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Sports Central
August 19, 2006
Greg Wyshynski |
I'm a "Monday Night Football" Apologist The "Monday Night Football" franchise is effectively dead, having moved from broadcast TV to cable.   |
Salon.com
December 4, 2002
King Kaufman |
Boom! Now you've got something! John Madden and Al Michaels are meshing nicely on "Monday Night Football" -- but don't assume they're the best in the business. |
Sports Central
September 11, 2004
Greg Wyshynski |
Monday Blight Football There's so many graphics it's like FOX News Channel on acid, but footbal is still the best thing about Monday nights. |
Sports Central
August 13, 2004
Martin Hawrysko |
New NFL TV Rights Could Get Interesting Rumors suggest that Disney might be considering moving Monday Night Football to ESPN. It will not necessarily be the end of the world. |
Salon.com
June 23, 2000
Gary Kamiya |
It's Miller time! In a weird, yet slick, move to boost ratings saggier than Howard Cosell's rug, "Monday Night Football" plays the smart-aleck card. |
Sports Illustrated
August 30, 2000
Frank Deford |
Think you coulda been an announcer? We ultimately accept that we aren't good enough to play the game, but deep in our souls most sports fans always believe: I coulda been an announcer. |
Sports Central
February 24, 2006
Jeffrey Boswell |
Sports Q&A: Wife Betting; Kornheiser Will there be repercussions from the Janet Jones Gretzky betting scandal?... What 's the score with ESPN's Monday Night Football announcing team?.... |
Sports Central
February 11, 2006
Greg Wyshynski |
Hockey's Higher Calling Hockey is bigger than the NHL, and if the NHL should ever go down, it's not taking hockey with it. |
The Motley Fool
September 10, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Were You Ready for Some Football? Disney kicks off another season of Monday Night Football -- on a Thursday. For ABC, football means big business. |
The Motley Fool
September 29, 2011
Robert Eberhard |
Spending Money to Make Money With the NFL Various NFL partners are responsible for games every week and will benefit from the league's popularity. |
AskMen.com
Lewis Helfand |
Sportscaster Salaries There are very few people who can throw a fastball like Randy Johnson or dominate a game like Shaq. And that's why these men earn the big bucks. But what about the men and women who call the games? How much do they get paid? |
The Motley Fool
June 16, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Madden Moves to NBC The network shows it's serious about its new football deal. |
Sports Central
August 26, 2006
Greg Wyshynski |
Upon the Fields of Barlow Even if he flops as a featured back for the New York Jets, Barlow's going to be a blast because he's clearly insane, and that can really spice up the party -- even on an awful football team. |
BusinessWeek
May 2, 2005
Grover & Lowry |
A Ball ESPN Couldn't Afford To Drop Yes, ESPN paid plenty for Monday Night Football, but the deal may keep potential rivals, particularly Comcast Corp. and Fox Sports, at bay. |
BusinessWeek
June 16, 2011
David Kamp |
Book Review: Those Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN by James Andrew Miller and Tom Shales An oral history of how a PR man, an oil company slickster, and a lot of sports nuts created ESPN. |
The Motley Fool
December 15, 2003
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Monday Night Foolball Disney, the parent company behind ABC and ESPN is trying to get the National Football League to grant it the luxury of picking between two different games to broadcast nationally on Mondays. |
Sports Central
January 15, 2009
Kevin Beane |
Slant Pattern Reviews the Networks Grading the sports channels and the sports bureaus of the major over-the-air networks. |
AskMen.com
Steve Seepersaud |
Top TV Network Contracts Televised sporting events have huge audiences. The bigger the game, the bigger the audience. In America, no game is bigger than the Super Bowl. More than half of all the television sets in the U.S. are tuned in to the NFL's championship game. |
Sports Illustrated
December 21, 2000
Paul Zimmerman |
Third Annual TV Commentator Awards The best and worst football commentators on TV... |
Sports Illustrated
July 23, 2002
Michael Silver |
Madden cruising NFL coach, corporate pitchman and video-game godfather, John Madden has tackled many roles in his career. But now after 23 years in broadcasting, he faces his biggest challenge, the task of saving an ailing institution, Monday Night Football. |
Home Theater
December 2003
Pete Putman |
Monday Night Football Feturns in 720p HDTV...Finally! No HDTV program has been more anticipated than the return of Monday Night Football to the wide screen this fall. Ever since ABC's brief flirt with HD telecasts of MNF in 1999, those few football fans who watched the HD version have been like drug addicts in withdrawal. |
Sports Illustrated
June 26, 2000
Jack McCallum |
Gambling on Monday Night Football Dennis Miller on MNF? In the entire TV universe there are a handful of people who are consistently incisive and, if I dare use the word, bold. The snarky, bearded, bottled-water-gulping HBO wordsmith is one of them. |
Sports Illustrated
March 19, 2002
Kostya Kennedy |
Going tubing NFL's new TV plan is friendly, the Yankees' and Nets' YES Network a fan foe... |
Home Theater
October 23, 2002
HT Staff |
HD Sports on ABC, ESPN High-definition television will get a big push this season and next with sports programming from ABC and ESPN. |
Searcher
December 2010
Irene McDermott |
