It was on Jan. 2 of this year that the formal christening of the NBC Sports Network took place, the setting being the NHL’s Winter Classic between the Rangers and Flyers on NBC.
While it may be difficult to fathom at the moment that both the drab Versus channel (rebranded and upgraded as NBCSN less than six years after a previous name change from Outdoor Life Network) and live NHL games actually existed in this calendar year, it’s apparent now that the unveiling a year ago no longer stands as the symbol of what NBCSN can be and how far it still has to go.
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Excellent Pro Football Talk (NBCSN) show airing at 5:00 pm daily. No techo sounds, no graphic splash, just down to earth football talk without the channel trying to take over your ears and eyes. Very good interviewing of NFLrs by host Eric Kuselias, along with Mike Florio and Rodney Harrison to mention a few. Their's is a low key and comfortable approach with some humor mixed in as well.
Glad to see some healthy competition for ESPN may be developing for those who are sick of NBA/NFL/Lebron/Tebow talk 24/7.
There are plenty of other great sports and stories out there, yet ESPN could not care less. Hopefully the other networks will fill that void.