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Sports Couch Potato
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Howard Burns on sports media: All-pro news and commentary -- from the booth to the satellites, from radio to high definition. The Spud covers the controversies, the personalitiies, ESPN and the big networks.
- Added on: Jun 28th, 2007
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Glenn Abel
- Listed in: Sports Football
Recent Posts
ESPN needs to do right thing and give Phillips the boot
There's got to be something in the water at ESPN. Testosterone, maybe? What is it about working in Bristol, Conn., that brings out the worst in guys?Allegations of sexual misconduct have dogged the Worldwide Leader for years. Mike Tirico, Harold...
ESPN platforms put full-court press on college hoops
If you think ESPN is omnipresent on the college gridiron — and it is — contemplate its reach on the basketball court: The Worldwide Leader will broadcast about 1,100 college hoops games this season over its multiple platforms.Things get going in...
Record audience watches Favre pick old team apart
ESPN's "Monday Night Football" telecast of Brett Favre's epic performance for the Minnesota Vikings against his former Green Bay Packer team landed the biggest audience in cable television history.The 15.3 rating was the largest in...
NFL needs to scrap antiquated blackout rule
Kudos to Mike Francesa for blasting the NFL's blackout rule on his weekly "Mike'd Up" show Sunday on New York's WNBC-TV.Francesa's comments came hours after the Detroit Lions beat the Washington Redskins 19-14 for their fir...
McMahon hits airwaves in bid to pin Senate seat
Just a week after stepping into the political arena — and 13 months before Connecticut's senatorial election — former World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Linda McMahon has launched a major TV ad blitz in her campaign to capture the seat now o...
Cablevision, NHL still at odds as opening day looms
Thanks to reader Antonio Ponzi for reminding us that after almost nine months, the NHL and Cablevision remain at an impasse in a bitter contract dispute involving high-definition telecasts of games in the league's subscription TV package. Effective J...
