TV Schedule, Sunday August 29th

High School Football Replays:

Clinton vs Davenport Assumption 2pm on Mediacom Channel 22
Pella vs Newton 4:30 on Mediacom Channel 22
Cedar Rapids Kennedy vs Cedar Rapids Xavier 7pm on Mediacom Channel 22

College Football Preview Shows:

Big 10 Network:

Iowa 12am & 1pm
Illinois @ 7am
Purdue @ 12pm
Northwestern @ 3pm
Minnesota@ 9pm

ESPNU:

Season Preview @ 1pm
SEC @ 2pm
PAC 10 @ 3pm
Big 12 @ 4pm

KCCI:

Iowa preview:  11pm (check local listings for availability throughout Iowa)


Womens College Volleyball:

Kentucky vs Iowa St @ 2pm and 6:30 on CBS College Sports
Nebraska vs Florida @ 4:30 & 8:30 on CBS College Sports

Regional MLB Telecasts:

Chicago Cubs @ Cincinnati 12pm on WGN
Kansas City @ Cleveland 12pm on FS Kansas City
St. Louis @ Washington 12pm on KGCW (Quad Cities), KFXA (Cedar Rapids), KYOU (Ottumwa)
New York Yankees @ Chicago White Sox @1pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago & TBS (subject to blackout on TBS throughout Iowa)
Pittsburgh @ Milwaukee 1pm on FS Wisconsin
Minnesota@ Seattle 3pm on DirecTV channel 658

National Telecasts:

FIBA Basketball:  USA vs Slovania 8:30am on ESPN2

Golf:


The Barclays 11am on the Golf Channel & 2pm on KMTV (Omaha), KMEG (Sioux City), KELO (Sioux Falls), KCCI (Des Moines), KIMT (Mason City), KGAN (Cedar Rapdis), KTVO Digital 3.2 (Ottumwa), WHBF (Davenport)

LPGA @ 1pm on the Golf Channel


U.S. Amateur 3pm on WOWT (Omaha), KTIV (Sioux City), KDLT (Sioux Falls), WHO (Des Moines), KTTC (Rochester/Mason City), KWWL (Waterloo), KQWC (Quad Cities) 


Champions Tour 6pm on the Golf Channel


Little League World Series Championship Game 2pm on KETV (Omaha), KCAU (Sioux City), KSFY (Sioux Falls), WOI (Des Moines), KAAL (Austin/Mason City), KCRG (Cedar Rapids), WQAD (Davenport), KTVO (Ottumwa)

MLB:  Boston @ Tampa 7pm on ESPN

NFL Preseason Football:  Pittsburgh @ Denver 7pm on KPTM (Omaha); KPTH (Sioux City); KTTW (Sioux Falls); KXLT (Rochester/Mason City); KDSM (Des Moines);  KFXA (Cedar Rapids); KYOU (Ottumwa); KLJB (Davenport)

NASCAR Nationwide Race:  1:30pm on ESPN2

Disclaimer:  All times are Central.  Check local listings for channel availability in your area.  Outside of Iowa, MLB Extra Innings may be necessary for regional MLB telecasts.

College Football On The Radio In Iowa

With College Football now less than a week away (Thank God), the following is a listing of radio stations across Iowa (as well as out of state stations with signals that reach into Iowa) that will be broadcasting college football in 2010.  Check your local dial for small college football all across Iowa as well as national coverage from Westwood One and ESPN Radio.

All affiliate listing was taken from the website of Learfield Sports and/or off the top of my head.  Due to FCC regulations, many AM radio stations have to reduce their power at sunset and/or go off the air and because of this, reception of your favorite team on any of the affiliates listed below may be effected.

