ESPN The Magazine's Cubs Issue on Newsstands This Friday
by Caryn Robbins - September 19, 2016 For far too long, Cubs fans have feared goats, ghosts and Gatorade. Now that they've clinched the NL Central, it is time to acknowledge the architects who built the team, the players who have dominated the league, the faithful who bleed blue despite 108 years in the desert....
Kansas City Symphony to Play National Anthem for KC Royals Next Week
by BWW News Desk - April 01, 2016 The Kansas City Symphony, led by Music Director Michael Stern, has once again been invited to perform the national anthem for the Kansas City Royals as part of their 'Opening Day' festivities, as well as the highly anticipated World Series ring ceremony. Sunday night's game will be against the NY Me...
ESPN to Present Most Comprehensive NCAA Division Softball Schedule in 2016
by Caryn Robbins - March 04, 2016 Coming off last season's Women's College World Series record ratings, ESPN will offer its most comprehensive NCAA Division I Softball schedule in 2016...
WORLD SERIES OF FIGHTING Returns to NBCSN This Weekend
by Tyler Peterson - January 21, 2016 World Series of Fighting returns to NBCSN this Saturday, Jan. 23, live at 10 p.m. ET, highlighted by a lightweight bout between Luiz 'Buscape' Firmino (18-6) and Caros 'The Future' Fodor (10-4) from the FedExForum in Memphis, Tenn....
NBC's THE BLACKLIST Equals Best Rating Since Season Premiere
by Caryn Robbins - November 17, 2015 NBC has taken the primetime ratings week of Nov. 9-15 among the Big 4 networks in adults 18-49 and all other key demographics, paced by the #1 show of the week in 18-49, “Sunday Night Football,” and three top 10 ratings from “The Voice.”...
NBC Sports Group Serves Up Eight Hours of Asics World Series of Beach Volleyball Coverage This Weekend
by A.A. Cristi - August 24, 2016 NBC Sports Group presents eight hours of coverage of the 2016 ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball this weekend from Long Beach, Calif., highlighted by three hours of live television coverage on NBC and five hours on NBCSN. Additionally, NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app will stream all NBC and...
Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr. to Join ESPN as Guest Analyst for Yankees-Mariners Telecast
by Caryn Robbins - August 18, 2016 Hall of Famer and 13-time MLB All-Star Ken Griffey Jr. will be a guest analyst in the booth for ESPN's entire telecast of the New York Yankees vs. Seattle Mariners game presented by USAA on Tuesday, Aug. 23...
Danish String Quartet Makes Seattle Debut Tonight
by BWW News Desk - November 04, 2015 The Danish String Quartet has established a reputation for possessing an integrated sound, impeccable intonation and judicious balance. With their technical and interpretive talents matched by an infectious joy for music-making and 'rampaging energy' (The New Yorker), the quartet has been acclaimed...
Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr. to Join ESPN as Guest Analyst for Yankees-Mariners Telecast
by BWW News Desk - August 23, 2016 Hall of Famer and 13-time MLB All-Star Ken Griffey Jr. will be a guest analyst in the booth for ESPN's entire telecast of the New York Yankees vs. Seattle Mariners game presented by USAA today, Aug. 23...
Marc Kestecher Named Lead Play-by-Play Voice for the NBA on ESPN
by Caryn Robbins - July 13, 2016 Longtime, versatile ESPN Radio voice Marc Kestecher will serve as the lead play-by-play commentator for the NBA on ESPN Radio beginning with the 2016-17 NBA season....
ESPN's Coverage of 2016 World Series of Poker to Kick Off Today
by BWW News Desk - September 06, 2016 ESPN's coverage of the 2016 World Series of Poker (WSOP) will include the Global Casino Championship, the Main Event Championship and a three-day live Final Table....
Kansas City Symphony to Play National Anthem for KC Royals Next Week
by BWW News Desk - April 05, 2016 The Kansas City Symphony, led by Music Director Michael Stern, has once again been invited to perform the national anthem for the Kansas City Royals as part of their 'Opening Day' festivities, as well as the highly anticipated World Series ring ceremony. Sunday night's game will be against the NY Me...
