TV viewers not running after Chase for the Championship
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TALLADEGA, Ala. - The Chase for the Championship was supposed to pump new interest into the final 10 races of the Nextel Cup Series season as stock car racing goes head-to-head with the NFL.
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That&#39;s what the public relations folks at Talladega Superspeedway dubbed the next stop in NASCAR&#39;s new playoff-style championship, and it would be hard to find many drivers who would argue with the label.
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MARTINSVILLE, Va. - The good news for the drivers chasing Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson in the Nextel Cup Series championship is that five opportunities remain to cut into their lead and ruin their season-long domination.
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ESPN has it covered with viewers who want all sports all the time. But what about the sports fan who wants just one sport? Well, that's covered, too. In the past decade, cable channels have been launched that cater to viewers who want golf, auto racing, or tennis. They embody the term 24/7.
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LOS ANGELES  - Monster viewer turnouts  for the AFC Championship Game on CBS and for the return of  "American Idol" on Fox determined the network rankings for the  week ended Jan. 23, with CBS and Fox finishing No. 1 and No. 2  among total viewers and adults 18-49.
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SOME COLLEGE students know how to run for their lives. Take cross-country athletes. They do not get the ink. They do not get the television time. They do not have governors, alumni, and 70,000 fans fawning all over them, telling them how critical they are to the mental health of an entire state.
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Television on the wane? Not  according to a forecast released Wednesday by Nielsen Media  Research, which projects that the nation's TV households will  grow 47% to 163.7 million by 2050.
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The Boston Marathon will have a different look next year, not for the runners, but for those watching on television.
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Itâs been a dozen years since the final race of the NASCAR season could promise this kind of suspense. When the checkered flag drops Sunday with the Nextel Cup Chase championship on the line, three of the
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By Danny Hooley, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Sep. 17--Network television has tried just about everything under the sun to hang on to the mass audience it enjoyed in the pre-cable glory days. Franchising its hits to death. An overdose of reality shows. Voodoo.
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In the high-pressure atmosphere of the Chase for the Championship, any issue that arises will get more than its share of scrutiny from drivers, fans and media.
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Brian France created NASCAR&#039;s championship format to add drama to the title chase. Three years later, he&#039;s still not satisfied and plans to tweak the system again.
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Boston&#39;s wins against St. Louis in the first two games of the World Series drew the highest television ratings for the start of baseball&#39;s championship since 1996.
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Sunday's Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire International Speedway (TNT, green flag shortly after 1 p.m.) is going to take some serious 'splainin, especially for those who fall into the category of casual NASCAR viewers.
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With zero titles in an otherwise storied career, Mark Martin again heads into the Chase for the championship as the sentimental favorite. This is supposed to be his final full-time season, his last chance to make a desperate grab at an elusive NASCAR crown.
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The NBA finals continue to draw far fewer viewers than last year.
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The television image to remember from Auburn Hills Friday night was not the flying beer cups or the thrown punches. Not the chaos of brainless bums disguised as fans, or unhinged vigilantes who a moment before were professional athletes.