Ever since baseball went to an unbalanced schedule several years ago, it has meant six series between the Yankees and Red Sox. It just seems like more.
The teams meet for the final time this weekend, unless they both reach the AL championship. A very likely scenario.
This weekend, you can watch them Friday night on TBS, Saturday afternoon on FOX and Sunday afternoon on ESPN. Unless you get the Cubs at Giants as the FOX alternate game.
Gives you reason to root for the Angels and Tigers/Twins when the playoffs start.
The Orioles visit Cleveland on MASN while the Nationals host the Braves on MASN2. TBS Sunday afternoon has the Cardinals at the Rockies.
The Redskins continue their tour of the bottom of the NFL, visiting Detroit. Check for your local listings, but Fishersville should see the Chiefs at Eagles early and Steelers at Bengals late on CBS. For the second straight week, the Colts and Cowboys have the national spotlight. The Colts visit Arizona on NBC Sunday night, while the Panthers visit Dallas and Jerry Jones' super stadium for Monday night football.
For the second straight week, Virginia Tech gets the ABC 3:30 p.m. game against a ranked foe. This week, Miami visits Lane Stadium in a key ACC matchup. Other parts of the country will see Illinois at Ohio State or California at Oregon.
Iowa visits Penn State in the ABC prime time game, while CBS has the SEC at 3:30 p.m. - Arkansas at Alabama.
ESPN starts the college weekend Thursday with Mississippi visiting South Carolina, followed by Missouri at Nevada Friday.
Saturday's slate starts with Michigan State at Wisconsin at noon, and has Notre Dame visiting Purdue in prime time. On ESPN2, Indiana visits Michigan at noon. Florida hits Kentucky at 6 p.m. and Texas Tech at Houston closes the night.
The ACC game of the week features North Carolina vs. Georgia Tech at noon.
Versus offers three games Saturday from across the spectrum - Cornell at Yale with Ivy League action at noon, followed by the Atlanta Football Classic - Florida A&M vs. Tennessee State - and Arizona at Oregon State at 7:30 p.m.
Comcast opens its day with two teams that beat ACC squads last weekend - Southern Miss at Kansas. UTEP at Texas follows, and there's a Pac-10 game at 10:30 p.m. - Washington State at USC.
NASCAR visits the Monster Mile Sunday on ABC, with Mark Martin leading the Chase for the Cup after the first playoff race.
The PGA tour closes out the FedEx Cup with the Tour Championship on NBC this weekend.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Thursday, September 17, 2009
SEC - Super Excellent Conference
Living in Virginia, each week ABC shows an ACC game at 3:30 p.m. Saturday. Even if there might be a better game elsewhere in the country, we get to watch ACC teams.
Even though there's numerous other opportunities on local TV to watch the league.
Fortunately, there's usually another national game at 3:30 - the Southeastern Conference on CBS. The conference of the last three national champions. Where four schools set school records for attendance at the spring game (h/t ESPN's TMQ). The conference several bloggers I follow pump up.
The SEC schedule starts this week, with top-ranked Florida hosting Tennessee. Don't have the same thrill as the late 1990s, but Tim Tebow ought to keep it exciting.
This is a week where the ACC zone gets a game that looks worthwhile - Nebraska visiting Virginia Tech. USC at Washington and Arizona at Iowa will be offered in other parts of the country.
ABC's prime time offering is Texas Tech at Texas.
The weekend begins Thursday with an ACC battle, Georgia Tech at Miami, on ESPN. Boise State visits Fresno State on Friday.
ESPN's Saturday slate starts with California at Minnesota, followed by Utah at Oregon and Georgia at Arkansas in prime time. ESPN2 offers East Carolina at North Carolina at noon and West Virginia at Auburn in prime time.
NBC29 and other ACC affliates will feature Boston College at Clemson. Versus has a pair of ACC teams heading west - Duke at Kansas at noon and Florida State facing BYU at 6:30 p.m.
ComcastSportsnet offers four games, starting with North Texas at Alabama at noon. Tulsa at Oklahoma follows, then it's Cincinnati at Oregon State and Kansas State at UCLA.
This week's NFL action starts with the Rams visiting the Redskins on FOX. CBS has the doubleheader this week, but Fishersville gets nothing early since our CBS station is from Washington. The late game will be Ravens at Chargers. (Sorry for those Steelers fans who'd like to see them beat the Bears).
