Monday, April 29, 2013

Andrew Sinai and Henry Paiste capture District 11 boys tennis titles

http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/sports/index.ssf/2013/04/sinai_paiste_capture_district.html#incart_river_default

FROM THE EXPRESS TIMES


The year of the freshman hit a bit of a road bump this afternoon.
Andrew Sinai of Freedom High School and Henry Paiste of Northwestern defeated their freshmen opponents to capture the District 11 Class AAA and AA titles, respectively, at Westend Racquet Club in South Whitehall Township.

Fightin Phils rained out

http://www.mcall.com/sports/mc-reading-phillies-rainout-20130429,0,7967978.story

FROM THE MORNING CALL


Monday's scheduled game between the Reading Fightin Phils and Portland Sea Dogs has been rained out. No make-up date has been announced yet.
The game will not be made up as part of this current series, but instead will be rescheduled for Portland's return trip in June. Information regarding the specific make-up date vs. Portland will be forthcoming via Fightins.com.
If you are holding tickets for tonight's game, please recognize that this game will be treated as an official rain out. Fans holding dated tickets for today April 29th will be able to exchange those tickets for any remaining regular season game this season.

NBC’s Coverage of the Kentucky Derby

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NBC Sports will devote 14.5 hours to this year’s Kentucky Derby.
From Wednesday’s Derby Draw through the race on Saturday, NBC and the NBC Sports Network (NBCSN) will produce 11.5 hours about this year’s race.  An additional three hours will feature “Derby Classics” to air on NBCSN.
On Derby Day  Bob Costas will host along with NBC Sports commentator Tom Hammond. Analysts include Randy Moss, Hall-of Fame jockey Jerry Bailey and handicappers Mike Battaglia and Bob Neumeier
Laffit Pincay, III will host on NBCSN with reporters Kenny Rice, Donna Brothers and Jay Privman. Larry Collmus will call the race. Michelle Beadle of Access Hollywood and co-host of The Crossover on NBC Sports Network, will provide features and interviews, and Coco Rocha, supermodel coach on Oxygen’s The Face, will talk Kentucky Derby fashions and handle celebrity interviews.
Here is the NBC Sports schedule for the Kentucky Derby:
Wed., May 1
4 p.m.- Kentucky Derby Classics – Mine That Bird (NBCSN)
5 p.m.- Kentucky Derby Draw (NBCSN)
Thurs., May 2
4 p.m.- Kentucky Derby Classics – Animal Kingdom (NBCSN)
5 p.m.- Kentucky Derby Access (NBCSN)
Fri., May 3
4 p.m.- Kentucky Derby Classics – I’ll Have Another (NBCSN)
5 p.m.- Kentucky Oaks (NBCSN(
Sat., May 4
11 a.m.- Kentucky Derby Saturday (NBCSN)
4 p.m.- Kentucky Derby (NBC)
7 p.m.- Kentucky Derby Post-Race Show (NBCSN)

