TV Schedule, Saturday, February 15

ATP Tennis:  U.S. National Indoor Championship, second semifinal 5pm on Tennis Channel

Bull Riding:   PBR Built Ford Tough Series 9pm on CBS Sports Network (same day tape)

College Basketball:

Big 12:

Texas Tech @ Kansas St. 12:30pm on Big 12 Network
Oklahoma @ Oklahoma St. 1pm on ESPN2
Texas Tech @ Kansas St. (women's) 2pm on Fox College Sports Pacific
TCU @ Kansas 3pm on Big 12 Network
Kansas St. @ Baylor 6pm on ESPNU

Big 10:

Iowa @ Penn St. 12pm on ESPNU
Minnesota @ Northwestern (women's) 2:30pm on BTN
Indiana @ Purdue 3pm on ESPN 
Ohio St. @ Michigan St. (women's) 4:30pm on BTN
Ohio St. @ Illinois 7pm on BTN

Missouri Valley:

Bradley @ Illinois St. 6pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago & Fox Sports Midwest
Northern Iowa @ Missouri St. 8pm on ESPNU

National Games:

St. Joesph's @ La Salle 10am on ESPNU
Middle Tennessee @ Florida Atlantic (women's) 11am on Fox Sports Midwest
Villanova @ St. John's 11am (women's) on CBS Sports Network
Virgina @ Clemson 11am on ESPN2
Pitt @ North Carolina 12pm on KCCI
Central Florida @ South Florida 12:30pm on ESPNews
Memphis @ UCONN 11am on ESPN
Cal St. San Bernardino @ Cal St. Monterey Bay (women's) 1pm on CBS Sports Network
DePaul @ Providence 1pm on Fox Sports Midwest & Fox Sports North
Southern Miss @ Middle Tennessee St. 1pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago
Virginia Commonwealth @ St. Louis 1pm on ESPN
Houston @ Cincinnati 2pm on ESPNU
Green Bay @ Cleveland St. 3pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago
Ole Miss @ Georgia 3pm on Fox Sports Midwest & Fox Sports North
Tennessee @ Missouri 3pm on ESPN2
UNLV @ Utah St. 3pm on CBS Sports Network
Xavier @ Marquette 3pm on KDSM
LSU @ Arkansas 4pm on ESPNU
North Dakota St. @ Nebraska-Omaha (women's) 4pm on Fox College Sports Central
Seton Hall @ DePaul (women's) 4pm on Fox College Sports Atlantic
Georgia St. @ Troy 5pm on ESPN2
Maryland @ Duke 5pm on ESPN
Miami (FL) @ Virginia Tech 5pm on Fox Sports Midwest+
Nevada @ New Mexico 5pm on CBS Sports Network
BYU @ St. Mary's 7pm on ESPN2
Air Force @ San Diego St. 7pm on CBS Sports Network
Florida St. @ Wake Forest 7pm on Fox Sports Midwest+
Florida @ Kentucky 8pm on ESPN
San Francisco @ Santa Clara 10pm on ESPNU

College Gymnastics:  Nebraska @ Iowa 12pm on BTN

College Hockey:

Vermont @ New Hampshire (women's) 1pm on Fox College Sports Atlantic
Michigan St. @ Penn St. 2:30pm on ESPNews
Michigan @ Minnesota 7pm on Fox Sports North
Wisconsin @ Ohio St. 7pm on NBCSN

Golf:

European PGA Tour:  Africa Open, third round 4:30am on Golf Channel
PGA Tour:  Northern Trust Open, third round 12pm on Golf Channel & 2pm on KCCI
Champions Tour:  ACE Group Classic, second round 2pm on Golf Channel
LPGA Tour:  ISPS Handa Australian Open, third round 4pm on Golf Channel (same day tape)

Motorsports:

Sprint Cup:  Daytona 500 Pole Qualifying practice 9:30am; 12:30pm on Fox Sports 1
ARCA Series:  Lucas Oil 200 3:15pm on Fox Sports 1
Sprint Cup:  Sprint Unlimited 7pm on Fox Sports 1
Motorcycle:  Monster Energy Supercross:  Dallas 7:30pm on Fox Sports 2

