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Oh how we love it when there's a big College Football game on a Thursday night, it really is the best way to kick off the weekend -- albeit a day early. This Thursday's game in Tampa is versus two top ranked teams in the country who are both undefeated and in the same conference. But that still might not be the biggest game of the week as there are actually three other matchups against ranked opponents. The NFL season is more than under way with the bye weeks started and this week two of the remaining undefeated teams meet on Sunday when the second ranked offense in the NFL, New York Giants, meets the 3rd ranked offense in the way of the New Orleans Saints.

CFB

• No. 8 Cincinnati at No. 21 South Florida ESPN 7:30 PM Thu
• No. 20 Oklahoma at No. 3 Texas ABC 12:00 PM Sat
• No. 6 USC at No. 25 Notre Dame NBC 3:30 Sat
• No. 4 Virginia Tech at No.19 Georgia Tech ESPN 6:00 PM Sat
  

NFL

• Baltimore Ravens at Minnesota Vikings CBS 1:00 PM Sun
• New York Giants at New Orleans Saints FOX 1:00 PM Sun
• Chicago Bears at Atlanta Falcons NBC 8:20 PM Sun

MLB

• ALCS: Los Angeles Angels at New York Yankees. Fox starting 10/16
• NLCS: Philadelphia Phillies at Los Angeles Dodgers TBS starting 10/15

NHL

• San Jose Sharks at NY Rangers Vs 7:00 PM Mon
  
• St. Louis Blues at Pittsburgh Penguins Vs 7:00 PM Tues
  

The best HD sports on TV this week originally appeared on Engadget HD on Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The world needs another cable sports network as much as it need more credit card debit, but if we have to continue to be forced to subscribe to another 24x7 channel to ensure that we have access to as much HD sports as possible, than so be it. The big news this year for CBS College Sports -- as far as we're concerned -- is that every single one of its 42 college football match-ups will be presented in HD. This will mostly consists of games from the Mountain West, C-USA and military teams, which should make for some pretty good games. Now if only our provider carried the network in HD we'd be all set.

CBS College Sports has 43 HD games on the schedule originally appeared on Engadget HD on Wed, 09 Sep 2009 07:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Any real geek will tell you that the best sport in HD is football and with the kickoff of the '09 season we've partnered with our friends at HDSportsGuide.com to bring you what we think is the best HD sports that will be on this week. In addition to the big games of the week, we'll be covering what regional events will be covered and where. What we won't be doing is creating a comprehensive list of all the HD sports, but you already know where to find that.

First up this week -- yes our week starts on Thursday right along with football -- is the very first real football game of the season, and one that is near and dear to a member of our team. On the same night, but way too late for any east coaster, is the first ranked CFB matchup of the season with Oregon vs Boise State -- also happens to be the only tough game on Boise's schedule, gotta love CFB. Now if you want to see if college kickers can kick as high as those in the NFL, you might want to check out BYU vs Sooners which will take place in Cowboys Stadium, home of the biggest HD screen in football. Then of course there is the labor day college football tradition of Miami vs FSU, where all the parties involved hope it won't be a battle of the mediocre, again. The NFL closes out its pre-season on the NFL Network where the Eagles will face the Jets and we'll get our last look at Vick before he finishes his five game regular season suspension. And of course baseball is still on as the Red Sox play the White Sox for what is probably their 20th meeting this season.

College Football

• South Carolina Game Cocks at NC State Wolfpack ESPN, Thurs, 7:00 PM
  
• Oregon Ducks at Boise State Broncos, ESPN, Thurs. 10:15 PM
  
• BYU Cougars Vs. Oklahoma Sooners, ESPN, Sat. 7:00 PM (First college game in the awesome cowboys stadium)
• Miami Hurricanes at Florida State Seminoles, ESPN, Mon. 8:00 PM (Important ACC showdown and in-state rivalry game)

NFL

• Philadelphia Eagles at New York Jets, NFL Network, Thurs. 7:00 PM (Final Chance to see Vick until week 3 of the regular season)

MLB

• Boston Red Sox at Chicago White Sox, TBS, Sun. 2:00 PM (Battle of the Sox)
  

The best HD sports on TV this week originally appeared on Engadget HD on Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:17:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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As should be expected by now, DirecTV is readying its interactive TV prowess for the 2009 Masters Golf Tournament from April 9 -12. The Masters Mix channel serves up CBS Sports and ESPN conent, along with plenty of leaderboards, hole by hole stats for each player, a trivia me and daily highlight packages for notable player on DirecTV On Demand. We're not seeing much different from last year's implementation (with the exception of a healthy, surgically repaired Tiger ready to take on the field), but we're open to suggestions about how the Masters Experience could get better in 2010.

DirecTV loading up multi-screen HD coverage of the 2009 Masters originally appeared on Engadget HD on Sat, 04 Apr 2009 20:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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To those not converted to fishing, just the prospect of watching the sport on TV – let alone in high def – would be enough to have them rushing for the remote control.
Yet for converts – and there are millions out there – fishing programmes in HD are a huge draw.
Now soaring ratings for high definition fishing programmes has led the Outdoor Channel to add to its angling schedule.

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Well, wouldn't you know it? After assuming that Raycom would follow in the footsteps of the ESPN networks and FSN, along comes a tipster to show that said network already has upped its commitment to HD. This season, Raycom has promised to deliver every single one of its SEC football matchups in high-definition, while "most" of the SEC basketball tilts will also air in HD later this year. Granted, we haven't heard anything further about how it'll handle ACC battles, but we can only hope it treats both conferences similarly.

[Thanks, David]

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It used to be that fighting your way through crowds to get a close-up of sporting stars such as Tiger Woods and Rafael Nadal was infinitely better than sitting at home watching the TV coverage.
But as growing numbers of sports fans upgrade to HDTVs it would appear that the lure of live events could be diminishing.
In the US, a top football club is experiencing what is likely to be a growing trend: a fall in season tickets sales as supporters decide they get a better view staying at home and watching games on their HDTVs.
Steve LaCroix, the Minnesota Vikings’ vice president of sales and marketing, said that HDTV is making his job more difficult.