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The BCS on ESPN? Coming in 2010
juicedsportsblog.com - 11/18/2008
The BCS on ESPN? Coming in 2010
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The Worldwide Leader in Biased sports coverage is on the verge of locking up a historic TV contract SCOTT JACOBS The Super Bowl on TNT? The World Series on FX? The Stanley Cup on Versus (too soon?, too soon?) They all seem a heck of a lot more plausible by the day as ESPN inches closer ...

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ESPN and BCS Reach Four-Year Agreement
bizoffootball.com - 11/19/2008
ESPN and BCS Reach Four-Year Agreement
— bizoffootball.com — ESPN has reached an extensive agreement with the Bowl Championship Series (BCS), granting exclusive TV, radio, digital, international and marketing rights for 15 BCS games from January 2011 through January 2014. It includes the Fiesta, Orange and Sugar Bowls each season and the BCS National ... (more) ESPN and BCS Reach Four-Year Agreement

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sports.espn.go.com - 11/18/2008
ESPN gets rights to BCS games starting in 2011
— sports.espn.go.com — The Bowl Championship Series is coming to ESPN starting in January 2011. (more) ESPN gets rights to BCS games starting in 2011

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