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Monthly Archives: January 2010
More sports anchors chime in with NFC/AFC picks
It’s two days until kickoff for conference championship weekend, and more sports anchors are chiming in with their selections.
J.W. Stewart, ESPNews anchor, former Sports1 anchor
Colts over Jets
Saints over Vikings
Lindsay Liquori, Time Warner sports anchor, sideline reporter
Colts 27, Jets 17 – “I am loving the feel-good Jets run, but don’t believe the Colts are going to [...]
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Sportscasters make their NFL choices for title week
There’s only three NFL games remaining that matter (sorry, Pro Bowl fans), so its’ time to get the NFC and AFC title picks from our collection of sportscasters, current and past.
Brian Kenny, ESPN SportsCenter anchor and boxing host, former WTZA and Regional News Network (RNN) sports director and talk show host
Colts 17 Jets 10 – [...]
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NBA League Pass is free this week
Digital cable TV customers will get a free week of NBA League Pass through Sunday. NBA League Pass will present up to 40 out-of-market telecasts, with some games broadcast in High Definition. Naturally, the NBA wants customers to buy the half-season package for $49.95.
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Sports anchors reveal their NFL picks, week 2
Thank you to the brave souls who provided their NFL playoff picks in this public forum last week. Several hearty prognosticators are back to put their opinions on the line once again.
Jay Reynolds, ESPN Radio news anchor, former WEOK/WPDH news anchor
New Orleans over Arizona
Indianapolis over Baltimore
Minnesota over Dallas
San Diego over Jets
(Jay was 1-3 last weekend)
Chris [...]
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CBS analysts: Jets have a tough road against the Chargers
The Jets have a fine rushing attack, and they’re going to need that, plus a solid passing game if they have any hopes of beating the San Diego Chargers in Sunday’s AFC divisional playoff game, according to a panel of NFL analysts from CBS Sports during a weekly teleconference call.
Hall of Famer Dan Dierdorf said [...]
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Sports talk pioneer Art Rust Jr. passes away
Before there was all-sports talk WFAN, there was Art Rust Jr. His evening show on WABC radio was the only place to talk sports throughout the early part of the 1980s, before WFAN arrived in 1987.
Rust passed away on Tuesday at the age of 82. He had been in failing health in recent years with [...]
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Cornacchio fills in for Marist play by play call
Charlie Cornacchio will have the play-by-play call of the Canisius-Marist men’s basketball game on Saturday evening on Time Warner and Cablevision. Cornacchio is filling in for Dean Darling, who has to tend to a family matter. Cornacchio is the long-time sports anchor at Cablevision and former host (and owner) of the cable sports program, Sports [...]
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Knights’ radio voice Rob Adams feeling very Saintly
Rob Adams has done radio work with the Hudson Valley Renegades and is the play-by-play radio voice for Mount Saint Mary College on WBNR and WGHQ.
Rob picked the New Orleans Saints to win it all from the outset of the season, and he’s not changing gears now.
Here are his wild-card picks:
Cincinnati over Jets
Dallas over Philadelphia
Baltimore [...]
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WFAN’s Mia Harris goes with the Chargers to win it all
Mia Harris has worked for WFAN and WCBS radio in New York for the past two years. She has provided sports scores updates and reported on the New York Giants.
No offense, Mia, but I love that photo on the WCBS radio website where you had to look wayyy up to look Shaquille O’Neal eye-to-eye, so [...]
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CBS Sports announcers Simms and Nantz talk about Jets-Colts