Cynopsis: Sports
11/22/11
Good morning. It’s Tuesday, November 22, 2011, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing.
FOX Sports is pulling back the curtain on the network’s plans for the inaugural PAC-12 and Big Ten Conference Championship games. With both conferences now at 12 teams and poised to hold their first-ever conference championship game, FOX will air the PAC-12 game on Friday, Dec. 2 at 8p with the Big Ten game the next day at 8p. Both contests will be preceded at 7:30p with live on-site pregame shows, while the Big Ten game is complemented by extensive coverage from BTN. Gus Johnson, Charles Davis and sideline analyst Tim Brewster will call the action on both nights, while FOX College Football host Kevin Frazier, Marcus Allen and Brewster anchor the pregame coverage, each night with a special guest analyst by their side.
BTN is slated to run more than five hours of pre and postgame coverage of the Big Ten Football Championship Game from Chicago and Indianapolis over two days, beginning with press conferences on Friday at 4p.
MLB and the players’ association have slated a news conference today to announce a new labor contract that has been inked by the two parties. According to the AP, the new agreement will include HGH testing, a minimum salary raise to $480,000 as well as luxury taxes on amateur draft signings and international free agents who join the major leagues.
Preliminary ratings for ESPN’s coverage of the down-to-the-wire NASCAR Sprint Cup championship delivered a 3.5 overnight score, according to Nielsen, rising 6% over last year’s crowning race.
In a battle of soccer brands on Sunday, FOX’s taped broadcast of Chelsea/Liverpool drew an overnight rating of 1.5 in the Nielsen overnights, not including audiences for the live game on FOX Soccer and FOX Deportes. Meanwhile ESPN’s primetime coverage of the MLS Cup that featured a Galaxy win over Houston earned a 0.8 overnight rating, up 60% over the 2010 rating of 0.5 for the final.
NFL ratings for the weekend saw dips for most broadcasts. CBS’ early-game coverage with regionalized action led by Cincinnati/Baltimore drew an 8.4 overnight rating for a 24% drop from 2010. The channel’s late game, with San Diego/Chicago drawing the most coverage, delivered a 14.2 for a 15% fall. NBC’s primetime matchup with NFC East rivals Philadelphia/NY Giants scored a 14.0 for the network, down 12% from the same game in 2010. FOX bucked the trend in singleheader action, averaging a 12.7 for a 2% climb.
On Saturday at 8p, NFL Network is bringing back the once a year Sound FX: Thursday Night Football Special Edition 49ers vs. Ravens,a one-hour “all-sound” edited version of the Thanksgiving Day Thursday Night Football game between the two teams. The show will be produced by NFL Films and is designed to offer a unique look into the first-ever meeting between NFL head coaching brothers, with over a dozen players and coaches wired for sound throughout the game. The show will also utilize 17 all-access cameras.
NFL Network will also be broadcasting 2011 Bronko Nagurski Awards Banquet, which will be on TV for the first time. The Charlotte Touchdown Club and Football Writers Association of America announced the broadcast, with the award honoring the nation’s top NCAA defensive football player. While the award will be presented on Dec. 12, the broadcast will run on Dec. 16 at 4:30p.
Breaking reports state that John Harkes is out as ESPN’s lead MLS and US Soccer analyst and Taylor Twellman will step up to the plate. The news was broken by SI.com, stating that Harkes was recently informed that his contract would not be renewed. Twellman, meanwhile, spent the season working ESPN’s studio coverage and as the analyst for local broadcasts of the Philadelphia Union. Ian Darke will stay on as the network’s lead play-by-play voice for the U.S. national team, the English Premier League, Euro 2012 and select MLS broadcasts. The report also states that NBC Sports is chasing Arlo White and Kyle Martino to potentially handle microphone duties for their upcoming MLS coverage.
The NFL announced yesterday that the Lions/Saints game has been flexed to Sunday night on NBC. As a result, the Broncos/Vikings game, originally slated for CBS, will now run on FOX at 1p. In addition, the Colts/Patriots game, originally set as the SNF game on Dec. 4, now shifts back to 1p on CBS, while the Ravens/Browns will now run at 4p. The move was designed to prevent FOX from only holding two early games during the channel’s turn for a doubleheader.
A Delaware bankruptcy judge has now appointed a mediator in an attempt to resolve the differences between FOX Sports and the Dodgers over the proposed sale of media rights for the team, according to ESPN. The mediation will begin Nov. 28 in Los Angeles.