Drake:

1350 (KRNT)

Iowa:

KJAN (1220) Atlantic
KBUR (1490) Burlington
WMT (600) Cedar Rapids
KCHE (1440) Cherokee
KROS (1340) Clinton
KSIB (101.3) Creston
WOC (1420) Davenport
KDEC (100.5) Decorah
KDSN (1530) Denison
WHO (1040) Des Moines
KDTH (1370) Dubuque
KILR (95.9 & 1070) Estherville
KKFD (95.9) Fairfield
KIAQ (96.9) Ft. Dodge
KVFD (1400) Ft. Dodge
KNOD (105.3) Harlan
KXIC (800) Iowa City
KIFG (95.3 & 1510) Iowa Falls
KOKX (95.3) Keokuk
WCEZ (93.9) Keokuk
KMCH (94.7) Manchester
KFJB (1230) Marshalltown
KGLO (1300) Mason City
KILG (105.5) Mt. Pleasant
KWPC (93.1 & 860) Muscatine
KCZE (95.1) New Hampton
KXSP (590) Omaha
KBOE (104.9 & 740) Oskaloosa
WPRE (980) Prairie Du Chien, WI
KCSI/KOAK (95.3 & 1080) Red Oak
KIHK (106.9) Sioux Center)
KSCJ (1360) Sioux City
KUOO (103.9) Spirit Lake
KCII (106.1 & 1380) Washington
KWAY (99.3) Waverly/Waterloo
KQWC (1570) Webster City

Iowa St.:

KIIC (96.7) Albia
KLGA (92.7) Algona
KASI/KCCQ (1430 & 105.1) Ames
KSOM (96.5) Atlantic
KWBG (1590) Boone
KCIM (1380) Carroll
KCNZ (1650) Cedar Falls
KGYM (1600) Cedar Rapids
KCHA (95.9) Charles City
KCHE (92.1) Cherokee
KSIB (1520) Creston
KJOC (1170) Davenport
KDSN (107.1) Denison
KDRB (100.3) Des Moines
KMCD (1570) Fairfield
KIOW (107.3)  Forest City/Mason City
KWMT (540) Ft. Dodge
KBKB (1360) Ft. Madison
KLMJ (104.9) Hampton
KHBT (97.7) Humboldt
KXIA (101.1) Marshalltown
KILJ (1130) Mt. Pleasant
KWPC (860) Muscatine
KCZE (95.1)  New Hampton/Charles City
KDLS (1310) Perry
KMA (960) Shenandoah
KKYY (101.3) Sioux city
KICD (107.7) Spencer
KQWC (95.7) Webster City

Northern Iowa:

KGYM (1600) Cedar Rapids
KCHA (1580) Charles City
KXNO (1460) Des Moines
KQCR (98.9) Hampton
KQMG (95.3) Independence
KLEM (1410/96.9) LeMars/Sioux city
KRIB (1490) Mason City
KIJL (1130/105.5) Mt. Pleasant
KXEL (1540) Waterloo/Cedar Falls
KQWC (1570) Webster City

Notre Dame:

WLS (890) Chicago 

Kansas St.:

WHB (810) Kansas City

Kansas:

KCSP (610) Kansas City & WIBW (580) Topeka

Illinois:

WFXN (1230) Quad Cities
WRMJ (102.3) Aledo, IL WTAD (930) Quincy, IL 

Minnestoa:

WCCO  (830) Minneapolis (and other stations across Southern Minnesota)

Missouri:

KTUF (93.7) Kirksville
KAAN (95.5) Bethany
KMBZ (980) Kansas City (may experience significant interference with KMA out of  Shenandoah)
KHMO (1070) Hannibal

KMOX (1120) St. Louis (strong night signal across most of Iowa)
KESJ (1590) St. Joe

Nebraska:

KMNS (620) Sioux City
KTIC (840) West Point, NE
WHB (810) Kansas City when Nebraska & Kansas St. aren't playing at the me time
KRVN (880) Lexington, NE
KFAB (1110) Omaha
KMA (99.1) Shenandoah
KEDB (105.3) Chariton/Des Moines

Northern Illinois:

WSCR (670) Chicago 

South Dakota St.:

WNAX (570) Yankton, SD

Wisconsin:

WPRE (980) & WQPC (94.3) Prarie Du Chein, WI
WTMJ (620) Milwaukee
WIBA (1310) Madison
WPVL (1590) Platteville (numerous other stations across SW Wisconsin as well)

TV Schedule, Saturday August 27th

High School Football Replays:

Burlington vs Davenport Central @ 4:30 on Mediacom Channel 22
Pella vs Newton @ 7pm on Mediacom Channel 22
Cedar Rapids Kennedy vs Cedar Rapids Xavier @ 9:30 on Mediacom Channel 22

College Football Preview Shows:

Big Ten Network:

Minnestoa @ 1am; 3am; 4 am; and 7am
Illinois @ 8am and 3pm
Purdue @ 9am and 6pm
Northwestern @ 10am and 9pm
Iowa @ 11am

CBS College Sports:

SEC Preview @ 4pm

ESPN:

College GameDay Preview @ 10am & 2:30pm


ESPNU:

College Preview @ 9am

FS Midwest:

Iowa St. @ 3pm
Kansas St. @ 3:30
Nebraska @ 4pm
Texas @ 4:30
Missouri @ 5pm
 
Women's College Volleyball:

Florida vs Iowa St @ 2pm and 9:30 on CBS College Sports
Kentucky vs Nebraska @ 4:30 on CBS College Sports

Regional NFL Preseason Games:

Seattle @ Minnesota 7pm on KXVO (Omaha); KPTH (Sioux City); KSFY (Sioux Falls); KAAL (Austin/Mason City); KCWI (Des Moines); KGAN (Cedar Rapids)
Arizona @ Chicago 7:30 on KFXA (Cedar Rapids) & KLJB (Davenport)

Regional MLB Telecasts:

Minnesota@ Seattle 3pm on KPTM (Omaha); KPTH (Sioux City); KTTW (Sioux Falls); KXLT (Rochester/Mason City); KDSM (Des Moines);  KFXA (Cedar Rapids); KYOU (Ottumwa); KLJB (Davenport)
Chicago Cubs @ Cincinnati 6pm on Comcast Sportsnet Chicago
New York Yankees @ Chicago White Sox 6pm on WGN
Kansas City @ Cleveland 6pm on FS Kansas City
St. Louis @ Washington 6pm on FS Midwest

National Sports:

Basketball:

FIBA World Championship:  Croatia vs USA 10pm on ESPN2

Little League World Series:

12pm and 3pm on KETV (Omaha), KCAU (Sioux City), KSFY (Sioux Falls), WOI (Des Moines), KAAL (Austin/Mason City), KCRG (Cedar Rapids), WQAD (Davenport), KTVO (Ottumwa)


Golf:

The Barclays @ 10am on The Golf Channel  and 2pm on KMTV (Omaha), KMEG (Sioux City), KELO (Sioux Falls), KCCI (Des Moines), KIMT (Mason City), KGAN (Cedar Rapdis), WHBF (Davenport)

LPGA Tour 2pm on The Golf Channel

Champions Tour Golf @ 5:30 on The Golf Channel

U.S. Amateur Golf  3pm on WOWT (Omaha), KTIV (Sioux City), KDLT (Sioux Falls), WHO (Des Moines), KTTC (Rochester/Mason City), KWWL (Waterloo), KQWC (Quad Cities)

MLB:  Boston @ Tampa 6pm on MLB Network

NFL Preseason Football:

Cleveland @ Detroit 4pm on NFL Network
Dallas @ Houston 7pm on  KMTV (Omaha), KMEG (Sioux City), KELO (Sioux Falls), KCCI (Des Moines), KIMT (Mason City), WHBF (Davenport)

 NASCAR:

Nationawide Final Practice @ 10:30 on ESPN2
Nationwide Race @ 4pm on ESPN2

Sprint Car Racing:

Replay of The Knoxville Nationals @ 3:30 on Speed

Tennis:


Finals of the ATP @ 6pm on ESPN2

Disclaimer:  All times are Central.  Check local listings for channel availability in your area.  Outside of Iowa, MLB Extra Innings may be necessary for regional MLB telecasts.

