MLB Network's 30 Clubs in 30 Days debuts February 28

MLB Network's 30 Clubs in 30 days, the one hour season preview show of each MLB team debuts February 28 at 6pm (CT) and continues with new season preview episodes every day through March 29. The following is a schedule of when the Midwest teams will have their one hour in the spotlight.

Kansas City Royals on March 2nd at 6pm (CT)
Chicago White Sox on March 9th at 9pm (CT)
Chicago Cubs on March 11th at 6pm (CT)
Milwaukee Brewers on March 13th at 7pm (CT)
St. Louis Cardnails on March 18th at 6pm (CT)
Minnesota Twins on March 2oth at 9pm (CT)

For a complete schedule of 30 Clubs in 30 Days, please visit this website: http://www.mlb.com/network/promotions/30_in_30.jsp

TV Schedule, Sunday February 20

College Baseball: SE Louisiana @ Florida International 6:30pm on ESPNU

College Basketball:

Big 10:

Minnesota @ Northwestern (women's) 12pm on Big 10 Network
Ohio St. @ Purdue 12pm on CBS
Michigan St. @ Illinois (women's) 2pm on Big 10 Network
Ohio St. @ Purdue (women's) 4pm on ESPN2
Penn St. @ Wisconsin 5pm on Big 10 Network

National Games:

Duquesne @ Xavier (women's) 11am on CBS College Sports
Cleveland St. @ Old Dominion 12pm on ESPN2
Florida @ LSU 12pm on ESPN
Lafayette @ Lehigh 1pm on CBS College Sports
Maryland @ Florida St. (women's) 2pm on ESPN2
Stanford @ UCLA (women's) 2pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago, FS Midwest, & FS North
Clemson @ Miami, FL 2:30pm on ESPNU
Rockhurst University @ Drury University 3pm on CBS College Sports
Georgetown @ DePaul (women's) 4:30pm on ESPNU
North Carolina St. @ Maryland 4:30pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago, FS Midwest, & FS North
Memphis @ Tulane (women's) 5pm on CBS College Sports
Georgia Tech @ Duke 6:30pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago, FS Midwest, & FS North
UCLA @ Cal 9pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago, FS Midwest, & FS North

College Hockey: Yale @ Princeton 12pm on ESPNU

College Lacrosse: Duke vs Notre Dame 2pm on ESPN

Golf:

European PGA Tour 8:30am on Golf Channel
PGA Tour (Northern Trust Open, Final Round) 12pm on Golf Channel & 2pm on CBS
LPGA Tour 2pm on Golf Channel
Champions Tour 6pm on Golf Channel

NASCAR: Daytona 500 11am on Fox

NBA: All-Star Game 7:30pm on TNT

NHL Hockey:

Detroit @ Minnesota 11:30am on NBC
Pittsburgh @ Chicago 2pm on NBC
Montreal @ Calgary 5pm on VERSUS

Tennis: WTA Tennis (Barclays Dubai Championship) 9:30am on Tennis Channel

Disclaimer: All times are Central.

TV Schedule, Saturday February 19

Bull Riding: PBR Tour 8pm on VERSUS

College Basketball:

Big 10:

Michigan @ Wisconsin (women's) 12:30pm on Big 10 Network
Michigan @ Iowa 3:30pm on Big 10 Network
Northwestern @ Indiana 6pm on Big 10 Network
Illinois @ Michigan St. 8pm on ESPN

Big 12:

Missouri @ Iowa St. 12:30pm on Big 12 Network*
Texas @ Nebraska 12:30pm on Big 12 Network*
Baylor @ Texas Tech (women's) 12:30pm on FS Midwest & FS North
Colorado @ Kansas 1pm on ESPN
Oklahoma @ Kansas St. 3pm on Big 12 Network*
Texas @ Oklahoma (women's) 5pm on FS Midwest & FS North
Kansas St. @ Nebraska (women's) 7pm on FS Midwest (DirecTV Channel 651 & Dish Network Channel 448, cable customers should check local listings for channel availability)
Texas A&M @ Oklahoma St. 8pm on ESPNU

*Check local listings for game & channel availability in your area.

