Round-the-clock Olympics coverage is one thing, but the Dallas Cowboys?
The NFL franchise is close to an agreement with Comcast to create a 24-hour channel, which would air news and other programming about the team to Comcast’s 500,000 digital cable subscribers in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area, according to the Dallas Morning News. It may even expand to markets without teams. The Cowboys hope to launch the channel this season, according to the Dallas Morning News.
The Cowboys would join the Atlanta Falcons as the only NFL teams with their own channels, but Comcast plans to launch a Miami Dolphins network soon.
Comcast SportsNet–a new all-Chicago sports cable station owned by Comcast, the Cubs, White Sox, Bulls and Blackhawks–will carry 90-minute Bears postgame shows hosted by Dan Jiggetts beginning Oct. 3.
Can the Cowboys really fill 24 hours worth of television? Sure they can. Here are some suggestions.
– “COPS,” live from the locker room.
– “CSI: Dallas.” Puts Quincy Carter’s foot powder under the microscope.
– Fly-fishing with “The Big Tuna,” Bill Parcells. Riveting.
– “The Swan,” starring Jerry Jones, already in progress.
What about Chicago?
If the Cowboys and Falcons can get channels all to themselves, the Bears certainly deserve one. Let’s flip over to the All-Bears Network:
“Bear Factor.” Drop a sure touchdown on Sunday; eat crow–literally–on Monday.
“SportsDecade.” Great Bears tight ends of the past 10 years.” Run time: 15 minutes.
“Bears 360.” Coin flip strategies and landscaping with ex-president Michael McCaskey.
“Charlie’s Angelos: Full Throttle.”
“Survivor: Hamstring Island.”
“Face Bears Nation.” With your host, John Shoop. Hey, he’s gotta eat somehow.
“Tailgatin’ with Terry Bannon.” This week’s recipe: chipped beef on toast with a Meister Brau glaze.
“Rex and the City.”
“Tight Ends Roundtable.” Cap Boso and James “Robocop” Thornton take your calls.
“Paintin’ da Town with da Coach.”
“The O’Bradovich Factor.”
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Edited by the Sports staff of RedEye.
