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“E:60” returns: Vince Young, Anna Rawson, Cheese Rolling And James Stewart

July 27, 2009 Ryan Berenz Comments Off

By Ryan E:60, ESPN’s prime-time sport newsmagazine program, returns Tuesday, July 28, at 7pm, the first of five new shows to be aired weekly through Aug. 25. Tuesday’s program includes: Vince Young – In his first sit-down interview about the murder of his longtime mentor, Steve McNair, Vince Young tells E:60‘s Michael Smith he is ready to lead the Tennessee Titans again, and discusses the emotional impact of the murder and how he will honor is father-figure’s legacy. Young also provides details on the September 2008 night teammates feared he was missing and contemplating suicide after a game against Jacksonville […]

Where To Watch The British Open Golf Tournament

July 15, 2009 Ryan Berenz Comments Off

The British Open is my favorite of golf’s four majors. There’s just something awesome about the game being played on the isle of its birth, on those old majestic Royal & Ancient courses. The 2009 Open Championship will be played at the Ailsa Course at Turnberry Golf Club, Scotland, July 16-19. This is the fourth time Turnberry has hosted the Open (previously held there in 1977, 1986 and 1994). Padraig Harrington (pictured) has won the two previous Opens, and will look for a third championship this weekend. Harrington followed up his 2008 British Open victory with a win at the […]

Where To Watch The NBA Draft (Now With 100 Percent Less Stephen A. Smith)

June 25, 2009 Ryan Berenz Comments Off

I’ll readily admit that the NBA Draft is not something I typically take a great deal of interest in. This year, I am exceptionally disinterested because 1) This draft class is horrible, and 2) There will be no Stephen A. Smith on ESPN’s draft coverage. Over the past few drafts, we’ve thoroughly enjoyed the Stephen A. Smith Heckling Society of Gentlemen and the work they’ve done at the NBA Draft. Details of ESPN’s NBA Draft coverage (and last year’s awesome tribute to Cheez Doodles): ESPN At 63rd Annual NBA Draft Draft Televised in HD For First Time For the seventh […]

Where To Watch The U.S. Open Golf Tournament

June 17, 2009 Ryan Berenz 3

The U.S. Open Championship golf tournament from the Black Course at Bethpage State in Farmingdale, N.Y., tees off Thursday, June 18, at 10am ET on ESPN. Tiger Woods, who won last year’s U.S. Open in an 18-hole playoff thriller against Rocco Mediate, returns to the site of his 2002 U.S. Open win. ESPN and NBC share coverage of the first two rounds on Thursday and Friday, with NBC taking over coverage of the third and final rounds. ESPN and GOLF CHANNEL have plenty of highlights and news/analysis shows surrounding the open. Full tournament TV schedule with additional broadcast plans from […]

A Jolt Of Joe: Joe Buck Talks About HBO’s “Joe Buck Live”

June 11, 2009 Ryan Berenz Comments Off

By Ryan FOX Sports’ MLB and NFL play-by-play announcer Joe Buck gets to leave the confines of the broadcast booth and stretch his legs as host of a new sports talk show this month. Joe Buck Live premieres June 15 at 9pm ET on HBO (HD), and will air quarterly. When Bob Costas left HBO earlier this year to join MLB Network, a spot opened up for Buck on HBO’s roster. But Joe Buck Live won’t be Costas Now with Buck’s name on it. “I think it would be the worst thing in the world for me to go in […]

Where To Watch The NBA Finals

June 3, 2009 Ryan Berenz Comments Off

By Ryan The NBA Finals tip off Thursday, June 4 at 9pm ET on ABC, with Dwight Howard and the Orlando Magic taking on Kobe Bryant and the L.A. Lakers. It’s not the Kobe vs. LeBron series we were all expecting, and it’s likely a lot of viewers will dismiss it. Nobody even seems to care about this matchup — they’re all still fixating on LeBron’s media and handshake snub. Obviously, the “Can Kobe win one without Shaq?” storyline will dominate. There’s also debate about ESPN/ABC analyst Jeff Van Gundy being on the broadcasts with his brother Stan being the […]

About That Stanley Cup Finals Schedule…

May 28, 2009 Ryan Berenz Comments Off

By Ryan The NHL has plenty of TV issues they need to deal with. Maybe they should start with this one: Set a date for the Stanley Cup Finals and stick to it. It’s not hard. We’ve known for months that the NBA Finals begin June 4, and they have the same playoff format as the NHL. It’s likely that the NHL fears getting hammered in the ratings by the NBA, and they want to get in as many games as possible before the NBA Finals tip off. The NHL had originally set June 5 as the date for Game […]

Where To Watch The Indy 500 And NASCAR Coca-Cola 600

May 21, 2009 Ryan Berenz Comments Off

The Sunday of Memorial Day weekend has become the best day of the year for auto racing. There’s the one IndyCar race people still watch, followed by the early evening NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Charlotte, N.C. Here’s the TV schedule of events for both races: Indianapolis 500 Sunday, May 24 on ABC 12pm ET — Prerace Show. The one-hour prerace show will include interviews with many of the 33 starting drivers as well as four special features, including a look at the roller-coaster year of polesitter Helio Castroneves; the special relationship between Danica Patrick and […]

Spelling Bee Finals Live Blog Announcement!

May 20, 2009 Ryan Berenz 1

By Ryan For the third year in a row, we’ll be doing our live blog of the Scripps National Spelling Bee Finals. My colleague johnnysweeptheleg (renowned for his blogging of Lost and The Office on this site) and I have a good time covering this event, and there’s always some good-natured ribbing of the bee geeks participants. The Bee finals are Thursday, May 28 at 8pm ET, live on ABC. This year, we’re going to do something different — the whole live blog will be done via Twitter, not here on the Channel Guide Magazine blog. We’ll be sending out […]

Cincinnati Bengals To Be On HBO’s “Hard Knocks” For Some Reason

May 14, 2009 Ryan Berenz Comments Off

By Ryan Good news: HBO is returning another season of Hard Knocks in August. Bad news: It’s going to be about the Cincinnati Bengals. Good news: It can double as a season of COPS. HBO Sports, NFL Films and the Cincinnati Bengals will team up for an all-access look at what it takes to make it in the National Football League when Hard Knocks: Training Camp With the Cincinnati Bengals debuts Aug. 12 at 10pm ET/PT on HBO (HD). It is the show’s fifth season. Other seasons have followed the Dallas Cowboys (twice), Baltimore Ravens and Kansas City Chiefs.