Sports Media Digest- April 29- 2013

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ESPN Sees Increase in Viewership and Ratings for NFL Draft- ESPN reported today that its three day coverage of the NFL Draft resulted in an increase of viewers and ratings for the network.  ESPN recorded a 2.1 US rating, a three percent gain from 2012 (2.0) and a six percent increase from 2011 (1.9). The average viewership of 3,035,000 viewers is a four percent gain over both 2012 (2,924,000) and 2011 (2,918,000).  Even though the numbers were up overall, ESPN saw a drop in viewers during the first round Thursday night.  Thursday’s 4.1 rating was down 7% from 2012.
ESPN to Produce Special Featuring Bryce Harper-  ESPN has produced a a one-hour special on National’s outfielder Bryce Harper’s journey from a young teenager to MLB star. Bryce Begins will air tomorrow at 9:00 p.m. ET. ESPN will also use its Wednesday Night Baseball telecast between the Nationals and Braves to position analysts Mark Mulder and Doug Glanville near the dugout – instead of in the booth.  Wednesday’s game begins at 7:00p.m. ET.
ESPN To Telecast All 16 NCAA Baseball Regionals-  For the first time, all 16 NCAA Division I baseball regional championships will air on the networks of ESPN.  Every game will also be available on WatchESPN.  The Regionals take place May 31st through June 3rd.  ESPNU will televise the 64 team selection show May 27th at Noon.
CBS Sports Takes a Look at PGA Tour Golfers over a Seven Day Period-  CBS Sports is producing a one-hour special on the schedule of a PGA Tour professional between and during a tournament. PGA Tour 2013: Seven Days presented by Mercedes-Benz will look at six golf stars on seven different days of the week of a tournament.  The golfers are: Graeme McDowell, Russell Henley, Martin Kaymer, Rickey Fowler, Scott Langley and Justin Rose. PGA Tour 2013: Seven Days presented by Mercedes-Benz culminates at the Heritage Tournament from Hiton Head. The program debuts Saturday, May 4th at 2:00p.m. ET.
NASCAR Nationwide Series this Weekend from Talladega on ESPN- The next stop in the NASCAR Nationwide Series will take place this Saturday from the Talladega Superspeedway.  Alan Bestwick will be joined by Carl Edwards and Andy Petree for the call of the race while Dave Burns, Jamie Little, Dr. Jerry Punch and Vince Welch report from the pits.  Action begins at 2:30p.m. ET with NASCAR Countdown with Nicole Briscoe, Rusty Wallace and Brad Daugherty.
Special Thursday Night Edition of Friday Night Fights on ESPN-  This week’s edition of Friday Night Nightson ESPN will take place Thursday night and feature former Lightweight world title challenger Ji-Hoon “Volcano” Kim taking on Mauricio “El Maestro” Herrera in the 10-round Junior Welterweight main event.  Joe Tessitore and Teddy Atlas have the call with Todd Grisham as pre and post fight host.   Pablo Viruega and Delvin Rodriguez will call this week’s fights for ESPN Deportes’ Viernes de Combates (Friday Night Fights) with Claudia Trejos and Leopoldo Gonzalez in the studio. The telecast begins at 10:00p.m. ET on ESPN2.
The Story of Gay NBA Player Jason Collins on the Cover of Sports Illustrated-  This week’s edition of Sports Illustrated will look into the coming out of gay NBA player Jason Collins.  

MLB Action This Week on ESPN

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Here is this week’s schedule of Major League Baseball games, along with announcer assignments on ESPN:
DateTime (ET)Game / CommentatorsNetworks
Tues, Apr 309 p.m.Bryce BeginsESPN, WatchESPN
 10 p.m.Baseball Tonight Presented by Scott’sKarl Ravech, Aaron, Boone, Barry LarkinESPN, WatchESPN
Wed, May 17 p.m.Wednesday Night Baseball presented by T-Mobile:Washington Nationals at Atlanta BravesSean McDonough, Mark Mulder, Doug GlanvilleESPN, WatchESPN
 10 p.m.Baseball Tonight presented by Snapper TractorsRavech, Boone, LarkinESPN, WatchESPN
Sun, May 57 p.m.Baseball Tonight presented by ChevroletRavech, Larkin, Curt Schilling, Rick SutcliffeESPN, WatchESPN
8 p.m.Sunday Night Baseball presented by Taco Bell:  Los Angeles Dodgers at San Francisco GiantsESPN: Dan Shulman, John Kruk, Orel Hershiser, Buster Olney
ESPN Radio: Jon Sciambi, Chris Singleton
ESPN Deportes: Ernesto Jerez, Luis Alfredo Alvarez, Guillermo Celis
ESPN, ESPN Radio, ESPN Deportes,WatchESPN

