CBS was already dominating the once Must-See night. Now it’s just spiking the ball.
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James Taylor Flubs The National Anthem at World Series
But recovers very nicely
John Leguizamo Steps Up to the Plate for Dominican Ballplayers
“Wherever there’s a chance to make crazy dollars, because baseball is a crazy financial piggy bank, of course things are going to get a little corrupt.”
The All-TIME 25 Best Sports Movies
Though we’ve left out some sentimental choices — cry us a river over “Brian’s Song” another time — we’re confident that you’ll discover some new favorites
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NBC Keeps Olympics, Will Air Them (Sort of?) Live
NBC, which has had every Olympics the last two decades save 1994, has kept the games through 2020, despite competition from Fox and ESPN. Unlike its rival bidders, NBC had not promised to air the games live (and has in past years insisted on saving events for primetime on tape-delay). But after winning the bid today in Lausanne, …
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The Morning After: Brick City
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Last night, the Connecticut Huskies beat the Butler Bulldogs 53-41, in what I believe was the final score of a basketball game. Butler, dominated by an aggressive UConn defense, was held to the lowest score in an NCAA final since 1949, concluding an amazing run for the Huskies, …
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eTrade Baby Curses Jets Once More
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I can sometimes take the pulse of the Universal TV Watching Mind by noticing when there’s a sudden spike on traffic for a year-old post on my blog. Judging by this morning’s logs, a bunch of people are coming to Tuned In by Googling the terms “James Brown,” “eTrade Baby” and “shame” …
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So Who Won the World Cup? ABC or Univision?
I missed most of yesterday’s World Cup final yesterday, being, of all places, at a New York Liberty game. (Mrs. Tuned In’s choir sang the national anthem, which no doubt spurred the Liberty’s come-from-behind 57-54 win over the Chicago Sky.) But I was simultaneously following the match on Twitter, where some of the most entertaining …
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The Morning After: Not in Cleveland
It was reality TV’s most painful breakup ever, as LeBron James told the city of Cleveland: it’s not you, it’s my desire for a championship ring. In a dramatic, drawn-out special that would have done ABC proud—it seemed as if James should have been interviewed by Chris Harrison, not Jim Gray—the free agent announced his decision to …
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TV Tonight: LeBronarama
You shall have to go elsewhere for your LeBron James analysis; my awareness of pro baskbetball ended right around the time of one of Michael Jordan’s retirements. But this is a TV blog, and so it it my duty to inform you that ESPN will be carrying James’ decision—whether to spare the human race or crush us with the robot army currently …
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Meanwhile, on the Mahut-Isner Channel…
The endless Wimbledon match has resumed at 2 sets and 59 games all on ESPN3 and ESPN U. Clear your calendar for the day.
[Update: And finally, Isner has won the match, taking the final set 70 to 68. Thus ruining Daily Show writer Tim Carvell’s theory that one of the players would eventually have to find a “Candidate” to replace him.]
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The Winner… ESPN!
OK, I guess I can see why some of you find this whole sports-on-TV thing so exciting. It was quite a day for sports, in particular sports on ESPN, starting with this morning’s US vs. Algeria World Cup match, which ended (spoiler alert!) in a breathtaking 1-0 American victory on a Landon Donovan goal in what I am told is called stoppage …
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The Morning After: PTC to ABC: Good Bleeping Job
The NBA finals ended last night with (spoiler alert?) The Los Angeles Lakers pulling off a dramatic comeback against the Boston Celtics. This morning followed with a surprising development of its own: The Parents Television Council commending a broadcast network for the work it did keeping a live event family-friendly. In this case, by …