Missouri Valley:

Missouri St. @ Vlparaiso 4pm on ESPN2
George Mason @ Northern Iowa 6pm on ESPN2

National Games:

Hofstra @ Wright St. 10am on ESPNU
Army @ Navy (women's) 11am on CBS College Sports
Pitt @ St. John's 11am on ESPN
St. Francis (NY) @ Wagner 11am on Fox College Sports Atlantic
Austin Peay @ Fairfield 12m on ESPNU
Notre Dame @ West Virgina 12pm on CBS
Butler @ Illinois-Chicago 1pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago, FS Midwest, & FS North
Scared Heart & Bryant 1pm on Fox College Sports Atlantic
Washington St. @ Arizona St. 1pm on Fox College Sports Pacific
Army @ Navy 1:30pm on CBS College Sports
Iona @ Liberty 2pm on ESPNU
Boston College @ North Carolina 3pm on ESPN
Oregon St. @ Oregon 3pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago
Dayton @ Temple 4pm on CBS College Sports
Vermont @ College of Charleston 4pm on ESPNU
Washington @ Arizona 5pm on ESPN
New Mexico @ Utah (women's) 6pm on CBS College Sports
Cincinnati @ Providence 6pm on ESPNU
Western Kentucky @ Louisiana-Lafayette 7pm on Fox College Sports Central
Houston @ UTEP 8pm on CBS College Sports
Utah St. @ St. Mary's 8pm on ESPN2
USC @ Stanford 9:30pm on Fox College Sports Pacific
Montana @ Long Beach St. 10pm on ESPN2

College Hockey:

Minnesota @ North Dakota 7pm on FS North
Minnesota-Duluth @ Minnesota St. 7pm on Mediacom Channel 22

Golf:

European PGA Tour 8:30am on Golf Channel
PGA Tour (Northern Trust, third round) 12pm on Golf Channel & 2pm on CBS
LPGA Tour 2pm on Golf Channel
Champions Tour 5:30pm on Golf Channel

High School Wrestling:

Nebraska High School Championships 2:30pm on NET (Nebraska Public TV)
Iowa High School Championships 6pm on KXVO (Omaha), KPTH (Sioux City), KIMT Digital 3.2 (Mason City), KCWI (Des Moines), KFXA (Cedar Rapids), KLJB (Quad Cities)

NASCAR:

Sprint Cup Final Practice 9:30am on Speed Channel
Nationwide Race 12:15pm on ESPN2

NBA Basketball: All-Star Saturday 7:30pm on TNT

NBA D-League: D-League All-Star Game 4pn on NBATV

NHL Hockey:

Ottawa @ Toronto 6pm on NHL Network
Anaheim @ St. Louis 7pm on FS Midwest

Winter Sports:

U.S. Snowboarding Championships 1pm on NBC
FIS Alpine World Championships 2pm on NBC
Riverdance On Ice 3pm on NBC

Disclaimer: All times are Central and blackouts are likely for regional NHL telecasts outside of Iowa.

MLB Network To Televise 83 Spring Training Games

MLB Network yesterday announced their tv plans for spring training and the three year old network is planning on televising 83 games from Arizona and Florida with their first telecast on Saturday, February 26.

MLB Network's Spring Training coverage can be found at the link below and several Spring Training games of the Midwest teams are on the schedule.

The complete schedule can be found at this link: http://www.mlb.com/network/schedule/live_games.jsp

TV Schedule: Friday, February 18

Boxing: Friday Night Fights 8pm on ESPN2

College Basketball:

Virgina Commonwealth @ Wichita St. 6pm on ESPN2
Kent St. @ Drexel 8pm on ESPNU
UCONN @ Louisville 8pm on ESPN

College Hockey:

New Hampshire @ Vermont 6:30pm on CBS College Sports
Minnesota @ Wisconsin 7pm on Big 10 Network
North Dakota vs St. Cloud St. 7pm on Mediacom Channel 22

Golf:

European PGA Tour 8:30am on Golf Channel
LPGA Tour 11:30am on Golf Channel
PGA Tour (Northern Trust, 2nd round) 2pm on Golf Channel
Champions Tour 5:30pm on Golf Channel