NBA All-Star Festivities:

2014 All-Star East & West Practice 11am on NBATV
NBA D-League All-Star Game 2pm on NBATV
2014 All-Star Saturday Night 7:30pm on TNT

Soccer:

FA Cup:  Sunderland AFC vs Southampton FC 6:30am on Fox Sports 2
FA Cup:  Cardiff City vs Wigan Athletic FC 9am on Fox Sports 2
FA Cup:  Manchester City FC vs Chelsea FC 11am on Fox Sports 2
A-League:  Brisbane vs Newcastle 12am (Sunday) on Fox Sports 2

Winter Olympics:

Men's Hockey:  Slovakia vs Slovenia 2am on NBCSN
Women's Hockey:  Quarterfinals, countries TBA 2am on MSNBC
Women's Cross-Country Skiing 4:30am on NBCSN
Women's Curling:  Canada vs Japan 4:30am on MSNBC
Men's Hockey:  United States vs Russia 6am on NBCSN
Women's Hockey:  Quarterfinals, countries TBA 6:30am on MSNBC
Men's Skeleton 9am on NBCSN
Men's Hockey:  Sweden vs Latvia 11am on USA
Women's Short Track; Women's Cross Country Skiing; Men's Skeleton 2pm on WHO (same day tape)
Women's Curling:  United States vs Sweden 4pm on CNBC (same day tape)
Women's Alping Skiing; Men's Short Track; Men's Speedskating; Men's Ski Jumping 7pm on WHO (same day tape)
Women's Curling:  United States vs Sweden 11pm on WHO (same day tape)

Thursday Olympic Ratings Update

Ratings continue to be strong for NBC's primetime tape delayed coverage of the Winter Olympics from Sochi.  NBC's coverage Thursday posted an overnight rating of 14.4 good enough to top the other broadcast networks combined.

Rivalry Week Continues on ESPN

ESPN's Rivalry Week continues through the weekend with marquee rivalry matchups.  The weekend begins when ESPN's College GameDay visits Rupp Arena in Lexington, KY to preview Saturday's action.

TV Schedule, Friday, February 14

ATP Tennis: 

ABN Amro World Tennis Tournament 5:30am 7:30am on Tennis Channel
U.S. National Indoor Championship 7pm & 9pm on Tennis Channel   

Boxing:  Friday Night Fights 8pm on ESPN2

ESPN Announces 2014 Arena Football League Broadcast Schedule

ESPN takes over as the TV partner of the Arena Football League beginning with 2014 season and a small number of games will be televised across the ESPN family of Network.

Wednesday Olympic Ratings Update

Wednesday's primetime Winter Olympic telecast generated an overnight rating of 13.3, easily winning the night and the overnight rating 82% better than the #2 primetime show.

NBC's Olympics Digital Platforms Are Booming With Traffic

While the Olympic coverage on TV is dominating in the ratings, the digital platforms that make up NBC's coverage of the Winter Olympics is exploding with traffic.

TNT Returns As Exclusive TV Home Of NBA All-Star Weekend

The NBA goes on their All-Star Break this weekend and once again, TNT returns as the exclusive TV home of the festivities.

TV Schedule, Thursday, February 13

ATP Tennis:  ABN Amro World Tennis Tournament  4am; 6am; 8am; 12:30pm; & 2:30pm on Tennis Channel

College Basketball:

Big 10:

Northwestern @ Michigan St. 6pm on BTN
Illinois @ Iowa (women's) 8pm on BTN
Minnesota @ Wisconsin 8pm on ESPN

Big 12:  West Virginia @ Oklahoma (women's) 6pm on Fox Sports 1

NBC's Olympics Coverage Continues To Dominate In Ratings

Tuesday night's primetime Olympic coverage on NBC continues to dominate in the ratings generating an overnight rating of 14.5, 53% better in primetime than the other broadcast networks combined.

ESPN Announces Its Slate of MLB Spring Training Telecasts

ESPN has announced a schedule of MLB Spring Training telecasts that will commence on March 17.

Fox Sports Gears Up For Speed Weeks At Daytona

Mid February is rapidly approaching and that means another NASCAR season is right around the corner and Fox Sports is putting finalizing their broadcast plans for the season opening Speed Weeks at Daytona.

