|
ArmchairQB.com's
Latest Stories
Television
Highlights
AQB's
Visit To CBS' NFL Today Studios
AQB
Talks To ESPN's SportsCentury Chief
AQB's
Latest Stories
ArmchairQB.com
is ON THE AIR. Click
here to listen to interviews with media personalities, including
AQB's latest show with Fox Sports Net's Chris Spielman.
Praise
for AQB from CNET.com,
the
San Antonio Express-News and the
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.
Among
the latest broadcast-related
stories...
- Goodbye
... For Now. George and Randy say they are going
to take a commercial break to evaluate their options.
- NFL
Preview Review. NFL's preseason magazines did not foresee
the Rams surge to the Super Bowl.
- Super
Bowl Telecast. Dramatic finish covers up some early mistakes
by ABC.
- Commercials.
The Super Bowl was not a commercial success, Randy says.
- Super
Bowl Pregame Shows. AQB did not like The View from
ABC's pregame show.
- Crystal
Ball. AQB's
NFL Guru peers into his crystal ball to predict the Super Bowl
champion.
- Super
Bowl Cheat Sheet. All you need to know to get you through
Super Bowl weekend.
- Top
10 Sports Days. AQB picks the best sports days each year,
and guess what? Super Bowl Sunday is No. 1.
- Championship
Telecasts. Randy and George says Summerall and Madden are
still good listening in review of both championship game telecasts.
- Jan.
23 pregame shows. Fox
goes too far in disgusting skit between Terry Bradshaw and Jimmy
Kimmel. Other news and reviews from Sunday's pregame shows.
- Play
It To The Bone.
Contributor Dave Kozo gives this new boxing flick a big thumbs
down.
- CBS
Adds Enberg. Oh my! CBS officially announces its signing of
NBC legend Dick Enberg.
- Wimbledon
Pact. NBC and Turner Sports agree to cover the famous fortnight.
- Divisional
Playoffs.
AQB reviews television's coverage of the games on Saturday
and Sunday.
- Media
Notes I. Phil Simms, Dan Dierdorf and others speak out on
lots of NFL issues.
- Media
Notes II. The latest news and notes from around the sports
media world, including a preview of upcoming sports programs.
- Wild-Card
Ratings. The numbers were mostly down for the first weekend
of the NFL playoffs.
- Wild-Card
Review. George reviews the best and the worst from the first
weekend of the NFL playoffs.
- Wrong
Hot Stove Talk. Contributor Gregg Henglein complains about
wild baseball trade rumors.
- College
Football Awards. AQB awards the best in college football broadcasting.
- FSU
Always No. 1. The Seminoles championship didn't surprise many
as most preseason publications had FSU No. 1. Virginia Tech, though,
was a different story....
- Sugar
Bowl Review. AQB reviews ABC's coverage of the Sugar Bowl
as it happens.
- Bowl
Game Previews. George picks and previews all the bowl games,
except for the Sugar Bowl. That's coming Monday.
- Any
Given Sunday review.
AQB
film critic Dave Kozo says Oliver Stone's new football flick drops
the ball.
- SI
Errs.
George says Sports Illustrated missed the obvious selection when
the magazine wrongly choose the U.S. women's soccer team as its
Sportswomen of the Year.
- Owens
No. 6, Gretzky No. 5. ESPN's SportsCentury project continues
counting down the ten greatest North American athletes from this
century.
- NBC
names Marv No. 1.
Albert will once again be the top NBA voice on NBC's games, beginning
next season.
- Real
Sports,
Real Weak.
Randy wonders where all the hard-hitting stories went in the latest
edition of HBO's Real Sports.
- Media
Notes (12/10). NFL's propaganda machine; Outside The Lines
preview and update; Sean McDonough out at CBS and Dick Enberg
in; and much, much more.
- Baseball,
ESPN Settle. Major League Baseball and ESPN settle their
acrimonious dispute by extending their agreement through 2005.
- $4M
A Minute.
Ad prices for ABC's Super Bowl rise 25% from a year ago to $2
million for a 30-second commercial.
- CBS
Keeps NCAA Tourney. The Tiffany network pays $6 billion to
keep its rights through 2013.
- NBC,
Fox Get NASCAR rights.
NBC, Fox will split Nascar's 36-race package under a new $400
million a year deal that begins in 2001, The Associated Press
reported Wednesday night.
- Sports
Media Lacks Cosell-like figure. George says no one on television
today tells it like it is as Cosell did years ago, and he wonders
if the fans are to blame for television's lack of bite.
- Browns
Book Rates An A-. AQB's David Kozo takes a look at The Sporting
News offering and likes what he sees.
- AQB
Talks To CBS' NFL Insider. Read and listen to what Jay Glazer
has to say about his job and the NFL.
- Gray
apologizes. Jim Gray apologizes to baseball fans two days
after his contentious interview with Pete Rose. But the Yankees
aren't quick to forgive.
- Gray
In the Right. George praises the NBC reporter for his tough
but fair interview of Pete Rose.
- AQB
Visits CBS. George spends a whole Sunday in CBS' NFL Today
studios. Check out AQB's exclusive five-story package.
- Triple
Crown Winner. NBC captures the race for the broadcasting rights
to the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont.
- Gameday
The Best. AQB names ESPN's College Gameday the best
pregame show in ALL of football.
- AQB
Reviews Pregame Shows. George and Randy put CBS, Fox, ESPN,
CNN and more under the microscope.
- AQB's
1999 NFL Preview.
All you need to start your NFL-watching season is right here.
- NBA
Television Schedule. The Lakers and Knicks will appear nationally
or regionally 26 times each on NBC, TNT or TBS.
- NHL
TV Schedule. Disney and the NHL releases its regular-season
schedule for ABC (4 games), ESPN (27) and ESPN2 (102).
- AQB
Talks With David Hill. The czar of Fox Sports discusses the
rivalry between Fox and ESPN, soccer in the United States, his
proudest accomplishment at Fox and more.
...and reviewed
the following magazines and books:
ALSO, please
take the time to add to our sports links
page.
Television
Highlights
All
television times are Eastern unless noted. Rankings reflect AP poll.
Get "Today's Lineup" E-Mailed to you every week
free of charge by joining our mailing list.
Coming
Sunday
For additional sports television listings visit GIST.com
Coming
Sunday.
|
