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MSG Network: That Championship Game Tape

By: Mike Reynolds Apr 14 2013 - 3:26pm

The New York Knicks won their second NBA title back in 1973. Members of the squad gathered at Madison Square Garden on April 5 for a 40th anniversary celebration of their championship season. Now, MSG Network is providing viewers with a long-lost look at their 102-93 triumph in Game 5 that clinched the crown.

Sprite Slam Dunk Contest Needs More Fizz

By: Mike Reynolds Feb 16 2013 - 12:55pm

Defending champion Jeremy Evans jumped over a covered canvass to deliver a nasty, left-handed jam. Next, he pulled off the black drape, revealing a painting of himself soaring with his southpaw. He then autographed the rendering for good measure in his final performance of the 2013 Sprite Slam Dunk Contest.

Bama-ND: BCS Title Game Could Tackle Cable's All-Time Audience

By: Mike Reynolds Jan 6 2013 - 5:12am

Whether you put stock in quarterbacks A.J. McCarron or Everett Golson, believe that head coaches Nick Saban or Brian Kelly have zero interest in manning NFL sidelines, that the stoutness of the Alabama defense will let the Tide roll, or that the luck (and skill) of the Irish will turn the BCS title game Notre Dame’s way, is immaterial.

Turning The Tables at Maples

By: Mike Reynolds Dec 30 2012 - 11:28am

Almost two years to the day that Stanford ended UConn’s record 90-game winning streak at Maples Pavilion, the Lady Huskies returned the favor.

It Was Only PPV, But I Liked It

By: Mike Reynolds Dec 16 2012 - 2:21am

After years of being out of the pay-per-view event game, I got back in the last two Saturday nights.

On Dec. 8, my son Alex and I headed to a local tavern, plunked down a pair of ten spots and watched Juan Manuel Marquez send Manny Pacquiao face down at the close of the sixth round, perhaps putting an end to the Filipino Congressman’s boxing career.

Long Days Beyond a Death Valley Night

By: Mike Reynolds Nov 4 2012 - 3:01pm

On the morning and afternoon after, the pain remained. Before 93,374 on Nov. 3 in the old building known as Tiger Stadium, but more affectionately dubbed Death Valley, Alabama and its hated coach Nick “Benedict Arnold” Saban broke the LSU loyalists' hearts for the second time in 10 months.

Chewing, Pay-Per-Viewing at Clyde's

By: Michael Reynolds Oct 29 2012 - 10:04am

The 2012-13 NBA season is about to tip off and James Dolan has a lot invested in the revamped New York Knicks roster and MSG Network, the RSN home to the club.

Accelerating Use of ‘Net-connected TV Sets Trumps 3D TV Optimism

By: Gary Arlen Sep 27 2012 - 10:04pm

Two enthusiastic NPD Group studies published Wednesday offer upbeat – but somewhat contradictory – outlooks about what and how audiences want to watch home television. The diverse scenarios raise significant questions about bandwidth availability and over-the-top competition, both issues confronting cable operators in the diversifying digital ecosystem.

NFL Network: No Replacement for Additional Subs

By: Mike Reynolds Sep 27 2012 - 1:31pm

Largely lost amidst the hubbub, outrage and parsimony of the replacement referee debacle that besmirched pro football in recent days was another significant piece of NFL business news.
Just short of nine years since its kickoff and now in its seventh season of presenting primetime games, NFL Network finally inked a carriage contract with Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks on Sept. 21.

Why Broadband Speed Matters Less and Less

By: Leslie Ellis Sep 24 2012 - 1:01pm

For those of us who remember such things as a 1200-baud data connection over a hissy, dial-up phone line, this may be hard to digest, but here it is: The “high-speed” part of “high-speed data” hardly matters anymore.

What matters is capacity and throughput. Fast is fast, and fast is nearly ubiquitous in North America. When was the last time you complained about a slow connection (hotel rooms excluded)? When was the last time a reboot of the modem didn’t fix it?

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