An NFL 18 Game Regular Season Could Mean a New TV Partner

Interesting article here from the LA Times.  The LA Times is reporting that if the NFL expands it's regular season to 18 weeks, it's possible that the NFL could carve out a portion of their expanded schedule and create a new  TV package, similar to what the NFL did for the games appearing on The NFL Network.

The last time the NFL did this, VERSUS, which is owned by Comcast Cable (the nation's largest cable provider), was the rumored front runner until the NFL decided to park it's late season schedule of games on it's NFL Network and as Iowans know, this has done little to get Mediacom, Iowa's largest cable provider, to add The NFL Network.  If the NFL Network had a full 18 game schedule, that would put more pressure on Mediacom to add the NFL Network, but at what price to it's subscribers and in in particular, subscribers who could care less about sports? 

Despite Comcast & the NFL coming to agreement a year or two ago for The NFL Network, Comcast is still sore at the NFL for selling it's Sunday Ticket Package excursively to DirecTV, even though DirecTV was the highest bidder.  Comcast getting an NFL package and putting it on VERSUS, would further legitimatize the once all hunting and outdoors channel as a player in the sports TV world.

Who knows what will happen in 2012, that's the target date for an expanded NFL Schedule, but first things first, the NFL & the NFLPA need to get their labor issues squared away with.

Link to article:  http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2010/08/nfl-18-game-season-tv.html

Changes continue to be made at ESPN News

In addition to the previously announced 7 hours a day of live SportsCenter on ESPN News that starts August 30th, the all sports news cable network recently announced the addition of two new shows, Beat Me and Highlight Express.

Beat Me will air daily at 5:30pm (Central) and according to an ESPN press release, Beat Me will provide an entertaining and quirky look at sports and sports stories, as an alternative to SportsCenter, airing on ESPN at that time.  It will consist of stories, highlights, interviews and a variety of segments playing off the show’s name – “On the Beat,” “Beats Me,” “Bite Beat,” etc.

Highlight Express will air at 10pm (Central) and according to the same press release, Highlight Express will present the day’s best highlights and sound bites in a fast-paced half-hour format.

What I don't get is that in the same press release, ESPN News announced that July 2010 was their best month ever topping 60,000 homes in July and based on 2009, the most recent complete year of statistics, ESPN News is the nation’s only nationally measured network with at least 40 million homes, a median age under 40 and a median income over $70,000.

So if it's not broke, why fix it?  ESPN News is carried on the digital tiers of most cable companies, so unlike basic cable networks like ESPN or TBS, ESPN News really doesn't have that much of a wide distribution.

Here's a link to the press release:  http://www.espnmediazone3.com/us/2010/08/two-new-shows-on-espnews-provide-alternative-look-at-sports-starting-aug-30/

TV & Radio Schedule, Friday August 26

High School Football:

Dowling vs Valley replay @ 10:30 on Mediacom channel 22
Burlington vs Davenport Central replay 4:30 on Mediacom channel 22

Statewide Studio Football shows with continuous score updates and live reports:

Football Friday Night on 1460 KXNO
Friday Night Football Connection on 960 KMA & 99.1 KMA-FM
Friday Night Live on 1700 KBGG and select radio stations across the state (simulcasted on WHO-TV Digital 13.2)

High School Highlight Shows on TV:

Friday Night Blitz @ 10:35 on WOI-TV (Ames/Des Moines)
Friday Night Football @ 10:35 on KWWL-TV (Waterloo/Cedar Rapids)
Friday Night Blitz Extra  @ 11:05 on WOI-TV (Ames/Des Moines)

