The North American Lacrosse League hopes to begin its indoor season in January, with six to eight teams playing a 12-game schedule that would compete with the National Lacrosse League, the older and established league that traces its roots to…
5/9 – DC High School Gets An ESPN Game
Washington DC’s Friendship Collegiate High School will open its football season at Taft High School (Cincinnati,Ohio) on Aug. 28, which will be televised on ESPNU. In recent years, some area schools getting ESPN televised games have included DeMatha and Good…
5/9 – Mavs-Lakers Rates Well Last Night
ABC saw gains in overnight ratings for both of its NBA Playoff telecasts this weekend. The network earned a 6.5 overnight Nielsen rating for the Mavericks’ 122-86 win over the Lakers yesterday that sent the Mavs into the Western Conference Finals.
5/9 – Kentucky Derby Draws Big Numbers
Saturday’s Kentucky Derby drew a record attendance of 164,858, besting the previous record of 163,628 set in ’74, according to figures released by Churchill Downs Inc. All-sources wagering on the 13-race card was $165.2M, “a slight increase over last year’s…
5/9 – ESPN 980 Breaks Maryland Hiring That Never Happened
ESPN 980 in DC had reported early Saturday, May 7 that Sean Miller will be named new mens’ basketball coach at the University Of Maryland on Monday. But this information was not official, was not on the record, and not…
5/9 – DC Sports TV & Radio Schedule
MLB 7 p.m. Minnesota at Boston » ESPN NBA PLAYOFFS 7 p.m. Miami at Boston » TNT 9:30 p.m. Oklahoma City at Memphis » TNT NHL PLAYOFFS 8 p.m. Vancouver at Nashville » Versus SOCCER 3 p.m. English Premier League:…