The News Review:
- Hot air: There’s a lot going on in the sports world
- Harris Corporation and CBS Sports to Broadcast 2009 NCAA(R …
- Detroit Center Court
- Panel warns that sports may face more money woes
Hot air: There’s a lot going on in the sports world
Dallas Morning News
They’ll be playing for college basketball’s men’s and women’s titles in the next couple of days. The Rangers season is upon us. The Stars play their final home game of the season today against the Blues.
Harris Corporation and CBS Sports to Broadcast 2009 NCAA(R …
PR Newswire (press release)
CBS Sports will provide HD coverage of the national semifinal games this Saturday and the national championship game on Monday night from Ford Field in Detroit. This is the fourth year that Harris has sponsored CBS Sports’ exclusive network HDTV broadcast of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship which began March 19 and concludes April 6. As well as sponsoring all CBS Sports’ HD telecasts of games during this year’s NCAA basketball season Harris has long been a key supplier of HD-enabling broadcast technology to the CBS Television Network. During this year’s tournament the Harris(R) NetVX(TM) video networking system is being used for signal backhaul from all the NCAA venues to the CBS Television Network in New York and also for satellite distribution of the network programming to CBS affiliates nationwide.
Detroit Center Court
New York Times
ncaamarchmadness2009. Several other significant sports sites stand within a mile of Ford Field and not all the history made within their walls was about sports.
Panel warns that sports may face more money woes
The Associated Press
Speaking at the IMG World Congress of Sports the group warned the full impact of the global financial crunch may not be apparent in sports for some time — perhaps another year or more. “We’re facing the greatest economic challenge of all of our lifetimes” said Tim Leiweke president and CE of Anschutz Entertainment Group which oversees arenas including the Staples Center in Los Angeles and owns the NHL’s Los Angeles Kings two Major League Soccer franchises and cycling’s Tour of California. “We have never seen anything like this and I pray that we never see anything like this again. And if you look at our industry sports in particular.
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