NBC visits the new Cowboys Stadium as the Giants visit. Let's see how many times the punters can hit the new scoreboard.
Monday night, Peyton Manning and the Colts are in Miami on ESPN.
As baseball winds down, the Cubs at Cardinals highlights the schedule. They appear on FOX Saturday afternoon, along with Giants at Dodgers and Tigers at Twins, and on ESPN's Sunday night game. TBS has the Angels at Rangers on Sunday afternoon.
Red Sox Nation visits Baltimore on MASN, while the Nationals head to New York on MASN2.
Week one of NASCAR's Chase for the Cup comes from New Hampshire, with ABC coverage starting at 1 p.m.
The WNBA playoffs begin this week, and Thursday night ESPN2 has a pair of games -Indiana at the Washington Mystics and Phoenix vs. San Antonio. ESPN2 also has doubleheaders scheduled Sunday and Monday, if needed.
Even though there's numerous other opportunities on local TV to watch the league.
Fortunately, there's usually another national game at 3:30 - the Southeastern Conference on CBS. The conference of the last three national champions. Where four schools set school records for attendance at the spring game (h/t ESPN's TMQ). The conference several bloggers I follow pump up.
The SEC schedule starts this week, with top-ranked Florida hosting Tennessee. Don't have the same thrill as the late 1990s, but Tim Tebow ought to keep it exciting.
This is a week where the ACC zone gets a game that looks worthwhile - Nebraska visiting Virginia Tech. USC at Washington and Arizona at Iowa will be offered in other parts of the country.
ABC's prime time offering is Texas Tech at Texas.
The weekend begins Thursday with an ACC battle, Georgia Tech at Miami, on ESPN. Boise State visits Fresno State on Friday.
ESPN's Saturday slate starts with California at Minnesota, followed by Utah at Oregon and Georgia at Arkansas in prime time. ESPN2 offers East Carolina at North Carolina at noon and West Virginia at Auburn in prime time.
NBC29 and other ACC affliates will feature Boston College at Clemson. Versus has a pair of ACC teams heading west - Duke at Kansas at noon and Florida State facing BYU at 6:30 p.m.
ComcastSportsnet offers four games, starting with North Texas at Alabama at noon. Tulsa at Oklahoma follows, then it's Cincinnati at Oregon State and Kansas State at UCLA.
This week's NFL action starts with the Rams visiting the Redskins on FOX. CBS has the doubleheader this week, but Fishersville gets nothing early since our CBS station is from Washington. The late game will be Ravens at Chargers. (Sorry for those Steelers fans who'd like to see them beat the Bears).
NBC visits the new Cowboys Stadium as the Giants visit. Let's see how many times the punters can hit the new scoreboard.
Monday night, Peyton Manning and the Colts are in Miami on ESPN.
As baseball winds down, the Cubs at Cardinals highlights the schedule. They appear on FOX Saturday afternoon, along with Giants at Dodgers and Tigers at Twins, and on ESPN's Sunday night game. TBS has the Angels at Rangers on Sunday afternoon.
Red Sox Nation visits Baltimore on MASN, while the Nationals head to New York on MASN2.
Week one of NASCAR's Chase for the Cup comes from New Hampshire, with ABC coverage starting at 1 p.m.
The WNBA playoffs begin this week, and Thursday night ESPN2 has a pair of games -Indiana at the Washington Mystics and Phoenix vs. San Antonio. ESPN2 also has doubleheaders scheduled Sunday and Monday, if needed.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
It's NFL season
Warm up Hank Williams Jr. and Faith Hill. It's time for NFL football.
The season starts Thursday night on NBC with the Super Bowl champion Steelers hosting the Titans. And it closes with a Monday night doubleheader with an old AFL feel - Bills at Patriots at 7 p.m., followed by Chargers at Raiders.
For Sunday's schedule in your area, check www.the506.com/nflmaps. They check the TV listings across the country to find which markets get which games.
Fishersville is part of the Washington, D.C. market, so we'll have the Chiefs at Ravens and Cowboys at Bucs as our early games. The FOX late game will be Giants at the Redskins, of course.
The Bears at Packers is NBC's first Sunday night game.
FOX has the first week doubleheader since CBS has the U.S. Open men's final. That follows super Saturday, with the men's semifinals starting at 11 a.m. and the women's final at 7 p.m. But if it's not a battle of the Williams sisters for the title, is it really a Grand Slam event?
