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Boston College-Miami TV Ratings Season Low For ABC
What do you get when you put a 3-8 Boston College team against a bowl ineligible 6-5 Miami team on ABC the day after Thanksgiving? The network's lowest rated college football telecast of the season, of course. "ABC's top game of the season was the November 19 edition of Saturday Night Football,...
Let's Go to the Videotape: 1986 Potpourri
Last week, we looked at a news report about Giants fans desperately trying to keep up with game 7 of the World Series while also attending Monday Night Football. Today, we get another on-site news report, this one coming from game 3 of the NLCS against the Astros. This feature from ABC-7 (aka...
Will Chris Jericho also return to WWE for WrestleMania 28?
With a dream match of The Rock vs. John Cena already booked, WrestleMania 28 is set to be the most financially successful wrestling show in history. Thanks to being such a hot ticket, other former WWE stars are eager to get onboard. Despite having been retired for over eight years now due to a...
Letting the Markets' Placement Decide: Ruminations on the Prospects for SEC Expansion
After the latest round of rumors about the Texas A&M Aggies joining the SEC went mainstream, the discussion of the topic here addressed the question of media markets. Among the several excellent points made in the comments were these: Conference expansion is 100 per cent money-driven. While, e.g.,...
Video of WWE Champion CM Punk on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night on ABC
Last night on Jimmy Kimmel Live on ABC, a sketch was aired involving CM Punk, Kimmel's cousin Sal, and Sal's son Archie. I'm guessing this was shot while Punk was in California for the San Diego Comic-Con last week. The premise is Punk arguing with Archie, who's a Cena fan. During the sketch,...
UC Football Will Be On ESPN, A Lot
The very early version of ESPN's televised schedule was released by the World Wide Leader today. The basics from a UC perspective are thus. UC will have at least 5 national broadcast games this year. Saturday September 4th, at Fresno State, 10 PM on ESPN2 Thursday September 16th, at North Carolina...
Steelers' Hines Ward Wins 'Dancing With The Stars'
In an announcement that surely will make most Baltimore Ravens fans sick to their collective stomachs, Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward was named 2011 champion on the hit TV show, 'Dancing With The Stars' for season 12. Ward and his professional dance partner, Kym Johnson, beat out...
Boston College Vs. Northwestern Is A Nooner On ESPNU
Boston College will host Northwestern in the 2011 football season opener on Saturday, September 3 at noon, ESPN and the ACC announced on Wednesday. The game will be shown nationally on ESPNU. The time slot isn't the greatest, though I'm glad to see the BC-NU game televised nationally. After the...
Pac-12 releases ESPN/ABC schedule, no Utah games planned
The Pac-12 has released its ESPN/ABC schedule and it looks like the Utes will miss out on playing a conference game anywhere on the World Wide Leader in Sports - at least for the moment. As reported earlier today, Utah and BYU will play their out of conference game on ESPN2. And even though the...
Saturday Bubble Watch For Boston College's NCAA Tournament Hopes
Not a very good night for bubble teams. Virginia Tech held on to beat Florida State, which means its ticket is pretty much punched to the Dance. Clemson is in too, after trouncing us. Michigan State is in after pounding a ranked Purdue team. I'm pretty sure the Eagles are NIT bound, but maybe we...
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