mlive.com - 1/5/2009
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It's bad enough Matt Millen ruined the Detroit Lions.
He's now laughing about it as a member of NBC's "Football Night in America" broadcast team during the NFL playoffs.
The former president and general manager of the Lions joined Bob Costas, Dan Patrick, Keith Olbermann and Jerome Bettis ...
bizoffootball.com - 1/9/2009
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bizoffootball.com —
"NBC Sunday Night Football," in its third season
as the NFL's premier primetime package, averaged 16.8 million...
viewers for its 16 Sunday Night broadcasts, a gain of six percent from last year (15.9 million). In the three years since the shift from Monday to Sunday nights, SNF is averaging half ...
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NBC Sunday Night Football Sees Key Ratings Gains from ...
mlive.com - 1/6/2009
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mlive.com —
Matt Millen is going to the Super Bowl.
After eight years of the most crushing failure by...
any team president or general manager in modern sports history, Millen is being rewarded with riches and fame.
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Matt Millen talks a good game, just ask NBC
sportsmediawatch.blogspot.com - 1/2/2009
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sportsmediawatch.blogspot.com —
Ratings perked up for the second Winter Classic.
NBC drew a 2.9 overnight rating for the the...
Red Wings' 6-4 win over the Blackhawks at Wrigley Field, up 12% from a 2.6 for last year's Penguins/Sabres game at Ralph Wilson Stadium. The 2.9 overnight is ...
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Winter Classic draws 2.9 overnight.
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Matt Millen's performance is not being well-received in Detroit
Shutdown Corner —
It seems that no one in Detroit wants to see Matt Millen on television unless it's during a public execution. It's Tuesday, and the articles killing Millen for taking the job and NBC for hiring him are still coming. Today, it's Tom Kowalski of mlive.com, but he isn't quite as vicious as Drew Sharp of the Free Press or Brian VanOchten of mlive.com were yesterday. Non-Detroit-centric takes on Millen are a little bit more even-handed, like Richard Sandomir's in the New York Times. And ESPN's Tony Kornheiser positively gushes about ...
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... the following link via The Big Lead, Richard Prince from the Maynard Institute says Detroit News columnist Rob Parker has resigned in the wake of his question to Lions coach Rod Marinelli last month. The Big Lead also has a look into AOL Sports trying to become a player in the online sports battle with ESPN and Yahoo. Rachel Cohen of the Associated Press writes about Matt Millen's return to TV. Brian VanOchten of the Grand Rapids Press doesn't want to see Matt Millen on his TV. Lou Clinton of the 38Cliches still doesn't ...
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