Monthly Archives: June 2008

See Pennsylvania … by bike!

By Ken McMillan | Published: June 25, 2008 | Comments closed
The Tour de France is still more than a week away, but fans of bicycle racing will get a taste this week on Versus.The Tour of Pennsylvania is a six-day event featuring the world’s top riders aged 25-and-under. There will be 20 teams of six riders each from the United States and around the world. [...]
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WFAN, SNY’s Chris Carlin adds Rutgers hoop duties

By Ken McMillan | Published: June 24, 2008 | Comments closed
WFAN and SportsNet New York host Chris Carlin has been calling Rutgers football action for the past four years, and will add play-by-play duties for Scarlet Knights basketball action next season, replacing long-time play-by-play man Bruce Johnson. Rutgers football and basketball action has been heard on New York’s WOR 710-AM,Army basketball play-by-play man Rich DeMarco [...]
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Mike and the Mad Dog breaking up?

By Ken McMillan | Published: June 24, 2008 | Comments closed
Outstanding TV sportswriter Neil Best from Newsday has written a couple pieces over the weekend stating the “Mike and the Mad Dog” radio show on WFAN may have seen its last days. His reports cite personal tension between Mike Francesa and Christopher Russo, who have worked together since 1989.Russo denies the reports.Their radio show is [...]
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ESPN announces SportsCenter hosts

By Ken McMillan | Published: June 20, 2008 | Comments closed
There were no big surprises with the announcement of the ESPN SportsCenter tandems selected to host the new nine-hour live block of programming starting Monday, Aug. 11.The 6-9 a.m. shift will be hosted by Linda Cohn (yea hockey!) and Steve Berthiaume. The 9 a.m.-noon shift will be hosted by Hannah Storm and Josh Elliott. The [...]
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Kevin Connors leaves WCBS radio for ESPN

By Ken McMillan | Published: June 20, 2008 | Comments closed
Kevin Connors, the former sports anchor at Regional News Network (Channel 62, formerly known as WTZA) in Kingston, will be leaving his job as afternoon sports anchor at WCBS (880 AM) today to join ESPN. Connors says he will be joining the staff at ESPNEWS, and expects to be on air by late-July.Connors has spent the [...]
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New cable sports TV network to debut (updated again Friday)

By Ken McMillan | Published: June 16, 2008 | Comments closed
NBC Sports has partnered with World Championship Sports Network (WCSN) to form Universal Sports. The new channel will feature Olympic sports (that means, most sports that are not baseball, football, basketball and ice hockey), and will debut this week with coverage of the U.S. Olympic diving trials and swimming trials.If, when or how this new [...]
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Woods makes for great TV golf

By Ken McMillan | Published: June 16, 2008 | Comments closed
Just as Tim Russert wrote the words, “Florida, Florida, Florida” on his white erase board during the 2000 Presidential election coverage, NBC officials are realizing the significance of “Tiger, Tiger, Tiger” for its U.S. Open golf coverage. The third round of the U.S. Open posted a 5.9 rating during the prime-time portion (8-10:30 p.m.), reaching a high [...]
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Former NBC announcer Charlie Jones passes away

By Ken McMillan | Published: June 13, 2008 | Comments closed
Heralded pro football and Olympics announcer  Charlie Jones has passed away.Jones worked at ABC Sports from 1960-1965, and then with NBC Sports from 1965-97. He worked American Football League games for both networks, and contributed to NBC’s Super Bowl I telecast.Jones covered 28 different sports, including golf, Wimbledon tennis and figure skating. He called the track-and-field [...]
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We mourn the passing of Jim McKay

By Ken McMillan | Published: June 7, 2008 | Comments closed
We lost a giant in the world of sportscasting on Saturday with the passing of award-winner Jim McKay, at age 86. For the better part of four decades, McKay treated us to a tremendous array of sports, from the Olympic Games, the Indianapolis 500 and Masters golf to events such as barrel jumping from Grossinger’s, demolition derby on Long [...]
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Inside the NFL moves to Showtime

By Ken McMillan | Published: June 3, 2008 | Comments closed
The award-winning program “Inside the NFL” has found a new home on the Showtime network, known for its movies and boxing series. HBO Sports dropped “Inside the NFL” following the 2007 season with the belief the show doesn’t have a place anymore with the proliferation of NFL-related shows on ESPN and Fox Sports Net. The new [...]
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