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• SEC signs a 15-year TV deal with ESPN

  - 2008-08-26

  The Southeastern Conference has signed a 15-year deal with ESPN reportedly worth more than $2 billion to televise sporting events, including football and men's and women's basketball. The agreement announced Monday is the longest ESPN has ever signed and matches the length of the powerhouse league's deal with...

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• MWC just can't get anything right

  - 2008-03-21

  A recent e-mailer asked a perfectly logical question that included a perfectly logical comment: Can anyone explain why the MWC tournament games were on three different networks? That doesn't seem like a successful recipe to help fans find the games. My rather flippant reply was that,...

  Tags: ABC Inc., CBS Corp., champion, conference, ESPN, Games, league, NETWORKING

• Specter and Goodell might meet this week

  - 2008-02-04

  GLENDALE, Ariz. - NFL executives and members of the staff of Sen. Arlen Specter (R., Pa.) have discussed setting up a meeting between Specter and commissioner Roger Goodell, possibly by the end of this week, a league official said. "The staffs are communicating," NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said yesterday, about...

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• Camera access to be limited

  - 2008-01-10

  Last time the Jazz played a nationally televised game on a major cable network, Jerry Sloan swore at halftime. Thanks to an ESPN production blunder, the entire viewing nation -- oops -- heard. Sloan's penchant for cussing shouldn't go public this time -- at least not when the...

  Tags: camera, ESPN, Games, league, microphone, NBA, team

• NFL was wise to expand Pats-Giants broadcast

  - 2007-12-28

  The NFL is making much of the "unprecedented" telecast of Saturday's Patriots-at-Giants game -- so designated because it will be carried on not one, not two, but three different channels. (The NFL Network, CBS and NBC.) Wow! A football game carried live on three different channels!...

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• RECREATION CALENDAR

  - 2007-11-27

  Calendar College WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Creighton at Kansas, 7 p.m. Today's line NCAA Football THURSDAY FavoritePointsUnderdog LOUISVILLE21/2Rutgers FRIDAY Fresno St.13New Mexico St. SATURDAY Navy-x14Army NEVADA81/2Louisiana...

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• RECREATION CALENDAR

  - 2007-11-27

  Calendar College WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Creighton at Kansas, 7 p.m. Today's line NCAA football THURSDAY FavoritePointsUnderdog LOUISVILLE21/2Rutgers FRIDAY Fresno St.13New Mexico St. SATURDAY Navy-x14Army NEVADA81/2Louisiana...

  Tags: ESPN, game, league, Miami, SEC, team

• When it comes to TBS' LCS ratings decline, just blame it on teams

  - 2007-10-17

  If Winston Churchill were alive, he'd be enthralled by TV sports ratings. And with baseball's postseason ratings, he could resurrect one of his famous quotes: "It is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma." Let's unwrap. TBS' first-ever coverage of the playoffs produced the...

  Tags: ABC Inc., baseball, ESPN, Games, League, team, TVs

• Even if Belichick isn't talking about Patriots spy story, everyone else is

  - 2007-09-17

  "It's over. We're moving on." So said New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick during Friday's televised news conference about the videotaping dirty tricks used against the New York Jets. The tactic cost him and his team $750,000 in fines. The Pats also lose a first-round draft...

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• Patriots accused of spying on Jets' signals

  - 2007-09-11

  The NFL is looking into claims a New England Patriots employee was videotaping signals by Jets coaches on New York's sideline during the season opener, according to ESPN.com. ESPN.com reported Monday that NFL security confiscated a video camera and tape from a Patriots employee during New England's 38-14...

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