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Your Week Two College Football Announcing Schedule
September 09, 2009 by
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Here is your CFB Announcing Schedule for week two, brought to you by SI's Cheerleader of the Week. This week's lovely lady is Lizzie (bottom middle). Lizzie is a Journalism Major, and loves the music of Taylor Swift, and eating cinnamon rolls for breakfast. Ready....OKAY!Thursday...
Your Week One Pammy Nominees
September 09, 2009 by
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Thanks as always for the help in compiling this quote, and thanks to Mark Jones, we're off to one heck of a start. Here are the quotes that need your votes (in no particular order). Be sure to choose wisely, and I'll let you know who jumped out to the early lead tomorrow afternoon...
ESPN Scoops Up Tedy Bruschi
September 09, 2009 by
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It's amazing how fast athletes get scooped up by the networks these days, and no network does it faster than ESPN. The "Leader" waited about two days before signing Tedy Bruschi, and he'll be contributing to the new ESPNBoston.com, as well as some on air segments...
Pam Ward Chronicles: Week One
September 05, 2009 by
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Well folks, College Football is upon us, and so are the Pam Ward Chronicles. I'll be updating the quotes throughout the day, but I need your help. If you hear something random, funny, overly sexual and/or completelWeek One Announcing Schedule______________________________________
Your MLB Announcing Schedule For The Weekend Of 9/5
September 04, 2009 by
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Saturday, September 5th:Boston Red Sox at Chicago White Sox (FOX, 4:10, 64%) - Kenny Albert, Tim McCarver and Ken RosenthalSan Francisco Giants at Milwaukee Brewers(FOX, 4:10, 23%) - Dick Stockton, Eric Karros Texas Rangers at Baltimore Orioles(FOX, 4:10, 13%) - Josh Lewin, Mark Grace...
One More Week
September 03, 2009 by
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We have one full week until we are, finally, blessed with the beginning of the regular season. If a week is too long of a wait or you somehow haven't overdosed on this stuff, head on over to 12StepDrop for the last of their streaming preseason games. There are thirteen games tonight...
Your First College Gameday Guest Is....
September 03, 2009 by
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According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Chipper Jones will be the first guest on College Gameday for the 2009 Season. Jones will be live on set sometime around 11:30am this Saturday, and plans to wear Gators' colors....in Georgia....Chipper Jones plans to appear as a guest...
Your Third Annual Pam Ward Chronicles
September 03, 2009 by
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Yes folks, it's that time of year. Pammy herself won the title last year, with Gary Danielson taking the crown in the first installment, so who will win this year? There's only one way to find out, and that's by spending a way too unhealthy amount of time sitting on your...
How Much Does Your Hometeam MLB Announcer Talk?
September 03, 2009 by
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The Wall Street Journal conducted a fascinating, yet highly tedious, study on Major League Baseball announcers recently. Writer David Biderman, watched every team's home broadcast, and for a half inning he tallied how many words each announcer spoke. After that he average that...
Ball Boys Still Providing Laughs
September 03, 2009 by
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Ball Boys are always providing great clips, but it's usually because they are getting hit in the face with a ball. This young whippersnapper decided to step it up a level by going all parkour during a match recently....BAM! Now that's how you take a fall on National TV, right there.
TBS Tabs Bon Jovi Again For Playoff Commercial
September 01, 2009 by
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TBS is really in love with Bon Jovi, and once again, they're set to feature the Grammy award winning group for their September and October commercials. The song is called "We Weren't Born To Follow", and will debut on 15,167 movie screens nationwide on Friday, September...
People Magazine Not Exactly Sure Who Erin Andrews Is
September 01, 2009 by
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People Magazine has decided to piggyback on this whole Erin Andrews on Oprah thing, but they have a slight problem. They seem to think that Andrews is actually Heidi Watney. Via Deadspin....
More ESPN Music News, DMB "Official Band Of College Football Coverage"
September 01, 2009 by
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Now I'm really confused. I thought ESPN had signed on Kenny Chesney to sing their College Football song this season, but today the "Leader" announced that Dave Matthews Band is the "Official Band of ESPN’s 2009 College Football Coverage". What does that mean...
