Mike Reynolds

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WNBA Pressed

Squeezed amidst the football season, the conclusion of MLB races and now postseason, and the faceoff the NHL campaign, a highly competitive WNBA Finals between the Phoenix Mercury and Indiana Fever has been pressed to gain attention amidst a very crowded sports landscape. Despite the tough scheduling, the best-of-five Finals, which the Fever can wrap up at Conseco tonight at 7:30 p.m, is... More

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Favre: 4 For 40

It’s been said and spoofed that John Madden, the retired doyenne of football broadcasters, loves Brett Favre. Suffice it to say, more than a few of the boys (and girls) in Bristol share that emotion. No. 4 reciprocated on Oct. 5, presenting ESPN and Monday Night Football with a Nielsen gift to celebrate the franchise’s 40th anniversary — cable’s all-time... More

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Favrian Followers

How ‘bout them Cowboys? Jimmy Johnson may not have been in Jerry Jones’s new house for Dallas’ desultory win over Carolina, but plenty of Nielsens were watching Monday Night Football . Love or loathe ‘em, the ‘Boys are TV eye candy and their 21-7 triumph drew some 15.7 million viewers, the biggest cable audience thus far in 2009. That gives Dallas... More

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MLB Network Comes Through In The Clutch

While the folks in Motown may not appreciate the rest of the nation watching as their Tigers stumble down the stretch, the rest of us can thank MLB Network for the windows into some of the most competitive post-season chases ever. MLB Network, picking up the feeds from Fox regional sports networks and providing its own voiceovers from Matt Vasgersian and Joe Magrane, has provided extensive... More

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Eyes on Copenhagen

Plenty of interested parties in the Second City — not to mention New York, Bristol and perhaps even Philadelphia — on how things will go in Copenhagen tomorrow. That’s when International Olympic Committee members will choose among Tokyo, Rio de Janiero, Madrid and Chicago as the site for the 2016 Summer Games. Heads of state, including Mrs. Obama and her husband, taking... More