Category: Television (Page 45 of 73)

      Couch Potato Alert: 8/22

      August 22, 2008 /

      – With all due respect to NBA officials, amateur boxing is the undisputed winner as being the world’s most corrupt sport. But it is still great to see an unknown boxer like Oscar De La Hoya or Floyd Mayweather Jr. receiving international exposure for the first time. The boxing finals will be televised on Saturday evening, 8/23, on NBC. Tune in to find out who will be the next great fighter.

      – Will this year be a triumphant return to glory for USA Basketball? In 2004, the men’s team convinced many of us to root against them in Athens. This Olympics, we have brought our A-Team to Beijing, as Kobe, LeBron, and D. Wade command the court. Tune into NBC on Saturday, 8/23, to watch the gold medal finals.

      – As summer winds down, the baseball pennant races are heating up. And another possible playoff preview will take place this weekend, as the Tampa Bay Rays visit Chicago to face the A.L. Central’s leading White Sox. Sunday’s contest will be televised nationally on TBS Sunday, 8/24, at 2 p.m. EST.

      – The Little League World Series takes place in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. ABC will televise the championship game on Sunday afternoon, 8/24, beginning at 3:30 p.m. EST.

      Boxing, Couch Potato Alert, General Sports, NBA, Television, The Olympics

      NHL brass concerned about growth of sport

      August 22, 2008 /

      It seems like yesterday that the city of Detroit was hoisting the Stanley Cup in celebration, but training camp will begin less than two weeks from today for most NHL franchises. And with the coming season, there’s a concern within the league to grow fan support nationally and overseas. Many insiders in the NHL feel the league will need to expand into European cities within five to ten years.

      Hockey is best positioned to expand into the European market, as they have the largest percentage of players from Europe and Russia of any of the major sports. The league is attempting to identify two to five cities that could support a franchise and ultimately is working towards a European-based division in the NHL.

      Another concern for the league is its television exposure in the United States. VERSUS has been disappointing in gaining subscribers in homes, hotels, and sports bars for NHL programming. Players have complained about the lack of coverage at the national level, and want to have a block of nationally televised games back on ESPN in the near future. The league will have an internal discussion on this subject in the coming months.

      General Sports, NHL, Television

      Last chance to win a Wii by playing Hey! Nielsen’s trivia challenge

      August 21, 2008 /

      Monday will be the last chance for you to win a Wii prize back, which is loaded with a Wii game console and a variety of sports games, just for playing Hey! Nielsen’s Olympic trivia-thon challenge.

      It’s free and all you have to do is be a registered member of Hey! Nielsen, which doesn’t take long to set up.

      Also, while you’re testing your Olympic knowledge, be sure to check out Hey! Nielsen’s “Ask A Blogger” feature on The Scores Report.

      General Sports, Television, The Olympics

      NBC is on my sh*t list right now

      August 21, 2008 /

      The women’s beach volleyball gold medal match was at 11 AM Bejing time, or 11 PM Eastern/8 PM Pacific. Does NBC show the match live on the West Coast? No, they make everyone in May and Walsh’s home state (California) wait until 11 PM Pacific to see the match.

      You wouldn’t think it would be that hard to show it live on both coasts. On the East Coast, you have your normal programming, starting with all the diving and recorded track and field. Then, when the match is about to start, you air it live (as normal). On the West Coast, you start the night with the live match at 8 PM PT, and when it’s over, you go back to the diving and the track and field. The only downside for NBC is Bob Costas has to record a few more transitions in between events so that the West Coast feed makes sense. Since the match would reach a wider audience if it aired earlier on the West Coast, you’d think that it would be worth NBC’s time and trouble if it generated higher ratings.

      This whole unnecessary three-hour Pacific Coast delay becomes even more troublesome for those that spend any time on the internet while they’re waiting for the match. I’m halfway through the first game of the gold medal match right now, but I already know the outcome because the news is splashed all over the internet, which includes my MSN.com home page.

      (By the way, we here at The Scores Report have made a concerted effort not to post results of these Olympic Games until the event has aired in the U.S. Here’s an idea – maybe I should make The Scores Report my home page. Hmmm…)

      All right, I’m going to quit my bitch session now. Misty May and Kerri Walsh are running around in wet, white bikinis (it’s raining in Bejing) trying to win a gold medal. And they’re in high definition. I really need to focus.

      Television, The Olympics

      Hey! Nielsen Ask A Blogger: The Scores Report

      August 19, 2008 /

      John Paulsen and I were recently interviewed for Hey! Nielsen’s “Ask A Blogger” feature. If you care to read our opinions (and really, why wouldn’t you care to read our opinions?) on this year’s Olympics, Manny Ramirez’s haircut fiasco and what we would do to add or change current sports network programming, then click on the link below.

      Read Hey! Nielsen’s “Ask A Blogger” feature on The Scores Report.

      College Football, Fantasy Baseball, Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Football, General Sports, Golf, MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL, Super Bowl, Television, The Olympics

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