It's another big week of college football. ESPN starts things off with a Thursday night battle between Clemson and Georgia Tech, and Friday Colorado visits Toledo.
Saturday's big game comes on ESPN at 8 p.m., when Southern Cal visits Ohio State. Navy almost upset the Buckeyes last week, and the last thing the Big Ten needs is another big loss.
Fresno State at Wisconsin (Troglopundit will be happy) opens the day for ESPN at noon, followed by UCLA at Tennessee at 4 p.m. ESPN2 has Central Michigan vs. Michigan State at noon, followed by BYU at Tulane and South Carolina going between the hedges against Georgia at 7 p.m.
ABC simplifies things at 3:30 p.m., offering just Notre Dame at Michigan. Local fans with expanded cable and strong stomachs can watch TCU visit Virginia at the same time. But really, why?
Versus starts its college football lineup with Texas at Wyoming at 3:30.
The ACC schedule begins with Stanford visiting Wake Forest at noon on various stations, including NBC29.
Comcast SportsNet picks up the Fox Sports college feed, with Iowa at Iowa State at noon followed by Houston at Oklahoma State. Then it's Purdue at Oregon at 10:30 p.m.
NASCAR's final race before the Chase comes Saturday in Richmond on ABC.
The Orioles and Nationals are winding down their long seasons. The Orioles visit the Yankees this weeked on MASN, while the Nationals face the Marlins on MASN2.
The highlight national game of the week is the Phillies at Mets, featured on FOX Saturday and ESPN Sunday night. White Sox vs. Angels and Braves at Cardinals join the FOX rotation, while the Dodgers at Giants gets the TBS treatment Sunday afternoon.
The season starts Thursday night on NBC with the Super Bowl champion Steelers hosting the Titans. And it closes with a Monday night doubleheader with an old AFL feel - Bills at Patriots at 7 p.m., followed by Chargers at Raiders.
For Sunday's schedule in your area, check www.the506.com/nflmaps. They check the TV listings across the country to find which markets get which games.
Fishersville is part of the Washington, D.C. market, so we'll have the Chiefs at Ravens and Cowboys at Bucs as our early games. The FOX late game will be Giants at the Redskins, of course.
The Bears at Packers is NBC's first Sunday night game.
FOX has the first week doubleheader since CBS has the U.S. Open men's final. That follows super Saturday, with the men's semifinals starting at 11 a.m. and the women's final at 7 p.m. But if it's not a battle of the Williams sisters for the title, is it really a Grand Slam event?
It's another big week of college football. ESPN starts things off with a Thursday night battle between Clemson and Georgia Tech, and Friday Colorado visits Toledo.
Saturday's big game comes on ESPN at 8 p.m., when Southern Cal visits Ohio State. Navy almost upset the Buckeyes last week, and the last thing the Big Ten needs is another big loss.
Fresno State at Wisconsin (Troglopundit will be happy) opens the day for ESPN at noon, followed by UCLA at Tennessee at 4 p.m. ESPN2 has Central Michigan vs. Michigan State at noon, followed by BYU at Tulane and South Carolina going between the hedges against Georgia at 7 p.m.
ABC simplifies things at 3:30 p.m., offering just Notre Dame at Michigan. Local fans with expanded cable and strong stomachs can watch TCU visit Virginia at the same time. But really, why?
Versus starts its college football lineup with Texas at Wyoming at 3:30.
The ACC schedule begins with Stanford visiting Wake Forest at noon on various stations, including NBC29.
Comcast SportsNet picks up the Fox Sports college feed, with Iowa at Iowa State at noon followed by Houston at Oklahoma State. Then it's Purdue at Oregon at 10:30 p.m.
NASCAR's final race before the Chase comes Saturday in Richmond on ABC.
The Orioles and Nationals are winding down their long seasons. The Orioles visit the Yankees this weeked on MASN, while the Nationals face the Marlins on MASN2.
The highlight national game of the week is the Phillies at Mets, featured on FOX Saturday and ESPN Sunday night. White Sox vs. Angels and Braves at Cardinals join the FOX rotation, while the Dodgers at Giants gets the TBS treatment Sunday afternoon.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Watch sum Hokees
It's college football season, and the highlight game of the weekend matc
hes Virginia Tech and Alabama in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game in Atlanta. Why else would it be Saturday at 8 p.m. on ABC, and site of the College Gameday show?
