Mike Reynolds

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Will The Galaxy Align For MLS Cup Ratings?

Landon Donovan and David Beckham’s boys take on Real Salt Lake for the right to hoist the MLS Cup tonight. Do you care enough to tune in? One of the domestic circuit’s most important franchises, the LA Galaxy need to bring home the title to validate the Beckham experiment — he’s heading back to AC Milan to maintain his fitness for a final World Cup run for England... More

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Nielsen Dawg

If there was ever a night to tune out Tirico, Jaws and the contract-extended Jon “Chucky” Gruden, it was Monday night. ESPN was saddled with a MNF clunker on Nov. 16: the now 1-8 Manginiuses hosting the underachieving Baltimore Ravens at Cleveland’s Dawg Pound. And let’s be fair, there wasn’t anything to miss during the lackluster contest. The Brady... More

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Pinstripe Power

The core four. One for the thumb. A win for The Boss. The phrases associated with five-time World Series champion New York Yankees Mariano Rivera, Derek Jeter, Andy Pettitte and Jorge Posada, plus principle owner George Steinbrenner, can give way to the numbers 27, $207 million and 19.4 million, as in the franchise’s record number of North American pro sports titles, its payroll for... More

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Fox's Phunday

Sunday’s going to be a very good day for Fox Sports. With a a pair of New York-Philadelphia meetings serving as the appetizer and dessert and Brett Favre’s Minnesota Vikings visiting the Green Bay Packers as the steak and sizzle, Fox could be looking at 70 million Nielsen sports fans on Nov. 2, give or take a couple of mil. With first place in the NFC East on the line, the... More

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Revisiting Fall Classic And Fox's Nielsen History

The New York Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies have only met once in the World Series before — a four-game sweep by the Bronx Bombers over the Whiz Kids in 1950. But there are plenty of historical ties linking the teams. The Phils are looking to become the first MLB team to repeat since the 1998-2000 New Yankees. Charlie Manuel, Chase Utley and Ryan Howard & Co. are also looking... More