NBCSN To Debut A Daily NASCAR Show

While NBC is in full blown Olympic news, other sources are reporting that once the Olympics end, NBCSN will debut a daily NASCAR news & information show.

TV Schedule, Wednesday, February 12

AHL Hockey:  2014 All-Star Game 7pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago

College Basketball:

Big 10:

Penn St. @ Indiana 6pm on BTN
Illinois @ Nebraska 8pm on BTN

Multiple ESPN Platforms To Offer Coverage Of NBA All-Star Weekend

This year's NBA All-Star Weekend is this coming weekend and multiple ESPN platforms are teaming up to provide extensive coverage of the All-Star events.

Matt Lauer To Host NBC's Olympic Primetime & Late Night Coverage Tonight

Only during the Olympics could you find a press release with details on a change to the hosting duties of the primetime & late night Olympic coverage tonight.  Due to health reasons, Bob Costas will step aside and Matt Lauer will fill in.  You can get complete details at the Web Site linked above.

More Than 100 Million Americans Have Watched The Olympics

The Winter Olympics is just a few days old, but Americans are turning out in droves to watch the Winter Olympics across the NBC family of networks.

Nielsen Releases Its Year In Sports Media Report For 2013

Nielsen Media, the TV ratings provider, has released its 2013 Year In Sports Media Report.  The report is 30 plus pages in length and really only the true media nerds would be interested in the report as it goes into extreme summary on how we and who are watching sports across all of the major sports.

TV Schedule, Tuesday, February 11

AHL Hockey:  2014 All-Star Skills Competition 5:30pm on Fox Sports North & 10pm on Fox Sports Midwest (same day tape)

College Basketball:

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

Big 12:  Oklahoma St. @ Texas 6pm on ESPN2

ESPN's Rivalry Week Will Showcase Top Matchups

The annual Rivalry Week of college basketball matchups begin this week and ESPN has a jam-packed schedule for the first part of the week.

NASCAR Now Returns This Week To ESPN

The 2014 NASCAR season gets kicked into gear this week with several events leading up to The Daytona 500 in less than two weeks.

Sunday Winter Olympic Telecast Ratings

Sunday's primetime coverage of the Winter Olympics on NBC posted an overnight rating of 15.7, topping the second ranked show of the night by a whopping 74%.  Coverage on NBCSN yesterday generated an overnight rating of 2.1, doubling the comparable 2012 rating from London.

NBC Continues Its Ratings Dominance Of The Olympics

NBC's primetime coverage of the 2014 Winter Olympics continued it's ratings dominance Saturday night.  To the surprise of no one, Saturday's primetime viewership was the highest rated Saturday in four years.  The last time Saturday night ratings were this high?   The 2010 Winter Olympics.

Fox Sports 1 To Simulcast The Mike Francesa Show

When New York's YES Network ended its 12 year of simulcasting The Mike Francesa radio show earlier this month, many sports media junkies figured the simulcast would remain locally on another New York based regional sports network.

TV Schedule, Monday, February 10

Boxing:  Golden Boy Live 9pm on Fox Sports 1

College Basketball:

Big 10:  Northwestern @ Iowa (women's) 6pm on BTN

Big 12:  

Iowa St. @ West Virgina 6p on ESPNU
Kansas @ Kansas St. 8pm on ESPN

Rob Neyer Joins Fox Sports.com

Fox Sports has announced that veteran baseball writer Rob Neyer has joined Fox Sports.com who will make his debut this week.  In addition to the digital Fox Sports platforms, Neyer will also contribute to Fox Sports Radio and Fox Sports 1.

The Opening Ceremony To The Olympic Games Puts Big Ratings

NBC Sports coverage of the tape-delayed Opening Ceremonies to the Winter Olympics was seen by an average viewership of 31.7 million viewers making it the most watched non-live Opening Ceremony in 20 years.

TV Schedule, Sunday, February 9

AHL Hockey:  Hamilton @ Toronto 2pm on NHL Network

Bull Riding:  Liftmaster Invitational 5pm on CBS Sports Network