College Football Preview Shows:

Big 10 Network:

Iowa @ 1am, 4am, 10am, and 4pm
Illinois @ 7am
Purdue @ 8am
Northwestern @ 9am
Minnesota @ 7pm, 10pm

ESPNU:

General Season Preview @ 12am, 4am, 5pm, and 11pm
SEC  @ 1am
Big East @ 2am
Big 10 @ 4pm

NFL Preseason Game of Regional Interest:

Philadelphia @ Kansas City 7pm on KMTV (Omaha) & KCWI (Des Moines)

MLB Games of Regional Interest:

Chicago Cubs @ Cincinnati 6pm on WGN
Kansas City @ Cleveland 6pm on FS Kansas City
St. Louis @ Washington 6pm on FS Midwest
NY Yankees @ Chicago White Sox 7pm on Comcast Sportsnet Chicago (available outside of the White Sox TV market on MLB Network)
Pittsburgh @ Milwaukee 7pm on FS Wisconsin & Mediacom Channel 22
Minnesota @ Seattle 9pm on FS North

Events of National Interest:

MLB:  Florida @ Atlanta 6:30 on MLB Network

NFL Preseason Football:  San Diego @ New Orleans 7pm on KMEG (Sioux City), KELO (Sioux Falls), KCCI (Des Moines), KIMT (Mason City), KTVO  Digital 3.2 (Ottumwa), KGAN (Cedar Rapdis), and WHBF (Davenport)

PGA Golf:  The Barclays @ 2pm & 7:30 on the Golf Channel
Champions Tour Golf:  5:30 on the Golf Channel

NASCAR Camping World Qualifying @ 3:30 on Speed
NASCAR Camping World Race @ 8pm on Speed

Disclaimer:  All times are Central.  Check local listings for channel availability in your area.  Outside of Iowa, MLB Extra Innings may be necessary for regional MLB telecasts.

Big 12 Football TV FAQ's

Very informative FAQ's from the Big 12 and how they operate with their TV partners.  Of particular note is that there will be NO Big 12 games on VERSUS this year.  Also explained is the weekly picking order for the Big 12 TV partners, how the exclusive TV windows work, and much more.

http://www.big12sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10410&ATCLID=204969096

MLB On The Radio In Iowa

With the MLB season winding down and pennant races in full gear, the following is a listing of radio stations in Iowa and surrounding states with signals that reach into Iowa that carry the broadcasts of the "regional" MLB teams. 

All affiliate listing was taken from the respective team's website and each game broadcast is subject to local preemption due to High School, College Football, or NFL coverage.  Due to FCC regulations, many AM radio stations have to reduce their power at sunset and because of this, reception of your favorite team on any of the affiliates listed below may be effected.

Chicago Cubs:

KWBG (1590) Boone
KCIM (1380) Carroll
KCNZ (1650) Cedar Falls
KJOC (1170) Davenport
KRNT (1350) Des Moines
WDBQ (1490) Dubuque
KADR (1400) Elkader
KNOD (105.3) Harlan
KXIC (800) Iowa City
KLEE (1480) Ottumwa
KIWA (1550 & 105.3) Sheldon
KOIL (1180) & KOZN (1620) Omaha
KVTK (1570) Vermillion, SD
WGN (720) Chicago

Chicago White Sox:

WCSR (670) Chicago
KCPS (1150) Burlington
KGYM (1600) Cedar Rapids

Kansas City Royals:

KIFG (95.3) Iowa Falls
KILJ (1130) Mt. Pleasant
KMA (960) Shenandoah
KIHK (106.9) Sioux Center
KQWC (1570/95.7) Webster City
KXSP (590) Omaha
KFEQ (680) St. Joe

Milwaukee Brewers:

WKTY (580) La Crosse, WI
WTMJ (620) Milwaukee
WPVL (1590) Platteville, WI
WIBA (1310) Madison, WI
WPQC (94.3) Prairie du Chien, WI

