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Yom Kippur causes game time change Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:00:00 GMT
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Late- or postseason baseball seem to have almost yearly conflicts with Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar.
Football brings in some big numbers Fri, 18 Sep 2009 08:00:00 GMT
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Football is back and once again rules over all the land. TV ratings for the first full frontal assault by the NFL and college teams prove it.
Oudin's series of upsets helps give ratings a boost Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:00:00 GMT
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Now that Melanie Oudin's improbable journey through the U.S. Open is over, TV viewers can get back to watching more predictable participants, such as Serena Williams and Roger Federer.
S. Open's shift to ESPN2 is Drysdale's return ticket Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:00:00 GMT
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ESPN is no stranger to tennis. It televised tennis the second week it was on the air in 1979. But starting next week it will become the first network to show all four Grand Slam events. ESPN2 is taking over cable coverage of the U.S.
Carlisle: Costas hopes show can be big event Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:00:00 GMT
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NBC doesn't like to call its NFL pregame show a pregame show. It tries to make ";Football Night in America"; more special than that.
Carlisle: Dodgers may be headed for heartbreaking finish Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:00:00 GMT
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Baseball, as former commissioner Bart Giamatti once said, ";breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart.
Carlisle: Once again, ESPN gushes over Favre Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:00:00 GMT
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When it comes to Brett Favre, even ESPN knows it goes overboard.
At the start of Tuesday night's edition of ";Baseball Tonight,"; host Steve Levy quipped, ";This is a Favre-free 40 minutes.
Oaks Christian game will be on national TV Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:00:00 GMT
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High school football will be upon us all too soon and there is already news that one local team will be making a national television appearance this season.
Oaks Christian School's Sept. 18 game against Skyline High at Sammamish, Wash.
Carlisle: Pedigrees turn into mutts in dog days Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:00:00 GMT
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The dog days of summer are upon us in much of the country, defined not only as a time of extreme heat, but also by some as a time that causes dogs to grow mad and men to burn fevers and to grow into hysterics and frenzies.