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It's Hard To Believe The Super Bowl Used To Suck
We're now a full week removed from Super Bowl XLVI, but before we bury the NFL season, there's one final note that needs to be made, and that's that this generation has been unbelievably lucky when it comes to Super Bowls. We have seen more great Super Bowls since the turn of the century than in...
NFL, Networks Agree to Multi-Billion Dollar Extension
Staggering. That's as apt a decription as any of the numbers being thrown around about the latest NFL-TV contracts. It was announced Wednesday that begining in 2014 the NFL has extended its broadcast agreements with CBS, Fox and NBC through 2022, generating additional billions. Earlier this year...
ESPN Opens Up The Vault To The NFL — Again
Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson is one of the key negotiators for the NFL with the Players Union over a new Collective Bargaining Agreement, and he is not optimistic about a quick settlement. Richardson complains that the players just want "more money and less work." Meanwhile the NFL's...
NFL Racks Up Record TV Ratings For Week 1
When negotiators for the NFL players and owners get together this off-season to work out a new contract, they need to be put in a locked in a room with nothing to read but the Nielsen ratings from this season. Looking at the massive TV numbers for their game might actually knock some sense into the...
Comcast's Proposed Takeover of NBC: Why It Matters To You
There have been rumors for a while that Comcast and GE are in talks about a deal in which GE would spin off its NBC Universal Unit (including the cable channels) into a new company that would merge with the content assets of Comcast. Why does the proposed takeover matter to sports fans, or more...
Notre Dame's Leprechaun Still Guards A Pot of Gold
Charlie Weis and his Irish gang are hosting Purdue this week. Notre Dame is a slim (-1) favorite over the Boilermakers at home. But there is one sure bet. The Fighting Irish will once again find a pot of gold waiting in the endzone. That's because Notre Dame collects almost $30 million a year.in...
Poll of the Day: How much Super Bowl Pregame will you watch?
NBC will be carrying the Super Bowl this year, which means Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth during the actual game and Bob Costas, Dan Patrick, Tony Dungy and a host of others for the pregame. And what a pregame it will be. With kickoff scheduled for 6:30 Eastern, the pregame coverage will start...
Breeders' Cup To NBC: Thoughts On The New Deal
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Breeders' Cup And NBC Secure Multi-Year Deal (Updated: Statement from ESPN)
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Kellen Winslow's Miraculous Weight Loss Turns 30 Years Old
Monday was the 30th anniversary of The Epic in Miami, a playoff showdown between the Chargers and the Dolphins that is widely considered the best NFL game of all time. The game had it all: an epic comeback, a series of clutch plays, a miracle hook-and-lateral at the end of the first half, an...
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