09 February, 2012

Category Archives: Versus

Versus Blacks Out a Win: Caps 4 / Preds 3 – Shootout Round 4

Schadenfreude Special on Versus Tonight

Winless Philadelphia visits the city in need of more Hair Cutteries tonight; Versus has the broadcast at 7:30. With another defeat, in regulation, the Orange and Black would fall to 0-3 on the season. A regulation loss by Sid & co. would author an unimpressive 1-2-1 start by the defending Eastern conference champs. The game [...]

Schadenfreude Special on Versus Tonight

Winless Philadelphia visits the city in need of more Hair Cutteries tonight; Versus has the broadcast at 7:30. With another defeat, in regulation, the Orange and Black would fall to 0-3 on the season. A regulation loss by Sid & co. would author an unimpressive 1-2-1 start by the defending Eastern conference champs. The game [...]

No Surprise: Caps To Be a TV Fixture in '08-09

The Capitals today learned that they will appear on Versus, the NHL’s U.S. cable broadcast outlet, a total of seven times during the 2008-09 regular season. NBC has yet to commit to individual broadcasts but will have four possible Caps’ games to broadcast. The Caps will appear on Versus on October 13, against Vancouver; November [...]

The NHL on Versus gets Jacked

According to the publication Broadcasting & Cable, the Versus network signed a deal with Jacked, an interactive broadcast provider.¬† Versus will use the Jacked SportsTop onine application for its National Hockey League, college football and college basketball broadcasts.¬† Jacked SportsTop was in use last season for NBC’s Sunday Night Football broadcasts. From Jacked’s web site: [...]

If Only We Still Had Drive-in Theaters for This Summer Friday Night

Something felt a little bit special about this morning, no? That’s because hockey’s back, as Versus brings us live coverage of the NHL Entry Draft from 7:00 – 10:00 this evening. And the NHL Network will have a healthy helping of coverage as well. Just as soon as Versus signs off tonight the NHL Network [...]

Versus' Overtime Plan

Tonight’s slate of playoff games are exclusive to the Versus network with the Rangers / Penguins starting at 7 pm ET followed by Detroit / Colorado at 10 pm ET. So what happens if the first game goes to overtime and extends past the start of the second game? Versus has announced how the possible [...]

Priceless Caps

Jay is a friend of mine from both high school and our college days at The University. While I returned home to the DC area, Jay went north the grad school for TV, Radio and Film, then out west to dabble in Hollywood, and most recently to the New York / Connecticut area where he’s [...]

"Philly-Washington is going to be downright ugly"

Yesterday, the NHL held a media conference call with several big name broadcasters, Don Cherry of CBC’s “Hockey Night in Canada”, Mike Emrick from VERSUS and NBC, Pierre McGuire from TSN and NBC and Mike Milbury from NBC and TSN. Each broadcaster started the call with a few words about a series before they took [...]

Washington Capitals vs. Philadelphia Flyers – Round 1 Schedule Released

The Caps’ post-season begins this Friday night and continues with a Sunday matin?ɬ©e: Friday, April 11, 2008 7 p.m. Philadelphia at Washington — Comcast SportsNet, VERSUS, TSN, WJFK Sunday, April 13, 2008 2 p.m. Philadelphia at Washington — NBC, TSN, WJFK Tuesday, April 15, 2008 7 p.m. Washington at Philadelphia — Comcast SportsNet, VERSUS, TSN, [...]

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