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NFL Reinstates Adam "Pacman" Jones
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Commissioner Goodell today reinstated Adam “Pacman” Jones, thus allowing him to be in a Cowboys uniform for the first game of the season against the Cleveland Browns. Jones is quoted in the Dallas Morning News as saying: "It feels good man, you know, to get a second chance and I just have to take advantage of it," Pacman told Calvin "Lucky" Watkins. "First and foremost I don't want to let myself down, definitely my little girl down. I'm thankful for Jerry, the fans in Dallas and my teammates for believing in me. I need to keep doing what I've been doing to get reinstated -- staying with myself and my teammates and staying away form those knuckleheads and just stay focused." Jones sent a letter ...
Local Official: NFL to Return to Los Angeles in 2009
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The VP partner of a key investor interested in seeing the National Football League return to the Los Angeles area says that he has "no doubt" that the NFL will be returning to LA in 2009, playing most likely in the Rose Bowl. Majestic Realty Vice President John Semcken, who is partners with developer Ed Roski Jr. said Tuesday, "We are going to have a team here next ...
NFL To Increase Number of Regular Season Games by as Early as 2010
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Look for as many as two less pre-season games, and an 18 game regular season in the National Football League as early as 2010. That’s the word from Commissioner Roger Goodell. Goodell, speaking on the Dan Patrick Show. As reported by the Kansas City Star, many in the NFL are for the change. “It might make sense to go to 17 and three as a first step and see how that works,” [Chiefs chairman Clark] Hunt said before the Chiefs’ preseason game against St. Louis on Thursday night. […] “I think it’s the right thing to do,” said quarterback Damon Huard. “The fans certainly love regular-season action. The only downside ...
ABC’s "College Football Countdown" Goes HD
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ABC’s College Football Countdown, which airs at 3:30pm ET, moves to high-definition starting this Saturday. The show can now be seen in 720-line progressive (720p). The shift comes as the show’s studios move from ABC’s West 66th St. headquarters to Disney’s Times Square Studios on 44th and Broadway in New York. As reported by Broadcasting & Cable: Countdown will be produced out of Control Room A at Times Square, which features a Sony production switcher, Calrec Sigma audio console and a Miranda monitor wall system. ESPN production staff has enhanced the control room with the addition of a Quantel server, which links via fiber to ESPN’s massive Quantel-based highlights ...
Tribune Co. To Broadcast Six NFL Network Games for Free
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Tribune Company today announced that it has obtained the local market over-the-air broadcast rights for six National Football League games carried by the NFL Network during the regular season. The agreement allows Tribune's stations in New York, Dallas, San Diego, New Orleans, Denver, and Indianapolis to broadcast games that would otherwise be available only to cable and satellite television subscribers in those markets. The schedule includes one of two regular season games between the New York Jets, led by newly-acquired quarterback Brett Favre, and last year's AFC Champion New England Patriots. "Partnering with the NFL to bring these games to a broad audience in these markets is a real ...
Quinn and DiPofi Become Minority Owners of Sabres
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Buffalo Sabres Managing Partner Larry Quinn and Chief Operating Officer Dan DiPofi have become minority partners. The two executives that rejoined the Sabres in 2003 after B. Thomas Golisano purchased the team in 2003 have been granted the minority stake. As reported by The Buffalo News ...
Dos Lunas Tequila Now “Official Tequila of Dolphin Stadium”
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Dos Lunas Spirits owner and CEO Richard C. Poe II today announced a multi-year marketing partnership making Dos Lunas Tequila the official tequila of Dolphin Stadium, home to the Miami Dolphins and Florida Marlins. Financial terms were not released. The affiliation will include strong visibility of Dos Lunas throughout the stadium. Two premium tequila bars, located at each end of the stadium, at concourses C and G, appropriately named The Dos Lunas Margarita Gardens, will be built offering a selection of refreshing Dos Lunas margaritas and other Dos Lunas cocktails. In addition to this, there will be two permanent Dos Lunas bars on the 100 concourse level of the stadium with similar offerings. A ...
Most Loyal 18-24 NFL Fans from Pittsburgh, Baltimore
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The most loyal 18-24 year-old fans of the National Football League are in the Pittsburgh and Baltimore markets, according to a survey by Scarborough Sports Marketing. According to Scarborough, 6 percent of 18-24 year-olds in Pittsburgh call themselves “avid” fans, the highest interest, while 8.8 percent call themselves “loyal”. ...
ESPN Axis Technology, New High-Speed Cameras, Enhanced Graphics for MNF
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When Monday Night Football kicks off its 39th season on September 8 with a season-opening doubleheader -- Minnesota Vikings at Green Bay Packers (7 p.m. ET) and Denver Broncos at Oakland Raiders (10:15 p.m.) – look for a host of new production technologies from ESPN. ...
ESPN and EA Sports Unveil "EA SPORTS Virtual Playbook"
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Mark this deal as yet one more key integrated advertisement deal. EA SPORTS and ESPN are advancing media convergence and delivering a new enhancement to in-studio sports analysis with the debut of EA SPORTS Virtual Playbook, on ESPN’s NFL programs. The new television technology, developed jointly by EA SPORTS and ESPN, delivers an “augmented reality” that allows ESPN’s football analysts to interact with the virtual players from EA SPORTS video games and provide insight, education and analysis to fans about key football plays and techniques. ...
