Monthly Archives: December 2008

Monday Night "Classic" Baseball

By Ken McMillan | Published: December 31, 2008 | Comments closed
The arrival of the MLB (Major League Baseball) Network on New Year’s Day, with 50 million customers via the major cable TV and satellite TV providers, has given ESPN a little shove to provide some more baseball programming.You might say it’s Monday Night Baseball (for those of you who remember the series on NBC and [...]
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Doc needs a doc, to miss NHL Winter Classic

By Ken McMillan | Published: December 31, 2008 | Comments closed
Mike “Doc” Emrick, one of the premier NHL broadcasters and the voice of the NHL on NBC, will miss Thursday’s telecast of the Winter Classic due to a case of laryngitis. Dave Strader will replace Emrick, and will call the game with Ed Olczyk.Emrick, also the voice of the New Jersey Devils on MSG Networks, [...]
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NFL playoff schedule is set

By Ken McMillan | Published: December 29, 2008 | Comments closed
The NFL playoff picture has finally been cleared up, and this is what to expect next weekend. SaturdayAtlanta at Arizona, 4:30 p.m. (WNBC-4, WFAN 660 AM)Indianapolis at San Diego, 8 p.m. (WNBC-4, WFAN 660 AM) SundayBaltimore at Miami, 1 p.m. (WCBS-2, WFAN 660 AM)Philadelphia at Minnesota, 4:30 p.m. (WNYW-5, WFAN 660) One Las Vegas odds-maker has set all [...]
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Christmas is an NBA fan feast

By Ken McMillan | Published: December 25, 2008 | Comments closed
Remember when Christmas Day was just about sports-free? A time for family, and religious observation? A time to gather for a dinner, and perhaps make up for Thanksgiving mistakes?That was a long time ago.It’s an off day for college football and the National Hockey League, but the National Basketball Association has decided to make it [...]
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NHL Network to televise World Juniors

By Ken McMillan | Published: December 20, 2008 | Comments closed
The World Junior Hockey Championships will be played in Ottawa, Canada, starting next week and will be available to paying customers of the NHL Network on the USA side of the border (it’s available on TSN in Canada).NHL Network-USA will produce four opening-round games featuring the Americans, and pick up the TSN feed of three [...]
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ESPN 1050 to air six college bowl games, WFAN has one

By Ken McMillan | Published: December 19, 2008 | Comments closed
New York all-sports radio station ESPN 1050 (WEPN-AM) will be airing six college football bowl games between Christmas Eve and Jan. 8. My thanks to Pete Silverman for getting me this schedule. The schedule (with radio announcing teams):Dec. 24 — Hawaii Bowl, Hawaii vs. Notre Dame (8 p.m.), Dave Pasch and Andre WareDec. 31 — Chick-Fil-A [...]
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CBS, Turner look to get into Olympic TV bidding

By Ken McMillan | Published: December 18, 2008 | Comments closed
CBS was the first American network to televise the Summer Olympics, at the 1960 Games in Rome.Almost a half-century later, CBS is mulling a bid to air the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, and 2016 Summer Olympics in a city not to be named until Oct. 2009, according to Associated Press reports. CBS will [...]
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Lance Armstrong’s comeback to air on Versus

By Ken McMillan | Published: December 18, 2008 | Comments closed
Lance Armstrong’s return to competitive cycling will be televised by Versus.The cable channel will air daily highlights of the the Tour Down Under in Australia in January. Versus will stream the final stage of the race on its website. The highlights schedule:Sunday, Jan. 18 — 4 p.m.Tuesday, Jan. 20 — 4:30 p.m.Wednesday, Jan. 21 — 4:30 [...]
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Madden: Giants need some fixing

By Ken McMillan | Published: December 18, 2008 | Comments closed
NBC Sports football analyst John Madden said the Giants are in trouble heading into Sunday night’s home game with the Carolina Panthers.“The Giants have some problems that they have to solve,” he said. “They have a good offensive line but they have to be able to run the ball. And if they can’t, they just [...]
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Aikman: Cowboys are hurting themselves

By Ken McMillan | Published: December 18, 2008 | Comments closed
Hall of Fame quarterback Troy Aikman, now an analyst for Fox Sports, says the the antics within the Dallas Cowboys hurts the team.“I think the excessive media coverage does hurt them on the field,” Aikman said. “This is where even going back to when I played for the Cowboys that (owner) Jerry Jones and I [...]
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