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Ken McMillan

Ken McMillan has been covering sports since he got his first writing job in 1979. He has covered Section 9 athletics for most of the past 28 years. He reports on college sports, including Army and Marist College. He also writes on TV/radio sports news, having worked in local cable television and radio in the past.

NIT has 10 opening-round games on ESPN networks

By Ken McMillan | Published: March 14, 2010 | 0 Comments
The National Invitation Tournament brackets were announced Sunday evening, and ESPN’s networks will air a number of opening-round contests. You can expect a number of other NIT games will be shown online at ESPN360.com. Tuesday, March 16 Northeastern at Connecticut, 7 p.m. (ESPN2) North Carolina State at South Florida, 8 p.m. (ESPNU) Texas Tech at Seton Hall, 9 p.m. [...]
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NCAA TV Selection Sunday, a game for TV columnists

By Ken McMillan | Published: March 14, 2010 | 0 Comments
Now that the NCAA tournament selections have been made, it’s time to speculate what games will be made available to our local television audience — this is a little game we TV writers like to play. These are the games I expect WCBS-2 in New York will air on Thursday and Friday. Thursday Start with Florida-Brigham Young at [...]
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Merlin Olsen, pro football Hall of Famer and broadcaster, dies at 69

By Ken McMillan | Published: March 11, 2010 | 0 Comments
Merlin Olsen, a 14-time Pro Bowler and former lead NFL analyst for NBC Sports, passed away Wednesday night at the age of 69. Olsen worked with Dick Enberg on the top NBC on NFL team from 1978-1988, and the pair called the Rose Bowl from 1980-88. He also worked with Curt Gowdy, Jim Simpson and Charlie [...]
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March Madness hoops frenzy starts now

By Ken McMillan | Published: March 4, 2010 | 0 Comments
If you love college basketball, then this is the ideal time of the year for you. The major conferences are wrapping up regular-season action this weekend, while the smaller leagues are already headed into post-season tournament action. Here is this weekend’s schedule, and seeing how there may not be enough room in our newspaper TV listings [...]
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WGN to provide Windy City baseball to nation

By Ken McMillan | Published: February 19, 2010 | 0 Comments
For those local cable TV systems that carry WGN America, baseball fans will be treated to some baseball, Chicago style, courtesy of the Cubs and White Sox. Chicago Cubs on WGN (all times ET) March Sat. 6 — White Sox, 3 p.m.; Sun. 7 — White Sox, 3 p.m.; Sun. 14 — Anaheim, 4 p.m.; Fri. 26 — [...]
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ESPN to air 10 spring training telecasts

By Ken McMillan | Published: February 18, 2010 | 0 Comments
ESPN will air 10 spring training baseball telecasts, starting March 22 when the Yankees take on the Philadelphia Phillies. All of the games will air over the final two weeks of Grapefruit League play — naturally, the East Coast bias will be tossed about since no games from the Cactus League will be aired. ESPN schedule March Mon. [...]
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MLB Network schedule for spring training, “30 in 30″ broadcasts

By Ken McMillan | Published: February 18, 2010 | 0 Comments
MLB Network (Major League Baseball) will begin airing daily spring training games starting March 2 and running through the rest of the month. Most of the telecasts air are Grapefruit League contests at 1 p.m., but there will also be Cactus League games at 4 p.m. or 5 p.m. and even some night games from [...]
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Yankees schedule 14 spring training games on YES and WWOR-9

By Ken McMillan | Published: February 18, 2010 | 0 Comments
The New York Yankees have scheduled 14 spring training telecasts on YES Network and WWOR-9. There will also be eight games carried by radio flagship WCBS 880-AM. All games at 1 p.m. and on YES unless indicated March Wed. 3 — Pittsburgh; Fri. 5 — Tampa Bay; Sat. 6 — Toronto (WWOR and WCBS-AM); Mon. 8 — Philadelphia; [...]
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Mets schedule 16 spring training telecasts

By Ken McMillan | Published: February 18, 2010 | 0 Comments
The New York Mets have scheduled 16 spring training games for television coverage on SportsNet New York and WPIX-11. Nine games will also be carried by radio flagship WFAN 660-AM. All games are at 1 p.m. and on SNY unless indicated. March Tues. 2 — Atlanta; Thur. 4 — St. Louis; Fri. 5 — Florida; Sat. 6 — [...]
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One in five New Yorkers are watching the Olympics, compared to all of Canada

By Ken McMillan | Published: February 17, 2010 | 0 Comments
The Canadian television ratings for the opening five days of the Winter Olympics have come out, and apparently three Canadians have not tuned in. Okay, that’s an exaggeration, but the latest update says 94.5 percent of all Canadians have watched part of the Olympics. The numbers are impressive in the United States as well, with about [...]
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