[BEST OF THE WORLD CUP] Soccer America continues its look at the best of the World Cup with its 25 winners, the best of the tournament on and off the field. Tomorrow: Soccer America’s 25 Losers. 25. New Zealand. Who would have imagined the All Whites would be the onlyunbeaten team at the World Cup? […]
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Spain-Netherlands game most-watched men's game ever
[TELEVISION WATCH] Sunday’s World Cup final between Spain and the Netherlands on ABC was the most-watched men’s World Cup game ever in the USA with 15,545,000viewers. Only the 1999 Women’s World Cup final averaged more viewers for a soccer game — 17,975,000. The 9,389,000 households are second most for a men’s game behind only the […]
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Fox Soccer Channel to televise McGuire Cup final
[TELEVISION] Fox Soccer Channel will broadcast the final of the McGuire Cup, the oldest trophy in youth sport celebrating its 75th anniversary, on July 24 at8:30 p.m. ET. The under-19 boys competition will be one of 12 divisions played the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships at the Overland Park Soccer Complex in Overland Park, Kan. […]
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ESPN doesn't rule out soccer channel launch
ESPN has not ruled out the possibility of launching a dedicated soccer channel in the USA as ESPN President George Bodenheimer said his company has had “off the charts” successwith its World Cup coverage. The Walt Disney Co.-owned cable network shares the U.S. rights to English-language live coverage of the World Cup with sister network […]
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My World Cup: The Failings of ESPN's Brit Experts
By Paul Gardner Martin Tyler, the most experienced of ESPN’s Brit announcers, is billed as the “lead play-by-play commentator” for the World Cup. That’s sort ofOK — Tyler is the best of the bunch, but it would be nice if he did more of what his title proclaims, i.e. play-by-play. I take that term literally, […]
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My World Cup: More Referee – and Commentator – Problems
In the end — and certainly this was not an easy process — Spain squeaked past Paraguay by the same minimal scoreline that it had managed against Portugal: 1-0. The result seems fair– it was Spain that had done most of the attacking, that was looking to score. Paraguay preferred the defensive approach. Whether justice […]
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Bradley and Donovan on Comedy Central
[VIDEO] Want to catch U.S. national team coach Bob Bradley smiling and laughing? Watch him and Landon Donovan on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” as they look back at the U.S. World Cup campaign. Both Bradley and Donovan pick Brazil to win the World Cup. And hostJon Stewart tells Galaxy coach Bruce […]
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World Cup attracts 132 million ESPN consumers
[TELEVISION WATCH] How many Americans in total are following the World Cup? According to ESPN Research+Analytic, 132 million persons aged 2+ — more than twoout of five Americans — have “consumed” World Cup content across all ESPN platforms. Out-of-home viewing — work and viewing establishments — and usage of non-TV platforms — radio,internet and mobile […]
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Donovan stays in the spotlight
Even though the USA is out of the World Cup, Landon Donovan isn’t out of the spotlight. “[I’m] trying to stay in front of peoples’ eyes,” hesaid after stopping off in New York before returning to the Los Angeles Galaxy. Donovan spoke on Tuesday at a forum for the National Conference on Volunteering and Service […]
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Mexico-Argentina broadcast smashes records
[TELEVISION WATCH] Sunday afternoon’s broadcast of the Mexico-Argentina match was the most-watched program ever on Spanish-language television. Almost 9.4million viewers watched the game on Univision. Coverage of the game was the No. 1 program of the week in any language in such key markets as Los Angeles, Miami, Houston and Dallas amongtotal viewers 2+, adults […]