ESPN Announces Six Big Ten Prime Time Football Telecasts

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ESPN announced today a slate of six prime time college football football telecasts featuring teams from the Big Ten.
Here is the schedule:
DateTime (ET)GameNetwork
Sat, Sep 78 p.m.No. 10 Notre Dame at No. 9 Michigan *ABC, ESPN or ESPN2
Sat, Sep 148 p.m.No. 10 Notre Dame at PurdueABC, ESPN or ESPN2
Sat, Sep 288 p.m.No. 25 Wisconsin at No. 1 Ohio StateABC, ESPN or ESPN2
Sat, Oct 58 p.m.No. 1 Ohio State at No. 24 NorthwesternABC, ESPN or ESPN2
Sat, Oct 125 p.m.No. 9 Michigan at Penn StateESPN or ESPN2
Sat, Oct 268 p.m.Penn State at No. 1 Ohio StateABC, ESPN or ESPN2

NHL Playoffs on NBC Sports

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For the second consecutive year, the NBC Sports Group will air every NHL Playoff game on a national network.
For the first round of the playoffs games will air on NBC, NBC Sports Network, CNBC, or the NHL Network.  The NBC Sports Network will be the anchor for the coverage, airing one or two games each night during the first round.
During the second round NBC, NBC Sports Network and CNBC will be carrying games live.  NBC and the NBC Sports Network will be the home for the Conference Finals and Stanley Cup Finals.
Once again the lead announcing crew will feature Mike Emrick, Ed Olczyk and Pierre McGuire.  The networks have not announced what the other announcer pairings will be.
In terms of the studio coverage Liam McHugh, Mike Milbury, and Keith Jones will man the studio for games airing on NBC and NBC Sports Network, with Bill Patrick and Jeremy Roenick working the studio for CNBC games. Host Russ Thalerand analysts Mike Keenan and Anson Carter form an additional team of studio commentators during the NHL playoffs.
NHL Playoff action will also be streamed via the NBC Sports Live Extra applications on computers and mobile devices.
Here is the schedule of the first four games of the opening round of the NHL Playoffs, along with the NBC Network each game will be telecast:
Tuesday, April 30
8 p.m.Minnesota (8) @ Chicago (1)NBCSN
8 p.m.Los Angeles (5) @ St. Louis (4)CNBC
10:30 p.m.Detroit (7) @ Anaheim (2)NBCSN
Wednesday, May 1
7 p.m.Toronto (5) @ Boston (4)CNBC
7:30 p.m.N.Y. Islanders (8) @ Pittsburgh (1)NBCSN
10:30 p.m.San Jose (6) @ Vancouver (3)NBCSN
Thursday, May 2
7 p.m.Ottawa (7) @ Montreal (2)CNBC
7:30 p.m.N.Y. Rangers (6) @ Washington (3)NBCSN
9:30 p.m.Los Angeles (5) @ St. Louis (4)CNBC
10 p.m.Detroit (7) @ Anaheim (2)NBCSN
Friday, May 3
7 p.m.N.Y. Islanders (8) @ Pittsburgh (1)NBCSN
7 p.m.Ottawa (7) @ Montreal (2)CNBC
9:30 p.m.Minnesota (8) @ Chicago (1)NBCSN
10 p.m.San Jose (6) @ Vancouver (3)CNBC
Saturday, May 4
12:30 p.m.N.Y. Rangers (6) @ Washington (3)NBC
7 p.m.Toronto (5) @ Boston (4)CNBC
7:30 p.m.Anaheim (2) @ Detroit (7)NBCSN
10 p.m.St. Louis (4) @ Los Angeles (5)NBCSN
Sunday, May 5
NoonPittsburgh (1) @ N.Y. Islanders (8)NBC
3 p.m.Chicago (1) @ Minnesota (8)NBC
7 p.m.Montreal (2) @ Ottawa (7)NBCSN
10 p.m.Vancouver (3) @ San Jose (6)NBCSN
Monday, May 6
7 p.m.Boston (4) @ Toronto (5)NHL Network
7:30 p.m.Washington (3) @ N.Y. Rangers (6)NBCSN
8 p.m.Anaheim (2) @ Detroit (7)CNBC
10 p.m.St. Louis (4) @ Los Angeles (5)NBCSN
Tuesday, May 7
7 p.m.Pittsburgh (1) @ N.Y. Islanders (8)NBCSN
7 p.m.Montreal (2) @ Ottawa (7)CNBC
9:30 p.m.Chicago (1) @ Minnesota (8)NBCSN
10 p.m.Vancouver (3) @ San Jose (6)CNBC
Wednesday, May 8
7 p.m.Boston (4) @ Toronto (5)NHL Network
7:30 p.m.Washington (3) @ N.Y. Rangers (6)NBCSN

