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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.

Angels, Rays baseball to air locally

Compass Media will present Anaheim Angels and Tampa Bay Rays baseball broadcasts on a handful of radio stations in and around the Hudson Valley this year. Middletown’s WALL (1340 AM) and Poughkeepsie’s WEOK (1390 AM) have the bulk of games, and Kingston’s WKNY (1490 AM) has three more broadcasts. New York’s WBBR (1130 AM) also [...]

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Army, Marist softball games available on TV, online

The NCAA softball tournament games featuring Army and Marist will all be available online. Army heads to Austin, Texas, for its regional. The Black Knights’ Friday opener with Texas will air at 7 p.m. on Longhorn Network. All Texas games from that regional will air on Longhorn, and all the others will air on ESPN3.com. [...]

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NHL playoffs: Isles open Wednesday, Rangers open Thursday

The NHL playoffs get underway on Tuesday night, with action airing on NBC, NBC Sports Network, CNBC and the NHL Network, plus locally on MSG and MSG Plus. The Rangers will play at Washington on Thursday and Saturday (afternoon) and host the Caps on Monday, May 6, and Wednesday, May 8. The series wraps up [...]

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Patriot voice Socci takes on Patriots duties

Bob Socci, the voice of Patriot League basketball on CBS Sports Network, has been named the radio play-by-play announcer for the New England Patriots, replacing the retired Gil Santos. Socci has been the radio play-by-play voice for Navy football, and recently took on the same duties for the Triple-A Pawtucket Red Sox baseball team. Socci [...]

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Here’s the likely New York market NFL TV schedule for 2013 (updated)

The New York Giants will have five nationally televised games in 2013, and the New York Jets will have just two. The Giants will play three Sunday Night Football games on NBC: the Sept. 8 opener at Dallas, Nov. 17 against Green Bay and Dec. 1 at Washington. The Giants also have a Thursday Night [...]

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Nets head to WWOR-9 for two games this week

The Brooklyn Nets will have their next two games aired on WWOR-9 due to conflicts with the Yankees schedule on YES. On Tuesday, the Nets host Philadelphia at 7:30 p.m. On Wednesday, the Nets play at Boston at 8 p.m. With Brooklyn already qualified for the NBA playoffs, you can count on a couple more [...]

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It’s free baseball (and hockey) on digital cable through Sunday night

The annual free week of MLB Extra Innings, highlighting the opening week of the Major League Baseball season, runs through Sunday night. Since the MLB channels are also shared by the National Hockey League, the NHL Center Ice package is also free for digital cable customers. The MLB package is $189, spaced out over four [...]

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Verizon FiOS adds beIN Sport to lineup, pleases soccer fans

The latest sports channel to be added to the Verizon FiOS TV lineup is beIN Sport, from the folks who bring you Al Jazeera. Locally, beIN Sport can be viewed in High Definition on Ch. 598, with Spanish language beIN Sport en Espanol on Ch. 1538. beIN Sport scored a coup last year when it [...]

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NFL to televise 11 preseason games on networks

The New York Giants get one nationally televised preseason game in 2013 and the Jets are shut out. The broadcast networks continue to scale back their preseason coverage, opting not to show any games in weeks one and four. NBC and CBS will show two games, Fox has three and ESPN has four. The NFL [...]

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Port Jervis, Delaware Valley spring games back on WDLC, WYNY

High school spring sports action from Port Jervis and Delaware Valley is back on radio stations WDLC and WYNY. Kevin Halpenny will provide play-by-play, Tony Goff handles analysis and Lou Masci will fill in for both duties on a couple games. Port Jervis broadcasts on WDLC (1490 AM, 107.7 FM) can also be heard online [...]

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