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Data Shows Brewers Led MLB Opening Day Radio Broadcasts Among Males 25-54

05 / 22 / 13

The Brewers led all MLB teams this year in the percentage of male listeners (40.8%) ages 25-54 who were listening to radio in the home market and tuned into the team's Opening Day game for at least five minutes, according to data from Arbitron. The Brewers have seen gains over the past two seasons i...

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01/03/13
NFL Regular-Season Attendance Relatively Flat

NFL regular-season attendance was relatively flat compared to the '11 season. Three teams from the NFC East led all clubs in attendance. The Cowboys topped all teams with an average of 88,531 fans per game, packing their Arlington stadium to 110.7% capacity. The Cowboys were one of five NFC teams t ...

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12/31/12
Overnight Ratings: Texas-Oregon State Tops Bowls

ESPN’s overnight rating for Texas’ comeback victory over Oregon State topped all college bowl games over the weekend. The Valero Alamo Bowl from 6:45-10:15pm on Saturday earned a 4.3 overnight, down 4% from the Baylor-Washington matchup last year, which aired on a Thursday night. ESP ...

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12/28/12
Voters Favor More Legalized Sports Gambling

A majority of registered voters (51%) favor legalized sports betting in states where it is not currently legal, according to results from a national survey conducted by Fairleigh Dickinson Univ.’s PublicMind Poll. The survey was conducted over the phone from Dec. 10-16 among 814 registered vot ...

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12/20/12
Ferrari Tops List Of F1 Team Valuations

The 10 most-valuable F1 teams earned a combined $1.7B in ‘11, “aided greatly by sponsorships,” according figures compiled by FORBES magazine. Team Ferrari, which occupies the top spot with a value of $1.15B, “spent $165 million more than it won in races” during the ...

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12/18/12
Steelers Top NFL Teams In Local Radio Share

The Steelers registered the largest share of radio listeners among a key demographic through the first half of the ‘12 NFL season, while the Bears had the league’s largest average audience, according to data from radio tracking firm Arbitron. In Pittsburgh, the Steelers’ simulca ...

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12/17/12
Overnight Nielsen Ratings

College bowl season got underway this past weekend, and ESPN saw upticks in overnight ratings for both of the games on Saturday. The net earned a 1.9 overnight for Arizona’s come-from-behind win over Nevada in the Gildan New Mexico Bowl from 1:00-4:45pm ET, up 19% from a 1.6 rating for the ...

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12/14/12
Final Nielsen Ratings

“UFC on Fox 5” finished with a 2.5 rating and 4.4 million viewers on Saturday from 8:00-10:40pm ET, up 79% and 80%, respectively, from a 1.4 rating and 2.4 million viewers for “UFC on Fox 4” in early August. The audience from Saturday night ranks third among Fox’ five U ...

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12/12/12
Execs Says College Football More Popular Than Ever

A majority of sports execs feel that the popularity of college football is better than ever, according to a Turnkey Sports Poll conducted in November. Sixty-four percent of execs agreed with that sentiment, while 33% said the level of popularity was good. Meanwhile, 57% of execs said the popular ...

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12/11/12
Michigan Sets FBS Attendance Record Again

Michigan once again led all schools in average home attendance with an FBS-record 112,252 fans per game this season, according to data compiled by the NCAA. The top three schools in attendance remained unchanged, but Texas passed Penn State for fourth on the list. PSU averaged 96,730 fans per game, ...

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12/10/12
Overnight Nielsen Ratings

ESPN earned a 3.1 overnight Nielsen rating for Saturday night’s Heisman Trophy presentation, which saw Texas A&M QB Johnny Manziel become the first freshman to win the award. The 3.1 rating marks the second-best Heisman overnight on record (dating back to ’94), behind only Alaba ...

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