Viewership high in U.S. but fails to outdraw Super Bowl in Canada The United States may have lost in overtime to Canada in the 4 Nations Face-Off in overtime Thursday night but did beat them in another metric: the ratings. The hotly contested series between the two countries drew an eye-popping 9.25 million viewers on ESPN, marking the most-watched hockey […]
Sock ’em robots match a hit with viewers [Editor’s Note: This piece does contain profanity. Reader discretion is advised.] Remember when some guy named Terence initially dismissed the 4 Four Nations Face-Off as a quick money grab and would flop hard on the ice? I have never made such a miscalculation in the 19-year run of T Dog Media […]
Sets stage for heated U.S.-Canada battle tonight – and has a unique connection to an event in the same building 28 years ago [This post was updated February 15 at 11:55 p.m.] Even though this writer had no interest whatsoever (until they started fighting nine seconds into the U.S./Canada game Saturday) in a contrived quick cash-grab tournament (which is working […]
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