Sports Media Digest October 3, 2012

http://sportsmediajournal.com/ College Football This Weekend on NBC Sports- NBC Sports will televise a pair of college football matches this weekend. The highlight will be Satursday night on NBC as Notre Dame hosts Miami from Chicago. Tom Hammond, Mike Mayock, and Flnangan have the call beginning at 7:30p.m. ET. The pregame show begins at 7:00p.m. ET on NBC Sports Network (NBCSN) with Liam McHugh, Doug Flutie, and Hines Ward. NBCSN will provide coverage of Towson at James Madison at 1:00p.m. ET. Randy Moss, Anthony Herron and Carolyn Manno will be on site. Carolyn Manno Signs Deal with NBC Sports- Carolyn Manno, anchor for Comcast SportsNet New England, has signed a deal to become part of the NBC Sports team. As part of the multi-year agreement, Manno will serves as a reporter on Football Night in America, as well as on NBC and NBC Sports Group coverage of college football and basketball. She will also be a host on NBC Sports Group’s MLS coverage, and SportsDesk updates. Manno will also have a role in the new NBC Sports Radio Network as well as a role with NBC’s coverage of the 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter Games. NBCSN’s Caught Looking Profiles Two Weekend Series- NBC Sports Network’s next edition of Caught Looking will go inside last weekend’s series between the Baltimore Orioles and Boston Red Sox and the Texas Rangers and LA Angels. The program debuts tomorrow at 9:00p.m. ET. NBCSN Has MLS Double Header Saturday- The NBC Sports Network (NBCSN) will televise a pair of MLS games this Saturday. At 3:30p.m. ET the Chicago Fire take on the New York Red Bulls with Arlo White , Kyle Martino and Russ Thaler on the call. At 9:00p.m. ET Steve Cangialosi, Brian Dunseth and Jim Kozimor (host) will have the action as Real Salt Lake take on the L.A. Galaxy. Hochuli on Cover of SI- The return of the NFL referees is the focus of this week’s cover of Sports Illustrated: