usatoday.com - 8/27/2008
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ESPN pays the NFL far more for its TV rights $1.1 billion annually just for Monday night games and no playoff games than the ...
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Wednesday Walk Around the League 8-27
Big Blue View —
... If you are like me, and love early pre-game shows but hate anything and everything about ESPN, then the USA Today may have some good news for us, the NFL Network to challenge ESPN in Sunday pregame huddle. ...
The NFL Network vs. ESPN: Big Fun!
The Big Lead —
... And for you, there’s this: The NFL Network has decided to escalate its war against ESPN by putting on a rival NFL pregame show. The time: 10 am-12 pm, meaning it will compete with ESPN’s show, and end just in time for you to switch over to the Fox or CBS pregame shows. ...
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Sports Media Watch —
... ", there will be no lower third graphics above the dashboard. The NFL Network will debut its " first-ever pregame show " this season. NFL Gameday Morning ...
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Jay Mariotti leaves the Chicago Sun-Times —
Bleacher Report - NFL 8/28/2008
It was reported yesterday that Jay Mariotti, formerly of the Chicago Sun-Times and "Around the Horn" of ESPN has left the paper and ESPN to pursue other opportunities.
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TYREE HAS DEVIL OF A TIME —
NY Post: Sports 8/29/2008
Thinking back to the most troubled time in a life filled with troubled times, David Tyree recalls a moment darker than any other. "Somebody asked me what my name was and I told them, 'the devil,' " Tyree said on ESPN's "E:60," which airs on...
