College Football Results in ESPN Being the Most-Watched Network on Saturday Night
by Caryn Robbins - September 28, 2016 On the heels of a college football doubleheader, ESPN was the most-watched network in prime time across all broadcast and cable in all key demographics — households, persons 2+, men 18-34, men 18-49, men 25-54, persons 18-34, persons 18-49, and persons 25-54 – on Saturday, Sept. 24....
ESPN Coverage of Notre Dame at Texas Sets Multiple Streaming Records
by Caryn Robbins - September 06, 2016 Sunday night's two-overtime thriller between No. 10 Notre Dame and Texas (7:30 p.m. ET on ABC) earned a massive 7.0 overnight rating, ESPN/ABC's second highest kickoff weekend overnight on record...
ESPNU Studio Show Announces Lineup for 2016 College Football Season
by Caryn Robbins - August 25, 2016 ESPNU's studio coverage of this year's college football season will include pre-game, halftime and post-game shows on Saturdays with host Brendan Fitzgerald and analysts Kevin Carter and Charles Arbuckle....
ESPN's College Football Live to Debut New Format
by Caryn Robbins - August 19, 2016 College Football Live – ESPN's daily discussion show reacting to the day's biggest news stories in the sport – will have a new format and look this season with the key contributors appearing from various locations around the nation....
College Football's Regular Season Concludes on CBS Sports, Today
by BWW News Desk - December 10, 2016 The 2016 college football regular season comes to a close on CBS Sports with the 117th edition of the Army-Navy football classic, one of the greatest rivalries in all of sports, live from M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Md. today, Dec. 10 (3:00 PM, ET)....
Schedule & Commentators Announced for ESPN's College Football Best Opening Weekend
by Caryn Robbins - August 12, 2016 College football's best opening weekend will be highlighted on ESPN's networks by seven marquee games over Labor Day Weekend and more than 40 games overall Thursday, Sept. 1-Monday, Sept. 5, across ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNEWS, SEC Network, ACC Network Extra and ESPN3....
ESPN Announces Expanded Roles for Three Prominent Commentators
by Caryn Robbins - September 08, 2016 ESPN today announced expanded roles for three of its most prominent commentators: Sage Steele, Michelle Beadle and Doris Burke....
beIN SPORTS Announces Original Programming to Complement 2016 College Football Lineup
by Caryn Robbins - August 25, 2016 beIN SPORTS, the fastest growing cable network in the U.S., today announced the lineup of original Fall programming for the anticipated 2016 Conference USA Football season beginning September 3rd....
Longhorn Network to Air First Televised Look at BEVO XV, 9/4
by Caryn Robbins - August 30, 2016 This Sunday, Sept. 4, Longhorn Network kicks off its Texas football day-of-game coverage with exclusive programming surrounding the Notre Dame at Texas matchup airing on ABC at 6:30 p.m. CT...
X Ambassadors & More to Highlight ESPN's 2016 College Football Music Package
by Caryn Robbins - August 05, 2016 ESPN's 2016 college football programming will feature the music of top artists, highlighted by X Ambassadors and Tom Morello's “Collider,” as the soundtrack of ESPN's season-long college football marketing campaign....
Trey Smith to Announce College Decision Tuesday on ESPNU
by Caryn Robbins - December 06, 2016 Trey Smith, the number one overall player in the ESPN 300, will be making his college announcement live during ESPNU's College Football Daily on Tuesday, Dec. 6, at 4 p.m. ET....
Oklahoma at West Virginia Set for ABC's SATURDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL, Today
by BWW News Desk - November 19, 2016 ABC's SATURDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Presented by Walmart features No. 11 Oklahoma at No. 16 West Virginia (8 p.m. ET) today, Nov. 19 in one of the many games with College Football Playoff implications on ESPN's networks in week 12....
ONE World Sports Inks Agreement with AT&T For Carriage on DIRECTV & U-verse Platforms
by Caryn Robbins - September 06, 2016 ONE World Sports, America's Network for Global Sports, announced today that it has signed a multiyear, multiplatform carriage agreement with AT&T for distribution on AT&T's DIRECTV and U-verse platforms....
