Here are some sports media news briefs from today…
•The big news of the day comes from the NFL as it was announced that the week 15 NFL schedule will remain in tact. NBC was looking to flex the New England/Denver match-up to Sunday Night Football but was thwarted by CBS. CBS will still have that game at 4:15p.m. ET. NBC will stay with its original match-up of the Baltimore Ravens at San Diego Chargers.
•NFL action continues to register well in the ratings. For week 13, NFL games were the number one rated program once again in 28 of the 30 NFL markets.
•The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum today announced that Fox baseball analyst Tim McCarver has been named the 2012 recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award, presented annually for excellence in baseball broadcasting. McCarver has been an analyst on Major League games for over three decades and will receive the award during Hall of Fame Weekend, July 20-23, in Cooperstown, New York.
•Tiger Woods’ first professional win in two years translated in solid ratings numbers for NBC. Sunday’s final round of the Chevron World Challenge registered a rating of 2.4 , an increase of 13% over the 2010 tournament.
•HBO’s next card of professional boxing takes place this Saturday night from Washington, DC. Amir Khan will take on Lamont Peterson and Seth Mitchell will battle Timur Ibragimov beginning at 9:45p.m. ET.
•CBS Sports Network has entered into an agreement with the Professional Bull Riders (PBR) to televise 27 live events a year. The network is scheduled to provide over 55 hours of live coverage beginning with the first event of the PBR season on January 7, 2012 from Madison Square Garden.
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