User talk:Khan singh

Welcome!

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Union Army

I understand the relevancy of your admonition that I should cite a secondary source that refers to the Union Army, Armies, or Forces as "National." I'll do some looking but the term is somewhat dated and most histories of the Civil War written after the Nineteenth Century don't use it. In my opinion, since people such as Grant and Lincoln used the term frequently, it deserves mention. Whether historians know it as the "National Army" seems to me irrelevant; people at the time knew it as such. Your thoughts?Khan_singh 07:07, 4 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think the footnote to Grant's Memoirs is a good substitute in this case, establishing colloquial usage. Thanks. Hal Jespersen 15:29, 4 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No problem.Khan_singh 05:29, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Halleck/Sherman

I'm curious, do you know if Halleck and Sherman ever reconciled after their spat in April 1865? Sherman only mentions Halleck's name once in his Memoirs after the incident, so I suspect not.Khan_singh 06:49, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, but I have no info to offer. I don't have complete biographies on either of them. You might check with User:Eb.hoop, who was the primary author of the Sherman bio. Hal Jespersen 14:50, 12 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

re Civil war‎

Y'know, you could probably drop a note into Talk:Civil war‎ commenting on how parochial is to have an extended paragraph on the history of the American Civil War in the lede for civil war, and just skip the whole edit warring approach. - Banyan Tree 04:12, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sure you're right.Khan_singh (talk) 03:44, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

2010 MLS

Thanks for the heads up. Found a source and threw it in a blurb under the competition section.Cptnono (talk) 02:05, 31 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I swear I've done references before, but I couldn't get it to work this time. Go figure.Khan_singh (talk) 03:41, 31 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

NBC Sports

Hi there-

My name is Julia, and I work here at NBC Sports and noticed that there is a lot more that could be updated to the current NBC Sports page. Can you offer any advice on how to tack on some more relevant information there? Let me know, any feeedback would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Thanks for getting back to me. I definitely agree about the history part needing more information. I put together some more facts and compiled that with what is already up there, shall I send over to you to take a look? Or can I post? Let me know, thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Julianyc (talk • contribs) 14:15, 14 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi again. See below what I put together, along with a list of references. The info that's up there now I just fit into this and I put in categories, so it flows a little better. Let me know what you think, thanks.

NBC Sports

NBC Sports is the sports division of the NBC television network. Formerly "a service of NBC News," it broadcasts a diverse array of programs, including the Olympic Games (through 2014), ‘NBC Sunday Night Football,’ ‘Football Night in America,’ Notre Dame football; the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes; the U.S. Open Championship, The Players, and the Ryder Cup; the NHL Winter Classic, NHL ‘Game of the Week,’ and NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs and Final; and Wimbledon and the French Open.

NBC Sports has broadcast 12 Olympic Games to date, more than any other network.[1] Its ability to amass large audiences, particularly for the Olympics, has resulted in NBC Sports broadcasting nine of the top 10 most-watched events in U.S. television history, including the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games which stands at No. 1 all-time with 215 million viewers. [2] In 2009, NBC Sports won the Peabody Award for its production of the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games and was named ‘Best in Sports Television’ at the Sports Business Awards. [3]

History

NBC Sports’ heritage began more than 70 years ago and is highlighted by a number of memorable firsts. In 1939, NBC broadcast the first baseball game [4] (Columbia vs. Princeton, May 17), the first boxing match [5] (Baer vs. Nova, June 1) and the first NFL game [6] (Brooklyn vs. Philadelphia, October 22). NBC also broadcast the first Army-Navy football game in 1945 and the first World Series in 1947. It broadcast Super Bowl I in 1967. [7]

Since 1989, NBC Sports has been led by NBC Universal Sports and Olympics Chairman Dick Ebersol. [2][8][1] Ebersol’s early tenure at NBC Sports was highlighted by a string of sports-property acquisitions and renewals, including the Olympics, NFL, NBA, Notre Dame football and MLB, through the formation of the joint-venture Baseball Network. During the 1995-96 television season, for the only time in history, the World Series, Super Bowl, NBA Finals and Summer Olympics were telecast by the same network. It was following this run in 1996 that The Sporting News named Ebersol the Most Powerful Person in Sports. [9]

Throughout the course of its history, NBC Sports has employed a number of iconic commentators, which includes: Bob Costas, John Madden, Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth, Vin Scully, Joe Garagiola, Tony Kubek, Bob Uecker, Marv Albert, Mary Carillo, Dick Enberg, Bud Collins, John McEnroe, Bryant Gumbel, Billy Packer, Al McGuire, Bob Wolff , Curt Gowdy and Mel Allen.

Recent History

The 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games attracted 190 million viewers - the second most-watched Winter Olympics in history. The men’s gold medal hockey game was the most watched hockey game in 30 years drawing in an average of 27.6 million viewers. [10][11]

The 2009-2010 season of “Sunday Night Football” was the No. 1 program on primetime television and averaged 19.4 million viewers.[12]

The 2009-2010 season of “Football Night in America” set a record 7.4 million viewers. [13]

The opening of the new Cowboys stadium on September 20, 2009 was the most-watched “Sunday Night Football” game ever with 24.8 million viewers and was the most-watched NFL primetime regular-season game in 12 years. [12]

The 2009 Stanley Cup Finals: Game 7 was the most-watched NHL Game in 36 Years and averaged 8 million viewers. [14]

The 2009 Kentucky Derby was the most-watched Derby in 20 years. [15]

Super Bowl XLIII: Set a then-record with 152 million viewers. [16]

The 2009 NHL Winter Classic was the most-watched NHL regular-season game in 34 years. [17]

Expansion

In 2008, NBC Universal rebranded the digital subchannel network World Championship Sports Network as Universal Sports after taking a controlling stake in the channel. Universal Sports mostly presents coverage of athletics events which are part of the Olympic Games.

On June 14, 2009, NBC Sports announced an agreement with Profootballtalk.com, one of the leading NFL news sites on the internet, that they have purchased the content rights beginning July 1, 2009.

References

1. Ebersol’s Deal Had Some Familiar Rings to It, Los Angeles Times, June 8, 2003

2. NBC Leads Sports Emmy Pack, Multichannel News, April 27, 2009

3. Peabody Awards (April 1, 2009). “Complete List of 2008 Peabody Award Winners.” Press release.

4. 1939: The first baseball game on television was broadcast..., Chicago Tribune, May 17, 2005

5. From the first game to 3D: Important developments in the history of sports on television, Orlando Sentinel, March 5, 2010

6. Nfl: 1920-1994, Orlando Sentinel, September 2, 1994

7. Giants-Jets Super Bowl wouldn't have equaled the first in 1967., Britannica.com, http://www.britannica.com/bps/additionalcontent/18/37331435/GiantsJets-Super-Bowl-wouldnt-have-equaled-the-first-in-1967

8. Dick Ebersol, Broadcasting and Cable, October 23, 2005

9. The Sporting News: Most Powerful 100, Sporting News, December 30, 1996

10. NBC's Final Medal Count: 190 Million Olympic Viewers, Multichannel News, March 1, 2010

11. Olympic Hockey Gold Medal Game Viewed by Most in U.S. Since ’80, Business Week, March 1, 2010

12. Networks feast on football, Variety, January 6, 2010

13. ESPN will air BCS games next season, Houston Chronicle, January 7, 2010

14. Game 7 most watched NHL game in 36 years, NHL.com, http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=425776

15. The 2009 Kentucky Derby was the most-watched Derby in 20 years, Washington Times, May 11, 2009

16. NBC's Super Bowl draws strong ratings, Hollywood Reporter, February 2, 2009

17. ‘Winter Classic” Most Viewed Regular Season NHL Game in 34 Years,’ TVBytheNumbers, January 13, 2009