BREAKING NEWS: NBC Sports Extends Agreement with NHL
fangsbites.com 7/16/2009 — Discusses NBC's new agreement with the NHL

NBC/NHL Announce Extension
kuklaskorner.com 7/15/2009 — NEW YORK – July 15, 2009 – The National Hockey League and NBC Sports today announced an extension through the 2010-11 season of their successful revenue-sharing partnership—one that has achieved viewership milestones, programming ...

NHL on NBC spotlight: NHL, NBC announce multiyear extension - 07/15/2009
nhl.com 7/15/2009 — NEW YORK -- The National Hockey League and NBC Sports today announced an extension through the 2010-11 season of their successful revenue-sharing partnership -- one that has achieved viewership milestones, programming and production innovations, ...

The NHL and NBC Extend Revenue-Sharing Partnership Through 2010-11 Season
bizofhockey.com 7/15/2009 — The National Hockey League and NBC Sports today announced an extension through the 2010-11 season of their successful revenue-sharing partnership -- one that has achieved viewership milestones, programming and production innovations, awards and critical acclaim. The joint announcement was made ...

Columnists Criticize NBC For Tape-Delayed Coverage Of Wimbledon
sportsbusinessdaily.com 7/3/2009 — NBC Wednesday morning aired the Roger Federer-Ivo Karlovic men's quarterfinal match on tape delay, preventing ESPN2 from broadcasting or discussing the match in its live coverage, and if NBC Sports "can't carry Wimbledon matches live, especially ...

How high for NHL Game 7?
sportsmediawatch.blogspot.com 6/12/2009 — The NHL is hours away from possibly drawing its largest broadcast television audience since at least 1995.Game 7 of the Penguins/Red Wings Stanley Cup Final takes place on Friday night on NBC, the biggest attraction on a barren night in television. ...

NBC Sports Extends Contract For Sunday Night Football
fangsbites.com 8/19/2009 — Three months after CBS and Fox extended their contracts to air the NFL through the 2013 season, the NFL's owner has approved a similar extension for NBC Sports to air Sunday Night Football. Now all of the NFL's TV partners from CBS to ESPN will be broadcasting NFL games through 2013 and it will ...

NHL, NBC On Verge of 2-Year Broadcast Extension
bizofhockey.com 6/5/2009 — If you’re a fan of hockey, you can’t help but say that the Stanley Cup Finals have been outstanding. With each game, ratings have continued to climb, albeit modestly, and given the excitement of Game 4 which saw the Pens knot of the Series 2-2 with the Red Wings, chances are good that they will ...

NHL to continue to bend playoff schedule into pretzels for NBC
blog.mlive.com 7/16/2009 — I hate to say this, but all I can hope is that, sometime next June, the Detroit Red Wings and their fans can grumble about playing on back-to-back nights: July 15, NHL.com: The National Hockey League and NBC Sports today...

Hotchnuts Hodge Podge
yougabsports.com 7/22/2009 — This year, the Hall is inducting a well deserving class into its hallowed halls;  Brett Hull, Brian Leetch, Luc Robitaille and Steve Yzerman.  Well deserved, and they deserve every honor they get. But after those four players, who will be in the HHOF class for 2010?  I will ...

NHL Schedule Kicks Off With Pens Hosting Rangers — NYT > Hockey 7/16/2009
NEW YORK (AP) -- The Pittsburgh Penguins have another night to celebrate their Stanley Cup title when they raise the championship banner to the Mellon Arena roof on Oct. 2 to kick off next season.

NHL kicks off 2009-2010 season with Pittsburgh Penguins hosting New York Rangers — ESPN.com - NHL 7/16/2009
The Pittsburgh Penguins have another night to celebrate their Stanley Cup title when they raise the championship banner to the Mellon Arena roof on Oct. 2 to kick off next season.

NHL schedule kicks off with Pens hosting Rangers — Boston.com -- Hockey news 7/16/2009
The Pittsburgh Penguins have another night to celebrate their Stanley Cup title when they raise the championship banner to the Mellon Arena roof on Oct. 2 to kick off next season.

Schedule opens with Penguins hosting Rangers — SI.com - NHL 7/16/2009
NEW YORK (AP) -- The Pittsburgh Penguins have another night to celebrate their Stanley Cup title when they raise the championship banner to the Mellon Arena roof on Oct. 2 to kick off next season.

Morning Reading List: Caps Open in Boston — Capitals Insider 7/16/2009
The NHL released its 2009-10 regular-season schedule yesterday afternoon (viewed here in its entirety), and while the Caps certainly don't have an easy first 10 days -- they open in Boston and will then face the retooled Leafs, Flyers, Rangers and Red ...