The Gridiron on the Web -- Football Online Am I doomed to be shut out from the world of football forever? No! The internet has arrived to save the day with zillions of sites to explain and celebrate American football. |
The Motley Fool
April 19, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Football's Double Reverse NFL fans, it's almost time to adjust your remote-control preferences. Come next year, Disney's ABC will hand off the Monday Night Football franchise to its ESPN subsidiary, while ESPN will be handing off its Sunday night gridiron contests to rival General Electric's NBC. |
CFO
February 1, 2011
David M. Katz |
"We Can't Get Carried Away by Our Success." Why "knowing when to say no" is key to ESPN's impressive growth. An interview with CFO Christine Driessen. |
Sports Central
April 7, 2011
Kevin Beane |
Sports Television: Past and Present When I was a kid in the 1980s, sports on television was worlds different than it is now. |
BusinessWeek
October 17, 2005 |
Why Mark Shapiro Left ESPN Executive Mark Shapiro calls his ESPN job "one of the best jobs in America" - but he's gambling that a chance to turn around Six Flags will be even better. |
Sports Central
June 9, 2006
Bill Hazell |
NBA on ABC Can't Live Up to Predecessors Quite frankly, the game just doesn't look as good on TV anymore. There are a number of reasons for this -- some noticeable, others subtle. |
Sports Central
March 13, 2014
Kevin Beane |
Thoughts on Old Announcers Being Sent to Pasture Sometimes a network feels their hand is forced as sports broadcasters get up in years and their booth performance suffers. I see two flaws with that, however. |
BusinessWeek
October 17, 2005
Grover et al. |
In the Zone While ESPN boss George Bodenheimer is trying to push his world-beating brand even deeper into the lives of sports fans, at his back is a slew of momentum-gaining rivals -- and Comcast is leading the pack. |
The Motley Fool
December 27, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
ABC's Final Kickoff Are you ready for some football? You won't find it on ABC anymore. However, this is not necessarily a bad thing for the network. |
Sports Central
January 9, 2008
Brad Oremland |
NFL Mock Awards and Divisonal Forecast Predictions for the divisional round of this year's playoffs. |
Sports Illustrated
September 26, 2000
John Walters |
Making sense of NBC's tumbling Olympic ratings Question: Could NBC's ratings for the Olympics be any worse? Answer: Only if Dennis Miller were added to the broadcast team... |
Sports Central
April 10, 2008
Kevin Beane |
The Sports Announcer Column (Pt. 2) A look at solid sports announcers worthy of wider praise, even if they are not worthy of the Pantheon. |
The Motley Fool
September 24, 2010
Travis Hoium |
This Company Won Television's Big Week CBS dominates the first week of the fall season. |
Sports Central
April 18, 2013
Kevin Beane |
Pat Summerall, 1930-2013 In 1974, someone at CBS made the very canny and astute move of moving Pat Summerall to play-by-play. All he would do with that is become the standard by which all announcers would be judged over the next 30 years. |
Sports Illustrated
November 22, 2000
Paul Zimmerman |
From sense to nonsense Does there come a time when entertainment takes a back seat, if only briefly, and real football analysis takes hold? Not, apparently, on ABC. |
Sports Central
September 9, 2006
Greg Wyshynski |
Football Comes Full Circle ESPN's Full Circle marks a significant innovation for football on television. |
Sports Central
May 29, 2007
Adam Russell |
The Sports Fan's Cable/Satellite TV Paradox There are now so many specialized sports networks on cable/satellite TV that executives are forced to find anything to fill their programming schedules. |
Sports Illustrated
December 28, 2000
Dr. Z |
Slam, bam, thank you, fans Commenting on football commentators, Testaverde, etc. |
Sports Central
July 3, 2009
Brad Oremland |
The Search For ESPN's Ombudsman ESPN has yet to name a successor to ombudsman Le Anne Schreiber, and rumors are that they may eliminate the position completely. This would be a disservice to the fans the ombudsman represents. |
Sports Central
July 26, 2006
Jeffrey Boswell |
Secrets of the 2006 NFL Season Some fictional NFL events. Don't kid yourself. Some of these things could actually happen in today's NFL. |
Sports Central
November 10, 2005
Seth Berkman |
ESPN: Every Sports Person's Nightmare Too bad there is no competition for ESPN, they are run by media giant Disney and will be going nowhere soon. |
BusinessWeek
October 17, 2005
Lowry & Hyman |
The Making of ESPN's Baseball Deal More than two years of talks between the ESPN and Major League Baseball offer a telling glimpse into the complexity of today's big-money sports. |
The Motley Fool
December 24, 2003
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Football's End Around Monday Night Football puts an end to eight years of losing ground on the viewership front. |
Sports Central
September 19, 2006
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 2 Power Rankings Bengals start strong with double-digit wins... Colts show good offense, but defense can't keep up... Bears show balanced offense and defense... Chargers face harder schedule after bye week... Titans win battle for last place... etc. |
AskMen.com
Steve Seepersaud |
The Business Of Sports Commentators If you can talk a better sports game than you can play, you might just have a shot at a career as a sports commentator. |
Sports Central
October 12, 2010
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 5 Power Rankings There are no undefeated teams in the NFL. Here's how the 32 teams rank after 5 weeks of play. |
