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The Sunday Ticket files: Week 2
In: NFL
20 Sep 2009A few random observations from a day spent flipping channels. In honor of the Emmys and the new TV season, this week’s theme will be boob-tube related … THE “LOST” GAME OF THE WEEK:Compelling, action-packed, frustrating and fun, the Texans-Titans game was a tour de force of NFL greatness, with long bombs, breakaway runs, fourth-quarter drama [...]
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- Tags: sunday ticket files, texans, tv
MLB Extra Innings and me
In: mlb
22 Jul 2009This week was the annual free midseason preview of MLB Extra Innings, where they try to tempt you to buy the package of every televised baseball game for the rest of the season. As much as I love baseball, I don’t think I could make this worth the exorbitant asking price over the course of [...]
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- Tags: announcers, baseball, mlb extra innings, tv
The East Coast-West Coast debate
In: Various
2 Jul 2009I’m about to embark on a 10-day trip back home to Virginia, which means keeping up with the Mariners will be as difficult as if they were playing on Mars. No ESPN highlights, no box scores in the paper, no asking anyone about last night’s game, no nothing. Sure, there’s the Internet for all that [...]
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- Tags: east vs. west, mariners, NFL, tv
Boo to you, KING-5
12 Jun 2009OK, I understand that hockey isn’t exactly a ratings bonanza, but we’re talking about Game Freakin’ 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals, and KING-5, in its infinite wisdom, has decided not to bother showing the game, instead shuttling it off to its sister station. I’ve been railing against this for years, and I’d be really [...]
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- Tags: hockey, king-5 sucks, tv
Thanks for nothing NHL
In: NHL
28 Apr 2009You would assume that a major sporting organization would have enough foresight to schedule its playoffs correctly, so that two Game 7s would not be played on the same day at the same time. But when you are dealing with the massively misguided NHL, they don’t make an ass out of you and me, just [...]
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- Tags: gary bettman sucks, go devils!, NHL, tv
It’s finally time to pay attention to the NHL
In: NHL
15 Apr 2009I can’t say I’m the world’s biggest hockey fan – I got into it mainly through playing NHL 93 on the Sega Genesis – but I try my best to keep up with the sport despite its terrible TV contracts (reduced to the cable hinterlands of the Versus network), lack of newspaper coverage (a paragraph at best in the local paper) and general status as our country’s No. 4 sport.
When you factor in that slogging through the interminable regular season seems more like a chore than a reward, it’s no surprise that only the biggest die-hards hang onto every point.
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- Tags: go devils!, hockey, tv
A simple fix for the Pac-10 Tournament
In: NCAA hoops
9 Mar 2009At some point while watching this week’s Pac-10 Tournament, you will ask yourself, “Why are they playing basketball in an airplane hangar decorated with empty seats?” The Staples Center may be a lovely venue for stargazing and watching the Lakers, but it is sorely lacking as a venue for college basketball, a fact that is reinforced every March during what should be the pinnacle of the Pac-10′s campaign.
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- Tags: fsn broadcasts suck, hoops, pac-10, tv
Memo to FSN Northwest: Buy an HD camera, please
In: Media
3 Mar 2009In today’s digital age, FSN Northwest should be embarrassed by their decidedly analog coverage. Look, I know we’re way up here in the corner of the world, but how hard is it to broadcast in high definition? FSN has a wide slate of games featuring the Huskies, Cougars, Gonzaga and others, and one there’s one [...]
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