NASCAR:

Sprint Cup Practice 10am & 11:30am on Speed Channel
Nationwide Qualifying 3pm on ESPN2
Camping World Truck Race 6:30pm on Speed Channel

NBA:

All-Star Celebrity Game 6pm on ESPN
Rookie Challenge 8pm on TNT

NHL Hockey:

St. Louis @ Buffalo 6:30pm on FS Midwest
Anaheim @ Minnesota 7pm on FS North
Philadelphia @ Carolina 7pm on NHL Network
Columbus @ Chicago 7:30pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago

Tennis: WTA Tour 9am & 11am on Tennis Channel

Disclaimer: All times are Central and blackouts are likely for regional NHL telecasts outside of Iowa.

TV Schedule, Thursday February 18

College Basketball:

Big 10:

Minnesota @ Penn St. 6pm on ESPN
Penn St. @ Ohio St. (women's) 6pm on Big 10 Network
Iowa @ Northwestern 8pm on Big 10 Network

Missouri Valley:

Missouri St. @ Wichita St. (women's) 5:30pm on FS Midwest
Illinois St. @ Drake (women's) 7pm on Mediacom Channel 22

National Games:

Clemson @ North Carolina St. 6pm on ESPN2
Richmond @ Temple 6pm on CBS College Sports
Western Kentucky @ Arkansas-Little Rock 7pm on Fox College Sports Central
Washington St. @ Arizona 7:30pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago, FS Midest, & FS North
Alabama @ LSU 8pm on ESPN
DePaul @ Providence 8pm on ESPN2
San Francisco @ Portland 8pm on ESPNU
UTEP @ Rice (women's) 8pm on CBS College Sports
UCLA @ Stanford 9:30pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago, FS Midwest, & FS North

Golf:

European PGA Tour 8:30am on Golf Channel
PGA Tour (Northern Trust Open, 1st round) 2pm on Golf Channel

NASCAR:

Camping World Series Practice 11am on Speed Channel
Duel at Daytona 1pm on Speed Channel
Camping World Series Qualifying 5:30pm on Speed Channel

NBA Basketball:

San Antonio @ Chicago 7pm on TNT
Dallas @ Phoenix 9:30pm on TNT

NHL Hockey: Philadelphia @ Carolina 7pm on NHL Network

Disclaimer: All times are Central.

FS North & the Minnesota Twins announce their 2011 TV schedule

The defending AL Central Division Champion Minnesota Twins open their 2011 season on Friday, April 1 at Toronot and today, the Twins along with their TV partner, FS North released the 2011 Twins TV schedule.

For the first time ever, FS North will be the exclusive TV home of the Twins televising 150 games, that's nearly every game that's not picked up for a national telecast. Dick Bremer and soon to be Hall-of-Famer, Bert Blyleven, will return to call the action.

More information can be found in this press release from the Twins: http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20110216&content_id=16651284&vkey=pr_min&fext=.jsp&c_id=min

MLB on Fox announces it's Saturday Game of the Week TV Schedule

Fox Sports is beginning it's 16th year of televising the MLB Saturday Game of the Week and yesterday, Fox released it's 2011 broadcast schedule.

According to a Fox Sports press release, some of the schedule highlights for 2011 include:

*Three consecutive weeks of prime time telecasts(6pm CT)in the month of May.

*The Midwest MLB teams will be well represented with 9 regional telecasts each from the Cubs & Cardnails, 8 regional telecasts of the Twins, and 7 regional telecasts of the White Sox.

Below my "guesses" as to what game Des Moines viewers will get on KDSM this year and is definitely subject to change. This is far from official, just making guesses based on previous years and knowing that KDSM goes with either Cubs or Cardnails whenever they are scheduled for the Fox Game of the Week.

May 28th could go one of 3 or 4 different ways as 4 of the Midwest MLB teams are scheduled that day for a Fox telecast. Speaking of the May 28th Fox primetime window, it just goes to show how screwed up the MLB blackout rules are.

