It was a rare glut of 狐狸视频 sports, with all four of the city鈥檚 major pro teams playing on the same day and three of the clubs going at it simultaneously.
The Cardinals, Blues, Battlehawks and City SC all had space Sunday afternoon on the television smorgasbord, and the winner in the battle for sports ratings supremacy locally?
By the numbers
Event | Channel | Rating |
---|---|---|
Masters | KMOV (4) | 4.5 |
Cardinals-Diamondbacks | BSM | 3.0 |
Battlehawks-Brahmas | KDNL (30) | 2.5 |
Blues-Kraken | TNT | 1.5 |
City SC-Austin FC | KTVI (2) | 1.4 |
None of them. The final round of the Masters, golf鈥檚 showcase tournament, beat 鈥檈m all.
Nielsen, which measures viewership, reports that 4.5% of the market tuned in on average to KMOV (Channel 4) to watch CBS鈥 Masters coverage that ran from 1 to 6:30 p.m. That鈥檚 despite there being little late drama, as Scottie Scheffler was in command for the last hour en route to a four-stroke victory.
The Blues, who already were out of playoff contention, began the afternoon with a noon game that was shown on TNT and drew a 1.5 rating. That one, a 4-1 victory at home over Seattle, was over before the other local teams got going and all overlapped.
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The Cardinals led the way among the 狐狸视频 squads, with a 3.0 figure on Bally Sports Midwest for their 5-0 road loss to Arizona. The Battlehawks followed at 2.5 in a 31-24 victory in San Antonio on KDNL (Channel 30). City SC was in the basement, with 1.4% of the market tuning in on KTVI (Channel 2).
City鈥檚 match, a 1-0 victory at home over Austin, also was shown on Apple TV+, the streaming service on which Major League Soccer shows most of its games. However, Apple does not release those viewership figures, so it is unknown how many people watched City via that method.
But what is clear is that the over-the-air telecast didn鈥檛 draw a bevy of casual viewers, ones who would be sampling a product they rarely see because most of the team鈥檚 games are exclusively streamed behind a paywall.
O.J. Simpson鈥檚 狐狸视频 call
It was one of the most iconic, and surreal, moments in live television history. And the event that took place 30 years ago had an eerie tie to 狐狸视频.
O.J. Simpson, the beloved former football star turned actor, sportscaster and popular pitchman for multiple business, stunningly had become a fugitive accused of murdering his former wife and one of her friends. He was riding in the back seat of a Ford Bronco that was being pursued by police on a low-speed freeway chase in Los Angeles.
Major television networks interrupted their programming to cut to the scene, which was punctuated by citizens lining the highway and overpasses cheering at the Bronco as it rolled by. It became a real-life, real-time drama that an estimated 95 million watched on television.
Simpson seemed suicidal and in seeking comfort reached out to renowned broadcaster Bob Costas, whose many high-profile duties at NBC included anchoring its NFL coverage when Simpson was at the network. Costas, who began his professional career in 狐狸视频 and continued to live in the area for many years after reaching national acclaim, had become friends with Simpson.
The chase occurred at a time when very few people had cellphones, but Simpson had a car phone in the Bronco and used it to call Costas鈥 狐狸视频 residence during the pursuit.
鈥淪o he calls my house in 狐狸视频, and I wasn鈥檛 there,鈥 Costas said on CNN while speaking following Simpson鈥檚 death last week. 鈥淚 was in New York鈥 to cover the NBA Finals. 鈥淣obody answered the phone (in 狐狸视频). And eventually, he called the studio where we did the NFL show from, which was also where we did the NBA show from. But on this occasion, since it was the Finals, we were at Madison Square Garden.鈥
Costas said the studio phone 鈥渞ang and rang. Apparently, he tried it a few times鈥 before an engineer eventually answered the call.
Costas said Simpson told the engineer, 鈥淚 need to speak to Bob Costas,鈥 but was told, 鈥淗e鈥檚 not here.鈥
The rest of the conversation, as Costas recaps it:
Simpson: 鈥淲ell, I got to speak to him right away.鈥
Engineer: 鈥淗e鈥檚 not here. Who鈥檚 calling?鈥
Simpson: 鈥淥.J. Simpson.鈥
Engineer: 鈥淵eah, right.鈥
鈥淐lick,鈥 Costas said. 鈥淗e hung up.鈥欌