Minnesota Twins:

KCNZ (1650) Cedar Falls
KBGG (1700) Des Moines
KGLO (1300) Mason City
KMNS (620) Sioux City
WNAX (570) Yankton, SD

St. Louis Cardnails:

KJAN (1220) Atlantic
KXNO (1460) Des Moines
KOKX (95.3) Keokuk
KMAQ (95.1) Maquoketa
KCOB (1280) Newton
KOTM (97.7) Ottumwa
KMA (99.1) Shenandoah
KHMO (1070) Hannibal

TV Schedule, Thursday August 26

High School Football Replay:

Dowling vs Valley @ 10:30am, 7:30pm, and 10pm on Mediacom Channel 22

Midwest League Baseball Replay:

Wisconsin @ Quad Cities 2:30pm on Mediacom Channel 22

College Football Preview Shows:

Big 10 Network:

Northwestern @ 1am, 4am, 10am, 1pm, and 4pm
Michigan @ 7am
Illinois @ 8am
Purdue @ 9am
Iowa @ 7pm and 10pm

Other College Football Preview Shows on ESPNU:

Big 12 @ 3am & 8pm
Big East @ 4am
ACC  @ 1pm
SEC @ 2pm
General Season Preview 7pm & 10pm

NFL Preseason Football:

Indianapolis @ Green Bay 7pm on ESPN

MLB:

Houston @ Philadelphia 12pm on MLB Network
St. Louis @ Washington 6pm on FS Midwest (available outside of the Cardnails TV market on MLB Network)
Baltimore @ Chicago White Sox 7pm on Comcast Sportsnet Chicago
Minnesota @ Texas 7pm on FS North (available outside of the Twins TV market on MLB Network)

Little League World Series:

1pm & 3pm on ESPN; 6pm on ESPN2

PGA Tour Golf:

The Barclays @ 2pm on The Golf Channel

Disclaimer:  All times are Central.  Check local listings for channel availability in your area.  Outside of Iowa, MLB Extra Innings may be necessary for regional MLB telecasts.

From the "you don't see this everyday dept".

Notre Dame officials have asked NBC, who's televised Notre Dame home football games since the early 1990's, to alter it's commercial load to accommodate Head Coach Brian Kelly's uptempo offense. Even though Notre Dame has a national following, somehow I don't think Coach Kelly will find the TV partners of their road opponents to be all that accommodating.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=5496788

NHL Announces it's 2010-11 National TV Schedule

I realize that Iowa isn't exactly a hockey hotbed, but what hockey fans there are in Iowa, are extremely loyal.  VERSUS begins it's schedule of games with a tripleheader on October 7th.

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=536384

Big 10 Network announces it's football announcing teams and it's fall studio show schedule

As a Nebraska fan, if there's one thing I cann't wait for when Nebraska joins the Big 10, it's to see Husker programming on the Big 10 Network.

http://www.bigtennetwork.com/corporate/Network-Adds-On-Air-Talent-Roster.asp

Game Telecasts:


• Football Telecast Team: Eric Collins, Chris Martin and Charissa Thompson
• Football Telecast Team: Tom Hart, Anthony Herron and Lisa Byington
• Football Telecast Team: Matt Devlin, Derek Rackley and Stacy Paetz
• Additional Football Play-By-Play Announcers: Craig Coshun, Chris DeNari, Wayne Larrivee, Matt Shepard and Tom Werme
• Additional Football Analysts: Danan Hughes, Glen Mason, Muhsin Muhammad and Rod Woodson

Studio Programming:

