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CHICAGO SPORTS ANCHOR FIRED OVER RAUNCHY WEB VIDEO

May 8, 2013 by · Leave a Comment 

What appeared to be an innocent — albeit humorous — blooper by a reporter for Comcast’s SportsNet that went viral on the Internet has led to her dismissal by the sports channel. During a telecast last week, Susannah Collins had remarked on the air that the Chicago Blackhawks basketball team had a “tremendous amount of […]

NHL FINAL: BEST RATINGS INCE 1974

June 10, 2010 by · Leave a Comment 

The final game of hockey’s Stanley Cup averaged 7.57 million viewers in primetime, peaking in the 10:30 p.m. half-hour with 9.64 million. (Numbers for the 11:00 p.m. half hour were not immediately available, but were likely higher.) It was the biggest audience to watch a televised hockey match since 1974. The first two hours of […]