Yardbarker: Chris Rose

Saints Drew Brees on The Domino Effect tribute to Fats Domino

Fri, 29 May 2009 12:39:26 -0500

A Chris Rose 60-Second Interview

Your MLB Announcing Schedule For The Weekend Of 4/11

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:46:07 -0500

Well the first full weekend of Baseball is upon us, which means your first weekend announcing schedule is going up. Fox's pregame show will be at the Red Sox-Angels game, and the majority of the country gets a Buck-McCarver reprieve for the first game of the season. Here's the rest of the schedule...Saturday, April 11th:Boston Red Sox at Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim - Kenny Albert, Eric Karros, Ken Rosenthal, Chris Rose (FOX, 3:55pm, 66%)MARKETS INCLUDE: Albuquerque, Atlanta, Baltimo...

MLB On FOX To Have Ten Minute, On-Site Pregame Show

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:36:49 -0500

The MLB on FOX's pregame show was just a complete trainwreck. The hosts and analysts were pretty boring, it was way too long and the set looked like it was from the 1970s. Well all that is going to change this year as the pregame show will be cut down to only ten to twelve minutes, and the program will be hosted at the "Game of the Week". According to SBD, Chris Rose will be your host....When Fox begins its 14th season as a broadcast partner of MLB Saturday afternoon at 4:00pm E...

MLB Sees Solid Early TV Ad Sales, Despite Recession

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:38:37 -0500

As Major League Baseball embarks on its 2009 season, the league will be the first to feel the full effect of the recession. With that, questions have raised as to how television advertisers would approach baseball in this chilly economic environment. It appears, at least at the national level, that MLB may be more recession-proof than other leagues, according to TV Week.

Tony Kornheiser Thinks A Matt Millen Led Booth Would Be The Best In The Business

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:10:47 -0500

Tony and Matt Millen have had a long relationship, and even as Millen was destroying the Lions, it was still tough for the PTIer to say anything bad about the guy. Kornheiser thinks so highly of Millen that he said yesterday that a booth that adds him as an analyst would be the best in the business. Even better than the MNF team. Via Fanhouse.... "It's fair to ask the question, 'If you're so smart, why didn't you ever win? But Matt Millen is great on TV. Not good, he'...

NFL Open Thread - Week 17 Early Games

Sun, 28 Dec 2008 19:16:28 -0500

A note: Sorry to play absent host, but I'm indisposed for most of the day due to holiday-related travel, and AA may be in the same boat. However, I've set up threads for all the games today, and I'm planning at least two live-blogs next weekend to make it up to you. OK, doubleheaders for both stations on this final weekend. (The maps have been hyperlinked to the network names.) CBS: New England @ Buffalo - Greg Gumbel, Dan Dierdorf Oakland @ Tampa Bay -Kevin Harlan, Rich Gannon Cl...

Your NFL Broadcast Maps And Announcing Schedule For Week Twelve

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:54:25 -0500

Man, I still can't believe how fast this season is flying by. We've only got a month and a half left and the games are obviously going to mean more and more each week. CBS once again has a slew of great games highlighted by Nantz and Simms heading to Tennessee for the Jets-Titans game. The B-Team even gets a good AFC East matchup in Miami as the Patriots try to solve the Wildcat Offense a second time. FOX once again decided to send Buck and Aikman to a crappy Dallas game, while the &...

Jeremy Shockey is lucky Lawrence Taylor wasn’t his teammate

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:21:07 -0500

Lawrence Taylor was on the Best Damn Sports Show Period last night and "talked" about what he would do if there was no order in the locker room. Let's just say that I wouldn't want to get on LT's bad side. And I am guessing neither do Chris Rose and John Salley. -H/T AwfulAnnouncing

NFL Open Thread - Week 8 Early Games

Sun, 26 Oct 2008 12:37:23 -0500

Hey, we can make fun of Jeff Garcia all we like -- and we do -- but the fact is that he's making good money playing football and is married to a Playmate, and we're not. So, Jeff, I'm not hatin'. Go rip up them Cowboys today. NFL Broadcast Maps and Announcing Schedule for Week Eight Fox doubleheader this Sunday. Fox: Tampa Bay at Dallas - Kenny Albert, Daryl Johnston, Tony Siragusa Washington at Detroit - Thom Brennaman, Brian Billick Atlanta at Philadelphia - Sam Rosen, Tim R...

NFL Broadcast Maps And Announcing Schedule For Week Eight

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:20:22 -0500

We're at the halfway mark for most teams, and as the World Series gets underway, Dick Stockton will continue to be your A-team PbPer with Troy Aikman. This week they get a really good matchup between the Giants and Steelers, while Nantz and Simms head to London for the Chargers and Saints. Outside of the Redskins-Lions and Ravens-Raiders, almost every game looks stellar on paper, and if you ask me this could be the best collection games we get all season. Here's your maps and schedul...

