One more sports note.
Versus has been getting rave reviews (when they’ve been getting reviews at all) for their IRL coverage. Me? I can never make a judgment on how good a broadcast is unless it’s egregiously bad. So I...
View ArticleTweet-worthy comment on the Indy 500:
Helio is officially in the annals of the great open-wheel drivers evar.
View ArticleCan the FedExCup be saved?
Another FedExCup has come and gone. The PGA TOUR’s TV partners have been shoving it down golf fans’ collective throats for months, showing every golfer’s rank in the standings at every event as though...
View ArticleWhy I’m not heaping praise on Jimmie Johnson
Another year has come and gone, and with it another year of Jimmie Johnson winning the Chase for the Sprint Cup. Oh, it was tougher this year, but it’s now five straight, two more consecutive Sprint...
View ArticleThe latest in the sports television wars
Two pieces of news broke Wednesday in the sports TV wars: NBC picking up MLS doesn’t mean much for NBC/Comcast, given how low MLS is on the totem pole, but it is very good news for MLS. It wasn’t that...
View ArticleThe State of NASCAR on Television
NASCAR is in a bit of a state of flux at the moment. If you were describing the “four major sports” and you were looking at matters objectively, the fourth sport would be NASCAR, not the NHL, a status...
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A Closer Look at Fox’s All-Sports Network Plans
Two motorsports TV contracts were signed over the weekend that continue to firm up and clarify Fox’s plans to start an all-sports network. First, NBC signed a deal with Formula 1, moving those races...
View Article2013 NASCAR Ratings Wrap-Up
Here are the ratings for every NASCAR Sprint Cup race in the 2013 season. Every race on Fox outrated every race on cable, and only one race on ABC was able to beat any Fox races, even the Sprint...
View Article2014 NASCAR TV Schedule
On the eve of the Daytona 500, here is the TV schedule for every NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race this season. The Daytona 500 is in bold, race names in italics are Chase races, and networks in bold are...
View Article2014 NASCAR Ratings Wrap-Up
Here are the ratings for every NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series race in the 2014 season. Despite the disruption caused by the rain-delayed Daytona 500, every race on Fox to actually run (that I...
View ArticleIs ESPN Giving Up on IndyCar?
If you’ve been paying more attention to the sports media landscape than I’ve been covering for you, you know that ESPN this past week let loose with a barrage of layoffs, firing over a hundred people...
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