Archive for August 10th, 2011

Recent news involving sports media personalities, including ESPN releasing two NFL analysts, the Big Ten Network adding Ahman Green, and Numbers Never Lie hosts Charissa Thompson and Michael Smith guest hosting SportsNation.

Major League Baseball’s postseason will begin in September for the first time in nearly a decade, just one change to a revamped schedule released by MLB on Wednesday. The 2011 MLB Postseason will begin on [...]

The leagues involved may not be part of the ‘Big Four,’ but Wednesday’s IndyCar and Major League Soccer television deals appear to hint at a growing rivalry between ESPN/ABC and challenger NBC Sports Group. NBC [...]

Major League Soccer is headed to NBC Sports Group. NBC Sports Group has acquired rights to Major League Soccer through 2014, it was announced Wednesday. Under the deal, which begins next year, NBC and NBC [...]

ESPN has officially announced the hiring of Bill Parcells and Jerry Rice, the latest and highest-profile additions to the network’s stuffed NFL analyst lineup. Rice will contribute to ESPN’s SportsCenter, NFL Live and the weekly [...]

The Indianapolis 500 is staying put on ABC for at least the next seven years, as part of a multi-year extension between ESPN and IndyCar. ESPN and IndyCar have agreed to a six-year contract extension [...]

Recent sports media notes, including a 360 degree camera angle for the PGA Championship, an expanded college football slate on ESPN3D, and the earliest start for the World Series since the early 2000s.

Former NFL coach Bill Parcells is expected to make yet another return to ESPN, where he spent two previous stints as an NFL analyst. Parcells is “likely” to join ESPN as a part-time NFL analyst, [...]

The Pro Football Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony set a viewership record on NFL Network. Saturday’s Induction Ceremony attracted 513,000 viewers on NFL Network, up 16% from last year, and the network’s largest-ever audience for [...]

The two marquee MLB telecast windows have both seen slight increases in viewership this season. ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball has averaged a 1.6 U.S. rating and 2.534 million viewers so far this season, up 7% [...]