NBA Playoffs on TNT This Tomorrow Night

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TNT will air a double header of NBA Playoff action with a pair of Game 5′s this tomorrow night.
Here is the schedule, along with announcer assignments:
TNT’s Upcoming NBA Playoff Schedule
Day/Date 
Time (ET)Event
  
Tue., April 30 
  
8 p.m.Golden State Warriors @ Denver Nuggets (Game 5)
 Matt Devlin (play-by-play) and Mike Fratello (analyst) with Marty Snider (reporter)
  
10:30 p.m.Memphis Grizzlies  @ Los Angeles Clippers (Game 5)
 Kevin Harlan (play-by-play) and Reggie Miller (analyst) with Jaime Maggio (reporter)
  
Post-gameInside the NBA presented by Hyundai
 Johnson (host), Barkley (analyst), O’Neal (analyst) and Smith (analyst)

Susan Barnett Out at CBS3

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FROM LAURA NACHMAN


STATEMENT FROM SUSAN BARNETT AND KYW/WPSG-TV
Philadelphia, April 29, 2013 – CBS 3(KYW-TV) and CW Philly (WPSG-TV) News Anchor Susan Barnett will not be renewing her contract with the stations, Barnett and the stations announced today. Barnett’s contract expired at the end of March.
Barnett, who has been with the Philadelphia stations since 2006, said: “I have decided to not renew my contract with the stations at this time. I am incredibly thankful for having been a part of the CBS Philly family, but I feel that this is the right decision at this time.”
Jon Hitchcock, President and General Manager of CBS 3/CW Philly, said: “Susan has been a valued member of our team. While we would have liked to have her continue in her current role, we respect her decision and wish her the very best. Moving forward, Eyewitness News, the area’s most honored team of television journalists, will continue to provide the Delaware Valley with the most complete news coverage in the tradition of the first name in local news.”

MS SOFTBALL CHANGE


This is an away event.

Due to field construction at Whitehall High School, the following Middle School Softball Game has been rescheduled.

Original Date:  Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Nazareth @ Whitehall
Time:  4:00 PM
Site:  Whitehall MS Softball Field

New Date:  Wednesday May 1, 2013
Same teams, same time, same site

MS SOCCER COED UPDATE


This is a home event

Due to poor field conditions, the following MS Coed Soccer game has been postponed TBA.

MS Coed Soccer
South Mountain @ Nazareth
Date:  Monday, April 29, 2013
Time:  4:00 pm
Site:  Intermediate School Field #1

Motorcycle, Car Collide in Upper Nazareth

http://nazareth.patch.com/articles/motorcycle-car-collide-in-upper-nazareth

FROM NAZARETH PATCH


A motorcycle and car collided on Route 248 in Upper Saturday Saturday afternoon.
The Upper Nazareth Fire Rescue 54 responded at 4:54 p.m. Saturday for a crash on Route 248 and Gun Club Road, the fire department reported on its website.

Parkland powerlifters place second at state meet

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FROM KEITH GROLLER



Parkland High School placed second overall at the Pennsylvania State High School Powerlifting Championships at the Glen Mills Schools on Saturday.
Perennial state champion and national powerhouse Glen Mills won its 28th consecutive state high school team title.
The meet featured more than 175 lifters from approximately 15 high schools throughout the state.  Other Lehigh Valley-area schools involved included Palmerton and Salisbury.
Some weight classes had as many as 16 competitors.  Parkland had multiple medalists. Here are the names:  (JV is 9th and 10th grade; varsity is 11th and 12th):
Bronze:  Nigel Redmond (148 lbs JV), Jeray Elder (165 lbs JV), David Wong (220 Var), Josh Walmer (242 Var), Shane Fisher (275 JV),  Zech Rauch (275 Var)
Silver:  Dylan McVitty (123 JV), Amir Wallace (181 JV), Tanner Stengel (181 Var), Ethan Happel (220 JV)
Gold:  James Gallagher (132 JV), Tom Stenulis (275 JV), Paul Tajiri (198 Var), Ryan Dupre (242 Var)
Additionally, Ryan Dupre broke a 20-year-old state record in the bench press in the 242-pound class with a lift of 425 pounds, and Paul Tajiri was named Best Lifter of the meet, pound for pound, by totaling 1470 in the 198 class.
 Parkland is coached by Erik Steiner.

