NBC To Air Panel On Horse Racing Before Preakness

Sports Media Watch found this 5/15/2008 on awfulannouncing.blogspot.com [flag]

Following the heels of the widely successful (sarcasm folks) look into Sports Media, Bob Costas is going to host another panel, but this time on the state of Horse Racing. This time the panel is going to take place before NBC kicks of it's coverage of the Preakness this Saturday. Fresh off his sports media roundtable on blogs for HBO, Bob Costas will kick off the network's coverage of the ... [link]

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Published 5/15/2008 by Paulsen (noreply@blogger.com) at Sports Media Watch
... . During coverage of The Preakness Stakes, NBC will hold a panel discussion on the recent death of a horse during the Kentucky Derby. Bob Costas will moderate the discussion, which includes guest Bill Rhoden , who recently " blasted the sport of kings as 'only a couple of steps removed from animal fighting.' " Versus and the NHL are discussing a new wrinkle in television coverage that may resemble a blast from the past. Earlier this week, USA Today reported that the league and its cable partner are discussing ...

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Here comes the Preakness

Red Wings Snapshots - MLive.com found this 5/17/2008 on mirtle.blogspot.com

Know this: NBC's hockey coverage will end at 3:30 p.m. even if the game is in overtime. Coverage would then move to Versus. It will also be streamed online at NBCsports.com and NHL.com. Preakness prerace coverage takes precedence even though post time ...

Big Brown Stud Rights Sold for $50 Million

Posted 5/17/2008 on FanHouse

NBC reported on today's Preakness broadcast that Three Chimneys Farm has purchased the breeding rights to Kentucky Derby winner Big Brown for more than $50 million. If Big Brown wins the Preakness today and the Belmont in three weeks, that will seem like a bargain. He'll probably be the most valuable stud horse in history even with a loss, but as a Triple Crown winner, he would undoubtedly ...

Preakness Stakes Coverage and Predictions

Posted 5/17/2008 on Awful Announcing

(posted by One More Dying Quail) From HD Sports Guide : NBC will broadcast the 133rd running of the Preakness Stakes Saturday. Coverage starts at 4:30, giving betters plenty of time to place a wager before the 6:15 post time. NBC will broadcast all the race plus all of the pre-race coverage in full 1080i high definition. Apparently, the possibility of a conflict exists between Game Five ...

NHL will air full Wings-Stars game in Detroit, Dallas markets

Posted 5/17/2008 on Red Wings Snapshots - MLive.com

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NBC to screw the NHL again

Posted 5/17/2008 on red and black hockey

After last year's disasterous double booking of the NHL playoffs and the Preakness Stakes, NBC has not learned its lesson. And they have decided not to be any nicer to the NHL. Today's game 5 of the Western Conference final between Dallas and Detroit is set for a 1:30 eastern time start. NBC has announced that, just like last year, it will switch its coverage from hockey to horseracing at ...

NBC will go to the Preakness at 4:30--but not in Detroit

Posted 5/17/2008 on Red Wings Snapshots - MLive.com

Both James Mirtle and Kukla's Korner pointed out the following article from the Dallas News: May 16, Dallas News: NBC's hockey coverage will end at [4:30 PM EDT]. even if the game is in overtime. Coverage would then move to...

Puck Headlines: NBC hopes to avoid another Preakness pity party

Posted 5/17/2008 on Puck Daddy

Yippee! Blackouts are awesome! If it weren't for some unfortunate power failures on the East Coast, this would have been up this afternoon. Instead, here are your Evening Puck Headlines: A glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media. • NBC took a load of heat for the way it handled ...

NHL Preparing for Preakness Stakes Debacle Part II

Posted 5/16/2008 on Sean Leahy's Going Five Hole

NEW YORK - The contingency plan for Saturday's 1:30 p.m. ET DAL@DET NBC broadcast is as follows: If the game goes into overtime, the local Dallas and Detroit NBC affiliates will stay with the game until it's conclusion In markets outside Dallas and Detroit, the game will shift from NBC to VERSUS after completion of the 1st OT There are some markets that may pre-empt the game but at this ...

What Your Television Is Doing This Weekend

Posted 5/16/2008 on The Sporting Blog

The Preakness Stakes: With all of the controversy surrounding NBC's decision to not air coverage of the fallen horse Eight Belles at the Kentucky Derby, Saturday's 133rd running of the Preakness Stakes in Baltimore should generate a large television audience. The network is even planning to run a pre-race panel on the state of horse racing. Bob Costas will kick off the network's coverage ...

Random Video Clip #17

Posted 5/15/2008 on Sports Media Journal

Big Brown will try to secure the second leg of horse racing’s triple crown this weekend at the Preakness Stakes. His attempt reminds us of the run by Funny Cide in going two for two five years ago…

Pre-Preakness Panel to Discuss Morals of Horse Racing and Euthanasia

Posted 5/14/2008 on FanHouse

Bob Costas is looking to guide the sports media with another panel/roundtable/forum/discussion group. Of course, this time around Costas -- who seems to do less and less actual media work so he can host more and more of these soirées -- will probably get less obscenity laden buzz words, but only because the panel is appearing on NBC . A group of media members will be gathered to ...