Stacey Dales Finally Finds A New Home
September 01, 2009 by
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The NFL Network seems to be moving forward from their stressful start to 2009 (see: Cable, Comcast) and has been adding people slowly as the summer comes to an end. Michael Irvin is set to make his debut on the network, and according to Variety, Stacey Dales has also found a home there...
Your Week One College Football Announcing Schedule
September 01, 2009 by
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Thursday, September 3rdSouth Carolina @ North Carolina State (ESPN, 7pm)- Sean McDonough, Jesse Palmer, Craig James, Erin AndrewsTroy @ Bowling Green (BCSN, 7pm)- Greg Franke, Tom ColeNorth Texas @ Ball State (ESPNU, 7:30pm)- Charlie Neal, Jay WalkerEastern Kentucky @ Indiana (BTN...
Erin Andrews To Appear On Oprah
August 31, 2009 by
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Erin Andrews has yet to appear since her "hotel incident", but according to Sports Illustrated, that will change on September 11th. The ESPN sideline reporter will be on a special episode of Oprah, that she taped last week, and will be the only time she does an interview...
Favre Playing First Full Half
August 31, 2009 by
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Tonight Minnesota is playing Houston and we get to see Old Man Favre sling the ball for an entire half (if he can make it that long). Though we are all sick of Favre coverage, he is spicing up what would have been a rather boring, week three preseason game. We are going to be streaming...
Your MLB Announcing Schedule For The Weekend Of 8/29
August 28, 2009 by
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Saturday, August 29th:New York Mets at Chicago Cubs (FOX, 4:10, 63%) - Joe Buck, Tim McCarver and Ken RosenthalMarkets Include: Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Birmingham, Buffalo, Charlotte, Chicago, Cleveland, Greensboro, Greenville, Hartford, Houston, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Knoxville...
ESPN Getting Into The Hologram Game
August 28, 2009 by
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I think the most famous use of holograms to date, is the beaming up of Will.I.Am during the election on CNN, but I could be wrong. Well at ESPN's media gathering (which I unfortunately had to miss), it was announced that the network is going to begin using holograms. In fact, they...
Leary And Clarke Return To NESN Booth
August 28, 2009 by
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I don't know if you remember the last time that Denis Leary and Lenny Clark took a spin in the NESN booth, but it was epic. They went on a rant about Youklis being a jewish first baseman, and after a great play by Youk, Leary yelled, "Where's Mel Gibson now?!" It...
Live Streaming Preseason: Vick Returns
August 27, 2009 by
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Most players wait five, ten or fifteen years before declaring bankruptcy. Not Vick, his financial life is in the toilet unless he can get the ball moving (literally). His one year contract won’t even start to put a dent in the, already, 20M he owes. If he can’t make it work here...
SI Earns +1000 With Anti-Favre Issue
August 27, 2009 by
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Hilarious. SI has decided to put out an issue that is completely void of Brett Favre and they want you to know about it.... (HT: The Sports Hernia)
Steven Jackson Makes A Movie About Himself
August 27, 2009 by
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In the age of viral marketing, and sports based reality shows, players try to do everything they can to get their name out there. The latest, and very interesting venture, comes from Steven Jackson. Jackson has decided to make a video about himself, that is exclusive to his own website...
ESPN Contracts Kenny Chesney To Write CFB Song
August 27, 2009 by
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ESPN rarely uses country music for bumps and intros, but when it comes to College Football, they go all out. For years they used Big & Rich's "We're Coming To Your Citaaaaaay" for their CFB telecast, but now they've taken it a step forward. They actually got...
Your NFL Regular Season Week One Announcing Schedule
August 26, 2009 by
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This has to be my favorite post of the year. First, Football is officially (almost) back. But really, it's the post where we get to see an idea of which team(s) each network will be sending their number one announcing teams to.Thursday Night Football: Tennessee Titans at Pittsburgh...
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