ESPN’s James has another gig: Rancher Thu, Dec 25, 2008 | Add a comment Craig James, who will be part of ESPN’s Holiday Bowl broadcast team Tuesday night, is a big-time rancher in Texas. A resident of Celina, near Denton in north Texas, he owns several ranches...

Poor ratings doomed local sports-talk radio station Fri, Dec 19, 2008 | Add a comment Citadel pulls plug on Jox 930 It turns out Oklahoma wasn’t big enough for two sports stations — at least owned by Citadel Broadcasting. Citadel pulled the plug on Jox 930 on Monday and...

Sports Ratings Watch Fri, Dec 19, 2008 | Add a comment ESPN’s one-hour Heisman Trophy presentation show, which included the announcement that OU quarterback Sam Bradford had won the award, drew a huge 19.6 rating in the Oklahoma City television...

BCS game in 3-D coming to Stillwater Fri, Dec 19, 2008 | Add a comment University of Oklahoma football fans will have to journey to Stillwater, of all places, to watch the 3-D telecast of the BCS championship game Jan. 8. The Carmike 10, 1909 N Perkins Road,...

Integration, NFL title game spotlighted in must-see films on TV Fri, Dec 12, 2008 | Add a comment ’Tis the season for sports documentaries, and two upcoming programs are worth a look. "Breaking the Huddle: The Integration of College Football,” which debuts at 9 p.m. Tuesday on...

ABC, announcer Brent Musburger back for more Fri, Dec 5, 2008 | Comments 87 Considered by some to be the "voice of college football,” Brent Musburger will broadcast his seventh Big 12 football game this season when he calls the conference championship at 7 p.m....

College GameDay notebook Fri, Nov 21, 2008 | Comments 4 Program facts Air time: 9-11 a.m. Saturday, ESPN (Cox 29) Set: inside John Jacobs track Announcers: Chris Fowler, Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit and Desmond Howard. Norman appearances OU is 4-1 in...

NBA analyst Hubie Brown excited to see Hornets Fri, Nov 21, 2008 | Comments 8 Veteran NBA analyst Hubie Brown is looking forward to broadcasting the Hornets-Thunder game at 8:30 tonight on ESPN even though both teams have had disappointing starts. The intrigue of the Hornets...

Sports media notes Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Add a comment Bedlam specials Fox Sports Oklahoma will air a "Big 12 Football Classics” Bedlam series marathon on Thanksgiving with replays in a two-hour format of the 2001 game (OSU wins 16-13) at 11...

Former college basketball coach Bob Knight will call games Thu, Nov 13, 2008 | Comments 2 Although former Texas Tech coach Bob Knight has expanded his role at ESPN to include game analysis, don’t call him a media member. A longtime media critic, he’s quick to protest....

Oklahoma sports media notebook Thu, Nov 13, 2008 | Comments 1 Cox to carry MLB Network Cox Communications, a part owner of the MLB Network, will carry the channel statewide on digital cable when it launches Jan. 1, said Cox spokeswoman Christine Martin. MLB...

OSU football: Lisa Salters back to report on OSU-Tech Fri, Nov 7, 2008 | Comments 4 After giving up a promising career as a reporter with ABC News, Lisa Salters has become one of ESPN’s top sideline reporters. "You cover one terrorist bombing and plane crash too...

Sports Media Notebook: NFL glitch Fri, Nov 7, 2008 | Add a comment NFL glitch Fox left viewers of the Green Bay Packers-Tennessee Titans telecast on KOKH-25 Sunday afternoon hanging. Just as Titans kicker Rob Bironas was preparing to attempt a 47-yard field goal...

Some systems refuse to pay for Thunder games Thu, Nov 6, 2008 | Comments 15 Fox Sports Oklahoma’s Oklahoma City Thunder telecasts are not reaching all of the state. Four cable systems, representing more than 100,000 subscribers, have decided not to pay an additional...

Oklahoma's sports get a new home base on Fox Sports channel Thu, Oct 30, 2008 | Comments 6 Three days after the debut of the Oklahoma’s first major league franchise, the Oklahoma City Thunder, the state’s first sports TV network will launch. Fox Sports Oklahoma will debut...

Sports Media Notebook Thu, Oct 30, 2008 | Comments 1 Thursday night telecasts The NFL Network’s Thursday night package debuts next week with Denver at Cleveland at 7:30 p.m. Bob Papa, a New York Giants radio announcer, has replaced Bryant...

Media: Nessler gets OSU-Texas gig Fri, Oct 24, 2008 | Comments 3 Stuck out in Big Ten country for most of the season, Brad Nessler can hardly wait to broadcast his first Big 12 football game this season. It will be a doozy at that. ABC has assigned its top...

Oklahoma Media Notes: Extra work for Marv Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | Add a comment Marv Albert, the announcer for the NBA Live video game, said he was forced to do 25 versions of the game for the Oklahoma City team because of the franchise’s tardiness in announcing Thunder...

What sports to watch Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | Comments 1 College football: No. 7 Oklahoma State gets the next shot at upsetting No. 1 Texas in a regionally televised game at 2:30 p.m. Saturday on KOCO-5 (Brad Nessler, Bob Griese, Paul Maguire and Stacey...

The media and the Thunder Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | Add a comment What leading NBA analysts are saying about the Thunder and Oklahoma City →Jeff Van Gundy, ESPN: I enjoyed going to Oklahoma City to compete and play in that arena when I was in Houston...