dallasnews.com - 23 days ago
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11:03 PM CST on Friday, November 6, 2009 The rookie NFL television broadcaster making the loudest splash this season talks softly and carries a big clicker. Tony Dungy's approach to his job in NBC's Sunday Night NFL studio mirrors the approach he took as coach of the Indianapolis Colts. He's ...
mysportsrumors.com - 20 days ago
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mysportsrumors.com —
It’s that point in the NFL season where
NBC can start to flex their muscle and change...
the NFL schedule. The first game that can be flexed out this year is in Week Eleven. NBC has to make their decision by tomorrow, November 10th. So will they or won’t they boot the Philadelphia ...
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Week Eleven Flex
usatoday.com - 24 days ago
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usatoday.com —
Comcast, the USA's largest cable TV operator, made
a surprise (and unsuccessful) takeover bid for ESPN parent...
Disney in 2004 in hopes of creating the world's biggest media company. If it can get NBCU, the General Electric division that includes NBC ...
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Could Comcast/NBC rival ESPN?
hardballtimes.com - 26 days ago
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hardballtimes.com —
When I started writing ShysterBall in the spring
of 2007, the idea was to give me a...
place to be where I could escape the stress and unpleasantness of my legal career, if only for the briefest of moments. As time went on, it began to consume more and more of my waking hours and, in all honesty, ...
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Saturday Journal- November 7, 2009
Sports Media Journal —
... … Barry Horn at the Dallas Morning News says Tony Dungy is becoming well respected in his role as NFL analyst… Paul Christian at the Rochester (MN) Post Bulletin looks at ...
A Saturday Thing
Fang's Bites —
... Barry Horn of the Dallas Morning News writes that in less than one season, Tony Dungy has become a respected analyst on NBC's Football Night in America. ...
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