ESPN denies Eklunds BS (surprised?)
March 17th, 2009 by Hog | Filed under Eklunds Wall of Shame.Thanks to “PaV” for the following info:
ESPN is actually denying what Eklund said in his blog about the NHL returning to their network, here is part of that blog:
“Talking to sources today and it appears that it is all but a done deal in most people’s minds that the USA National TV Contract currently split by NBC and Versus will bring in a new partner in 2009-2010: ESPN”.
ESPN had this to say (thx to):
“According to ESPN spokesman Josh Krulewitz, there are no immediate plans to bring the NHL to ESPN. That means that, as of now, there is no major carrier lined up to broadcast NHL games next season, as the NHL’s deal with NBC expires after this season. Versus will continue to carry games, but while their NHL package is better than given credit for, it isn’t ideal for the league’s top television exposure to be filtered through the still somewhat obscure network”.
Yet again….Eklund left with egg on his face
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