[TELEVISION WATCH] Because many of the games will begin in the morning — or very early morning here in California — the first job of ESPN’s World Cupannouncers, as a practical matter, will be to keep us awake. But in Martin Tyler‘s debut as ESPN’s World Cup lead broadcaster, he failed miserably. Hisunenthusiastic tone during […]
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Tyler-Harkes dress rehearsal on USA-Australia broadcast
[TELEVISION WATCH] Englishman Martin Tyler, selected as ESPN’s lead play-by-play man for the World Cup, was selected tomake his ESPN debut in the U.S. Saturday on ESPN2’s live telecast of the USA-Australia match from Roodepoort, South Africa. Tyler will be joined in the booth by analyst John Harkes — his partner for next Saturday’s USA-England […]
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World Cup 2010 Schedule
[DATEBOOK] In a week, the 2010 World Cup kicks off in South Africa. Here’s the complete television schedule with information on online and mobile viewing. ONLINE: Most games will be available online at ESPN3 (formerly ESPN360.com). Univision will offer live streamingat futbol.univision.com. MOBILE: Most games will be available on REPLAYS: ESPN Classic will re-air all […]
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ESPN2 offers 24-hour World Cup countdown
[TV WATCH] ESPN2 will offer an unprecedented 24-hour block of World Cup countdown coverage, starting at 10 am ET on June 10 and running right up to kickoff ofthe opening match, between Mexico and South Africa June 11 on ESPN. The programming includes a U.S. national team preview, player profiles and human interest pieces. Highlights […]
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Where to watch all the action
[WORLD CUP VIEWING] Soccer America’s list of soccer viewing establishments where you might be able to catch the World Cup games now numbers in the hundreds.Please be sure to check for opening times. Email Soccer America with the name of your favorite soccer viewing establishment so we can add it tothe list. Alaska Juneau The […]
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World Cup at San Francisco's City Hall
[VIEWING PARTIES] If the choice is city workers heading home or off to a local bar to watch World Cup or have them view the games in their front yard, the cityof San Francisco would prefer the latter. It will be showing games on a 13-by-18-foot video screen at Civic Center Plaza. “This is what […]
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Lalas rings the alarm bell
[TELEVISION WATCH] American voices will be almost entirely absent from ESPN’s expansive coverage of the World Cup, but luckily it will have Alexi Lalas. He rang the alarm bell about the U.S. backline. And that was before the game started … Lalas’ take on theU.S. situation was in contrast to that of German Juergen Klinsmann, […]
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Time for a car wash
[USA 30] After eight days at Princeton University, the U.S. national team — all 30 players still in contention — broke camp Sunday and headed to Connecticutfor Tuesday’s friendly against the Czech Republic at Rentschler Field, where more than 28,000 tickets have been sold. On Monday, U.S. players will use their stay in the Hartford […]
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World Cup Warmups
[DATEBOOK] Host South Africa, which will play two Latin American teams (Mexico and Uruguay) at the World Cup, plays a key warmup when it hosts Colombia inPretoria on Thursday. For all this week’s games and television viewing information … SCHEDULE:May 27 in Minsk,12:30 pm ET Belarus vs. Honduras May 27 in Aalborg, 2:15 pm ET […]
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Champions League debuts on Fox
[TELEVISION WATCH] To conclude its first year of coverage of the UEFA Champions League, Fox Sports is pulling out all the stops for Saturday’s final betweenInter Milan and Bayern Munich. Besides the Sky Sports’ game coverage on Fox and a 90-minute pregame show from Madrid on Fox Soccer Channel, BruceArena and Eric Wynalda will appear […]