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Fox Drops The Ball During World Series Game 1

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Few Mets fans saw Matt Harvey’s first strikeout of the World Series, thanks to a broadcast outage on Fox.

At the start of the fourth inning, Fox’s feed broadcasting Game 1 was dropped, leaving viewers with a message stating: “We are experiencing technical difficulties, please stand by.”

When the feed eventually cut to a trio of in-studio hosts, it was explained that a power outage in the production truck caused the problem.

While this was happening, Harvey took the hill to start the bottom of the fourth inning, striking out Kendrys Morales looking.

The game was then delayed. According to Fox’s Ken Rosenthal, the game needed to be stopped since the replay review crew in New York also lost its feed.

Eventually Fox picked up the MLB International broadcast and the game resumed after the short break. Harvey was given the chance to warm up and finished the inning without giving up a run.

Things appeared to be running smoothly, but the next inning, a Curtis Granderson at-bat was again interrupted by technical difficulties.

Fortunately for Mets fans, the feed came back a few pitches before Granderson hit a solo home run, giving the Mets a 2-1 lead.

Credit to Newsday who originally published this article

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Mike Pereira Returns as UFL, CFB and NFL Rules Analyst

“I’ve made it and will be back this fall doing college and NFL games.”

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FOX Sports rules analyst Mike Pereira has announced he will be back on FOX Sports football coverage. Pereira, who started with FOX Sports in 2010, missed last season due to major back surgery. The former NFL Vice President of Officiating posted on his X account he would be back to work starting this weekend in his role as Head of Officiating for the United Football Leage (UFL).

“About 6 months ago, I posted that I was going to take a year off at Fox due to back surgery,” he wrote. “Five months ago I had my back fused on 7 levels, T11 to S1. 8 1/2 hours of surgery! In recovery, they asked me what my goals were. I gave them two. First was to be able to walk again…

“Second was I want to get back to work again. Well, I am walking a couple of miles a day and doing a lot of PT. And…I’m going back to work tomorrow doing two UFL games on Fox starting at 1pm Eastern. I’ve made it and will be back this fall doing college and NFL games.

“I want to thank all of you who sent positive messages to me constantly including family and friends. You motivated me more than you know. I’m indebted to you all! I’m back! (like it or not).”

The hiring of Pereira as a rules analyst was considered groundbreaking at the time. FOX became the first network to have a dedicated rules analyst before CBS, NBC, ESPN and Amazon all hired analysts of their own.

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Final ‘Good Morning Football’ Episode from New York Studio Airs Before Hiatus, Move to LA

After today, ‘Good Morning Football’ will take a brief hiatus, then move to LA. But outside of host Jamie Erdahl, who else will join the show on the West Coast?

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Today marks the last Good Morning Football episode to air from its New York studios on NFL Network. After today, the show will take a brief hiatus, then move across the country to Los Angeles. But which of the shows beloved cast members will move along with it?

We already know host Jamie Erdahl will be there once she gives birth to her child. The newest GMFB show member gave an emotional send-off to the show’s New York studios before announcing she was headed for maternity leave and would see everyone in LA.

Host Kyle Brandt delivered this message late last night, saying that viewers should tune in to he and his colleagues and that “he has a lot to say.”

As the show ended today, Brandt said, “I am not saying goodbye to any of you…Candidly, I have a lot of questions myself. Here’s what I know: I personally will be intensely involved in Good Morning Football moving forward. And I want to spend the rest of my career with the NFL. And Good Morning Football is not ending, it is expanding. And it’s exciting because it’s a bigger show and it’s more show…It’s all in and it’s all happening and yes, we will be covering the draft. GMFB is leaving home for college…it’s time to evolve. And we are flattered that you are wondering and maybe worried about what’s coming next with the show…I am very proud of what we have built here…it has been a dream job and I know we are going to make a fantastic show from Los Angeles…I’ll see you this summer.”

Earlier this week host Peter Schrager delivered his own goodbye message — one that may sound like a man who’s not ready to move his family across the country at a moment’s notice:

However, no hosts outside of Erdahl have given confirmation that they’re either staying or going.

The NFL’s move to take the show from New York to Los Angeles has been widely criticized by fans and media members alike. Bill Simmons wondered if the move wouldn’t spell just the end of GMFB but the NFL Network as a whole. It has some wondering if this is the end of football’s best show.

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ESPN Coverage of Men’s NIT Tournament Quarterfinals Up 33% vs. 2023

Viewership of the Men’s NIT Quarterfinals on ESPN were up 33 percent compared to last year and featured two games that averaged over one million viewers.

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Even the NIT is riding the recent hot streak of live sports viewership numbers. According to data provided by ESPN, the 2024 NIT Quarterfinals are up 33 percent compared to last year’s tournament. Perhaps more surprisingly, two NIT quarterfinal games topped one million viewers.

The network’s Georgia/Ohio State matchup averaged 1.03 million viewers, while the Cincinnati/Indiana State contest averaged 1.02 million viewers. These two games were the most-watched NIT games since 2017 — including title games. Both Georgia and Ohio State have rabid fanbases, while many thought Indiana State was unjustly left out of the March Madness tournament, which could be a reason why viewers tuned in.

Much of the focus this season has been on the women’s game, thanks to Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese, and the undefeated South Carolina Gamecocks, led by Dawn Staley. ESPN just had its most-watched women’s college basketball season since 2008-09 because of the increased interest in the women’s game. The men’s game, however, hasn’t been heralded as much this season for whatever reason, mostly because numbers seem to be holding steady compared to previous years. However, if the NIT is posting viewership wins, that should bode well for the NCAA Tournament’s incoming viewership totals.

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