Fox Sports Net Notes & Quotes

Boston Celtics Face Iron of Eastern & Western Conferences

Fox Sports Net’s Gary Tanguay to Handle Play-by-Play for the
“Biggest Little Game in America” – Williams vs. Amherst

The week a head features stellar match-ups as the Green take on some of the NBA’s best teams. Mike Gorman and Tommy Heinsohn will have all the courtside action home, and Willie Maye will join as courtside reporter at home games. Greg Dickerson & Gary Tanguay will have pre and post game coverage on Mohegan Sun New England Sports Tonight presented by the Boston Herald.

Fri., Nov. 7

6:30 PM – NEST with Gary & Greg

7:00 PM – NEST Pre-game

7:30 PM – Boston Celtics vs. New Jersey Nets

Sun., Nov. 9

6:00 PM – Boston Celtics vs. Sacramento Kings

Tues., Nov. 11

6:30 PM – NEST with Gary & Greg

7:00 PM – Boston Celtics at Indiana Pacers

Wednesday, Nov. 12

6:30 PM – NEST with Gary & Greg

7:00 PM – Boston Celtics vs. Chicago Bulls

COLLEGE FOOTBALL ON FOX SPORTS NET

This weekend, Fox Sports Net’s college football schedule features the 118th meeting of Williams vs. Amherst live beginning at noon. FSN’s own Gary Tanguay will handle play-by-play, The Score’s (99.7/790 – Providence) Andy Gresh will handle color analysis, and WEEI’s (850 – Boston) John Wallach will report from the sideline.

FSN’s Big 12 match-ups include three teams ranked in the top 25 (AP Poll), including Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma State.

Sat., Nov. 8
12:00 PM ET- Division III College Football ? Amherst vs. Williams (Gary Tanguay PxP, Andy Gresh, analyst)
3:30 PM ET – Big 12 Regional: Nebraska (16) @ Kansas (Bill Jones, PxP, Gary Reasons, analyst)
7:00 PM ET- Big 12: Texas (11) @ Oklahoma State (22) (Joel Meyers, PxP, Dave Lapham, analyst)

BEST DAMN SPORTS SHOW PERIOD

BDSSP’s “Date The Pros” contest continues with another stellar star: U.S. Amateur Women’s Champion and NSSA National Champion surfer Holly Beck and one lucky guy will enjoy an evening on the town. Finalists will appear on BEST DAMN SPORTS SHOW PERIOD along with Beck to determine the winner. Interested and eligible entrants can log onto FOXSports.com (Keyword: date) for more details. Entries must be postmarked by Nov. 23

BDSSP features host Chris Rose, actor/comedian Tom Arnold as the voice-of-the-fan, ex-NBA standout John Salley, former MLB manager Kevin Kennedy and newest member, two-time Super Bowl champion Ray Crockett. The two-hour telecast airs nightly at 8:00 PM and 11:00 PM local time on most Fox Sports Net in New England.

Thurs., Nov. 6:

Recording artist Nick Lachey GUEST HOSTS, NFL Great Joe Montana, Body Trends Pam
Starver
& Lisa Leonard and Miami Dolphins Ricky Williams.

Fri. Nov. 7:

Tennis Great Serena Williams GUEST HOSTS, NBA Great Magic Johnson and Actor Jason Bateman.

ULTIMATE FANTASY FOOTBALL SHOW

Fox Sports Net offers the 12 million fantasy football managers the ultimate destination for late-breaking information, the best insight on the fantasy game and spotlights hidden gems to pick up off the free agent wire. FSN’s ULTIMATE FANTASY FOOTBALL SHOW is a 30-minute weekly show devoted exclusively to fantasy league players.

ULTIMATE FANTASY FOOTBALL SHOW is hosted by Patrick O’Neal. He is joined by former NFL quarterbacks Warren Moon and Erik Kramer and Fox Sports Radio personality and fantasy guru Andrew Siciliano.

The telecast now airs in selected regions on Fri nights. Check local listings for details. It continues to air Sat. night at 12 AM (Sunday) local time, repeating Sun. mornings at 10:30 AM ET / 7:30 AM PT.

SUNDAY NIGHT FIGHTS

Fox Sports Net’s SUNDAY NIGHTS FIGHTS continues with the biggest match-ups in boxing. This week showcases Arizona native Vassiliy Jirov (32-1, 28 KOs) vs. Las Vegas native Joseph “African Express” Kiwanuka (27-5-2, 20 KOs) for the NABO Cruiserweight Championship.

The 12-round bout takes place at the Celebrity Theatre in Phoenix, AZ. The veteran announce team of Rich Marotta, Sean O’Grady and Barry Tompkins call the action for this event which airs Sun., Nov. 9 at 8:00 PM local time (check local listings).

NASCAR PROGRAMMING

TOTALLY NASCAR – FSN’s half-hour weekday NASCAR information program, TOTALLY NASCAR brings viewers the most comprehensive coverage each weeknight for the entire NASCAR season. Airing Mon. thru Fri. at 6:00 PM local time from the studio in Charlotte, with Steve Byrnes hosting the show and reports from Sean Pragano and Krista Voda.

NASCAR THIS MORNING: On this week’s show, there’s a youth invasion happening on pit road as well as the track. We asked many of the “older” pit crew members about competing with much younger people for positions on pit crews. Then, driver Chad Little will help us find the right groove at Rockingham and crew chief Barry Dodson will take us under the hood. Plus we’ll give you a behind-the-scenes look at the 12 team and driver Ryan Newman when they flew to Phoenix with one of our cameras on board.

John Roberts hosts the show. Voda, Pragano and Winston Kelley provide up-to-the minute reports live from the track at Rockingham.

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