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Verizon FiOS TV to Offer NHL Center Ice and NHL Network
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NHL Offers Free Train of NHL GameCenter Live on Oct. 30
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2010 NBA All-Star Game to Be Played in New Cowboys Stadium
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In a joint agreement between the Dallas Mavericks of the NBA and the Dallas Cowboys of the NFL, an announcement will be made today (Thursday) that the 2010 NBA All-Star Game will be played in the soon to be completed Cowboys Stadium (see computer renderings and details on the new Cowboys Stadium). The formal announcement will be made at American Airlines Center before Thursday night’s home opener for the Mavericks. As reported by ESPN: Word emerged during last season's NBA playoffs that the two Dallas franchises were interested in co-staging the event at the Cowboys' new $1.1 billion facility in Arlington, which is scheduled to open in time for the 2009 NFL season. Cuban had maintained for years that he had no interest in the ...
Forbes NHL Team Valuations Released. Maples Leafs Most Valuable
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Chris Berman to Interview John McCain and Barack Obama on MNF
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On the eve of the presidential election, ESPN’s Monday Night Football game November 3 will originate from the nation’s capital when the Pittsburgh Steelers meet the Washington Redskins. Before the polls open the next day, ESPN’s audience will hear from the candidates when Chris Berman interviews both major party presidential nominees, Republican Senator John McCain and Democratic Senator Barack Obama, during halftime of the MNF game. The candidates will be on the campaign trail and have agreed to participate one-on-one, pending last-minute schedule changes, via satellite with Berman from the ESPN studios in Bristol, Conn. The conversations will be taped earlier in the day and will air at approximately 10:15 p.m. ET. The Steelers-Redskins game will ...
Obama, McCain Select Quotes from Monday Night Football
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On the eve of the presidential election, ESPN’s Monday Night Football presented interviews during halftime (approximately 10:15 p.m. ET) with both major party presidential nominees -- Democratic Senator Barack Obama and Republican Senator John McCain. The one-on-one interviews, conducted via satellite with ESPN’s Chris Berman, were taped separately earlier today. Below are select quotes from each interview. The entire interviews and complete transcripts will be available on ESPN.com shortly after halftime of the MNF telecast, which will feature the Pittsburgh Steelers at the Washington Redskins (kickoff at 8:30 p.m. on ESPN and ESPN HD with the Spanish-language telecast on ESPN Deportes). On one thing you would change in sports: ...
Verizon and NFL Network Offer Multiple Camera Angles for Game Extra
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Verizon broadband and NFL Network announced Thursday a product update to NFL Network Game Extra that will allow them to customize their NFL viewing experience for eight highly anticipated games and giving them access to a variety of other game-enhancing features. With NFL Network Game Extra, Verizon broadband customers will be able to enjoy the games from multiple camera angles they select. They'll also have online access to up-to-the-minute game statistics, drive chart simulations, on-demand video highlights, live chats with other NFL Network Game Extra viewers and live audio feeds. Verizon is the only broadband provider to carry NFL Network games both on TV and online. NFL Network Game Extra is available to customers who subscribe to Verizon's FiOS Internet or ...
Taking a Knee? NFL to Lower Playoff Ticket Costs by 10% Due to Economy
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On the day after the Boston Red Sox froze ticket prices across the board for the first time in 14 years, and the New York Yankees reported that suite sales have stalled, the National Football League announced that they will be lowering the price of playoff tickets this season by an average of 10 percent due to “the economic challenges facing fans.'' Commissioner Goodell sent pricing guidelines to those teams in the playoff hunt, “also authorized them to charge less for tickets to opening-round games than for playoff games the following weekend, the league said in a news release.” As reported by Bloomberg News: Goodell said last month that the NFL, the U.S.'s most-watched television sport, couldn't reduce the cost of ...
All in the Family: Rooneys to Continue to Own Steelers
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The Pittsburgh Steelers will be sold from one part of the Rooney family to another. Art Jr., Patrick, Timothy and John Rooney are selling their controlling stake in the Steelers to Dan Rooney, and his son, Art II. As reported by the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, the sale of the controlling stake could net the four brothers selling a total of $750 million after business debt is subtracted. "We have a board meeting in December, but we hope that's just a formality and everything is out of the way by then," Art Jr. said. Wall Street has estimated the value of the team at $800 million to $1.2 billion. Word of the imminent deal came from brothers Patrick and Art Rooney Jr. They confirmed that rumors leaking out of the NFL are true: ...
ESPN and BCS Reach Four-Year Agreement
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ESPN has reached an extensive agreement with the Bowl Championship Series (BCS), granting exclusive TV, radio, digital, international and marketing rights for 15 BCS games from January 2011 through January 2014. It includes the Fiesta, Orange and Sugar Bowls each season and the BCS National Championship Game in 2011, 2012 and 2013. The announcement was made by George Bodenheimer, President, ESPN, Inc. and ABC Sports, and John Swofford, BCS Coordinator and ACC Commissioner. “The BCS will thrive on ESPN,” Bodenheimer said. “Our slogan is ‘College Football Lives Here’ and the BCS will now top college football’s best regular-season and studio coverage, the sport’s top awards shows, Bowl Week and other national championships all carried ...
NFL Adds Second Instant Replay Referee After Blown Polamalu Play
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The NFL has added a second instant replay referee to take notes on the lead-reviewer after last week’s botched call between the Chargers and Steelers. The play, in which Steelers safety Troy Polamalu picked up a fumbled ball and then steamed 12 yards for a touchdown. After reviewing the instant replay, referee Scott Green reversed the touchdown with time expired saying it was due to an illegal forward pass by the Chargers. But, in a statement by the league, while confusing, the play was overturned erroneously: There were three passes on the play. The first was a completed forward pass from San Diego's Philip Rivers to LaDainian Tomlinson. The second, from Tomlinson to Chris Chambers, was initially ruled a legal backward pass but then reversed in ...
Joe Paterno Says He'll Coach at Penn State in 2009
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Speaking a Penn State pep rally last night, Joe Paterno quashed rumors that he may be retiring by saying that he would coach again in 2009. Paterno is the winningest coach in NCAA Foorball history with 382 career victories. Paterno, who turns 82 in December said he would "run out of that tunnel next year.” Paterno injuried his hip earlier this year, has had to walk with a cane, and on more than one occasion has coached from the pressbox. ...
Saints to Freeze Ticket, Parking and Concession Prices for 2009 Season
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In a sign that the economy is influencing the business side of the NFL, the price of going to a New Orleans Saints game will cost you the same next season as it is in 2008. Under direction of owner Tom Benson, the Saints are locking ticket and parking prices in for the 2009 season at the same rate as this season. “I believe we have the most loyal fans in the NFL, and the support we’ve had from our season ticket holders since 2006 especially has been unprecedented in our club’s history,” Benson said in a statement. “It’s a streak I wanted to acknowledge and see continue, and freezing season ticket prices is one way to recognize the atmosphere and enthusiasm that they bring to the Superdome.” To add to ticket and parking prices being frozen, Benson has ...
