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Bowl Coverage Delivers Early - 12/23/2008 8:26:00 PM - Multichannel News
Las Vegas, New Mexico Bowls Set Pace During First Five Games On ESPN, ESPN2 By Mike Reynolds -- Multichannel News, 12/23/2008 8:26:00 PM ESPN received some solid early returns with the college football bowl season. Going into the Dec. 23 Holiday Bowl between No. 11 TCU and No. 9 Boise State, ...
The Weekend's Top Sports Events | Sports2Debate.com
The Weekend's Top Sports Events | Sports2Debate.com
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ESPN Takes on MLB Network with Classic Games in Jan.
ESPN Takes on MLB Network with Classic Games in Jan.
bizofbaseball.com — As they say, competition is good, and for baseball fans, beginning in early January, that may never... have been more true on television. MLB Network is set to launch on January 1, and as reported, there is a considerable amount of archival footage ... (more) ESPN Takes on MLB Network with Classic Games in Jan.
Saturday's Bowl Games, Who We Got
Saturday's Bowl Games, Who We Got
nogutsglory.blogspot.com — Saturday marks the beginning of the bowl season and our journey to Blog Bowl supremacy . The... slate of games for Saturday isn't very enticing, but it's still college football so we won't complain. Now on to the picks! Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl: BYU ... (more) Saturday's Bowl Games, Who We Got
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Fang's Bites — ... Mike Reynolds of Multichannel News writes that the early returns from the ratings of the first college bowls games are good for the ESPN family of networks. And Mike writes that ...

Early bowl ratings.
Sports Media Watch — The college football bowl season got off to a decent start on ESPN over the weekend. The first ever EagleBank Bowl, featuring Wake Forest and Navy, drew a 2.2 cable rating and 2.9 million viewers on ESPN early Saturday. The 2.2 rating is better than the ratings for 11 of last year's bowl games. Meanwhile, the Colorado State/Fresno State New Mexico Bowl ...

Surprisingly Strong Bowl Ratings
The Big Lead — ... Who is Watching Bowl Games?: We haven’t watched any bowl games yet, nor have we received one email or text message or phone call from anyone about said games. People seem to be watching the games on ESPN, though. EagleBank Bowl: 2.88 million viewers. New Mexico Bowl: 3.43 million viewers. St. Petersburg Bowl: 1.7 million viewers. Las Vegas Bowl: 3.3 million viewers. No clue on whether or not these numbers are up or down from previous years. (Multichannel News via ...

Reporters Notebooks
The Wiz of Odds — ... Mike Reynolds, Multichannel News: Outside of dismal ratings for the New Orleans Bowl, ESPN received solid early returns on its telecasts. Thanks to ...

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