Mike Reynolds

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Business, as Usual, at the Super Bowl

The NFL is the model pro sports league. Its weighted/revolving schedule presents many teams with a chance to elevate to the playoffs from the basement the season year before, while its billions in varied revenue sources, TV chief among them, seemingly flow unabated. Super Bowl XLVI is looking to extend the NFL Championship audience for a seventh consecutive year , which would make... More

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Saturday Night's Alright for Tebow?

The followers of the phenomenon that is Tim Tebow will be put to the test on Saturday night in Foxborough. And I’m not talking about the God-loving, mechanics-challenged QB leading the Denver Broncos to an upset over Bill Belichick and Tom Brady’s New England Patriots in the primetime NFL Divisional playoff game on Jan. 14. To channel, the late Al Davis: Just keep it close,... More

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Romeo Crennel's Christmas Present to David Stern

Does absence really make the heart grow fonder? David Stern and the NBA will find out on Christmas, when the league finally tips off its 2011-12 season. Avoiding Stern’s nuclear winter , the NBA will begin its lockout-shortened season with a five-pack of high-profile contests. The season starts with Carmelo Anthony, Amar’e Stoudemire and Tyson Chandler and the retooled New... More

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Review: Showtime Honors The Service Academies

On the surface, Showtime’s A Game of Honor is about wanting to “sing second.” That’s what the victors in the longstanding college football rivalry between Army and Navy get to do upon game’s conclusion — join in a rendition of their alma mater, ahead of their vanquished foe. But the feature-length documentary, which bows on the premium network on... More

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Looking to Net a New Viewing Tradition

Officially it’s dubbed the Discovery NHL Thanksgiving Showdown , but the “Black Friday Battle,” “Tryptophan Tussle,” or “Post-Turkey Day Tango” might also be appropriate monikers. Whichever way, the NHL and NBC are again looking to break through traditions and strike viewer gold for the second time this century with a new marquee, holiday... More