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Sports Central
April 23, 2005
Greg Wyshynski |
The New "Monday Night Football" Relocating "Monday Night Football" to cable television diminishes the institution to a cable show. There's a reason why ESPN didn't get the Super Bowl.   |
Sports Central
September 11, 2004
Greg Wyshynski |
Monday Blight Football There's so many graphics it's like FOX News Channel on acid, but footbal is still the best thing about Monday nights. |
Sports Central
February 24, 2006
Jeffrey Boswell |
Sports Q&A: Wife Betting; Kornheiser Will there be repercussions from the Janet Jones Gretzky betting scandal?... What 's the score with ESPN's Monday Night Football announcing team?.... |
The Motley Fool
April 19, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Football's Double Reverse NFL fans, it's almost time to adjust your remote-control preferences. Come next year, Disney's ABC will hand off the Monday Night Football franchise to its ESPN subsidiary, while ESPN will be handing off its Sunday night gridiron contests to rival General Electric's NBC. |
The Motley Fool
June 16, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Madden Moves to NBC The network shows it's serious about its new football deal. |
Sports Illustrated
September 7, 2000
Paul Zimmerman |
Super Sunday night game topped MNF Yeah, I know, I seem to be on a rip-the-Monday-night-crew kick. But here's the thing that capsuled it for me: At halftime, all we heard was how "entertaining" the game was. I didn't hear that word used one time on Sunday night, when some real football was played. |
Sports Central
August 13, 2004
Martin Hawrysko |
New NFL TV Rights Could Get Interesting Rumors suggest that Disney might be considering moving Monday Night Football to ESPN. It will not necessarily be the end of the world. |
The Motley Fool
December 15, 2003
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Monday Night Foolball Disney, the parent company behind ABC and ESPN is trying to get the National Football League to grant it the luxury of picking between two different games to broadcast nationally on Mondays. |
Sports Central
August 26, 2006
Greg Wyshynski |
Upon the Fields of Barlow Even if he flops as a featured back for the New York Jets, Barlow's going to be a blast because he's clearly insane, and that can really spice up the party -- even on an awful football team. |
BusinessWeek
May 2, 2005
Grover & Lowry |
A Ball ESPN Couldn't Afford To Drop Yes, ESPN paid plenty for Monday Night Football, but the deal may keep potential rivals, particularly Comcast Corp. and Fox Sports, at bay. |
Sports Illustrated
August 30, 2000
Frank Deford |
Think you coulda been an announcer? We ultimately accept that we aren't good enough to play the game, but deep in our souls most sports fans always believe: I coulda been an announcer. |
Salon.com
June 30, 2000
Allen Barra |
Any given Monday night Dennis Miller won't pull the NFL out of its TV doldrums. Here are seven ideas that will. |
The Motley Fool
December 27, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
ABC's Final Kickoff Are you ready for some football? You won't find it on ABC anymore. However, this is not necessarily a bad thing for the network. |
Sports Central
February 11, 2006
Greg Wyshynski |
Hockey's Higher Calling Hockey is bigger than the NHL, and if the NHL should ever go down, it's not taking hockey with it. |
The Motley Fool
September 10, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Were You Ready for Some Football? Disney kicks off another season of Monday Night Football -- on a Thursday. For ABC, football means big business. |
Sports Illustrated
June 26, 2000
Jack McCallum |
Gambling on Monday Night Football Dennis Miller on MNF? In the entire TV universe there are a handful of people who are consistently incisive and, if I dare use the word, bold. The snarky, bearded, bottled-water-gulping HBO wordsmith is one of them. |
The Motley Fool
September 29, 2011
Robert Eberhard |
Spending Money to Make Money With the NFL Various NFL partners are responsible for games every week and will benefit from the league's popularity. |
Sports Illustrated
December 21, 2000
Paul Zimmerman |
Third Annual TV Commentator Awards The best and worst football commentators on TV... |
Sports Central
July 26, 2006
Jeffrey Boswell |
Secrets of the 2006 NFL Season Some fictional NFL events. Don't kid yourself. Some of these things could actually happen in today's NFL. |
Searcher
December 2010
Irene McDermott |
The Gridiron on the Web -- Football Online Am I doomed to be shut out from the world of football forever? No! The internet has arrived to save the day with zillions of sites to explain and celebrate American football. |
Salon.com
June 23, 2000
Gary Kamiya |
It's Miller time! In a weird, yet slick, move to boost ratings saggier than Howard Cosell's rug, "Monday Night Football" plays the smart-aleck card. |
Home Theater
December 2003
Pete Putman |
Monday Night Football Feturns in 720p HDTV...Finally! No HDTV program has been more anticipated than the return of Monday Night Football to the wide screen this fall. Ever since ABC's brief flirt with HD telecasts of MNF in 1999, those few football fans who watched the HD version have been like drug addicts in withdrawal. |
BusinessWeek
October 17, 2005 |
Why Mark Shapiro Left ESPN Executive Mark Shapiro calls his ESPN job "one of the best jobs in America" - but he's gambling that a chance to turn around Six Flags will be even better. |
Sports Central
November 19, 2005
Greg Wyshynski |
Herm on Wry: Life as a Jets Fan It's not good for football when the NFL starts to look like the USOC. |
The Motley Fool
December 7, 2011
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Football Is All About the Hikes The NFL wants major networks to pay more for content. |
AskMen.com
Steve Seepersaud |
