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/ 5191 days agoOur Love Affair With Saturday Morning TV Cartoons and Premier League Football
If you think back to your childhood, Saturday mornings were an idyllic time, watching cartoons and other children's programming on television. When I lived in the United Kingdom in the late 70s and early 80s as a child, my Saturday morning experience included watching a TV show on BBC called Multi-Coloured Swap Shop with Noel […]
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/ 5192 days agoUPDATED: US Men's National Team Away Shirt for 2012-13
UPDATE: We've received an update from an inside source who says that the shirt pictured is a fake from an online store in China, and is not actually the correct version of the USA away shirt. A photo of the US men's national team away shirt for 2012-13 has been leaked on the Internet. Designed […]
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/ 5192 days agoPremier League Sunday: Feb. 12, 2012
Manchester City has a chance to regain the top spot in the Premier League today when they travel to Villa Park to take on Alex McLeish's side. The Scot's job is rumored to be on a razor's edge as is the jobs of the two managers involved in the Black Country derby played earlier in […]
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/ 5193 days agoPremier League Saturday, Gameweek 25: Open Thread (Including Man Utd vs Liverpool)
The biggest rivalry in the Premier League is, still, Manchester United against Liverpool. It's not your Manchester derby. Neither is it Chelsea against Manchester United. The Red Devils against the Reds remains at the top, featuring the two most successful teams in English football. Now that Manchester United has the bragging rights to the domestic […]
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/ 5194 days agoArsenal Home Shirt for 2012-13 Season Revealed: Photo
The design of Arsenal's home shirt for the 2012-13 season has been revealed on the Internet. Arsenal's home shirt for the 2012-13 season will feature the classic red shirt with white sleeves. However, the design also features what appears to be a charcoal rounded collar and charcoal or black bottom to the sleeves. Also of […]
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/ 5195 days ago1.377 Million Viewers Tuned In to FOX to Watch Chelsea vs Man Utd On Super Bowl Sunday
FOX's live airing of Chelsea against Manchester United on February 5, 2012 delivered an average 0.8 rating with 1.377 million viewers, which was approximately 119,000 viewers more than the viewing figures for the Arsenal versus Manchester United match shown live on FOX on January 20, 2012. The audience for the Chelsea versus Man United match […]
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/ 5195 days ago7 Reasons to Fall in Love With Swansea City This Season
There are a lot of reasons to love Swansea City. Even if I hadn't been supporting them for 32 years, I still think I probably would be writing this article. During the past 10 days, Swansea picked up three points on the road, got a home draw against Chelsea — and manager Brendan Rodgers was […]
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/ 5196 days agoFabio Capello Resigns As England Manager
Fabio Capello has resigned as England manager. The fallout from The FA's decision to remove John Terry's England captaincy must certainly have been a key issue in the decision by the Italian to resign. The decision by Capello to resign was given after his meeting with The FA. The discussions focused on The FA Board’s […]
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/ 5196 days agoTwo Years After Launch of FOX Soccer HD, Many Comcast Customers Are Still Waiting
Two years ago this week, DISH Network became the first TV provider in the United States to offer FOX Soccer HD. Six months later, DirecTV added it. And slowly, but surely since, several cable companies nationwide have made the channel available. However, the vast majority of Comcast customers are still waiting for the channel to become […]
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/ 5198 days agoFOX Delivers 1.0 Overnight Rating For Chelsea vs Manchester United on US TV
FOX delivered a 1.0 overnight rating for its February 5, 2002 live broadcast of Chelsea against Manchester United. The rating is higher than the 0.9 that Arsenal against Manchester United generated, but lower than the 1.3 rating for the November 20, 2011 broadcast of Chelsea against Liverpool, which was shown on tape delay. It's good […]
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/ 5199 days agoHighs and Lows Of FOX's Live Coverage of Chelsea-Man Utd
The much-hyped match between Chelsea and Manchester United is over, and it was definitely one of the best matches of the season. Six goals, plenty of talking points and an amazing comeback, this is a game that we won't forget for quite some time. For TV viewers in the United States, here are the highs […]
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/ 5199 days agoChelsea vs Manchester United, Super Bowl Sunday Edition: Open Thread
The latest news from Stamford Bridge is that Chelsea is saying that the snow is no major problem, and that the match today will go ahead as planned at 11am ET/4pm GMT. FOX must be breathing a huge sigh of relief right now with it being the "Greatest live Premier League match in US television […]
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/ 5200 days agoPremier League Adds Its Logo To Broadcasts In Fight Against UK Pubs
Starting today, the Premier League added a watermark in the bottom right corner of many of its TV and Internet broadcasts (see above example). Adding the Premier League logo is certainly a move by the league to protect its copyright and prevent pubs in the United Kingdom from using its footage without permission. The move […]
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/ 5200 days agoPremier League Saturday: Feb. 4, 2012
We're back with another Premier League Saturday. I, for one, am glad that we can talk about English football again. I'm getting a bit sick of non-soccer related stories that are monopolizing the coverage of the Premier League. Yes, they're important topics, but I would much prefer to talk about the sport and league we […]
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/ 5203 days agoUPDATED: 16 FOX Stations Won't Be Showing Chelsea vs Man Utd Live
Sunday's battle between Chelsea and Manchester United is being promoted in FOX TV commercials as the "Greatest live Premier League match in US television history." Unfortunately the advertising may irk some soccer fans in the United States who will be unable to watch the game live because their local FOX station has decided to show infomercials, local […]