Un/Necessary Sports Research
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Applying the concept that "nothing about baseball is trivial" to other sports. Mostly counting sportscasters and posting schedules. By @tmiller2462.bsky.social.
Last NFL doubleheader until September.
January 25, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Last NFL doubleheader until September.
Snowstorm domino effects, incidentally, were what led to Kevin Harlan getting his network NBA debut in 1993. Marv Albert was supposed to call a Bulls-Pistons game, but got stuck in Washington and Harlan was summoned from the Twin Cities.
Re-racking the bottom part of tonight's announcer schedule.
The NHL had a couple of crews switch places. The NBA had even more moving parts, with exactly one of the four listed announcers on Lakers-Mavs and BOS-CHI airing on ... the ESPN app.
The NHL had a couple of crews switch places. The NBA had even more moving parts, with exactly one of the four listed announcers on Lakers-Mavs and BOS-CHI airing on ... the ESPN app.
January 25, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Snowstorm domino effects, incidentally, were what led to Kevin Harlan getting his network NBA debut in 1993. Marv Albert was supposed to call a Bulls-Pistons game, but got stuck in Washington and Harlan was summoned from the Twin Cities.
Re-racking the bottom part of tonight's announcer schedule.
The NHL had a couple of crews switch places. The NBA had even more moving parts, with exactly one of the four listed announcers on Lakers-Mavs and BOS-CHI airing on ... the ESPN app.
The NHL had a couple of crews switch places. The NBA had even more moving parts, with exactly one of the four listed announcers on Lakers-Mavs and BOS-CHI airing on ... the ESPN app.
January 25, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Re-racking the bottom part of tonight's announcer schedule.
The NHL had a couple of crews switch places. The NBA had even more moving parts, with exactly one of the four listed announcers on Lakers-Mavs and BOS-CHI airing on ... the ESPN app.
The NHL had a couple of crews switch places. The NBA had even more moving parts, with exactly one of the four listed announcers on Lakers-Mavs and BOS-CHI airing on ... the ESPN app.
Good luck, both to your teams and to many of you in your snow removal efforts.
January 24, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Good luck, both to your teams and to many of you in your snow removal efforts.
This is probably a weekend for which we have not seen the last of the schedule changes.
January 24, 2026 at 1:18 AM
This is probably a weekend for which we have not seen the last of the schedule changes.
Happy Thursday, or Friday Eve if that sounds better.
January 23, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Happy Thursday, or Friday Eve if that sounds better.
Today marks the end of the third week of 2026. (At least in the sense that 21 days is three weeks.) I hope your New Year's resolutions are going better than mine.
January 22, 2026 at 12:59 AM
Today marks the end of the third week of 2026. (At least in the sense that 21 days is three weeks.) I hope your New Year's resolutions are going better than mine.
There is a football game tonight in Florida. There are also other sporting events on TV tonight, of course.
January 20, 2026 at 12:14 AM
There is a football game tonight in Florida. There are also other sporting events on TV tonight, of course.
Today's two NFL games are the last two of the season east of the Mississippi River, since the conference championships will be in Seattle and Denver and the Super Bowl is in San Francisco (or close to it).
January 18, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Today's two NFL games are the last two of the season east of the Mississippi River, since the conference championships will be in Seattle and Denver and the Super Bowl is in San Francisco (or close to it).
Greetings and salutations. Depending on your team, today might also involve exultation or exasperation.
January 17, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Greetings and salutations. Depending on your team, today might also involve exultation or exasperation.
Oh, give me the beat, boys, and free my soul. I wanna get lost in your rock 'n' roll and drift away.
January 17, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Oh, give me the beat, boys, and free my soul. I wanna get lost in your rock 'n' roll and drift away.
Oh, give me the beat, boys, and free my soul. I wanna get lost in your rock 'n' roll and drift away.
January 17, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Oh, give me the beat, boys, and free my soul. I wanna get lost in your rock 'n' roll and drift away.
EARLIER TONIGHT: Kevin Harlan became the third person to call 1500 national U.S. telecasts of the four major pro sports.
🏀 @okcthunder.bsky.social at Rockets
🅿️ Prime Video
🕢 7:30 PM EST
🎙️ Kevin Harlan
👨🏫 Jim Jackson
🎤 Cassidy Hubbarth
🏀 @okcthunder.bsky.social at Rockets
🅿️ Prime Video
🕢 7:30 PM EST
🎙️ Kevin Harlan
👨🏫 Jim Jackson
🎤 Cassidy Hubbarth
January 16, 2026 at 4:19 AM
EARLIER TONIGHT: Kevin Harlan became the third person to call 1500 national U.S. telecasts of the four major pro sports.