Top TV Network Contracts Televised sporting events have huge audiences. The bigger the game, the bigger the audience. In America, no game is bigger than the Super Bowl. More than half of all the television sets in the U.S. are tuned in to the NFL's championship game. |
The Motley Fool
December 24, 2003
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Football's End Around Monday Night Football puts an end to eight years of losing ground on the viewership front. |
Salon.com
February 7, 2001
Allen Barra |
Smashmouth football sucks The XFL thinks its brutal, dumbed-down product is what fans want. Actually, fans want more scoring and fewer commercials... |
Sports Central
August 22, 2006
Zack Cimini |
Beware: Jets Have No Fantasy Value Every year, something has gone wrong with their offense. And they're soon to be a team in a serious transformation phase with questions all over the place. |
CFO
February 1, 2011
David M. Katz |
"We Can't Get Carried Away by Our Success." Why "knowing when to say no" is key to ESPN's impressive growth. An interview with CFO Christine Driessen. |
Sports Central
October 17, 2006
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 6 Power Rankings Bears' comeback keeps them solidly on top... Colts hold on to second rank with passing offense... Chargers continue clawing to the top... No-offense Broncos bully their way upwards... Saints climb over Eagles into sixth spot... etc. |
Sports Central
December 3, 2008
Mike Round |
Rodgers or Favre? The Debate Continues The Packers have almost no hope of making the postseason after their recent collapse, but even that shouldn't throw GM Ted Thompson's decision to trade Brett Favre into question. |
Sports Central
January 15, 2009
Kevin Beane |
Slant Pattern Reviews the Networks Grading the sports channels and the sports bureaus of the major over-the-air networks. |
Sports Illustrated
July 17, 2000
Jack McCallum |
Are you ready for some football? There used to be but one hot stove in sports and baseball owned it. Journalists could write endlessly about what offseason moves the Yankees would be making, but football and basketball remained almost invisible until the games began. Not anymore.... |
Sports Central
September 19, 2006
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 2 Power Rankings Bengals start strong with double-digit wins... Colts show good offense, but defense can't keep up... Bears show balanced offense and defense... Chargers face harder schedule after bye week... Titans win battle for last place... etc. |
The Motley Fool
August 31, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Cable Tackles the NFL Tired of steadily increasing sports programming charges, cable has booted the NFL Network. Comcast and Time Warner Cable now carry it only on their premium sports packages. |
The Motley Fool
October 3, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney Knows Its ABCs In the first week of the fall ratings, Disney's ABC was the most watched network, cashing in on the success of shows such as Grey's Anatomy, Dancing With the Stars, and Desperate Housewives. |
Sports Illustrated
December 11, 2002
Peter King |
Making His Pitch Third-year quarterback Chad Pennington has directed the Jets into the thick of the AFC playoff chase. |
Sports Illustrated
October 10, 2001
Peter King |
Monday Night Fumble What criteria do they use to determine Monday Night Football matchups? |
Sports Central
November 25, 2008
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 12 Power Rankings The New York Giants claim first place in this week's NFL ratings. |
Sports Central
October 12, 2010
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 5 Power Rankings There are no undefeated teams in the NFL. Here's how the 32 teams rank after 5 weeks of play. |
Sports Central
June 9, 2006
Bill Hazell |
NBA on ABC Can't Live Up to Predecessors Quite frankly, the game just doesn't look as good on TV anymore. There are a number of reasons for this -- some noticeable, others subtle. |
AskMen.com
Ryan Stevens |
How To: Balance Football & Her Those of us in relationships must tread carefully during the fall; we must preserve not only the sanctity of our beer hat, painted face and lucky jersey, but also the bond we have with our lady. |
Sports Illustrated
August 8, 2000
Dr. Z |
MNF 2000 should schtick to basics In his defense, Dennis Miller seems like a nice guy, and he did a good job memorizing little snappers from the press books and probably conversations with the teams' p.r. staffs as well. Is this really football knowledge, or just a student cramming for an exam? |
Sports Central
September 25, 2004
Greg Wyshynski |
No Football, Ladies To say women don't know football is just idiotic sexism. But play-by-play on a football game needs a man with a commanding voice. Someone with the pipes to match the barbarism on the field |
Sports Central
August 10, 2006
Kevin Beane |
Confessions of a College Football Glutton Admit it -- this could be you! |
Sports Central
October 7, 2003
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 5 Power Rankings ESPN's announcing team on Sunday night failed to draw an obvious conclusion... Quincy Carter looks like a legitimate starting QB... Every generation produces a few special players, and Dante Hall is one of them... etc. |
Wired
September 2005
Frank Rose |
ESPN Thinks Outside the Box Web, WiMax, cell phones, and more: The sports powerhouse wants to be on every screen in your life. At stake is the future of the biggest cash cow in the entire Walt Disney Company. The BBC is another station aggressively making the digital leap. |
BusinessWeek
June 16, 2011
David Kamp |
Book Review: Those Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN by James Andrew Miller and Tom Shales An oral history of how a PR man, an oil company slickster, and a lot of sports nuts created ESPN. |
Sports Central
January 9, 2008
Brad Oremland |
NFL Mock Awards and Divisonal Forecast Predictions for the divisional round of this year's playoffs. |
