sportsmediawatch.blogspot.com - 12/17/2008
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So far this season, ratings for nationally televised NBA games are down in both Seattle and Oklahoma City.
In Seattle, which is undergoing its first season without an NBA team in 42 years, NBA games on ESPN are averaging a 0.8 rating, down 20% from a 1.0 last year. In Oklahoma City, which is in ...
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Posted by Kevin Arnovitz It's safe to assume
that most NBA firings don't occur spontaneously. The grim...
reaper lingers outside for weeks, sometimes even months, before tapping at the door. That fatalism infects the media, the front office, and the ...
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The Sendoff Games
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Tuesday Night Update
Fang's Bites —
... bowl schedule on TV (well, the bowls are mostly on the ESPN family of networks). Tom previews Sports Illustrated's Year in Sports Media issue. Tom writes that the next test for 3-D sports may not be available in Los Angeles proper. Lastly from Tom, he tells us that Golf Channel will cover Tiger Woods' press conference live on Wednesday. The Sports Media Watch was also busy today. First, here are the final weekend ratings. The SMW notes that NBA ratings are down in both Oklahoma City and Seattle. Paulsen says the ratings for the Heisman ...
TV is hard.
Bend It Like Bennett —
... two owners to vote against the Sonics' move to Oklahoma City. He's a total cockblocker, and his intransigence won't soon be forgotten. Money over bitches, Cuban. Here's some of his "reasoning": "There could be information that sways me," he said. "If they come back and said the Oklahoma City index is 200 when it comes to watching the NBA on TNT or ABC, and no one in Seattle watches, then OK maybe there's information that goes beyond market size."Well, Sports Media Watch has been gathering that information: "In Seattle, which ...
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Randolph leads Clippers over Thunder (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - NBA News 12/17/2008
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Clippers 98, Thunder 88 —
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