• Big Ten Extra Points (6 PM CT, Mondays with Mike Hall)
• Big Ten's Best (6:30 PM CT, Mondays with Thompson)
• Big Ten Football Breakdown (7 PM CT Mondays with Dave Revsine, Howard Griffith and Martin)
• Big Ten Press Pass (7:30 PM CT Tuesdays with Rick Pizzo, Herron and Rackley)
• The Big Ten Women's Show (5:30 PM CT, Wednesdays with Payton and Nicole Zaloumis)
• Big Ten Football and Beyond (8 PM CT Wednesdays with Revsine, Martin, Gerry DiNardo and Teddy Greenstein)
• Big Ten Football: Behind the Schemes (7:30 PM CT, Thursdays with Revsine, DiNardo and Mason)
• Big Ten Pulse (8 PM CT, Thursdays with Jon Miller and LeCharles Bentley)
• Big Ten Football Report (7 PM CT, Fridays with Hall, Zaloumis, Griffith and Rosevelt Colvin or Muhammad)
• Big Ten Tailgate (8 PM CT, Fridays with Hall and Melanie Collins)
• Big Ten Football Saturday Kickoff (9 AM CT, Saturdays with Pizzo and Amani Toomer)
• Big Ten Football Saturday Pre-Game (before games with Revsine, DiNardo, Griffith and Mason)
• Big Ten Football Saturday Wrap-Up (after games with Revsine, DiNardo, Griffith and Mason)

TV Schedule, Wednesday August 25

College Football Preview Shows:

Big 10 Network Preview Shows:

Purdue @ 1am, 4am, 10am, 1pm, and 4pm
Big 10 Preview on ESPNU @ 4am
Michgian St @ 7am
Michigan @ 8am
Illinois @ 9am
Big 10 Preview on ESPNU @ 8pm 
Northwestern @ 7pm and 10pm

Big 12 Preview Shows:

 Texas Tech on FS Midwest @ 12pm
Oklahoma St on FS Midwest @ 12:30
Kansas on FS Midwest @ 1pm
Texas A & M on FS Midwest @ 1:30
Big 12 Preview on ESPNU @ 6pm and 11pm

Other conference Preview Shows on ESPNU:

Pac 10 @ 3am
Big 10 @ 4am
Big East @ 7pm

Regional MLB Telecasts:

Royals @ Tigers 12pm on FS Kansas City
Cardnails @ Pirates 6pm on FS Midwest
Cubs @ Nationals 6pm on Comcast Sportsnet Chicago
Dodgers @ Brewers 6pm on FS Wisconsin
Twins @ Rangers 7pm on FS North (available outside of the Twins TV market on ESPN2)

Little League World Series:

ESPN at 1pm, 3pm 5pm, and 7pm

Disclaimer:  All times are Central.  Check local listings for channel availability in your area.  Outside of Iowa, MLB Extra Innings may be necessary for regional MLB telecasts.

CBS announces it's 2010 NFL Broadcast Team

The cast of the NFL Today pregrame that begins at 11AM remains unchanged from last year.  The following are the broadcast teams for the regional NFL on CBS telecasts:

Jim Nantz /Phil Simms
Greg Gumbel/DanDierdorf
Ian Eagle/Dan Fouts
Kevin Harlan/Solomon Wilcots
Gus Johnson/Steve Tasker
Bill Macatee/Rich Gannon
Don Criqui/Steve Beuerlein
Spero Dedes/Randy Cross

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/miami-dolphins/sfl-cbs-nfl-announcers-0824,0,971868.story

TV Schedule, Tuesday August 24

Big 10 Preview Shows on Big 10 Network:


Illinois @ 1am, 4am, and  10am
Penn St @ 7am
Michigan St @ 8am
Michigan @ 9am
Purdue 7pm and 10pm

Conference Preview Shows on ESPNU:


Big 10 @ 6pm
PAC 10 @ 7pm & 11pm
SEC @ 8pm
ACC @ 10pm

MLB Games of Regional Interest:


Cardnails @ Pirates 6pm on FS Midwest
Cubs @ Nationals 6pm on WGN
Royals @ Tigers 6pm on FS Kansas City
Dodgers @ Brewers 7pm on FS Wisconsin
Orioles @ White Sox 7pm on Comcast Sportsnet Chicago
Twins @ Rangers 7pm on FS North (available outside of Iowa and the rest of the Twins TV market on MLB Network)

National Telecasts:

Little League World Series:

11am on ESPN2
1pm on ESPN2
3pm on ESPN
5pm on ESPN2
7pm on ESPN2

Disclaimer:  All times are Central.  Check local listings for channel availability in your area.  Outside of Iowa, MLB Extra Innings may be necessary for regional MLB telecasts.

