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Why WNBC and WPIX are ready to outsource their sportscasts to SNY

Monday, 14 June 2010 13:23
Why WNBC and WPIX are ready to outsource their sportscasts to SNY
BY EVAN WEINER
NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM
COMMENTARY

A recent story in the New York Post claimed the both WNBC TV and WPIX TV were talking with the New York Mets-Comcast-Time Warner owned Sports Net New York or SNY about having the two stations' sportscasts done by the New York regional sports cable TV network. The story is probably accurate even if it was printed in the New York Post for the following reasons.

Local TV news operations are being slashed throughout the country and New York is no exception. Sports is almost an afterthought on the various newscasts. The entire nature of the newscast should be closely examined. Just what is a local newscast? It can be boiled down to five words.

Murder, Mayhem, Sports, Entertainment and Weather.

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Rutgers players continue tradition of being selected in Major League Baseball draft

Monday, 14 June 2010 06:53
Rutgers players continue tradition of being selected in Major League Baseball draft
BY JEFF LEVY
NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

A trio of Rutgers University baseball players have been selected in the 2010 Major League Baseball First-Year Player draft.

In the 24th round the St. Louis Cardinals ch...

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Conference expansion: Kansas replacing Rutgers in Big East would make league even better

Saturday, 12 June 2010 02:22
Conference expansion: Kansas replacing Rutgers in Big East would make league even better
BY MIKE VORKUNOV
NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM
SWEET CHIN MUSIC

As the college athletics paradigm shifts at an Usain Bolt-like speed, with seemingly each conference moving and splitting like tectonic plates duri...

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World Cup 2010: Tony Meola provides insight on the buzz it will create and the state of N.J. soccer

Friday, 11 June 2010 13:44
World Cup 2010: Tony Meola provides insight on the buzz it will create and the state of N.J. soccer
BY JOE FAVORITO
NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM
ON N.J. SPORTS MARKETING

With the World Cup now here everyone is wondering what effects the event can have on the long-term benefits for Africa in general. The same...

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N.Y. Jets cut PSL prices for New Meadowlands Stadium

Friday, 11 June 2010 07:38
N.Y. Jets cut PSL prices for New Meadowlands Stadium
BY MIKE VORKUNOV
NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Due to an inability to sell the remainder of their personal seat licenses for the New Meadowlands Stadium, believed to be around 12,000, the New York Jets have cut...

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John Wooden's enduring message

Thursday, 10 June 2010 13:41
John Wooden's enduring message
BY MIKE TULLY
NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM
COMMENTARY

Like most news stories, the one about John Wooden's death passed quickly. The public moves on. But coaches shouldn't.

Wooden, the renowned basketball coach w...

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Will the World Series of Boxing stem diminishing interest in the sport?

Wednesday, 09 June 2010 15:57
Will the World Series of Boxing stem diminishing interest in the sport?
BY EVAN WEINER
NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM
COMMENTARY

Sometime this fall, probably in November, somewhere in some sports arena in Manhattan or perhaps Newark or maybe Uniondale and in 11 other locales worldwid...

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LeBron James friendship with Jay-Z is X factor for N.J. Nets

Tuesday, 08 June 2010 21:45
LeBron James friendship with Jay-Z is X factor for N.J. Nets
BY ALICIA CRUZ
NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Though Soon-to-be free agent LeBron James has hinted about the strong edge his hometown team has at signing him in July, others are surmising that his friendship wit...

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Rutgers football reaches No. 1 in nation for academics

Wednesday, 09 June 2010 14:27
Rutgers football reaches No. 1 in nation for academics

The Rutgers football team has achieved the nation's number one ranking in Academic Progress Rate according to the latest multi-year APR figures released by the NCAA Wednesday. The historic accomplishm...

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