Kansas City Symphony to Play National Anthem for KC Royals Next Week
by BWW News Desk - April 01, 2016 The Kansas City Symphony, led by Music Director Michael Stern, has once again been invited to perform the national anthem for the Kansas City Royals as part of their 'Opening Day' festivities, as well as the highly anticipated World Series ring ceremony. Sunday night's game will be against the NY Me...
ESPN's Coverage of 2016 World Series of Poker to Kick Off 9/6
by Caryn Robbins - August 25, 2016 ESPN's coverage of the 2016 World Series of Poker (WSOP) will include the Global Casino Championship, the Main Event Championship and a three-day live Final Table....
NBC Sports Group Presents THE LOUIS VUITTON AMERICA'S CUP WORLD SERIES This Sunday
by A.A. Cristi - September 08, 2016 NBC Sports Group's continuing coverage of the America's Cup sets sail again this Sunday, September 11, at 10 p.m. ET on NBCSN with the Louis Vuitton America's Cup World Series in Toulon, France. In addition to NBCSN's telecast, NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app will provide streaming coverage of...
UConn-Oregon State Semifinal on ESPN Delivers Strong Overnight Rating
by Caryn Robbins - April 04, 2016 The NCAA Women's Final Four National Final between top-seeded UConn and No. 2 seed Oregon State – played Sunday, April 3, from Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis – delivered a 1.7 overnight rating on ESPN...
SEC Network to Present ESPN Films' THE WALK OFF, 6/30
by Caryn Robbins - May 25, 2016 The next installment in ESPN Films' SEC Storied series, THE WALK OFF premieres on Thursday, June 30, at 9 p.m. ET on SEC Network. The film looks at former LSU baseball player Warren Morris' championship-winning home run in the 1996 College World Series....
New York Mets Tickets up 13% Following Last Year's Unexpected World Series Appearance
by Robert Diamond - April 01, 2016 SOUTH WINDSOR, CT(Marketwired - Apr 1, 2016) - With a World Series victory in the New York Mets' crosshairs, tickets for games at Citi Field are averaging $100 each in 2016, a 13% increase over the average ticket price in 2015, according to TicketNetwork.com.* The rise in average ticket prices can ...
ESPN's Coverage of 2016 NCAA Division Softball Championship Begins Today
by BWW News Desk - May 19, 2016 ESPN is the home of the 2016 NCAA Division I Softball Championship presented by Capital One beginning with the Regional round (May 19-22),...
ABC's THE MUPPETS Delivers Huge Time-Period Growth
by Caryn Robbins - November 03, 2015 At 8:00 p.m. opposite the World Series Game 1 (facing the start of the game in East/Central and the end in Pacific), ABC's “The Muppets” returned from the prior week's preemption up 8% in Adults 18-49 (1.4/5 vs. 1.3/5 on 10/13/15)....
Chara-Lynn Aguiar Named VP, Strategy & Content, FOX Sports
by Caryn Robbins - November 09, 2015 FOX Sports has named Chara-Lynn Aguiar Vice President of Strategy and Content for FOX Sports National Networks and Chris Healey as Coordinating Producer for Original Programming....
ESPN's SUNDAY NIGHT BASEBALL to Return for 27th Season
by Caryn Robbins - December 21, 2015 ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball presented by Taco Bell will return for its 27th season as the exclusive, national Major League Baseball Game of the Week in 2016....
ESPN to Premiere Next 30 FOR 30 on Dwight Gooden & Darryl Strawberry, Today
by BWW News Desk - July 14, 2016 The next installment in ESPN Films' Emmy Award-winning 30 for 30 series will be DOC & DARRYL, premiering Today, July 14, at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN....
ESPN to Air Seven 2016 MLB Opening Day Games in Two Days
by Caryn Robbins - November 23, 2015 ESPN will televise seven 2016 MLB Opening Day Games during the first two days of the regular season...
ESPN to Present Every NCAA Division I Baseball Regional Matchup
by Caryn Robbins - May 31, 2016 ESPN's record-setting coverage of the 2016 college baseball season – more than 1,000 regular-season games and action from 12 conference tournaments – will continue with every matchup of the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship for the fourth straight year.... |