnroe. Daily News Live airs at 5 p.m. and is repeated at 11 p.m. and 1:30 [...]
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ESPN2 to air Team USA’s run toward Olympics hoop tourney

By Ken McMillan | Published: August 27, 2007 | Comments closed
The second round of the FIBA Americas Championship basketball tournament in Las Vegas gets underway on Monday. Four games featuring Team USA will be aired by ESPN2 at 11 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and at midnight on Thursday. The Americans rolled through four games in the first round, winning by 43 points, 64 points, 50 [...]
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Georgia on my Mind: LLWS walk-off win featured on ESPN Classic Monday night

By Ken McMillan | Published: August 27, 2007 | Comments closed
An exciting Little League World Series was capped with a marvelous championship game on Sunday afternoon. Warner Robins, Ga., defeated Tokyo, Japan, with a walk-off home run in the eighth inning. Watch a replay of the world championship game on ESPN Classic at 6 p.m.
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MSG, Fox Sports NY to air 35 college football games

By Ken McMillan | Published: August 27, 2007 | Comments closed
The college football schedules for Madison Square Garden Network and Fox Sports Net New York have been announced. The two regional networks will air contests from the Big East Conference, Big 12 Conference and Pacific 10 Conference, plus one Hofstra game and one Northeast Conference game. MSG Network will also show 60-minute replays of all Rutgers games [...]
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Auto racing hits the Internet airwaves

By Ken McMillan | Published: August 27, 2007 | Comments closed
It’s time to talk auto racing on Monday night. Head to the Internet and click on walncableradio.com for a pair of talk shows. Gasoline Alley, from 6-8 p.m., will feature Pennsylvania sprint car driver Ed Lynch Jr., who will talk about his 200th career victory. Pat Cannon, a 358 sprint car driver and Saturday winner at Selingsgrove, [...]
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Army football opener on SportsNet New York

By Ken McMillan | Published: August 26, 2007 | Comments closed
The season opener for Army football, and head coaching debut of Stan Brock, will be televised by SportsNet New York. Army will take on Akron in the 7 p.m. contest from Cleveland Browns Stadium. Brock took over for Bobby Ross, who elected to retire earlier this year. In all, Army will have nine of its 11 games [...]
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Marist football preview on WHVW’s Hudson Valley Sports Talk

By Ken McMillan | Published: August 25, 2007 | Comments closed
Marist College football will be the topic of conversation on Saturday’s edition of WHVW’s Hudson Valley Sports Talk. Veteran host Carl Garofolo will interview Marist coach Jim Parady during the 10 a.m. hour. Marist has been picked for second in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Football League in the preseason coaches’ poll. Marist opens the season next week [...]
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