Sirius Sports

Once again, Sirius will be the exclusive satellite radio provider of every game of the 2008 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship and will offer listeners uninterrupted play-by-play access to every single match-up from the opening round game on March 18 through the National Championship game in San Antonio, TX on April 7.

Sirius will dedicate five channels to tournament coverage and be the only radio broadcaster to air every game in its entirety with no blackouts. The games are slated to air on Sirius channels 121, 122, 126 and 127. Steve Torre will anchor Sirius’ coverage on these channels, providing up-to-the-minute scores and highlights during game breaks and directing listeners to other games around the dial.

Sirius will provide live coverage as tournament brackets are announced on March 16th, giving listeners all the info on who’s in and who’s out, on Sirius Sports Central (ch. 123) from 6:00-9:00 pm ET. For those of you who are looking for the full tourney brackets with match-ups and channel line-ups, you can download them at www.sirius.com/collegesports starting Monday, March 17.

Gentlemen start your engines! Sirius, the official Satellite Radio provider of NASCAR, will provide comprehensive coverage of the Daytona 500, featuring the live race broadcast plus multiple channels carrying in-car audio.

Tune in Sunday, February 17, to hear 15 hours of live coverage of the 50th running of the Daytona 500 starting at 8:00 am ET. NASCAR Radio (ch. 128) will carry the race broadcast live nationwide starting at 2:30 pm ET.

Driver2Crew Chatter channels will also carry the in-car audio of NASCAR’s top drivers, allowing fans to follow the whole race call and the in-car audio of a driver on a single channel. The infamous “Fan’s Choice” channel will feature the in-car audio of a driver determined by fan votes. Race fans can log on to sirius.com/driver2crew and vote for their favorite driver.

For this weekend’s Daytona 500, subscribers can tune into the following:

• Live race call provided by Motor Racing Network (ch. 128)
• Jimmie Johnson in-car audio (ch. 122)
• Dale Earnhardt, Jr. in-car audio (ch. 125)
• Tony Stewart in-car audio (ch. 126)
• Jeff Gordon in-car audio (ch. 127)
• Fan’s Choice (ch. 123)

New to the Sirius NASCAR Radio lineup in 2008 is an exclusive daily talk show hosted by Danny “Chocolate” Myers, the popular former crew member for the late Dale Earnhardt, Sr., and SIRIUS host Steve Post. Tradin’ Paint will air every weekday from 11-3pm ET.

Sirius announced today that the Tony Stewart Live talk show, hosted by two-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion Tony Stewart and veteran broadcaster Matt Yocum, will return for its second season on Sirius NASCAR Radio on Monday, February 4th (8:00 pm - 10:00 pm ET).

All you dizzy NASCAR fans should also note that the weekly program has moved to Monday nights from last year’s Tuesday night time slot. The two-hour show airs on Sirius NASCAR Radio (ch. 128), throughout the season and features Stewart and Yocum taking calls from listeners, talking with prominent guests and covering the spectrum of motorsports.

Congrats on the renewal Smoke, those Stewie’s must have been a big hit!

The New England Patriots “Rush” to a 21-12 victory (a line dedicated to fans of the Canadian rock trio) over the Chargers, while Giant kicker Tyne finally connected on a field goal in overtime to lift the Giants over the Packers. The Super Bowl stage is now set, and as usual, Sirius Satellite Radio will bring fans right into all the action.

Sirius NFL Radio on channel 124 will be hopping in the next two weeks. Already, Super Bowl chatter has taken over the studio. Exclusive interviews, in depth coverage, and more access than anywhere else on radio are just a few things that NFL fans from around the nation can look forward to.

Looking for diversity? The Super Bowl is typically broadcast by Sirius in several languages, giving international fans the ability to enjoy the game in a way that simply has not been possible before. The bottom line is that for NFL fans across the nation, Sirius NFL Radio is your source for all the latest and greatest on the Big Game (lineup after the jump).

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Thursday Night Football is here, and tonight’s match-ups promises to be a compelling game. The Green Bay Packers at 10-1 are pitted against the Dallas Cowboys who are also 10-1. The game, which is one of the few times in NFL history where two teams with 10-1 records have met, carries playoff implications, and bragging rights in the NFC.

However, the game will be broadcast on the NFL Network, and will not be available to many throughout the nation, leaving fans to scramble to find some way to catch the game. For Sirius subscribers, the solution is simple. Simply tune it in. Sirius is the official satellite radio provider of every NFL game, and even features both the home and away broadcasts.

The NFL Network is not available on many cable systems, and in fact, less than 40% of the homes in the country will have televised access to the game. The issue centers around certain cable operators and the NFL not coming to terms on a contract. The NFL would like it’s network included in the basic cable package, but companies such as Time Warner and Charter are balking. Already criticised for cable rates, and facing more competition from satellite and FIOS, cable networks seem hesitant to absorb the 70 cents per account that the NFL is seeking, and are under pressure to keep rates down. Thus, many fans will simply not have access to the game.