ESPN's College GameDay Headed to Bristol Speedway for Week 2
by BWW News Desk - September 10, 2016 ESPN College GameDay Built by The Home Depot – college football's longest-running and most-celebrated pregame show – will originate from Bristol Speedway in Bristol, Tenn., today, Sept. 10...
Former New York Giant Chris Canty Joins ESPN New York 98.7FM
by Caryn Robbins - November 29, 2016 Super Bowl champion and former New York Giant Chris Canty has joined ESPN New York 98.7FM's Hahn & Humpty (noon – 3 p.m. ET), hosted by Alan Hahn and Rick DiPietro, as the newest member of the weekday program....
Fiesta Bowl Names PlayStation as New Title Sponsor
by Caryn Robbins - November 16, 2016 As part of an agreement with ESPN, the Fiesta Bowl has named PlayStation® its new title sponsor. This year, the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl will be a College Football Playoff (CFP) Semifinal game played Saturday, December 31....
ESPN's College Football Schedule Begins with Best Kickoff Week Ever
by Caryn Robbins - August 31, 2016 ESPN's industry-leading college football schedule begins with the sport's best kickoff week ever, highlighted by seven marquee games over the course of Labor Day Weekend (Sept.3-Sept. 5)...
Showtime Sports to Premiere Weekly Docu-Series A SEASON WITH FLORIDA STATE FOOTBALL, Today
by BWW News Desk - September 06, 2016 SHOWTIME Sports will chronicle Florida State University's quest for the 2016 College Football National Championship with the all-access documentary series “A SEASON WITH FLORIDA STATE FOOTBALL.”...
Longhorn Network to Air First Televised Look at BEVO XV, 9/4
by BWW News Desk - September 04, 2016 This Sunday, Sept. 4, Longhorn Network kicks off its Texas football day-of-game coverage with exclusive programming surrounding the Notre Dame at Texas matchup airing on ABC at 6:30 p.m. CT...
13 Games to Be Featured in ESPN's Ninth Annual College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon
by Caryn Robbins - September 16, 2016 ESPN's ninth annual College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon will feature 13 men's and women's college basketball games beginning on Monday, Nov. 14 and continuing Tuesday, Nov. 15, across ESPN and ESPN2...
ESPN College Football Playoff Top 25 to Debut 10/11
by Caryn Robbins - August 26, 2016 Year three of College Football Playoff rankings will unofficially begin Tuesday, Oct. 11, at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN, when College Football Playoff Top 25 returns to look at the road to college football's championship game....
ESPN The Magazine's 2016 College Football Preview Issue Out This Friday
by Caryn Robbins - August 08, 2016 ESPN The Magazine's 2016 College Football Preview Issue will be on newstands this Friday, August 12th. The issue features four covers: Christian McCaffrey, Leonard Fournette, Baker Mayfield and Deshaun Watson...
CBS Sports Teams with St. Jude in Support of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
by Caryn Robbins - September 02, 2016 CBS Sports has joined forces with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital® in support of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. As part of the partnership, CBS Sports will assist St. Jude in raising awareness of pediatric cancer throughout the month of September...
ESPN College Football Analyst Rod Gilmore Releases Statement on His Health
by Caryn Robbins - August 16, 2016 The following statements are from ESPN college football analyst Rod Gilmore and ESPN President John Skipper. Gilmore, who joined ESPN in 1996, works on ESPN Saturday telecasts alongside Mark Jones and Quint Kessenich, and contributes to a variety of ESPN news and information shows....
ESPN to Present 2016 Armed Forces Classic from Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu
by BWW News Desk - November 11, 2016 The fifth annual Armed Forces Classic – a men's college basketball doubleheader to be played Today, Nov. 11 – will be staged at the Stan Sheriff Center on the University of Hawaii campus in Honolulu.... |