Sports Watcher Independence Day 3-day Weekend Special for the Weekend of 7/4-6
From now on, Sports Watcher will put out a 3-day Weekend Special for all Friday and Monday federal holidays. All times PDT. Friday9-10 or 11 AM: Competitive eating, Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest...
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Absolutely amazing final. Now that that’s over, something completely different.
Two things. I mentioned before that I conceived of Da Blog as a series of sub-blogs, but regardless of which sub-blogs you follow, you should probably also follow the blog news tag, because it will...
View ArticleSports Watcher for the Weekend of 7/19-20 (UPDATED)
All times PDT. Saurday11:30-1 PM: AVP Crocs Tour, AVP Crocs Slam Brooklyn, men’s final (NBC). Yes, despite the British Open we’re scraping the bottom of the barrel this week. 1-4 PM: MLB Baseball,...
View ArticleSports Watcher for the Weekend of 9/6-7
All times PDT. Saturday10-1 PM: College Football, New Hampshire @ Army (ESPN Classic). I chose this game almost completely at random. (Hey, Troy-LSU got postponed due to Gustav and would have...
View ArticlePredictions for SportsCenter’s "Top 10 Games" of 2008
In case you haven’t heard, this was a particularly exciting year in sports. When ESPN’s “SportsCenter” does its annual “Top 10 Games” countdown, they could easily extend it to a Top 20. With so many...
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I’m sorry, Mr. Perrotta. There IS debate as to whether Roger Federer is the greatest player of all time. You don’t get to cop out by saying “well, you can’t compare players of different eras”. You CAN...
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So earlier today I heard Michael Wilbon claim on PTI you have to put Federer ahead of Sampras because the tiebreaker is that Federer won the French and Sampras didn’t. Um, NO. Sampras got the same...
View ArticleI’m sure the only reason the pigs aren’t airborne is because it’s heavy...
Day 94 of the BottomLine watch. Over three months since an ESPN spokesperson told Sports Media Watch the new BottomLine would be back “soon”. I’m starting to think it may not come back at all, or at...
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Wimbledon to ESPN, and what’s beyond
When it comes to keeping sporting events on broadcast in the US, could Wimbledon be a victim of its own relative popularity? Compare Wimbledon to the French Open. Both events air at about the same time...
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More dispatches from the Wars
No Thursday Night Football? No problem: just go after a different football. The three major contenders in the sports TV wars will square off this week to pick up the rights to the 2018 and 2022 World...
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Sizing up NBC’s new French Open contract
After NBC lost the Wimbledon contract, I expected it to be only a matter of time before it lost the contract to the French Open. If NBC didn’t decide it was time to get out of one of the lesser grand...
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