TV-Radio Notebook: High school football hits the airwaves

Source: Ventura County Star, Calif.迷你倉價錢Aug. 29--School's in, and that means high school football will be up and running Friday night, in person, on TV and online.It used to be the only way you could experience a game was to show up in person, or maybe, if you were lucky, a radio station might be carrying it. But nowadays, TV coverage on cable or live streaming is becoming more the norm than the exception. Whether that's philosophically good or bad is up to you.First, a quick look at national coverage. ESPN's networks will continue to show games weekly, and this season the new Fox Sports 1 also plans to show some contests nationally. None of these games, so far, include local teams.Fox Sports West and Prime Ticket will continue to carry weekly games, starting Friday night with Hart at Santiago-Corona on FSW at 7. Local teams on the schedule include Oaks Christian vs. Chaminade on Sept. 19 and Westlake at Crespi on Sept. 27.Fox's "Prep Zone" website at foxsportswest.com returns for the third year with four additional games online each week. Nordhoff at Thousand Oaks on Sept. 27 is on the early schedule.Our own VCStar.com will once again stream weekly games, starting Friday night at 7 p.m. with St. Bonaventure-Garfield. The games are announced by Danny Page and former Star prep editor Derry Eads.Time Warner Cable is showing Southern California games on two channels this season. The expanded SoCal 101 channel will start showing live games Friday night with Oceanside at San Diego-St. Augustine at 7. Next Saturday, Sept. 7, SoCal 101 will show two local games on tape-delay: Oaks Christian-Upland at 4 p.m. and St. Bonaventure-Corona-Centennial at 8. Time Warner also continues with the tape-delay package of games it has had for the past few years, but has moved them to Channel 354. Fairfax-Roosevelt airs at midnight tonight and twice more over the weekend.Friday night's Oaks Christian opener against Bakersfield is scheduled to be streamed on Playonsports.com.CIF CENTENNIALFox Sports West and Prime Ticket plan several programs this fall commemorating the 100th year of the CIF-Southern Section, the governing body for high school sports for most of Southern California.It began with Thursday night's 90-minute "100 Years of the CIF-Southern Section" retrospective, which will be repeated at 1 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. Monday, 1:30 p.m. Tuesday and at noon and 6:30 p.m. Thursday. Westlake High grad Eric Wynalda is among those interviewed.On Fridays starting Oct. 4 there will be half-hour shows on narrower subjects titled "100 Athletes for 100 Years." Topics include "Football," "Trojans," "Long Beach," "Inland Empire," "South Bay," "Santa Barbara" (sorry, no Ventura County), "Female Icons," "Basketball," "Track and Field," "On the Diamond" (baseball and softball), and "Beach" (looking at volleyball).AN ACQUIRED TASTE?Watching the first few episodes of "Olbermann" on ESPN2, a viewer comes to a quick conclusion: Keith Olbermann really likes to talk. And he really likes to talk about himself.It's a show that is finding its way. It's a show that is much more intelligent than many other sports talk shows. But it's a show that might be an acquired taste; it might take a while to grow on you.He does go on and on about some things. He spent the first 13 minutes of the first show ranting about New York's over-the-top coverage of the New York Jets.Olbermann does indeed talk about himself rather incessantly, but a lot of it is self-depreciating humor. He has had such a history with spor迷你倉s, politics and ESPN that it is unlikely to expect that some of that history won't creep into his show.If Olbermann's previous work has resulted in your hating him, stay away from this show. But if you liked him, or are at least willing to give him a chance, then do so. There are definitely things to like about "Olbermann."OTHER NOTESThere is no "Fox Saturday Baseball" the next two weeks. ESPN and Little League Baseball have signed an eight-year extension from 2015 to 2022. NFL Network will debut its latest "America's Game" documentary on the 2012 champion Baltimore Ravens at 6 p.m. Monday. Chris "Mad Dog" Russo signed a new three-year contract with SiriusXM Satellite Radio. He will continue his daily show and also be a part of a new show on MLB Network next spring that will be simulcast on SiriusXM. SiriusXM will also start carrying "The Dan Patrick Show" from 6 to 9 a.m. on Channel 86 starting Tuesday. The WatchESPN app has been expanded to carry ESPNews and ESPN Deportes.WEEKEND WATCHABLESFridayBASEBALL: San Diego at Los Angeles Dodgers, 7 p.m., Prime TicketHyun-Jin Ryu (12-5, 3.08 ERA) pitches for the Dodgers against Eric Stults (8-11, 3.72) and the Padres.TENNIS: U.S. Open, 7:30 a.m., Tennis Channel; 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., ESPN2If getting CBS is a problem for you (Time Warner customers, you know who you are), then this might be your best chance to see tennis this weekend.COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Northern Arizona at Arizona, 7 p.m., Pac-12 NetworksArizona may struggle in the Pacific-12, but not in this game against the Lumberjacks.BASEBALL: Los Angeles Angels at Milwaukee, 5 p.m., FS WestJered Weaver (8-7, 3.46) pitches for the Angels. If this were a different era, we might call him the "Simi Valley Slinger."SaturdayCOLLEGE FOOTBALL: Nevada at UCLA, 7 p.m., Pac-12 NetworksUCLA starts its glamorous quest to play in its third straight Pacific-12 championship game, but its first game is on the still-obscure Pac-12 Networks.BASEBALL: San Diego at Los Angeles Dodgers, 6 p.m., Prime TicketThere's nothing great about the Padres, but thanks to the Giants, they may not finish in last place.COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Nicholls State at Oregon, 1 p.m., Fox Sports 1The Ducks, starting the post-Chip Kelly era, still have a lot of flash.COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Temple at Notre Dame, 12:30 p.m., KNBC (Ch. 4)The Fighting Irish start the season ranked No. 14.TENNIS: U.S. Open, 8 a.m., KCBS (Ch. 2), CBS Sports Network; 4 p.m., Tennis ChannelTime Warner customers won't get Channel 2, but they will get supplementary coverage on CBSSN and night matches on Tennis Channel.SOCCER: MLS, San Jose at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m., TWC SportsNetThe Galaxy has moved into second place in the Western Conference while the Earthquakes are eighth.SundayBASEBALL: San Diego at Los Angeles Dodgers, 1 p.m., Prime TicketAfter a great 8.2-inning performance against the Cubs on Monday, Zack Greinke (13-3, 2.86) closes out the Padres series.BASEBALL: Baltimore at New York Yankees, 10 a.m., TBSThe Orioles and Yankees are trying to move up in the American League wild-card standings.COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Ohio at Louisville, 12:30 p.m., ESPNWith no NFL until next week, the college game even rules Sunday. Louisville is ranked No. 9.AUTO RACING: NASCAR AdvoCare 500, 4:30 p.m., ESPNClint Bowyer trails leader Jimmie Johnson by 18 points in the Sprint Cup standings.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 Ventura County Star (Camarillo, Calif.) Visit Ventura County Star (Camarillo, Calif.) at .vcstar.com Distributed by MCT Information Services儲存