Monthly Archives: March 2009

Len Berman to leave WNBC

By Ken McMillan | Published: March 31, 2009 | Comments closed
Longtime WNBC-4 sports anchor Len Berman will be leaving the station at the end of April, the latest in a long line of on-air talent being pared from the New York stations for financial reasons.Berman is the best sports anchor in a New York broadcast market that is thinning quickly. His reports are conversational and informative [...]
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Army baseball to air on radio, starting today

By Ken McMillan | Published: March 31, 2009 | Comments closed
A total of 15 Army baseball regular-season games will be aired on radio stations WBNR (1260-AM), WLNA (1420-AM) and WGHQ (920-AM) this season, starting with today’s visit by Columbia.The home games will be accompanied by live video on the subscription based Knight Vision service located on the school’s athletic website, goarmysports.com.Rich DeMarco will handle the [...]
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Port Jervis baseball and softball to air on WDLC

By Ken McMillan | Published: March 27, 2009 | Comments closed
Give Kevin Halpenny credit for keeping his Port Jervis sports broadcasts going well into the spring season.KJ Broadcasting will produce seven baseball and seven softball games on WDLC (1490 AM) and streamed on KJBroadcasting.com.Baseball (7 p.m. radiocasts) – April 6 vs. Fallsburg; April 20 vs. Monticello; April 23 vs. Monticello; April 27 vs. Cornwall; April [...]
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Quick hitters

By Ken McMillan | Published: March 27, 2009 | Comments closed
Time to clean out some of my TV/radio sports material from my computer … Catch a Tiger by the tail – Tiger Woods will try to hold on to his world number one ranking, now at 198 weeks, when he competes in the Arnold Palmer Invitational on Saturday and Sunday (2:30-6 p.m.) on NBC Sports.“Tiger’s [...]
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Carlin, Ojeda to host Mets pre- and post-game shows on SNY

By Ken McMillan | Published: March 27, 2009 | Comments closed
Matt and the Maz has given way to C-Square and Bobby O on the Mets’ pre- and post-game shows on SportsNet New York.Chris Carlin and World Series winner Bobby Ojeda are the new hosts for the preview and highlights shows. They replace Matt Yallof and Lee Mazzilli. Darryl Strawberry will return as a contributing analyst.This [...]
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Giants at Denver on Thanksgiving night

By Ken McMillan | Published: March 23, 2009 | Comments closed
The New York Giants will play at the Denver Broncos on Thanksgiving night. The game will be televised by the NFL Network, and locally on one of the New York television stations. Game time is 8:20 p.m.The NFL Kickoff game will be played Thursday, Sept. 10, with Tennessee at Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh at 8:30 [...]
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NCAA tourney games on radio, web

By Ken McMillan | Published: March 18, 2009 | Comments closed
Here’s the low-down on listening options for the NCAA men’s basketball tournament this weekend.Westwood One is the exclusive provider of tourney action, and fans can access the individual game calls by going to NCAA.com/MMOD (that’s March Madness on Demand), but instead of clicking the video button (for CBS Sports televised action), click on the audio [...]
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ESPN’s women’s hoop home is very small (updated Tuesday)

By Ken McMillan | Published: March 17, 2009 | Comments closed
ESPN proudly proclaims itself as the home of the NCAA women’s basketball tournament, but that home is not so roomy this year.There are 16 first-round games on Saturday, but you’re only going to see four on ESPN2 and one more if you are fortunate enough to have ESPNU. Meanwhile, ESPN will be showing us four hours of [...]
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Marist fans: Protect your ESPN2 game

By Ken McMillan | Published: March 17, 2009 | Comments closed
Hey Marist fans, you have to get a hold of your cable carrier — whether it be Time Warner or Cablevision — and make sure they are going to have Saturday’s Marist-Virginia NCAA tournament game declared a “home territory” protected game.It has been my experience over the last couple of years that either Cablevision or [...]
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Interesting matchups in NIT tourney on ESPN

By Ken McMillan | Published: March 16, 2009 | Comments closed
The popular chant among college basketball fans is the N.I.T. (National Invitation Tournament) stands for “Not in (NCAA) Tournament.” However true, the NIT does have some interesting name matchups in the first round, which should give basketball fans a taste of action rather than listening to talking heads go over and over and over their [...]
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