The NFL took out a full page ad in USA Today explaining the situation to fans, and offering a potential solution. The ad stated:

“NFL FANS,

The National Football League wants you to see tonight’s big game between Green Bay and Dallas. Despite our best efforts to reach agreements with all cable companies, we were unsuccessful.

Tonight’s game will be carried on over 240 cable, satellite and telephone companies across the country. To find out how you can get the NFL Network in your local area, log on to iwantnflnetwork.com

For fans who don’t have NFL Network - introducing NFL.com LIVE- an exclusive live broadcast covers tonight’s game from all angles on NFL.com Live Thursday Night Football will be anchored by a live, originally produced video program with live game look-ins, complimented by highlights, studio analysis, and exciting interactive applications, giving fans a look at NFL Network games and some of its best programming. Log on tonight at NFL.com/live”

One thing is certain. Fans will need to scramble.

Position - Long Sirius, XM

Sirius NASCAR Radio host and one of the sport’s most exciting and outspoken drivers, Tony Stewart, announced today the creation of the first annual ‘Stewie Awards,’ honoring the best, boldest and funniest moments of the 2007 NASCAR season.

Stewart and co-host Matt Yocum will announce the nominees in the 12 award categories on a future edition of Tony Stewart Live. Following the announcement of the nominees, fans who like to watch things go around in circles will have the opportunity to decide the winners by voting online at sirius.com/nascar.

The ‘Stewies’ will be awarded during a special live broadcast of Tony Stewart Live, on Sirius NASCAR Radio channel 128 on Thursday, November 29 (6:00 - 8:00 pm ET).

I’m actually thinking about starting my own award program here and calling it the “Buzzie Awards,” where we get together every year and vote on the most ludicrous press releases.

Today Sirius announced that veteran NFL broadcaster and Super Bowl winning head Coach John Madden will return for his fourth season as a commentator on Sirius NFL Radio, channel 124.

Throughout the 2007 NFL season, Madden will join fellow Sirius hosts Adam Schein and Gil Brandt every Sunday on The Stadium Tailgate Show, which airs Sundays from 9am - 12pm ET. Madden will also appear every Friday and Monday throughout the season on The Afternoon Blitz, the talk show hosted by Schein, Solomon Wilcots and Jim Miller that airs weekdays from 3 - 7 pm ET exclusively on Sirius NFL Radio.

I think a more fitting channel for the living legend king of babble would probably Raw Dog but I will take any opportunity I can to listen to his famous mind boggling one liners.

To win in this league, you have to score more points than the other team. –John Madden

Sirius Satellite Radio is set to broadcast comprehensive coverage of the 2007 NFL draft live from its Radio City Hall headquarters in New York City.

Tune in to Sirius NFL channel 124, for extensive start to finish coverage of all 32 NFL teams through all seven rounds with SIRIUS expert analysis. Starting at 11 am on the 28th right up until the final pick on the 29th you will get live announcements of every selection accompanied by the commentary of Randy Cross, Gil Brandt, Pat Kirwan, Tim Ryan, Jim Miller, Adam Schein and Bryan McGovern.

In addition to the picks and commentary, you will also hear interviews from top draft picks, players around the country, and team reactions from coaches and general managers.

I personally will be listening just to hear who the genius that is Bill Belichick will be selecting in the first couple of rounds, just so I can curse him now and praise him later when his mind numbing, head scratching pick becomes a force in the league by his sophomore year. Don’t hate me because I am a Patriots supporter…I am no fair-weather fan. Since my childhood I have been right by their side watching every game, including their ass handing, 46-10 Super Bowl XX defeat.

Back in February we talked about the new fan’s choice that allows NASCAR fans to vote for their favorite driver to be featured on Ch. 140 each race day. Who would have thought that when this great new feature was released that Ricky Rudd, a driver that is currently ranked 29th, would win the fan’s choice every single week?

I did a little digging around and what I have come to find out is that “Granny” over at the Ricky Rudd forums has started a grassroots campaign to get all of the forum members to go vote for Ricky on the Sirius website. The only problem I have with this is that admittedly 75% of the people voting do not even subscribe to Sirius.

This is a calling to all other drivers, its time to get your faithful army of fans together and get up into that fan’s choice spot. I don’t have enough readers in the young stages of this blog but, if I did I would surely get some people together, in true Sanjaya fashion just to get anyone but Ricky into that #10 slot.

For the third year in a row SIRIUS will be broadcasting the play-by-play of more than 350 pro and college teams, and will be the exclusive satellite radio provider of every game of the 2007 NCAA(R) Division I Men’s Basketball Championship.

The games will air on SIRIUS channels 119, 122, 125 and 126. Host Steve Torre will be broadcasting coverage on these channels, providing scores and highlights during game breaks and directing listeners to the other games around the dial.

Check out the Sirius website for your copy of the NCAA tournament bracket with all of the game times and Sirius channel information.