SportsNewser Peter King: No Hard Knocks This Year By Cam Martin on Jul. 24, 2011 - 10:12 AM Peter King of Sports Illustrated reports on Twitter that HBO will not film Hard Knocks this summer, a victim of the lingering lockout. “No ‘Hard Knocks’ this year. I repeat: No ‘Hard Knocks.’ The canc ...
SportsNewser Sugar Bowl Earns 8.4 Overnight Rating By Marcus Vanderberg on Jan. 5, 2011 - 4:42 PM Ohio State’s 31-26 win over Arkansas in the Sugar Bowl earned a 8.4 overnight rating on ESPN, the second-highest overnight rating for college football in the network’s history. Last night’s overnight is down just ...
SportsNewser | WebNewser SBD: Page Thompson Stepping Down at Golf Channel By Alex Weprin on Sep. 10, 2010 - 4:13 PM Sports Business Daily’s John Ourand reports that Golf Channel president Page Thompson will be stepping down “by the end of the year.” Ourand reports that Thompson told staff that he will be moving back to Philade ...
SportsNewser What Lies In Store for Soccer on Television? By Noah Davis on Aug. 19, 2010 - 3:54 PM This summer’s World Cup smashed all previous records for television (and Internet) viewership. Ratings for English-language telecasts in the United States jumped 41 percent from four years ago. The results, predictably, spaw ...
SportsNewser Networks Scramble to Cover Brett Favre Announcement By Alex Weprin on Aug. 18, 2010 - 3:11 PM When it comes to retirement, you can never take football players at their word. Moments ago, Brett Favre announced that he will be returning to the Minnesota Vikings for a second season as their quarterback. NFL Network carried th ...
TV Biz Cablers To Cover A-Rod Newser By SteveK on Feb. 17, 2009 - 1:08 PM This time last year, the cablers were covering former New York Yankee Roger Clemens denying steroid use to Congress. Today they’ll cover admitted steroid user Alex Rodriguez as he reports to spring training. CNN, FNC, MSNBC ...