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NBC Affliate Uses Dolls to Show Highlights of UNC and Duke
(Major hat tip to ACC Nation ) You should know that CBS has quite the stranglehold on the amount of highlights that can be shown on other networks (even ESPN has a limited amount of video). So, the NBC affiliate in the Triangle Area ... Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill ... is trying to get around this by using some old school tactics: acting. Yes, the network is using dolls to act out the ...
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Today's NCAA highlights using puppetry
Guyism » celebs — NBC17's Penn Holderness finds a loophole around the tight video usage restrictions for NCAA tournament video highlights. And in case that's not enough basketball for you, UNC-Mount St. Mary's highlights can be seen here . H/T: ACC Nation via AOL FanHouse

Show Me On The Doll Where Carolina Beat You
SPORTSbyBROOKS — NBC Raleigh affiliate sports anchor Penn Holderness is not the guy from the popular comedy duo “Penn and Teller.” After seeing this, we feel obligated to make the distinction. Holderness explains that an NCAA rule prohibits non-CBS affiliates from broadcasting highlights of games while tournament action is still going on. So he decided to re-enact the game using “his daughter’s dolls.” FANHOUSE (via ...

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Meet Penn Holderness, Coolest Sports Anchor EVAR
The Sporting Blog — ... as Coach K instead of showing the real press conference footage. Listening to Mike Krzyzewski talk after that puppet reenactment really sucked the joy out of it all. Please, Channel 17 News Team, continue to do this with all your Tournament highlights. It's not only entertaining as hell, but also a nice middle finger to the NCAA. (H/T: FanHouse )

DUKE VS. BELMONT ACTED OUT BY DOLLS
With Leather - Sports news and gossip, panda sex, and the occasional Toonces the driving cat Photoshop — ... this recap of Duke's narrow first-round win is a little dated.  But it's still fun to see regional NBC sports anchor Penn Holderness tackle CBS's stranglehold on highlights by using his daughter's dolls to act out the highlights.  Riiiight... his "daughter's" dolls. Equally cool?  Me acting out 9½ Weeks with my stuffed animals.  Mr. Hoppity doesn't like being Kim Basinger, but that's what he gets for being the softest. [FanHaus

Duke beats Belmont, but everyone is a doll
The Postmen // A Sports Blog // Chicago, IL. — ... I have to memorize this whole passage of Wuthering Heights for my quarter project and recite it to the class? Man, I can’t tell you how much that’s prepared me for life in the cubicle.) Fact: my first tenant notwithstanding, the above NBC affiliate clip is pretty good. I mean, how did they find those little Duke t-shirts on such short notice? That’s attention to detail. That’s effort. That’s Gerald Henderson … the frog. {HT: FanHouse | The Sporting Blog.}

Duke = Michael Myers?
Intentional Foul — ... are still going on, you’re pretty much stuck when it comes to covering your local team’s Big Dance exploits… Unless you are creative. Observe: So yeah, he uses his “daughters” stuffed animals and toys to reenact the highlights. Does that mean he bought his daughter a Michael Myers action figure? Or does he just not like Duke? H/T to WithLeather (via FanHouse) Post from: Intentional Foul Duke = Michael Myers?

Meet Penn Holderness, Coolest Sports Anchor EVAR
The Sporting Blog — ... as Coach K instead of showing the real press conference footage. Listening to Mike Krzyzewski talk after that puppet reenactment really sucked the joy out of it all. Please, Channel 17 News Team, continue to do this with all your Tournament highlights. It's not only entertaining as hell, but also a nice middle finger to the NCAA. (H/T: FanHouse )

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