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A source confirmed The Athletic’s report that the show will be canceled along with “Speak” and “The Facility.” But the source also said that Parkins is expected to remain with the network. Fox Sports declined to comment.
“I’ll say this today just like I did 20 years ago,” Rooney said, “that it’s about the guys on the field. It’s their game, it’s their team. I’m just the broadcaster.” But Rooney isn’t just a broadcaster.
Letarte thinks Shane van Gisbergen, who won the inaugural Chicago race in 2023, is the favorite. He also won on the Mexico City road course three weeks ago.
TNT takes over for NBC, which aired the race the last two years. Before debuting last week in Atlanta, TNT hadn’t carried a NASCAR race since 2014.
Both the network and team told the Sun-Times the Bulls had nothing to do with the episode’s removal.
Like Sosa, Stone heard his name chanted at Wrigley Field. Sadly, it was during his last day calling Cubs games when fans shouted, “Sto-ney, Sto-ney!” as he led the seventh-inning stretch.
McIlroy is arguably the most popular golfer in the world, but his interactions with the media lately would make you think otherwise.
It’s already benefitting from backing down. According to an industry source, viewership was up an average of about 60% during CHSN’s first weekend on Comcast compared to the previous weekend.
The channel is available on Xfinity’s Ultimate programming tier on Channel 200, the same spot that the teams’ former home, NBC Sports Chicago, occupied before being shut down Sept. 30.
What made Comcast, the dominant TV provider in the area, agree to end its blackout of CHSN after more than eight months? It certainly wasn’t the teams’ play.