Word: hockey
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...once-in-a-decade duel - the kind of rare treat that somehow exceeds the hype. So tonight, tune in to Channel 603 and catch the last game of an instant classic. (Read about Joel Stein's quest to write about hockey...
...That's right: Channel 603, square in television's Yukon Territory. Since the hockey playoffs are on Versus, formerly known as the Outdoor Life Network, viewers in many markets will have to search the hinterland of channel listings in order to watch the games. Versus is Channel 603 on DirecTV, and its placement isn't pretty on cable either. On Time Warner Cable's Los Angeles system, it's Channel 267; in New York, Cablevision puts Versus on Channel 146; and in Dallas, Versus gets prime position on Channel 254. Of the nation's 115 million television households, some...
...Because of Versus' limited carriage and penalty-box position on many channel lineups, what should be a transcendent series for hockey in America is barely cracking mainstream consciousness. Versus has carried all of the Penguins-Caps series except for Game 1, which NBC broadcast on May 2, and has averaged 1.04 million viewers, according to the Nielsen Co. The series is drawing a smaller audience than last year's College Baseball World Series, which ESPN broadcast for an average of 1.4 million viewers. On May 8, only 647,000 viewers tuned in to Game 4 of the series, making...
...Hockey, Baseball and Basketball are now club teams...
...research and teaching missions, the Athletics Department is implementing cost-saving changes that will be noticeable to the entire Harvard community. These include the closing of the Malkin Athletic Center this summer from June 8 to Aug. 27; transitioning of the men’s junior varsity teams in hockey, basketball, and baseball to club status; and reduced travel team budgets for non-local and non-Ivy competitions...