The weekend starts Thursday with South Carolina visiting N.C. State on ESPN. Then Oregon visits Boise State, so you can go to sleep watching football on the blue turf.
Friday - when you're supposed to concentrate on high school football - it's Tulsa vs. Tulane.
Saturday, ESPN has Navy at Ohio State at noon, followed by Missouri vs. Illinois, BYU at Oklahoma in prime time and LSU at Washington at 10:30 p.m.
On ESPN2, it's Syracuse at Minnesota at noon, and Maryland at California after the NASCAR Nationwide race.
ABC kicks off it's 3:30 p.m. slot with Georgia vs. Oklahoma State. Guess which state will get Western Michigan at Michigan?
NBC offers Notre Dame hosting Nevada. Wow, such a traditional rivalry to start the season. Charlie Weis better win a few more this year.
Sunday, since the NFL is off, ESPN has Memphis vs. Mississipi in the afternoon. There's even Monday college football, with Rutgers vs. Cincinnati at 4 p.m. and ACC rivals Miami and Florida State meet at 8 p.m.
The NFL exhibition season closes Friday, with the Cowboys visiting the Vikings on NFL Network. The Redskins are in Jacksonville Thursday for their last preseason contest, and NBC29 has the Redskins Network coverage.
FOX has picked up the Rangers game at Baltimore as part of its Saturday package, joining Giants at Brewers and Red Sox at White Sox (also the TBS Sunday afternoon game). ESPN visits Dodgers Stadium Sunday night for a game against the Padres.
MASN2 has the Orioles-Rangers on Friday and Sunday, while the Nationals host the Marlins on MASN.
The middle rounds of the U.S. Open fill the weekend on CBS, with afternoon coverage Saturday through Monday.
NASCAR's Labor Day weekend race moves to Atlanta this year, and ESPN's coverage starts at 7 p.m. on Sunday. If attendance is poor, maybe they should move back to Darlington where the race belongs.
The PGA tour takes advantage of the Labor Day holiday, scheduling the final round of the Deutsche Bank Championship for Monday. NBC is on the course Sunday and Monday.
Put the remote down Tuesday morning. It will need the rest.
hes Virginia Tech and Alabama in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game in Atlanta. Why else would it be Saturday at 8 p.m. on ABC, and site of the College Gameday show?The weekend starts Thursday with South Carolina visiting N.C. State on ESPN. Then Oregon visits Boise State, so you can go to sleep watching football on the blue turf.
Friday - when you're supposed to concentrate on high school football - it's Tulsa vs. Tulane.
Saturday, ESPN has Navy at Ohio State at noon, followed by Missouri vs. Illinois, BYU at Oklahoma in prime time and LSU at Washington at 10:30 p.m.
On ESPN2, it's Syracuse at Minnesota at noon, and Maryland at California after the NASCAR Nationwide race.
ABC kicks off it's 3:30 p.m. slot with Georgia vs. Oklahoma State. Guess which state will get Western Michigan at Michigan?
NBC offers Notre Dame hosting Nevada. Wow, such a traditional rivalry to start the season. Charlie Weis better win a few more this year.
Sunday, since the NFL is off, ESPN has Memphis vs. Mississipi in the afternoon. There's even Monday college football, with Rutgers vs. Cincinnati at 4 p.m. and ACC rivals Miami and Florida State meet at 8 p.m.
The NFL exhibition season closes Friday, with the Cowboys visiting the Vikings on NFL Network. The Redskins are in Jacksonville Thursday for their last preseason contest, and NBC29 has the Redskins Network coverage.
FOX has picked up the Rangers game at Baltimore as part of its Saturday package, joining Giants at Brewers and Red Sox at White Sox (also the TBS Sunday afternoon game). ESPN visits Dodgers Stadium Sunday night for a game against the Padres.
MASN2 has the Orioles-Rangers on Friday and Sunday, while the Nationals host the Marlins on MASN.
The middle rounds of the U.S. Open fill the weekend on CBS, with afternoon coverage Saturday through Monday.
NASCAR's Labor Day weekend race moves to Atlanta this year, and ESPN's coverage starts at 7 p.m. on Sunday. If attendance is poor, maybe they should move back to Darlington where the race belongs.
The PGA tour takes advantage of the Labor Day holiday, scheduling the final round of the Deutsche Bank Championship for Monday. NBC is on the course Sunday and Monday.
Put the remote down Tuesday morning. It will need the rest.
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