- Monday’s Minor League Baseball game between Syracuse and Toledo, featuring Nationals’ #1 pick Stephen Strasberg, drew a 0.5 rating on MASN in the Washington market — just below the Nationals’ 2009 average of 0.6. Ratings for the game peaked at a 0.9. (Washington Post)
- The NBA Conference Finals topped sports programming in Oklahoma City last week, but drew numbers below the national average. Celtics/Magic Game 2 drew a 3.2 in the market, below the national rating of 4.6, while Lakers/Suns Games 2 and 3 each drew a 3.4, below the national ratings of 4.4 and 5.0, respectively. Monday’s Magic/Celtics Game 4 topped the charts at a 3.7, below the national average of 4.9. (newsok.com)
- NFL Network drew 66,000 viewers for Tuesday’s vote on the site of Super Bowl XLVIII in 2014, up 50% from the same time period a week earlier (44,000). (Sports Illustrated)
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