Monthly Archives: December 2009

Former ABC sportscaster Dave Diles dies at 78

By Ken McMillan | Published: December 29, 2009 | 0 Comments
A familiar face to college football fans of an older generation, Dave Diles has passed away at the age of 78. Diles was a Detroit-area sports anchor and sportswriter in the 1960s and 1970s, but he was best known for his work with ABC Sports. Diles hosted the college football scoreboard show, alongside the likes [...]
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Jets move to Sunday night, opens up two doubleheaders

By Ken McMillan | Published: December 27, 2009 | 0 Comments
NBC has decided to move the Cincinnati-Jets game on January 3 to its prime-time slot at 8:20 p.m. The Jets control their own playoff destiny. The flex will allow the New York market to receive doubleheaders on both CBS and Fox. The Giants close the season at Minnesota at 1 p.m. on Fox. The Philadelphia-Dallas game has [...]
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Sportscaster George Michael dies at 70

By Ken McMillan | Published: December 24, 2009 | 0 Comments
Famed sportscaster George Michael has passed away on Christmas Eve following a two-year battle with cancer. He was 70. Michael has made Washington, D.C., his professional home for the past 30 years, but he spent a large part of his career in New York city. Michael was a disc jockey during the pop heyday of WABC [...]
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NBA on Christmas is not a new thing

By Ken McMillan | Published: December 21, 2009 | 0 Comments
For all the whining of the NBA millionaires who complain about playing on Christmas Day, let it be known that the league has been scheduling games on Dec. 25 since 1950. Five Friday games will be televised by ESPN and ABC: Miami-Knicks, noon (ESPN); Boston-Orlando, 2:30 p.m. (ABC); Cleveland-L.A. Lakers, 5 p.m. (ABC); L.A. Clippers-Phoenix, 8 [...]
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Time Warner to roll out new news, sports show in spring

By Ken McMillan | Published: December 21, 2009 | 0 Comments
The recent changes for the news division at Time Warner Cable in Middletown will not be permanent. Scott Christiansen, a vice president for marketing, said Monday plans are in the works for a 24-hour news and sports channel to be rolled out in March or April, once additional infrastructure work is completed and hirings are made. Similar [...]
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Army-Navy football sees viewer surge (updated Friday)

By Ken McMillan | Published: December 14, 2009 | 0 Comments
The Army-Navy game, with no college football competition to speak of on TV, posted a 4.2 rating and 10 share in the overnight ratings for the top national markets. That is up 75 percent over last year and the highest mark since 1999. The national numbers were a 3.7 rating and a 9 share, with 5.597 [...]
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Giants-Eagles game viewed by nearly 21 million

By Ken McMillan | Published: December 14, 2009 | 0 Comments
The Giants and Philadelphia Eagles played to an audience of 20.9 million on Sunday night, marking the seventh game on NBC to top 20 million viewers. NBC is averaging 19.6 million viewers this season. The network averaged 17.5 million in 2006, 16.2 million in 2007 and 16.1 million in 2008. The top Sunday Night Football audiences for [...]
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Yankees-Red Sox open 2010 season on ESPN2

By Ken McMillan | Published: December 14, 2009 | 0 Comments
The World Champion Yankees and Boston Red Sox will open the next Major League Baseball season on Sunday, April 4, with the 8 p.m. game on ESPN2. The Yankees and Red Sox opened the 2005 season at Yankee Stadium, following the Red Sox 2004 World Series triumph. This also marks the fifth time in six seasons [...]
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Olympic ice hockey schedules announced

By Ken McMillan | Published: December 11, 2009 | 0 Comments
The Olympic men’s ice hockey schedule has been announced, and Team USA has preliminary games on Feb. 16 against Switzerland (3 p.m.), Feb. 18 against Norway (3 p.m.) and a Feb. 21 showdown with Canada (7:30 p.m.). Olympic organizers have scheduled games for 3 p.m., 7:30 p.m. and midnight Eastern time. NBC has not announced its [...]
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Kay trades baseballs for basketballs on Sunday

By Ken McMillan | Published: December 11, 2009 | 0 Comments
Michael Kay, best-known for his announcing duties with the New York Yankees since 1992, will be the play-by-play man for Sunday’s New Jersey Nets game with the Atlanta Hawks on YES Network. Mike Fratello will be his partner. Basketball fans may recall that Kay was the New York Knicks reporter for MSG Network throughout much of [...]
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