THIS WEEK ON PBS 39

Monday, April 29th 
Lark Rise to Candleford
8:00pm Globe Trekker: Around the World, Pacific Journeys Santiago de Chile, Tahiti and Pitcairn Island are visited.
9:00pm Lark Rise to Candleford Dorcas has problems with the new post-office inspector and Laura loses a parcel.

10:00pm Scott & Bailey A body is discovered at a building site; Rachel learns that Nick had an affair with a juror during a trial. 
 Tuesday, April 30th 
Nature: Deep Thinkers
8:00pm Tempo InDepth
9:00pm Nature: Deep Thinkers The mental prowess of dolphins and whales is examined. Included: how they work cooperatively, show empathy and are self-aware; why it's believed that dolphins have individual names.

10:00pm Saving the Ocean: River Kings  This program details the efforts being made to restore Washington's Nisqually River. 
 Wednesday, May 1st 
Selfridge
8:00pm Sherlock Holmes: The Dying Detective Holmes and Watson help a financier's wife who believes her husband is slowly being addicted to opium by a greedy family member.

9:00pm Call the Midwife: Episode 5 The community prepares for the annual summer fête, which is slated to feature a baby show with a celebrity judge. In other events, Jenny meets an impoverished mother of eight who fears that she may soon have another mouth to feed.

10:00pm Masterpiece Classic: Mr. Selfridge
Mr. Grove takes charge in Harry's absence, but faces a plethora of problems, including a suffragette march that's supposed to pass in front of the store. In other events, Agnes gets to know Henri, the window dresser.
 
 Thursday, May 2nd 
Doc Martin
8:00pm Doc Martin: Aromatherapy A woman's increasingly erratic behavior has people believing that she's an alcoholic; Doc treats a patient whose body odor clears rooms; PC Mylow perfects his pheremone spray.

9:00pm Death in Paradise 
10:00pm EastEnders
 
 Friday, May 3rd 
Antiques Roadshow: Abe Lincoln Bust
8:00pm Antiques Roadshow: Cincinnati In Cincinnati, items include a trophy from the 1908 Belmont Stakes; an early 20th-century toy horse and buggy; a French advertising poster; and a bust of Abraham Lincoln. 
9:00pm British Antiques Roadshow 
10:00pm Pompeii: The Last Day The final moments of the city that was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, are re-created using dramatic reconstructions, historical descriptions and computer imagery to follow a cast of characters that includes lovers, soldiers, slaves and families.
 
 Saturday, May 4th 
  
Waiting for God
8:00pm  Keeping Up Appearances
 9:00pm  As Time Goes By
10:00pm Are You Being Served?
11:00pm Waiting for God
12:00am Austin City Limits: Norah Jones/Kat Edmonson
 
 Sunday, May 5th 
The Titanic with Len Goodman
8:00pm Saving the Titanic 
This A dramatic portrayal of the Titanic's final hours from the perspective of the ship's engineers, who toiled beneath deck to keep the ship's power systems running even after they learned all was lost.
 
9:00pm The Titanic with Len Goodman The legacy of the Titanic is explored by "Dancing With the Stars" judge Len Goodman, who once worked as an apprentice welder for the company that built the ship. He visits Belfast, where it was built, and Southampton, England, home to many of the dead, and meets with descendants of the passengers and crew.

10:00pm Titanic Belfast: Birthplace of a Legend The history of the Titanic, which was built in Belfast from 1909 to 1912. Included: how and why the ship was built.

11:00pm EastEnders