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  1. Do you ever tire of being wrong? I guess not as you still support the twice fired Anton. LOL.

    Friday’s NBA playoff doubleheader performed well for ESPN, with Thunder/Lakers Game 3 earning one of the network’s largest early round audiences.

    Game 3 of the Thunder/Lakers second round NBA playoff series drew     7.377 million viewers on ESPN Friday night, down 4% from Lakers/Mavericks Game 3 last year (7.658M), but up 73% from Suns/Spurs Game 3 in 2010 (4.267M).

    The game stands as the second-most viewed telecast of the postseason (through Friday), behind only Game 2 of the series (7.445M).

    Overall, Game 3 ranks as the third-most viewed first or second round NBA playoff game ever on ESPN — behind only Cavaliers/Celtics Game 6 in 2010 (8.983M) and last year’s aforementioned Lakers/Mavericks Game 3.

    Earlier in the night, Game 4 of the Celtics/Sixers series drew 4.751 million viewers, up 32% from Bulls/Hawks Game 3 last year (3.610M), and up 28% from Cavaliers/Celtics Game 3 in 2010 (3.701M).

    The 32% increase is the second-largest of the playoffs on ESPN/ABC or TNT, behind only a 41% jump for Thunder/Mavericks Game 3 in the first round.



  2. No sympathy here. I worked my way through college 75-79 and no one helped me. These felons do not deserve or should expect taxpayer paid college education. It is a game to reduce the sentence. They did the crime, they can pay the dime if they want a college education. And, what company is going to hire a convicted felon in today's world?

  3. How would a media insider not know this?


    The NBA is experiencing its strongest TV viewership since the Michael Jordan era, with local ratings up 19 percent and four teams more than doubling last year’s local ratings.

    The Minnesota Timberwolves (+140 percent), Oklahoma City Thunder (+140 percent), Los Angeles Clippers (+138 percent) and Philadelphia 76ers (+112 percent) have more than doubled their local TV ratings this year, according to Nielsen figures through the middle of the month.

    “The fans are happy to have the NBA back and it’s reflected in the ratings,” said Jeff Krolik, executive vice president of Fox Sports Networks, which oversee RSNs that cover three of those four teams. “It’s another example of the power of live sports.”

    The numbers are just as good nationally, where ABC, ESPN, TNT and NBA TV are on pace to post their highest NBA game ratings ever. Through four games, ABC is averaging     2.063 million viewers, up 10 percent. Through 21 telecasts, TNT is averaging 2.7 million viewers, up 25 percent from last season. ESPN is averaging 2.063 million viewers through 28 games, up 20 percent. And NBA TV is averaging 352,000 viewers through 52 games, up 52 percent.

    You are more clueless by the day, grow up.

  4. Thru 11 Cup races on Fox NASCAR is down 4% from 2011 and averaging a 4.3. Daytona got am 8.0. Do you really want to compare that to the ICS? The 2012 Indy 500* won't even meet NASCAR's average of 4.3. Get a clue.

  5. Wait another second. The restaurants and bars outside the Fieldhouse, not to mention parking lots were packed for recent Pacers games. The Conrad gets a nice haul from putting up the visiting team and its rather large entourage for three nights. That's called economic impact ... and that's why they play the game!

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