CBS Sports Network is set to air a lineup of six college basketball games this week, highlighted by the Semifinal and Championship rounds of the Cancun Challenge with action tipping off today at 7p with a Rutgers/Illinois St. game in the tournament. Thad Anderson and analyst Pete Gillen handle the call. Coverage continues on Saturday with the South Padre Island Classic beginning with Iowa State/Rice at 7:30p
NASCAR has locked in plans for the 2012 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series schedule, which will be highlighted by the sport’s return to Rockingham Speedway. The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series will race at Rockingham for the first time in its 17-year history, and mark the first time the 1.017-mile track will host a NASCAR national series race since February of 2004. Next season’s schedule will feature 22 races and open with the traditional Daytona International Speedway Friday night bout on Feb. 24.
More conference realignment. The Southland Conference confirmed that Houston Baptist will officially become a member in 2013. The school is currently with the Great West conference but will be adding football into the league’s mix beginning in 2014.
ESPN’s detailed info on the fifth annual Jimmy V Week for Cancer Research, designed as a week-long initiative that features special content across ESPN platforms and programs to drive awareness and donations for The V Foundation for Cancer Research. Content will begin on Wednesday and run through Tuesday, Dec. 6. Last year, the Jimmy V Week initiative raised a record $1,238,799 in net proceeds for cancer research. Throughout the week, ESPN will showcase special content and specific messages across ESPN’s U.S. platforms including the Jimmy V Men’s and Women’s Basketball Classics on Tuesday, Dec. 6. A special launch of the week on November 30 at 7p will feature Valvano’s 1993 ESPYs speech and be aired simultaneously across multiple entities.
Part of the inaugural Big Ten Football Championship Game this year will be the Big Ten Fan Fest Presented by Dr Pepper at the Indiana Convention Center to celebrate the event. The Fest will feature exhibits, games, give-aways, school band performances, trivia contests, legends appearances, autograph opportunities and much, much more. A co-production of the Big Ten Conference and FOX Sports, Big Ten Fan Fest begins on Friday evening, Dec. 2 with the invitation-only Big Ten Football Awards Gala held in the Fan Fest area of the convention center. Between 30,000 and 50,000 fans are expected to visit the event with roughly 200,000 square feet of convention center floor space being used.
McDonald’s has announced that adidas is taking over as the new official footwear, uniform and apparel provider for the McDonald’s All American High School Basketball Games at Chicago’s United Center on March 28, 2012.
Sportsman Channel has announced the finalists for the 2011 Sportsman Choice Awards, the network’s viewer-decided awards program. Categories included: Best Hunt Show, Best Shoot Show, Best Fish Show, Best Combination (hunting and fishing) Show, Full Draw Award (bowhunting), Best New Series and Best Show Host(s). Viewers can vote on Sportsman’s Facebook page midnight on Monday, November 28. Voting will close on Sunday, December 11 at midnight. The 2011 Awards will be announced in January at the Shooting, Hunting, and Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show in Las Vegas, NV.
NASCAR.com wrapped up its coverage of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup with overall growth of 19% in page views (53,155,434 in 2011 vs. 44,682,903 in 2010) and 19% more daily uniques (898,488 in 2011 vs. 757,361 in 2010) during the 10-race Chase. NASCAR.COM’s RaceBuddy drew 4.6million total streams, an average of 514,000 streams during the nine Chase races it was available.This was the first time that the RaceBuddy product was extended into the NASCAR postseason.
BTN2Go is now available for the iPad and iPhone, according to the network. While access to BTN2Go is available to subscribers of participating cable, satellite or telco providers, the online service is available at no additional cost to subscribers who receive BTN as part of their TV channel line-up.
ESPN3 is set to carry 13 games from the NCAA FCS Championship exclusive on the online network, kicking off with Norfolk State/ODU at 1:30p on Saturday. The only first round game to air on the televised platform will be JMU/Eastern Kentucky at ESPNU on Saturday.
The Main Event
Richmond/Illinois could be a good one on CBS Sports Network at 9:30p
ON THIS DAY in 1961: Frank Robinson becomes the first player to win MVPs in both major leagues
Answer to Yesterday’s Sports Trivia Question: Who was the last person to win the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship before Jimmie Johnson? Answer: Tony Stewart. Kudos: Chris Schwieterman – Gray Television/Tallahassee; Rich Boland – DISH Network/NY; Tom Wetzel – MMSI/Warwick; Mike Gammone – Fox Cable Sports Networks/NY; Tom Moore – Kalt Productions/LA; William “Chip” Beaman – Soundelux Design Music Group/Hollywood.
In The Know: What Big Ten school (other than newcomer Nebraska) has won the fewest conference championships in football? (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.)
Later — Chris
Chris Pursell for Cynopsis | Sports
11.22.11
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