Sports Watcher for the Weekend of 11/1-2 (with a Halloween bonus!)
All times PDT, or PST, as applicable. I briefly forgot I had set this for the morning… Friday5-7:30 PM: NBA Basketball, Bulls @ Celtics (ESPN). Whatever. 7:30-10 PM: NBA Basketball, Spurs @ Trail...
View ArticleSports Watcher for the Weekend of 11/8-9
I think I need to take another break from the Watcher in a few weeks. All times PST. Saturday9-12:30 PM: College football, #20 Georgia Tech @ #16 North Carolina (Raycom Sports). Wait, why didn’t ABC...
View ArticleSports Watcher for the Weekend of 11/15-16
All times PST. Saturday9-12:30 PM: College football, Notre Dame v. Navy from Baltimore (CBS). The only positive B Point games going on are Big 10 games against scrubs. You can partly blame the Positive...
View ArticleCan the FedExCup be saved?
Another FedExCup has come and gone. The PGA TOUR’s TV partners have been shoving it down golf fans’ collective throats for months, showing every golfer’s rank in the standings at every event as though...
View ArticleWhy I’m not heaping praise on Jimmie Johnson
Another year has come and gone, and with it another year of Jimmie Johnson winning the Chase for the Sprint Cup. Oh, it was tougher this year, but it’s now five straight, two more consecutive Sprint...
View ArticleThe State of NASCAR on Television
NASCAR is in a bit of a state of flux at the moment. If you were describing the “four major sports” and you were looking at matters objectively, the fourth sport would be NASCAR, not the NHL, a status...
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A Closer Look at Fox’s All-Sports Network Plans
Two motorsports TV contracts were signed over the weekend that continue to firm up and clarify Fox’s plans to start an all-sports network. First, NBC signed a deal with Formula 1, moving those races...
View Article2013 NASCAR Ratings Wrap-Up
Here are the ratings for every NASCAR Sprint Cup race in the 2013 season. Every race on Fox outrated every race on cable, and only one race on ABC was able to beat any Fox races, even the Sprint...
View Article2014 NASCAR TV Schedule
On the eve of the Daytona 500, here is the TV schedule for every NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race this season. The Daytona 500 is in bold, race names in italics are Chase races, and networks in bold are...
View Article2014 NASCAR Ratings Wrap-Up
Here are the ratings for every NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series race in the 2014 season. Despite the disruption caused by the rain-delayed Daytona 500, every race on Fox to actually run (that I...
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