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The Clippers' broadcast team of Ralph Lawler and Mike Smith has been suspended for one game due to comments made about the Grizzlies' Hamed Haddadi.During Wednesday's Grizzlies/Clippers game, Lawler and Smith engaged in a brief conversation about Haddadi, the only Iranian player in the NBA. Here ...
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Los Angeles Clippers
Memphis Grizzlies
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TNT drew a 1.4/3 U.S. rating and 2.1
million viewers for Thursday night's Bulls/Lakers game. Earlier in
the night, Suns/Hornets drew a 1.0/2 and 1.5 million. Numbers for last year's comparable games were unavailable. (pifeedback.com)Also on Thursday, ...
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The ratings game
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Ratings dropped for both games of ABC's college
football doubleheader last Saturday.Saturday Night Football, featuring Notre Dame/Pittsburgh,
drew a 3.7 final rating on ABC -- down 30% from a 5.3 last year, and but up a tick from a 3.6 for coverage ...
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More declines for college football on ABC
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The SEC on CBS juggernaut slowed down last
week.Saturday's Florida/South Carolina matchup drew a 4.0 final rating
on CBS, down 22% from last year's game between LSU and Alabama (5.1), and down 7% from another LSU/Alabama matchup last week (4.3).The ...
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Ratings drop for SEC on CBS
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FOX faltered early but drew strong numbers late
for its NFL doubleheader last week.NFL coverage featuring Cowboys/Packers
drew a 15.9/29 final rating and 26.7 million viewers on FOX last Sunday, up 17% and 19%, respectively, from a 13.6/26 and 22.4 ...
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More from Week 10: Mixed results for FOX
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Led by a battle at the top of
the AFC North, last Sunday's singleheader window on CBS
had a solid increase in ratings.CBS drew a 9.8 final rating for NFL coverage featuring Steelers/Bengals last Sunday, up 13% from an 8.7 for last year's comparable ...
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Week 10 wrap: CBS sees rise for singleheader
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NFL Network's second game of the season saw
a steep decline in viewership.Thursday's Dolphins/Panthers game drew a
1.9/3 U.S. rating and 3 million viewers on NFL Network, down 30% in ratings and 32% in viewership from last year's comparable ...
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Ratings for Dolphins/Panthers down 30%
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Comcast and Fox Sports Net are launching their
own local websites, posing a challenge to ESPN --
which debuted several local-specific websites earlier this year. Fox Sports Net quietly unveiled "a dozen local sites over the past couple of weeks," each ...
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Idle notes
ESPN is letting go of two executives.ESPN VP of marketing Katie Lacey and VP of programming David Berson will not have their contracts renewed by the network. Lacey's contract ends "imminently," while Berson's contract "is longer, so he will officially be on 'special assignment.'"Gawker's ...
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NBA ratings may be up on TNT, but
ESPN has not fared as well.Through 14 games, ESPN
is averaging a 1.1 U.S. rating and 1.6 million viewers for NBA coverage, down slightly from a 1.2 and 1.7 million last year.Four NBA telecasts on ESPN aired opposite ...
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NBA ratings down slightly on ESPN
Big names: Brent Musburger and Kirk Herbstreit will call the Rose Bowl and the BCS National Championship Game on ABC. Meanwhile, FOX will send Thom Brennaman and Brian Billick to the Sugar Bowl, Sam Rosen and Tim Ryan to the Fiesta Bowl, and Dick Stockton and Charles Davis to the Orange Bowl. ...
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Brent Musburger
Kirk Herbstreit
Bowl Championship Series
ABC
TNT NBA announcer Marv Albert had a run-in with the entourage of musician 50 Cent.Albert was a guest on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live Wednesday night, the same night Cent appeared as a musical guest. When Albert arrived, "there was a sudden scuffle when a multitude of 50 Cent protectors seemed ...
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TNT
Marv Albert
ABC
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Steve Ellis: The Tallahassee Democrat sportswriter passed away
on Thursday after suffering a massive heart attack earlier
in the month. Ellis, 54, suffered the heart attack while writing an article from his home office. Amazingly, he insisted that his ...
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Big names
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After pulling even last week, NASCAR ratings fell
back to earth on Sunday.The Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts
500 drew a 3.3 rating and 5.2 million viewers on ABC last Sunday, down 8% and 9%, respectively, from last year's race (3.6, 5.6 mil). Keep in ...
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NASCAR ratings drop once again
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Major League Baseball plans to alter its postseason
schedule in 2010.MLB Commissioner Bud Selig says there will
be a reduction in the amount of off days between games during the 2010 MLB postseason. This would be the first change to the MLB postseason ...
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MLB to cut down on postseason off days
ESPN drew a 1.4 U.S. rating and 2.0 million viewers for both Gonzaga/Michigan St. and Memphis/Kansas on Tuesday night. The two games were part of the network's 24 hour college basketball marathon. (TV By the Numbers)The OT on FOX is averaging an 8.1/14 rating and 13.5 million viewers so far this ...
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New Orleans Saints
ESPN
NBC
Carolina Panthers
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Much like the Browns themselves, America was not
ready for some football on Monday night.Monday's Ravens/Browns clunker
drew a 6.5/11 U.S. rating and 10.2 million viewers on ESPN, down 15% and 14%, respectively, from a 7.6 and 11.9 million for ...
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Monday Night Football sinks to season low
Ratings and viewership for nationally televised college football games through November 7. Numbers for several games were unavailable.Through November 7, 142 college football games across CBS, ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and Versus averaged approximately 2.9 million viewers, up from 2.7 million for 137 ...
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Idle note: TNT will offer fans the opportunity to vote on the top NBA moments of the decade. Starting Thursday, the network will debut TNT All-Decade NBA, a weekly feature in which fans will vote on the decade's top NBA moments in 13 separate categories. The winners will be announced during a ...
