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a kennedy

(35,553 posts)
Tue Jun 16, 2015, 08:16 PM Jun 2015

When did Faux Sports start carrying golf??

Was looking all over for the U S Open that starts on Thursday, and found the first two days of coverage are on the Faux sports channel. D*mn...... When did that happen???

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When did Faux Sports start carrying golf?? (Original Post) a kennedy Jun 2015 OP
Here, read this: El Supremo Jun 2015 #1
Ugh....Joe Buck??? Just UGH... but thanks for the info. eom a kennedy Jun 2015 #2

El Supremo

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1. Here, read this:
Tue Jun 16, 2015, 08:30 PM
Jun 2015
Dusty Saunders: Fox Sports gears up for first U.S. Open golf tournament

Exit Johnny Miller, Dan Hicks and NBC Sports. Enter Joe Buck, Greg Norman and Fox Sports.

For the first time in 20 years, the colorful NBC peacock won't be lighting up the TV screen during one of golf's most colorful events — the U.S. Open, which begins Thursday at Chambers Bay Golf Club in northern Washington.

Fox's entry into the big-time golf world is a direct result of the network's creation of Fox Sports 1, the cable outlet that premiered in August 2013, teaming with regular Fox Sports.

Fox executives, promising the dual operation would become a big-time player in the sports world, immediately outbid NBC for the prestigious USGA package — a 12-year deal that includes the U.S. Senior Open (June 25-28) in Sacramento, Calif., and the U.S. Women's Open (July 9-12) in Lancaster, Pa.

More at: http://www.denverpost.com/dustysaunders/ci_28313399/saunders-fox-sports-gears-up-first-u-s


Shit! This is probably my first golf post ever!

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