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Oct 31 2011 - 12:42pm
Nielsen Life Left In The Old Ballgame

It may have taken a lead-in for the ages, but Fox scored big with its coverage of Game 7 of the St. Louis-Texas World Series.

Fox closed out what was truly a...

Oct 26 2011 - 4:14am
Much Left To Wonder About World Cup Rights Deals

Last week, Fox and Telemundo gained the U.S. media rights to top FIFA events from 2015 through 2022, highlighted by the men’s World Cup in Russia in 2018 and...

Oct 24 2011 - 2:06am
In The Tigers' Lair

It wasn’t Saturday Night in Death Valley, which was...

Oct 9 2011 - 3:33pm
MLB Game 5s: Giveth and Taketh

After years of seeing MLB’s Division Series come up short in drama and games, TBS almost ran the table this year.

The “very funny”...

Sep 29 2011 - 7:50am
Of Pence, Papelbum, Ravech and The Proctologist

On arguably the most exciting night in Major League Baseball regular-season history, it was great to be a supporter of the St. Louis Cardinals and Tampa Bay Rays....

Sep 26 2011 - 7:03pm
Big One For ESPN In Big D

If Yogi’s right and it gets late early out there, ESPN needs a big one from Monday Night Football with the Nielsens tonight.

Three games into...

Aug 30 2011 - 5:16am
Tennis Channel Opens Up Analysis With Wilander, Courier

Perhaps looking to bring some gender balance to its roster of Grand Slam analysts, Tennis Channel has added a couple of Majors-winning men in Mats Wilander and Jim...

Aug 11 2011 - 1:50pm
Friendly Transfer

Last night, the U.S. men’s national team, in its first match under new manager Jurgen Klinsmann, tied Mexico 1-1 in Philadelphia. Afterward, Klinsmann in...

Aug 5 2011 - 12:53pm
ESPN Tangles Jets-Patriots On-Air Talent

ESPN may love Boston teams, but when it comes to on-air football talent, it also seemingly has a thing for former members of the New England Patriots’ rivals...

Aug 1 2011 - 5:21pm
NFL Network Pays Homage To Ed Sabol

NFL Network is celebrating one of its own, NFL Films founder Ed Sabol.

Premiering Monday at 8 p.m., Ed Sabol, King of Football Movies screens just...