A Legend Returns for 2011

Vin Scully announced yesterday that he is returning in 2011 for his 62nd year behind the mic calling Dodger games for Fox Sports.  I'm not an Extra Innings subscriber, but when DirecTV has it's free preview of Extra Innings, watching Dodger games is a must just to hear Vin Scully.  What's amazing is Vin remains pretty sharp behind the mic.  My hope is that Vin knows when it's time to walk away because another legendary broadcaster, Keith Jackson, didn't know when it was time to walk away and it showed in the work he did.

TV Schedule, Monday August 23

Big 10 Football Previews on Big 10 Network:

Indiana @ midnight
Ohio St @ 4am
Illinois @ 7pm and 10pm

Other College Football Previews:

ACC @ 6pm on ESPNU
SEC @ 7pm on ESPNU

Regional MLB Telecasts:

Cardnails @ Pirates 6pm on FS Midwest
Cubs @ Washington 6pm on Comcast Sportsnet Chicago
Royals @ Tigers 6pm on FS Kansas City
Twins @ Rangers 7pm on FS North

National Telecasts:

Little League World Series:

11am on ESPN2
1pm on ESPN
3pm on ESPN
5pm on ESPN2
7pm on ESPN2

MLB:

Reds @ Giants 9pm on ESPN2

NFL Preseason Football:

Arizona @ Tennessee 7pm on ESPN

Disclaimer:  All times are Central.  Check local listings for channel availability in your area.  Outside of Iowa, MLB Extra Innings will be necessary for regional MLB telecasts.

ESPN's SportsCenter soon to be live for 16 hours a day

Kinda of sad that ESPN is doing this, however, with SportsCenter running live into the early afternoon hours, because other than for the evening hours and on the weekends, ESPN News is rather useless.  I DVR ESPN's College Football Live and the other night, I sat down to watch it and instead, I get Brett Farve's news conference.  Something like that is what ESPN News is for.


http://www.espnmediazone3.com/us/2010/08/sportscenter-expanding-with-seven-live-weekday-hours-on-espnews/

Fox Sports Announces it's 2010 NFL Broadcast Team

It's going to be fun to watch former Iowa Barnstormer & UNI Panter Kurt Warner move from the playing field to the broadcast booth.  Unlike many former pro atheletes, Kurt is certainly well spoken, but does he "have it" for the broadcast booth?

Following are the NFL on FOX announcer pairings for 2010:

Joe Buck, Troy Aikman & Pam Oliver
Kenny Albert, Daryl Johnston, Tony Siragusa
Dick Stockton, Charles Davis, Jim Mora Jr, & Laura Okmin
Thom Brennaman, Brain Billick & Charissa Thompson
Sam Rosen, Tim Ryan & Chris Myers
Ron Pitts, John Lynch & Nischelle Turner
Chris Myers/Chris Rose, Kurt Warner

Is it just me or does CBS does it the right way and not involve sideline reporters?  More times than not, most of the sideline reporters are nothing more than eye candy used to pull in the younger male demographic (18 and below) who really don't watch sports to begin with.

http://www.digitalsportsdaily.com/tv/2908-fox-sports-announces-nfl-announcer-pairings.html

Jay Mariotti of ESPN's Around the Horn arrested in LA

I remember the day's of Mariotti on Sporting News Radio, he was about as rude as they come.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=5481872