FOX Chooses Ratings Over Meaningful Baseball

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:05:31 -0500

Stuff like this just pisses me off. FOX has decided to replace the Mets-Marlins game, which has huge Playoff implications, with the possibly meaningless Yankees-Red Sox game. The main game for the network will be the Cubs and Brewers, but most of the East Coast (25% of the country in total) will be getting the Yanks and Sox. Via NY Daily News.... Looking at the final Saturday of the regular season as a chance to max out on its baseball ratings, Fox is playing it strictly by the book. It'...

Rollins: Phils Fans Aren't Supportive Enough

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:32:13 -0500

Posted by Tim Malcolm, Thu, August 14, 2008 12:17 AM Jimmy Rollins and Ryan Howard were on "The Best Damn Sports Show Period" last night, and they were asked about playing in an environment like Philadelphia. Here's what they said: Chris Rose: Is it bad? It's not that bad, is it? Howard: In Philly? Umm... Rollins: It can be. Howard: It can be. Rollins: It can be. I mean, there are times. Like, one of those cities, they - I might catch some flak for this but ...they're frontrunners. You know, when you're doing good, they're on your side. When you're doing bad they're completely ... Rose: But that's a lot of cities. John Salley: That's called family. That's called family. Rollins: Yeah man, I hear you, but for example, Ryan's from Saint Louis and - you know - Saint Louis, it seems like, they support their team, and they're out there and they're encouraging. In Philly - can't be no punk. It's a shame, really, that we're now at this stage with Rollins. After the lax play, benching and showing up late, Rollins has to say something like this. First off, let's put this out here: Rollins has a small point. At least from his perception. He's been in Philly his entire career and has seen some bad teams. He's seen some sparse crowds, and yeah, when the Phils stink, the crowds are sparse. It's true - when the Phils play bad, the fans usually stay home. And yes, I do get a little miffed when most fans don't clap before a big spot in a game. So he has a point there. Maybe we're not like Cardinals fans, who do show up to every game and cheer (somewhat blindly) for their team every day. But we're not Cardinals fans. We haven't had a recent world champion. We've only had one. We're supporting the worst franchise in baseball history. Have a little perception from our side, Jimmy. Realize that we're starving for a championship. Realize that in Boston, a city that today would be called one of loyal fans, no one went to storied Fenway Park in the early 1990s. Realize that in the Bronx, nobody went to Yankee Stadium during those lousy mid 1980s Yankee teams. Realize that 28 of the 29 big league cities are not Saint Louis. But this isn't about Saint Louis. It's about a supposed leader who completely turned himself against his fanbase. This guy couldn't buy a boo in 2007; this year he's practically begging for us to hate him. Why? What the hell have we done to him? We've paid good money to see this team play. We've packed Citizens Bank Park to the brim more than 40 times in 2008 for this team. We throw down money to see a division champion defend its title. And what have the players given us? Whining. Lethargy. And this crap - from the supposed leader. Hey, Jimmy, you make millions of dollars each year to play this grand old game. If I made millions to swing at 15 pitches and take a few grounders every day, I wouldn't care one bit if the fans supported my team. And yet we do support you. We come out in droves. We want a champion, that's the bottom line. Sure, Cardinals fans like having a good, friendly family time at Busch Stadium II. Like I said before, they're the only franchise that has that type of fandom. All we've ever wanted is for our team to show up everyday, play good baseball, and hopefully win about 60 percent of its games. Like Boston, like New York, if you make the playoffs, we'll be clapping for every single moment. But we're not there yet. And we might not get there in 2008, mainly because of you, Jimmy. You're not playing well. And that's the issue. Ever figure that when you played well in 2007, we supported your every move? Anyway, Jimmy is asking to leave Philly. Maybe he can follow in Scott Rolen's path, get away from "pressure" and indulge in "Baseball Heaven." And if so, that's sad - we always ... always thought he was tougher than that, better than that.

Dickie V Gets All The Cool Offseason Jobs

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:46:15 -0500

It's about time Dick Vitale stopped creeping into our Baseball coverage and got back to what he does best and that's pimping for Hooters. He's been in various commercials for the buxom restaurant and now he's judging their annual bikini contest! One of FSN's most popular programs, the BEST DAMN HOOTERS SWIMSUIT PAGEANT, airs the 2008 contest on Sunday, August 24 at 9:00 PM, 11:00 PM and 12:30 AM local. More than 125 contestants battled it out for the title in front of suc...

BDSSP Correspondant To Join Be An NFL on FOX Sideline Reporter Next Season

Mon, 19 May 2008 16:05:32 -0500

Charissa Thompson is one of the huge winners in the Best Damn Sports Show Period shakeup, and she'll be on the sidelines along with Chris Meyers and Pam Oliver. Thompson spent last year on as a sideliner for the Big Ten Network's number one team with Thom Brennan and Charles Davis and most recently is the lone reporter for BDSSP. From USA Today.... Correspondent Charissa Thompson has been the winner from the latest on-air talent shake-up at Fox Sports Net's Best Damn Sports Show P...