🏀 @okcthunder.bsky.social at Rockets
🅿️ Prime Video
🕢 7:30 PM EST
🎙️ Kevin Harlan
👨🏫 Jim Jackson
🎤 Cassidy Hubbarth
🏀 @okcthunder.bsky.social at Rockets
🅿️ Prime Video
🕢 7:30 PM EST
🎙️ Kevin Harlan
👨🏫 Jim Jackson
🎤 Cassidy Hubbarth
Every once in a while, you’re watching one of the games on this list, it goes to a break, and you remember that this schedule hasn’t been posted.
January 15, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Every once in a while, you’re watching one of the games on this list, it goes to a break, and you remember that this schedule hasn’t been posted.
This is a Green Line schedule to your couch. Transfer to assorted sporting events at your couch using your remote.
January 15, 2026 at 12:11 AM
This is a Green Line schedule to your couch. Transfer to assorted sporting events at your couch using your remote.
NOW: Lisa Salters becomes the sixth person to handle 250 NFL telecasts as a sideline reporter.
🏈 @houstontexans.bsky.social at Steelers
📺🔤 ABC @espn.com @espnpr.bsky.social
🕗 8:15 PM EST
🎙️ Joe Buck
👨🏫 Troy Aikman
🎤 Lisa Salters, Laura Rutledge
🏈 @houstontexans.bsky.social at Steelers
📺🔤 ABC @espn.com @espnpr.bsky.social
🕗 8:15 PM EST
🎙️ Joe Buck
👨🏫 Troy Aikman
🎤 Lisa Salters, Laura Rutledge
January 13, 2026 at 1:22 AM
NOW: Lisa Salters becomes the sixth person to handle 250 NFL telecasts as a sideline reporter.
🏈 @houstontexans.bsky.social at Steelers
📺🔤 ABC @espn.com @espnpr.bsky.social
🕗 8:15 PM EST
🎙️ Joe Buck
👨🏫 Troy Aikman
🎤 Lisa Salters, Laura Rutledge
🏈 @houstontexans.bsky.social at Steelers
📺🔤 ABC @espn.com @espnpr.bsky.social
🕗 8:15 PM EST
🎙️ Joe Buck
👨🏫 Troy Aikman
🎤 Lisa Salters, Laura Rutledge
If there's something strange in your neighborhood, who you gonna call?
Probably not any of these broadcast crews, although I don't know the ghostbusting practices of every hamlet and dwelling.
Probably not any of these broadcast crews, although I don't know the ghostbusting practices of every hamlet and dwelling.
January 13, 2026 at 12:19 AM
If there's something strange in your neighborhood, who you gonna call?
Probably not any of these broadcast crews, although I don't know the ghostbusting practices of every hamlet and dwelling.
Probably not any of these broadcast crews, although I don't know the ghostbusting practices of every hamlet and dwelling.
It's always a strange feeling when the NFL regular season ends and the Sunday sports TV schedule fits on one screen again.
January 11, 2026 at 5:38 PM
It's always a strange feeling when the NFL regular season ends and the Sunday sports TV schedule fits on one screen again.
The NFL playoffs start today, although the early Saturday wild card game doesn't involve the Houston Texans (or any AFC South team) this year.
January 10, 2026 at 4:30 PM
The NFL playoffs start today, although the early Saturday wild card game doesn't involve the Houston Texans (or any AFC South team) this year.
Five consecutive nights with some form of playoff football starts in a little more than half an hour.
January 8, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Five consecutive nights with some form of playoff football starts in a little more than half an hour.
The waiting is the hardest part
Every day you see one more card
You take it on faith, you take it to the heart
The waiting is the hardest part
Every day you see one more card
You take it on faith, you take it to the heart
The waiting is the hardest part
January 7, 2026 at 11:59 PM
The waiting is the hardest part
Every day you see one more card
You take it on faith, you take it to the heart
The waiting is the hardest part
Every day you see one more card
You take it on faith, you take it to the heart
The waiting is the hardest part
It’s Tuesday. There are sports on, but none of them are football, and I haven’t processed what to do about that for a while.
January 6, 2026 at 11:18 PM
It’s Tuesday. There are sports on, but none of them are football, and I haven’t processed what to do about that for a while.
Now everything dies, baby, that's a fact
Maybe everything that dies someday comes back
Put your makeup on, fix your hair up pretty
And meet me tonight in Atlantic City
Maybe everything that dies someday comes back
Put your makeup on, fix your hair up pretty
And meet me tonight in Atlantic City
January 5, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Now everything dies, baby, that's a fact
Maybe everything that dies someday comes back
Put your makeup on, fix your hair up pretty
And meet me tonight in Atlantic City
Maybe everything that dies someday comes back
Put your makeup on, fix your hair up pretty
And meet me tonight in Atlantic City
Your editor MAY have gotten distracted by football games and neglected to post this.
January 4, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Your editor MAY have gotten distracted by football games and neglected to post this.
Remember to write 2026 on your checks (if writing checks is still something you do).
January 3, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Remember to write 2026 on your checks (if writing checks is still something you do).