Whenever Fox has a Saturday telecast, whether it be at 3pm or 6pm, Fox has an exclusive TV window meaning that no other games can be shown at this time. Doesn't matter if it's MLB Network, or locally within a team's home TV market, Fox has total exclusivity. In most areas of the country this isn't a big deal, but in Iowa, it can be problematic because all 6 of the Midwest MLB teams claim all of Iowa as part of their home TV market.

Now I realize that May 28th is Memorial Day Weekend and that Saturday is normally the least watch night of the week for TV, but as a Royals fan, there game at Texas is in the group of of games selected for regional coverage on Fox and as of now, that's the Royals only scheduled appearance on Fox. With the Carndails, Twins, and Royals all selected for the Fox exclusive TV window, 2 fan bases will be pretty upset if they cann't watch their team.

April 2nd: San Diego Padres at St. Louis Cardinals
April 9th: New York Yankees at Boston Red Sox
April 16th: Minnesota Twins at Tampa Bay Rays
April 23rd: Cincinnati Reds at St. Louis Cardinals
April 30th: St. Louis Cardinals at Atlanta Braves
May 7th: Cincinnati Reds at Chicago Cubs
May 14th: San Francisco Giants at Chicago Cubs
May 21st: Chicago Cubs at Boston Red Sox
May 28th: St. Louis Cardinals at Colorado Rockies
June 4th: Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals
June 11th: Texas Rangers at Minnesota Twins
June 18th: New York Yankees at Chicago Cubs
June 25th: Washington Nationals at Chicago White Sox
July 2nd: Chicago White Sox at Chicago Cubs
July 9th: Minnesota Twins at Chicago White Sox
July 16th: Chicago White Sox at Detroit Tigers
July 23rd: Detroit Tigers at Minnesota Twins
July 30th: Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals
August 6th: New York Yankees at Boston Red Sox
August 13th: Colorado Rockies at St. Louis Cardinals
August 20th: St. Louis Cardinals at Chicago Cubs
August 27th: Detroit Tigers at Minnesota Twins
September 3rd: Cincinnati Reds at St. Louis Cardinals
September 10th: Minnesota Twins at Detroit Tigers
September 17th & 24th: To be announced in September

The complete 2011 MLB on Fox schedule and more information can be found here:

http://sportsmedianews.com/02/mlb-on-fox-ready-for-prime-time-triple-play/

TV Schedule, Wednesday February 16

College Basketball:

Big 10:

Wisconsin @ Purdue 5:30pm on Big 10 Network
Michigan @ Illinois 7:30pm on Big 10 Network

Big 12:

Colorado @ Kansas St. (women's) 7pm on FS Kansas City
Iowa St. @ Texas A&M 7pm on Big 12 Network*
Oklahoma St. @ Missouri (women's) 7pm on FS Midwest
Nebraska @ Oklahoma 8pm on ESPNU
Oklahoma St. @ Texas 8pm on ESPN2

*Check local listings for channel availability in your area.

Missouri Valley: Illinois St. @ Creighton 7pm on NET (Nebraska Public TV)

National Games:

Duke @ Virgina 6pm on ESPN2
Louisville @ Cincinnati 6pm on ESPN
UAB @ Memphis 6pm on CBS College Sports
Vanderbilt @ Georgia 6pm on ESPNU
Louisiana Tech @ North Dakota 7pm on Fox College Sports Central
Eastern Washington @ Northern Arizona 7:30pm on Fox College Sports Pacific
Wyoming @ Utah 8pm on CBS College Sports
Pepperdine @ Loyola Marymount 10pm on ESPNU
St. Mary's @ San Diego 10pm on ESPN2

NASCAR:

Sprint Cup Morning Practice 9:30am on Speed Channel
Sprint Cup Afternoon Practice 12:30pm on Speed Channel
Camping World Series Practice 3:30pm on Speed Channel

NBA Basketball:

LA Clippers @ Minnesota 7pm on FS North & Mediacom Channel 22
Denver @ Milwaukee 8pm on ESPN

NHL Hockey: Minnesota @ Chicago 7pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago & VERSUS (VERSUS telecast is subject to blackout in Iowa.)

Disclaimer: All times are Central and blackouts are likely for regional NBA & NHL telecasts outside of Iowa.

