ANGELS & FOX SPORTS WEST TO TELEVISE 11 CACTUS LEAGUE GAMES

ANAHEIM, CA – The Angels and Fox Sports West have unveiled their 2011 Cactus League television schedule, announcing a slate of 11 games to be aired live from Tempe Diablo Stadium.

The television coverage begins February 28th when the Angels play host to divisional foe Oakland at Tempe Diablo Stadium and continues through March 24th vs. the Milwaukee Brewers.

Click here for the complete slate of Spring Training TV game.

 

FOX Sports West and Prime Ticket will have the best local coverage of NBA All-Star Weekend!

DODGERS ANNOUNCE 2010 SPRING TRAINING BROADCAST SCHEDULE

 
--PRIME TICKET and KCAL to televise more Spring Training games than ever before--


LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Dodgers today announced their 2010 Spring Training broadcast schedule. Fourteen of the Dodgers’ thirty-two spring games will be televised, which is more than the Dodgers and their broadcast partners have ever made available to fans.

PRIME TICKET will carry 11 games live, KCAL 9 will broadcast three and the remainder will air on KABC 790, KHJ La Ranchera 930 and the Dodger Radio Network.

The first telecast of 2010 will air on PRIME TICKET when the Dodgers take on the White Sox at Camelback Ranch – Glendale for their first Spring Training home game. The March 17 St. Patrick’s Day game and the March 20 7:05 p.m. game against San Diego will also air on PRIME TICKET and the 11 televised games are more than the network has ever broadcast for fans. In an effort to provide more Spring Training games to fans than ever before, PRIME TICKET’s “Camelback Vision” telecasts will air with minimized production, as is appropriate for the atmosphere of Spring Training.

Game announcers for the 11 games on PRIME TICKET will be shared across multiple Dodgers broadcast teams including Play-by-play Announcer Eric Collins alongside Analyst Steve Lyons and Play-by-Play Announcer Charley Steiner alongside Analyst Rick Monday.

KCAL 9 will televise the Dodgers’ March 21 contest against the Cleveland Indians and the March 27 game against Seattle. The network will also broadcast the final game of Spring Training when the Dodgers host the Angels at Dodger Stadium on April 3. Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully will be behind the microphone for all three games.

Tickets to games at Camelback Ranch – Glendale are available at www.dodgers.com/spring, by calling 1-800-745-300, or in person at the Camelback Ranch box office Mon. - Fri. from 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. For season seats, mini plans, groups and suites, fans can call (623) 303-4000.

Brett Favre: Retired or not?

Let me preface my following comments with this statement: I really don't care if Brett Favre stays retired or comes back to play for the Packers this season. I truly and honestly don't. He's a grown-ass man and he can do whatever he wants.

But having said that, I do have a problem with the media's--especially ESPN's-- utter infatuation with this man. I mean, some people are treating Favre's impending comeback as though it were Jesus Christ rolling back that stone on Easter Sunday. If Favre does indeed play again this season, will he get a holiday named after him leading people to get dressed up in their Sunday best for a game?

Yes, he's one of the game's all-time greats. Without question. But he hasn't won a Super Bowl since 1997. His last Super Bowl appearance came in 1998. His run of 3 consecutive MVP awards stopped more than 11 years ago. He's come close to getting back to the Super Bowl in recent years, but so have Drew Brees and Jake Plummer, and Rex Grossman and Matt Hasselbeck actually got there. So what exactly does that say?

He's just another Hall of Fame football player hoping to make sure his decision to leave the game is one he won't regret. He wants to be certain he's ready to leave when he actually leaves. So while he battles with this emotional, life-altering choice, give the man some space. If you stop crowding him demanding a definite yes or no, he might actually give you what you want-- one more year!