I haven't given you a full set of Friday megalinks since October 1, so it's time to do some now. Let's get to them. The Weekend Viewing Picks has your sports and primetime viewing. National USA Today's Michael Hiestand and Mike McCarthy debate what can be done to improve baseball's ratings. Fanhouse says Jenn Sterger … Continue reading Time For Some Friday Megalinks
The Patriots 23-20 overtime victory over the Ravens on Sunday, Oct. 17 helped CBS set the mark for the highest rating for its single-game window since it acquired the current AFC package in 2008. The window, which included the Patriots-Ravens, Dolphins-Packers, Jets-Broncos, and Browns-Steelers matchups, averaged a 12.8 HH rating and 21.5 million viewers nationwide, … Continue reading Patriots Overtime Victory Over Ravens Sets CBS Ratings Mark
The Bruins rocked the TD Garden in their home opner, beating the Washington Capitals 4-1, aided by another top-notch performance in goal from Tim Thomas. It's early, but the town is excited about the Bruins. A real crowd-pleaser - Bob Ryan says that the atmosphere at the Garden last night was absolutely festive. Tim Thomas backs … Continue reading Bruins Sharp In Home Opener
Hoping to catch the Bruins in the early going? Waiting until the last minute might pay off, as ticket prices on the secondary market have dipped for the home opener tonight against the Capitals and Saturday's game with the Rangers: Many of the tickets have instant delivery, so you can print them at home. (Choose … Continue reading Bruins Tickets For Capitals and Rangers Trending Down
Brandon Meriweather continued to be the focus of much of the talk in the local sports media yesterday, and the Patriots safety made a brief statement in front of his locker yesterday, apologizing for the hit and looking forward to moving on and preparing for Sunday's game against the Chargers. This topic will no doubt … Continue reading Meriweather Contrite, Patriots Ready To Move On
The Bruins looked good last night, posting a 3-1 win over the Washington Capitals. The two teams will face off again on Thursday night in the Bruins home opener at TD Garden. Bruins send a message with 3-1 win over Caps - Joe Haggerty has the highlights of the victory. Bruins head home winners - Steve Conroy … Continue reading Bruins Look Good in Washington, Prep For Home Opener
NESN and WEEI announced this morning that beginning on November 16th, The Dennis and Callahan program will be simulcast on NESN from 6:00 to 9:00 am weekdays. The show will also be available to NESN National subscribers across the country. NESN will install four remotely controlled HD cameras in WEEI’s studio in Brighton, MA and … Continue reading Dennis and Callahan To Be Simulcast on NESN
The Bruins have started one of the most-anticipated seasons in recent memory, and already there are some interesting ticket trends emerging. This chart shows the top games in terms of ticket price and demand for this season: The March 29th game against the Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks is the top game on the schedule, along with … Continue reading Top Games In Bruins 2010/11 Schedule
The young Patriots defense appeared to grow up right before our eyes yesterday, looking shaky early on, but playing their best in the fourth quarter and overtime, beating the Baltimore Ravens 23-20 at Gillette Stadium yesterday afternoon. Deion Branch starred in his return to Foxborough, with 98 yards and touchdown. The Patriots offense looked different … Continue reading Patriots Go The Distance In Beating Baltimore
Revenge makes for a good storyline. While it would be foolish to deny that the Patriots would indeed like some payback for last January's debacle at Gillette Stadium, its safe to say that the team is more interested in getting better than they are in revenge. While some in the media will certainly play up … Continue reading Patriots Interested In Improvement, Not Revenge
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