Category: Television (Page 28 of 73)

      #3 North Carolina vs. #4 Wake Forest…not on national television?

      January 11, 2009 /

      How does this happen?

      Two of the top four teams in the world of college basketball are facing each other today and the game won’t be on national television.

      Apparently, the game is on Fox Sports Net, so you’re guess is as good as mine whether or not the game will be available in your cable package. You’ll have better luck if you have the sports package, but even then there’s no guarantee. It’s mind-boggling to me that a bigger network like CBS or ESPN didn’t step in and buy the game so that it could be broadcast nationally. It’s not like the great matchup snuck up on us — Wake Forest was ranked in the top 25 in the preseason and hasn’t lost a game all season.

      Sigh.

      College Basketball, Television

      Couch Potato Alert: 1/9

      January 9, 2009 /

      All times ET…

      College Basketball
      Sat, 12 PM: No. 21 Louisville vs. No. 17 Villanova, ESPN
      Sat, 12 PM: No. 22 West Virginia vs. No. 15 Marquette
      Sat, 1 PM: Kansas vs. No. 12 Michigan State, CBS
      Sat, 2 PM: No. 2 Duke vs. Florida State, ESPN
      Sun, 1:30 PM: Wisconsin vs. No. 14 Purdue, CBS
      Sun, 8 PM: No. 3 North Carolina vs. No. 4 Wake Forest, Fox Sports Net

      NBA
      Fri, 8 PM: Boston Celtics vs. Cleveland Cavaliers, ESPN
      Fri, 10:30 PM: Dallas Mavericks vs. Phoenix Suns, ESPN
      Sat, 9 PM: Detroit Pistons vs. Utah Jazz
      Sun, 8:30 PM: Orlando Magic vs. San Antonio Spurs, NBA TV

      NFL
      Sat, 4:30 PM: Baltimore Ravens vs. Tennessee Titans, CBS
      Sat, 8:15 PM: Arizona Cardinals vs. Carolina Panthers, Fox
      Sun, 1 PM: Philadelphia Eagles vs. New York Giants, Fox
      Sun, 4:45 PM: San Diego Chargers vs. Pittsburgh Steelers, CBS

      NHL
      Fri, 9 PM: San Jose Sharks vs. Edmonton Oilers
      Sat, 7 PM: New York Rangers vs. Ottawa Senators
      Sun, 5 PM: New Jersey Devils vs. Anaheim Ducks

      PGA
      Fri, 6:30 PM: Mercedes-Benz Championship at the Kapalua Resort, The Golf Channel
      Sat, 6 PM: Mercedes-Benz Championship at the Kapalua Resort, The Golf Channel
      Sun, 6 PM: Mercedes-Benz championship at the Kapalua Resort, The Golf Channel

      College Basketball, Couch Potato Alert, Golf, NBA, NFL, NHL, Television

      Did Jason Whitlock just compare Matt Millen to O.J. Simpson?

      January 8, 2009 /

      Newspaper columnist Jason Whitlock is a bit miffed about NBC’s recent hire of former Detroit Lions general manager Matt Millen as their lead studio analyst for the NFL playoffs. And he wondered if O.J. Simpson was available from his Las Vegas jail cell.

      Seriously, O.J. on “Football Night in America” is the only thing that could top Millen’s inclusion. And NBC is promising to foist Millen on its Super Bowl audience. If this happens, I will confront Millen and NBC executives at the Super Bowl and go Rob Parker-Rod Marinelli on the responsible parties.

      Look, the Lions haven’t won a NFL championship in over 50 years, and Millen was in charge for only eight seasons. Though under his leadership, the Lions did own the NFL’s worst winning percentage (31-81, .277) and became the first team in league history not to win a road game in three consecutive seasons (2001-2003). And, of course, there was the whole 0-16 thing. At the core of this failure are some pretty bad drafts that included guys like quarterback Joey Harrington, and wide receivers Charles Rogers and Mike Williams.

      Lion fans surely grew tired of Millen’s time as the team’s CEO, but I can’t imagine them longing for the Eric Hipple years.

      NFL, Television

      Impressive Texas win is next step in pro-playoff perfect storm

      January 5, 2009 /

      It’s already easy to criticize the BCS, but it’s even easier when USC looks very impressive in their win against Penn St. and the upstart Utah Utes complete their perfect season by dismantling Alabama. Both USC and Utah have legitimate arguments that they are the best team in the country.

      If Texas works over Ohio State, you can add another team to that list. And the more, the better.

      While it’s great for fans to see an exciting BCS title game, the perfect storm would be completed if Florida narrowly beats Oklahoma in a boring game. The idea is for neither team to look particularly good, which would only strengthen the position of USC, Utah and, potentially, Texas.

      We could look back on the 2008-09 season as the year that the BCS shot itself in the proverbial head.

      College Football, Television

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