Archive for January 3rd, 2012

Airing opposite the Rose Bowl, the NHL Winter Classic fell to a record-low overnight rating on NBC. The Rangers/Flyers NHL Winter Classic from Philadelphia’s Citizens Bank Park earned a 2.4 overnight rating on NBC Monday, [...]

Featuring a team that some thought should play in the National Championship Game, the Fiesta Bowl rose to a three-year high in overnight ratings. Monday’s #4 Stanford/#3 Oklahoma State Fiesta Bowl earned a 9.0 overnight [...]

Overnight ratings for the Rose Bowl fell double-digits on ESPN. Monday’s #10 Wisconsin/#5 Oregon Rose Bowl earned a 9.9 overnight rating on ESPN, down 15% from last year (TCU/WISC: 11.7), and down 28% from 2010 [...]

TNT NBA analyst Charles Barkley will leave the confines of the studio this Thursday, though he will not be traveling far. Barkley will join the broadcast team of Kevin Harlan and Reggie Miller on Thursday’s [...]

Turner Sports essayist Jim Huber died Monday at age 67. Here is one of the many memorable pieces Huber did for Turner Sports, on the cancer fight of the late Wayman Tisdale:

Turner Sports broadcaster Jim Huber died Monday at age 67. Huber joined Turner Sports in 2000 as an essayist and reporter for Turner Sports’ golf and NBA coverage. His periodic appearances on TNT’s Inside the [...]