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Cynopsis: Sports
07.23.13

Good morning. It’s Tuesday, July 23, 2013, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. 

FOX Sports revealed details for its own take on a college football pregame show on FS1 with FOX College Saturday. The pregame show will run on Saturday mornings from 10a-noon on the newborn channel. Erin Andrews hosts with former college football players Eddie George, Joel Klatt and Petros Papadakis. The series will debut on Saturday, Aug. 31. Gus Johnson and analyst Charles Davis once again serve as the lead play-by-play team for games this season with sideline reporter Kristina Pink. The trio will make their season debut on Sept. 7 with West Virginia/Oklahoma at 7p.

On the broadcast side, college games will be preceded by a 30-minute edition of FOX College Saturday with Rob Stone as host and George and Klatt as analysts. Stone also hosts pregame coverage leading up to Thursday evening games on FOX Sports 1, with analysts Coy Wire and Ryan Nece.

On the Air

ESPN made it official, announcing plans for Nate Silver’s move to the company, along with his website FiveThirtyEight.com. According to the release, the site’s new incarnation will “allow Silver to return to his sports roots while expanding his approach to numerous disciplines, including economics, culture, science and technology, and other topics.” Silver will serve as the editor-in-chief of the site and will add a slew of journalists, editors, analysts and contributors in the coming months with the goal of maintaining an independent brand sensibility and editorial point-of-view. Silver will also be featured on ESPN’s television and other ESPN platforms, as well as on ABC News outlets. 

Meanwhile, ESPN’s coverage of the final round of The Open pushed the network to a high score, according to Nielsen Fast National data. The network drew a record-tying 3.1 rating for the live telecast of Sunday’s event with an average of 4,372,000 viewers. The numbers tie the ratings record set in last year’s final round for the highest-rated cable telecast of the tournament and set a cable viewership record for the event, eclipsing last year’s mark of 4,227,000.

The Yankees and Red Sox rivalry always delivers, with weekend games scoring season-high ratings for FOX and ESPN on Saturday and Sunday respectively. FOX drew a 2.5 for a 39% jump over week 16 numbers a year ago while ESPN drew a 2.1 for a 50% spike.

NFL Network is ramping up for the new season, announcing plans for a record live 13 preseason games and 65 overall. The channel will feature Inside Training Camp Live starting tomorrow and running through Tuesday Aug. 6 at 10a with a three-hour Training Camp Today set for 8p. Joining NFL Network’s training camp coverage will be Terrell Davis and LaVar Arrington who will also contribute as analysts Mondays on NFL AM throughout the 2013 NFL season.

CBS Sports Network also takes on the pigskin by launching a series of five college football preview shows, Inside College Football: Summer Special starting tomorrow at 9p. Topics are set to include offseason headlines, predictions for the 2013 season and a countdown of the preseason Top 25. Adam Zucker hosts and is joined by analysts Aaron Taylor, Randy Cross, Adam Archuleta, Brian Jones, Houston Nuttand Ron Zook.

WNBA rookies Brittney Griner, Elena Delle Donne and Skylar Diggins are propelling the league to higher viewership, attendance and merchandise sales, according to the AP. Since moving from college to the pros, household ratings have doubled on ESPN2 compared to 2012 numbers with the three rookies landing the league’s top selling jerseys, with Griner at the top.

NBA TV carries NBA Real Training Camp: USA Basketball today at 3p, offering a live behind-the-scenes look at a full USA Basketball Men’s National Team’s practice. Matt Winer hosts the two-hour special with analyst Dennis Scott and reporter David Aldridge. In addition, the network will spotlight the 2013 USA Basketball Showcase Presented by Nike  the “Blue/White” intra-squad game  on Thursday, July 25at 9p. Kevin Calabro calls the action courtside with analyst Isiah Thomas with Clyde Drexler reporting.
 
CrossFit, Inc. and ESPN announced that ESPN2 will deliver the first-ever live telecast of the CrossFit Games Finals on July 28 at 7p. In addition, ESPN3 will showcase at least 30 hours of coverage starting Friday to determine which male and female athletes will be named the Fittest on Earth.

