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McCarthy on TV
- 2008-07-30
Inside the industry TV networks don't like to admit mistakes. But ESPN made the right call Tuesday, dropping Emmitt Smith from Sunday NFL Countdown and replacing him with the more experienced Cris Carter. Smith will take a lower-profile role in the network's pregame coverage. ...
NFL Network in talks with ESPN
- 2008-06-22
For years, they have circled and jabbed at each other like the heavyweights they are. In one corner, the NFL - considered the gold standard of American sports fare, where ad revenues are as eye-popping as the open-field hits. In the other, Comcast - the Philadelphia-based cable giant that had...
NFL Network, ESPN discuss a partnership
- 2008-06-21
NEW YORK AP -- The NFL Network and Walt Disney Co.'s ESPN are in talks about forming a partnership, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. A deal could end a long standoff between the league and cable carriers, some of whom said the NFL was asking them to...
On draft day, networks, Billick score
- 2008-04-28
NEW YORK -- While NFL teams need years to figure out if they drafted well this weekend, the picks can already celebrate -- like Brian Billick. Fox will formally announce today that the ex-Baltimore Ravens coach, who debuted as a national TV analyst on the NFL...
Black sportscasters up for Sports Emmy Awards
- 2008-03-31
[ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] Cable networks HBO and ESPN lead the pack of nominations by the National Television Academy for the 29th Annual Sports Emmy Awards. HBO received 31 nominations, including nods for the studio series "Inside the NFL," co-hosted by Cris Carter, Bob Costas, Cris Collinsworth and Dan Marino....
Carter replacing Salisbury as ESPN football analyst
- 2008-02-27
ESPN said late Tuesday that it was parting ways with longtime football analyst Sean Salisbury. The surprise announcement came hours after the network announced its hiring of Cris Carter from HBO's Inside the NFL. "Sean Salisbury has made many contributions to our efforts for the past...
Clash of the Titans: Cable industry rebels against NFL's new channel
- 2007-08-22
As football season approaches, the cable industry is gang- tackling the fledgling NFL Network created by the powerful National Football League. Comcast subscribers in Utah and across the nation have had the NFL Network yanked from their homes as part of a bitter battle. The NFL tried to...
Networks take bold steps to offer new vantage points
- 2007-07-11
Over the last two nights, we've seen Fox contributor Eric Byrnes and ESPN's Kenny Mayne paddle around McCovey Cove in kayaks in search of home run balls at Major League Baseball's Home Run Derby and 78th All-Star Game from San Francisco. In the future, ESPN would...
Seeing nothing of the mighty Quinn dominated draft-day drama
- 2007-04-30
There will always be "durability issues" and "statement-makers" and "amazing skill sets" discussed on NFL draft-day TV. Even "heavy-legged waist-benders," as NFL Network lead analyst Mike Mayock dubs slow linemen who rely heavily on bending at the waist. But for coverage by ESPN, ESPNews and the...
Sports in Brief | ESPN decides to drop Irvin from NFL show
- 2007-02-18
ESPN has dropped Michael Irvin from its NFL studio show. The former Dallas Cowboy - recently elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame - spent four years as an analyst for the network. ESPN made the decision not to exercise an option in Irvin's contract "as part...
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