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Monthly Archives: March 2008
OCFS, Accord drivers featured on Monday auto racing radio show
Accord Speedway owner Gary Palmer will be the guest on Monday night’s On-Track radio show at 8 p.m. The show can be heard on the Internet at walncableradio.com.
Palmer is headed into his eighth season as the Accord promoter, and he will discuss changes to the track and plans for the 2008 season, which gets underway [...]
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XM Radio hosts make Baseball picks for 2008
XM Radio baseball analysts Buck Martinez, Charley Steiner, Joe Castellano, Holden Kushner and Ronnie Lane make their predictions for division and playoff winners in the 2008 Major League season.
Martinez: Braves (NL winner), Brewers, Diamondbacks, Reds (wild card), Red Sox (World Series winner), Tigers, Mariners, Indians (wild card)
Steiner: Braves, Cubs (World Series winner), Dodgers, Mets (wild card), Red Sox, [...]
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President Bush inadvertently makes historic home run call
President George Bush had the distinction of performing two “firsts” at the debut of Washington’s Nationals Park on Sunday night.
The President threw out the ceremonial first pitch, and then in the fourth inning he happened to call the first home run, on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball, off the bat of Atlanta’s Chipper Jones. The President [...]
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Kellogg eats up NCAA picks success
CBS Sports college basketball analyst Clark Kellogg can pat himself on the back for correctly predicting that UCLA, Memphis, North Carolina and Kansas would reach the NCAA Final Four. Okay, maybe he wasn’t going far out on the limb since all four teams were the top seeds in their respective regions, but he did get [...]
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Rangers, Knicks freebies on Sunday
The New York Rangers and New York Knicks will both be making free-TV appearances on Sunday.
The Rangers play at Pittsburgh against Sidney Crosby and the Penguins. NBC Sports will carry the game on Channel 4 at 12:30 p.m.
“Everything’s so tight in the Eastern Conference now, it’s unbelievable,” said NBC analyst Pierre McGuire. “It makes every [...]
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IndyCar racing begins Saturday night
The entire 16-race schedule for the IndyCar Series will be aired on ABC, ESPN and ESPN2 during the 2008 season. It is the 13th year of IndyCar coverage by ESPN and the 44th year covering the Indianapolis 500.
ESPN2 will also televise the Champ Car Atlantic Championship, the circuit’s development series, on a tape-delayed basis.
Among the [...]
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Renegades to appear 14 times on Time Warner Cable
Sure, the traditional Opening Day of Major League Baseball is still three days away, but it’s never too early to talk about the Hudson Valley Renegades.
Time Warner Cable 6 in Middletown will televise 14 Renegades home games from Dutchess Stadium in Fishkill. All telecasts are at 7 p.m. unless indicated.
As in years past, Cablevision of [...]
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Major League Soccer, Red Bulls have major TV presence
The kickoff to the Major League Soccer season takes place Saturday.
For a complete schedule of national television contests, please click here.
ESPN2 (and Spanish channel ESPN Deportes) will televise a match every Thursday night (except four off dates) from April 3 to October 23.
Fox Soccer Channel will televise a match every Saturday night (except July 26) from [...]
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NCAA hockey tourney on MSG Plus, ESPNU (updated Saturday 10:30 p.m.)
The first two rounds of the NCAA Hockey tournament will be televised by MSG Plus and ESPNU. All games live unless indicated.
For a preview of the NCAA tournament, please click here for my exclusive web story on the THR website.
Friday, March 28
East semifinal No. 1, Clarkson 2, St. Cloud State 1
East semifinal No. 2, Michigan 5, [...]
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TWC Sportswire to feature cross-country skiing