NBC, NBC Sports Network, and Universal Sports Network are set to offer more than 24 hours of the Asics World Series of Beach Volleyball from Long Beach starting Thursday. The tournament is the first Federation Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) sanctioned Grand Slam event with coverage beginning Thursday, July 25 at 8p on NBC Sports Network.

ESPN kicks off the high school football season with a weekend marathon top teams and recruits playing live on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNEWS, ESPNU or ESPN3 from August 23-25. Twenty-six teams, 13 of which currently hold state championship titles, will compete in the 13 games scheduled for the 2013 ESPN High School Football Kickoff beginning tonight at 7:30p on ESPN3 with a battle of South Carolina teams Gaffney and Northwestern.

Cynopsis is proud to welcome David Levy, President of Sales, Distribution and Sports for Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. for a candid one-on-one conversation about the state of sports, media and advertising at the Cynopsis Sports Business Summit. Join us on Aug. 14 and register at http://www.cynopsissportssummit.com

A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE

Sponsorship & Promotion

The Dallas Cowboys are close to selling off naming rights to Cowboys Stadium, according to FOXSportsSouthwest.com, with a deal in line with AT&T that would being with the 2014 season.

The NFL launched its Legends Program yesterday, designed to help former NFL players connect with other players, former teams and the NFL with 19 players in line to form the first class. Legends will look to “develop, foster and manage national and local alumni relations to deepen the relationship and communication between the league office, teams and former players.”

The WNBA is partnering with The Procter & Gamble Company brands: My Black is Beautiful (MBIB), Cover Girl, Tampax and Secret. As part of this new partnership through WNBA Cares, league players, coaches, and legends will appear along with the participating P&G brands and the Imagine a Future program at league and team events during the season with event. In addition, the three P&G brands will be integrated throughout WNBA.com, courtside signage during nationally televised games, social media channels, and WNBA team partnerships. The Imagine a Future initiative will also be integrated into the 2013 WNBA Inspiring Women Award Luncheon on September 9 in New York City.

Front Row Marketing Services locked in a three-year deal with the U.S. Military Academy and U.S. Naval Academy lead and support participating sponsorship sales, partnership evaluation and consulting for the Army-Navy Football Game property. The annual matchup currently boasts a Game Presenter relationship with USAA and Game Participating partnership with Chevrolet.

Digital & Production

NBA.com launched the opening of fan voting to rank the top 10 games from the 2012-13 NBA season with fans able to cast their ballots at NBA.com/topgames. Voting runs through Thursday with the winners announced Friday, July 26. Each of the selected games will then run on NBA TV starting Tuesday, July 30 at 9p.

PlayOn! Sports locked in a Series D round of financing totaling $26 million led by Indianapolis-based Herff Jones, Inc., and includes existing investors Buckhead Investment Partners, Hamilton Ventures, and Imlay Investments. The funding will be used to support new growth initiatives, including the recently announced NFHS Network, and to expand other strategic priorities.  The partnership between PlayOn and Herff Jones also includes commercial relationships to expand PlayOn’s School Broadcast Program and to jointly market the companies’ products and services.

The Main Event
Yankees/Rangers square off in regional action on MLB Network and local channels at 8p.

ON THIS DAY in 1996: The US women’s gymnastics team take home their first-ever team gold at the Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

In The Know: What university has a mascot named PeeDee the Pirate? (Email [email protected] with your answer and be sure to include your name, company, city and time zone. Unofficial rules: Only the second four correct answers from each time zone will be mentioned; and once you’ve been mentioned in any of the Cynopsis editions, you can’t be mentioned again that calendar week.)

Answer to Our Last Sports Trivia Question: What famed boxer released the album and single Run to Me? Answer: Oscar De La Hoya. Kudos: Synda Kollman-Charter Marketing Group/Boca Raton; Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/LA; David Westberg-SAG-AFTRA Los Angeles local/LA

Later — Chris
Chris Pursell for Cynopsis | Sports
07.23.13

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