Cubs & White Sox Spring Training coverage can be found on CSN Chicago

As pitchers and catchers report to various locations across Arizona & Florida for Spring Training, Cubs and White Sox fans across Iowa can tune into Comcast SportsNet Chicago ("CSN Chicago") for comprehensive Spring Training Coverage of their favorite team(s).

According to a press release, in addition to five White Sox games & two Cub games that will be broadcast in HD, beginning this Thursday, CSN Chicago reporters will be based in Arizona filing reports for CSN Chicago's signature programs Chicago Tribune Live and the nightly news & highlight show, SportsNet Central.

Comcast SportsNet Chicago is carried statewide on both DirecTV and Dish Network and on cable in Eastern Iowa.

Complete information can be found here: http://www.csnchicago.com/02/10/11/CSN-announces-its-comprehensive-2011-Whi/landing.html?blockID=408081&feedID=4321

CBS College Sports to rebrand effective April 4th

CBS Sports today announced that effective April 4, the CBS College Sports cable TV channel will rebrand as CBS Sports Network.

According to published reports, network officials want to expand program offerings on the cable channel and changing the name to CBS College Sports is one way to do it.

College programming will remain a staple of the new CBS Sports Network, but in coming months and years, look for the cable channel, carried mostly on digital ala-carte packages, but the sky is the limit as to the potential that CBS Sports Network has.

I think this is a great move by CBS as during the summer months, game rebroadcasts of Mountain West basketball or SEC football games can only go so far.

One thing for sure, ESPN will be seeing increased competition from CBS, Comcast/NBC, and the recent announcement that FX wants to get back into the sports on TV business.

TV Schedule, Tuesday February 15

College Basketball:

Big 10: Michigan St. @ Ohio St. 8pm on ESPN

Big 12: Texas Tech @ Missouri 6pm on ESPN2

Missouri Valley: Northern Iowa @ Bradley 7pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago & FS Midwest

National Games:

George Mason @ Virgina Commonwealth 6pm on ESPNU
Mississippi St. @ Kentucky 6pm on ESPN
Providence @ Pitt (women's) 6pm on CBS College Sports
Rutgers @ DePaul (women's) 8pm on CBS College Sports
St John's @ Marquette 8pm on ESPNU

NBA Basketball: Miami @ Indiana 6pm on NBATV

NHL Hockey:

Buffalo @ Montreal 6:30pm on VERSUS
Vancouver @ Minnesota 7pm on FS North

Disclaimer: All times are Central and blackouts are likely for regional NHL telecasts outside of Iowa.

Big 10 Network releases its 2011 Baseball & Softball TV Schedule

The Big 10 Network on Friday released it's 2011 TV/web streaming schedule of baseball & softball games. According to a Big 10 Network press release, the Big 10 Network will see a significant increase in the number of games shown live on the Big 10 Network and/or streamed on the Big 10 Network's website.

In 2011, The Big 10 Network will televise up to 30 Big 10 baseball games, including the entire 2011 Big 10 Baseball Tournament and will webcast up to an additional 50 baseball games. In addition, the Big 10 Network will televise 25 softball games as well as webcast an additional 37 games.

More information can be found here: http://www.bigtennetwork.com/dpp/about_us/Big-Ten-Network-Heightens-Baseball-and-Softball-Coverage

TV Schedule, Monday February 14

College Basketball:

Big 12:

Oklahoma @ UCONN (women's) 6pm on ESPN2
Kansas @ Kansas St. 8pm on ESPN
Texas A&M @ Baylor (women's) 8pm on ESPN2

National Games:

Hampton @ North Carolina A&T (women's) 3:30pm on ESPNU
Hampton @ North Carolina A&T 6pm on ESPNU
West Virgina @ Syracuse 6pm on ESPN
Florida Gulf Coast @ Western Kentucky 7pm on Fox College Sports
Prairie View A&M @ Jackson St. 8pm on ESPNU

NBA Basketball:

San Antonio @ New Jersey 6pm on NBATV
Portland @ Minnesota 7pm on FS North & Mediacom Channel 22

NHL Hockey: Washington @ Phoenix 7pm on VERSUS

Disclaimer: All times are Central and outside of Iowa, blackouts are likely for regional NBA telecasts.