Do people outside of NYC care about Mike and the Mad Dog? I'm in the market, and don't listen to Francessa, but there's a bit of nostalgia with the two of them together (they genuinely look like two old friends who have missed being together).

And I think the show is called "Miked Up" (but I don't actually listen).

I'm happy to see some network is doing right by Soccer. It's a shame they couldn't take ESPN's half of the MLS rights instead of FOX's.

Any idea who their announcers will be?

c'mon. you need to name names in your predictions about which ESPN personalities leave the network this year. But you may want to remind us who the original ESPN anchors are. Most people don't remember a world without SportsCenter.

So "A Famous Sideline Reporter Leaves Sports For Entertainment"? are you saying you think Jack Arute will go to American Idol? ok, bad joke.

And be careful with the Vin Scully prediction. He could be broadcasting right up until the very end (like Harry Kalas a few years ago).

I don't give MSG credit often, but I give them credit for not bumping the Islanders (a 1pm game, or the Devils with a 3pm game) on Saturday afternoon to an alternate channel so that MSG could show the Alumni game live (MSG has the Isles, MSG+ has the Devils, both live).

is there any way to compute ratings with a factor of when the viewer turns down the sound on the TV and listens to the radio broadcast? that has to count against the broadcast somehow. Most of the NFL games on my TV on Sunday afternoons involve the 2 NY teams...Jets games, I usually like listening to the broadcast teams calling their games on CBS, and Giants games, I usually like listening to the radio broadcast team when their game is on FOX. I can't say I've watched many games aside from my local teams.

not a lot of love for CBS. I think CBS has the deepest lineup and the best studio show.

But I'd like to hear your reasons for nominating FOX, NBC, and NFL Network as "Most Valuable Network" and the reasons why ESPN and CBS were not included.

ok, one question -- WHY? why is ESPN making their announcers perform double duty? I see it as nothing more than publicity (especially since they have a "backup crew" working the game anyway). That's insane. And not to mention that it would all work out better for everyone if Mike Tirico was in Dallas then New Orleans the next night and Breen/Van Gundy were in LA then Oakland for 2 games.

for some reason, I was expecting NBC to grab J.P. DellaCamera to be the lead, and then add him to their NHL lineup as a semi-regular.

I'm generally not a fan of Joe Buck, but I actually didn't mind him borrowing his father's call from 20 years ago. He's done it before (when I didn't like it), but this time, it seemed very appropriate. Thanks to Mike's link, I got to hear Buck's call with the 2 local radio calls, and Eric Nadel's from Texas was much much better.

Gary Thorne has been ruining great moments in broadcasting for many many years (Canada's Gold Medal in Hockey in the 2002 Olympics and the Devils 2003 Stanley Cup win are 2 that come to mind). That being said, Thorney did a good job with this HR (in his style).

it should be the 4th clip. is it not working?