Ahh March. Welcome, please shine your madness upon us. College basketball conference tournaments dominate the schedule this week, as March Madness gets fully underway, topped off by the NCAA Tournament Selection Show on CBS at 6 p.m. Sunday (1080i). Sunday also features a marquee NHL matchup with Washington and Pittsburgh.
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Saturday and Sunday, when there are eight conference tournament finals on. ABC, ESPN, and CBS all get into the action. Strap on the feedback and cozy up.
Here’s the rest of the week, big games in BOLD.
Conference Championship Title Games in Red
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Let’s all take a breath after the excitement of the Olympics, especially the hockey. Don’t think you get a break, however, because this week marks the official start of March Madness. Conference tournaments are starting, league title races decided and jockeying for position in the NCAA tourney is officially underway. Ahh, Spring is in the air.
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Take your pick of the college hoops games, there’s several the feature two ranked teams. However, Wednesday’s Duke-Maryland tilt is with the ACC title on the line (9 p.m. ESPN).
Here’s the rest of the week, …

First off, if you haven’t seen any of the men’s hockey from the Olympics, you’re missing out. It’s been phenomenal. Go watch the final 10 minutes or so of the U.S.A.-Canada game for proof. With that out of the way, it’s pretty much basketball or Olympics this week. Conference schedules are quickly wrapping up and serious jockeying for NCAA seeds is in full effect in college hoops.
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Olympics take center stage again.Women’s figure skating, one of the premier events, concludes Thursday at 8 p.m. on NBC and the men’s hockey gold …

One thing to note right off the top: With the sheer amount of Olympics coverage, we’re not going to cover every event that will be on TV during the two-week run, head to NBC Olympics.com for that. However, we’ll try to highlight the big ones for the day. Relating to Olympic coverage, the downhill skiing (and Lindsey Vonn, pictured above) schedule is all out of whack due to weather issues. All Olympic Coverage on the NBC networks is in 1080i. I’d check NBC’s site for the most up-to-date plans for …

It’s Super Bowl week. If you’re not a football fan, too bad, because you won’t be able to get away from it. There are still other things going on. The PGA Tour is back on NBC Saturday and Sunday, there’s plenty of quality college hoops all week, and two of the NHL’s best square off on NBC Sunday at 12 noon with Washington and Pittsburgh.
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New Orleans and Indianapolis square off in Super Bowl XLIV Sunday at 6:25 p.m. on CBS (1080i). Coverage starts at 12 noon and runs the rest …

Welcome to football purgatory. It’s the week between an amazing slate of conference title games and the Super Bowl in Miami with Indianapolis and New Orleans. The NFL tried to shake things up by inserting the Pro Bowl into this week, but really, who watches the Pro Bowl? Elsewhere, the Australian Open heats up, and Winter X Games 14 gives us some pre-Olympics snowy sporting goodness on the ESPN networks.
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How about a two-fer this week? On Saturday at 7 p.m. on ESPN (720p) there’s the battle for Kansas featuring No. …

Things get real in the NFL this week, with the AFC and NFC Championships and a trip to the Super Bowl on the line. Elsewhere, an Olympic bid is still up for grabs as the U.S. Figure Skating Championships continue all weekend on NBC. The Australian Open is in the spotlight as well, with ESPN2 devoting massive hours of coverage all week long. Of note: We’re less than a month from the 2010 Winter Olympics.
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No doubt the NFL playoffs this week. Sunday kicks off with the surprising New York Jets …

Happy New Year. A great week of football greets us for the first HD Sportsman of 2010. The BCS National Championship, a pair of unbeatens in the Fiesta Bowl and Wild-card weekend in the NFL.
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Hard to argue with Thursday’s BCS National Championship (8 p.m. ABC 720p). Alabama and Texas will square off for the right to be called the best college team in the country, or at least for the right to be part of the TCU/Boise State should have been in that game argument.
Here’s the rest of the week, …

Darn day job got in the way of my hobby this week, so I’m a bit late, apologies. Below you’ll find your hearty helping of holiday competitions, including seven bowl games this week and five NBA games on Christmas day. Merry Christmas!
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Saturday’s Meineke Car Care Bowl between Pittsburgh and North Carolina is looking like the best of the slate bowl games this week.
Here’s the rest of the week, big games in BOLD.
Bowl Games in RED
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday

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Slow going early in the week, Thursday’s action consists only of an NBA doubleheader on TNT. Things pick up over the weekend, however, as we get our first trio of bowl games, all on ESPN.
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Despite the trio of city-named bowl games this weekend, the No. 10 North Carolina and No. 2 Texas matchup in college basketball on Saturday (2 p.m. ESPN) is too good to pass up.
Here’s the rest of the week, big games in BOLD.
Bowl Games in RED
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | …