European Tour Golf: Turkish Airlines Open - SS4

Presenter: Rob Lee
Commentators: Richard Boxall, Nick Dougherty, Mark Roe & Rob Lee
On Course: Wayne Riley and Andrew Coltart

I don't watch a ton of tennis outside of majors but what is the script on Sky with regards to their ATP commentary being on-site? I know/read/seen here about how presentation has increased to be on-site (Buckland and Croft are in Paris this week) However I swear Barry Cowan was in the SSN studio earlier today and was on commentary a couple of hours later - so the commentary coming from London, despite Buckland and co in Paris?

I dont know when the Interview was and i havent seen any of the coverage but could he have gone from the studio and caught the Eurostar to Paris?

Anglo-Welsh Cup Rugby – Friday 4 November (BT Sport 2)

Round 1 – Bath v Leicester Tigers

Sarra Elgan at The Rec with Andy Goode.

Commentators: Nick Mullins and Andy Goode

Reporter: Tim Cocker

Not sure if this is a deliberate downsizing of the on-air team for the lesser competition or if they are stretched, maybe we can expect on-site BT commentary tomorrow evening (which I frankly wasn't).

12-1pm in the studio. Then commbox 2-3 hours later. He could of but surely they wouldn't be going back and forward daily via the EuroStar?

Major League Baseball Postseason 2016

American League Wild Card Game, TBS

The Postseason Show on TBS presenting team - Casey Stern presented alongside Pedro Martinez, Gary Sheffield and Jimmy Rollins from Atlanta, Georgia

Baltimore Orioles @ Toronto Blue Jays - Ernie Johnson Jr, Ron Darling and Cal Ripken Jr, with Sam Ryan as field reporter

National League Wild Card Game, ESPN

Baseball Tonight presenting team - Karl Ravech presented alongside Dallas Braden, Eduardo Perez and Tim Kurkjian from Citi Field

San Francisco Giants @ New York Mets - Dan Shulman, Jessica Mendoza and Aaron Boone, with Buster Olney as field reporter


American League Division Series, TBS

The Postseason Show on TBS presenting team - Casey Stern presented alongside Gary Sheffield, Pedro Martinez and Jimmy Rollins from Atlanta, Georgia

Toronto Blue Jays v Texas Rangers - Brian Anderson, Dennis Eckersley and Joe Simpson, with Matt Winer as field reporter

Boston Red Sox v Cleveland Indians - Ernie Johnson Jr, Ron Darling and Cal Ripken Jr, with Sam Ryan as field reporter

National League Division Series, Fox Sports 1

MLB on Fox presenting team - Kevin Burkhardt presented alongside Alex Rodriguez, Pete Rose and Frank Thomas from Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles Dodgers v Washington Nationals - Kenny Albert, Harold Reynolds and Tom Verducci, with Jon Paul Morosi as field reporter*

San Francisco Giants v Chicago Cubs - Matt Vasgersian and John Smoltz, with Ken Rosenthal as field reporter**

*Except Game Three, which was covered by the MLB Network, commentary from Bob Costas and Jim Kaat, with Morosi as field reporter.

**Except Game Two, which was covered by the MLB Network, commentary from Costas and Smoltz, with Rosenthal as field reporter.


American League Championship Series, TBS

The Postseason Show on TBS presenting team - Casey Stern presented alongside Gary Sheffield, Pedro Martinez and Jimmy Rollins from Rogers Centre and Progressive Field

Toronto Blue Jays v Cleveland Indians - Ernie Johnson Jr, Ron Darling and Cal Ripken Jr, with Sam Ryan as field reporter

National League Championship Series, Fox Sports 1

MLB on Fox presenting team - Kevin Burkhardt presented alongside Alex Rodriguez, Pete Rose and Frank Thomas from Wrigley Field and Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles Dodgers v Chicago Cubs - Joe Buck and John Smoltz, with Ken Rosenthal and Tom Verducci as field reporters


World Series, Fox

MLB on Fox presenting team - Kevin Burkhardt presented alongside Alex Rodriguez, Pete Rose and Frank Thomas from Progressive Field and Wrigley Field

Chicago Cubs v Cleveland Indians - Joe Buck and John Smoltz, with Ken Rosenthal and Tom Verducci as field reporters

Tom Verducci joined Fox's Pregame panel during the World Series and for the games played in Chicago during the NLCS. Fox Sports 1 were studio-based, rather than at Dodgers Stadium, for the LA leg of the NLCS. CJ Nitkowski and Dontrelle Willis did a few studio punditary stints during the NLDS, although the main trio were the core crew. Kevin Burkhardt hosted the World Series trophy presentation, as he did for the NLCS (Ernie Johnson Jr did so for the ALCS).

BT Sport broadcast the US national telecasts during the MLB Postseason, with the exception of the World Series, where they took coverage from MLB International with commentary from Matt Vasgersian and Buck Martinez.

The latter replaced John Smoltz, who has been promoted to the main Fox team, replacing Harold Reynolds and Tom Verducci as their solo colour commentator. Buck Martinez was a notable choice as he is the lead announcer on the Toronto Blue Jays' local telecasts on Sportsnet, who also hold postseason TV rights across Cananda. Sportsnet took their postseason coverage from US TV - including for games involving the Blue Jays - up until the World Series, where they took MLB International. For the All-Star Game during the summer, Matt Vasgersian had handled MLB International's commentary with Mark DeRosa, so the addition of Martinez was a change on that.

The whole of the World Series was broadcast on BT Sport 1 - so was free to all BT broadband customers. Every game was also available for live streaming via the BT Sport app.

I wonder if Dave Woods will commentate on both the internationals in Coventry tonight ( Rugby League for those wondering )

International Rugby Union – Saturday 5 November (BBC One)

Wales v Australia

John Inverdale at the Principality Stadium with Martyn Williams, Jeremy Guscott and Drew Mitchell.

Commentators: Eddie Butler, Brian Moore and Jonathan Davies

Reporter: Ross Harries

Surprised that neither Jill Douglas or Sonya Mclaughlin aren't on this one. Or has Douglas completely left the BBC Rugby coverage now?

Douglas normally does Rugby stuff for ITV.

'Normally' since only the past year. When she has done/did rugby on the BBC for 10-12 years previous.

Commentary is definitely off-tube, which is why none of the commentators rotate in/out of the pundit position with Buckland.

Rugby Union Friendly – Saturday 5 November (Sky Sports 2)

Barbarians v South Africa

Alex Payne at Wembley with Will Greenwood, Rory Lawson and Jean de Villiers.

Commentators: Miles Harrison and Stuart Barnes

Reporter: Rupert Cox

England v Scotland

Mark Chapman presenting from the Ricoh Arena, joined by Brian Noble and Kurt Gidley, with Tanya Arnold and Robbie Hunter-Paul reporting.

Commentators - Dave Woods and John Kear

Anglo-Welsh Cup Rugby – Saturday 5 November (BT Sport 2)

Round 1 – Harlequins v Exeter Chiefs

Sarra Elgan at The Stoop with Karl Dickson.

Commentators: Nick Mullins and Karl Dickson

Reporter: Tim Cocker

Definitely a deliberate downsizing of the coverage.

They also have Ireland V New Zealand this evening, think they are stretched on resources.

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But they can get 5-6 European games a weekend with multiple persons on them, especially on a day with 2-3 back to back.

Aye alright.

OMC on the money. Always thought it was a bit of a diddy tourny.

2016 Four Nations: Australia v New Zealand - BBC Two

Commentators: Dave Woods, John Kear and Robbie Hunter Paul.

International Rugby Union – Saturday 5 November (BT Sport 2)

Ireland v New Zealand

Commentators: Alastair Eykyn and Paul Grayson

This is a little bit of a poor show from BT. Could at least have found an Irish voice, to say the very least.

Especially when O'Driscoll is on their books!

BT get international stuff now and again and do a offtube, cheap job. Bet if they got England that would change.

Or on this game they could be "stretched on resources"

They've got Italy v NZ next week (and presumably all the Italy tests unless they've just taken the one). I know Sky have sent comms out in the past but there's probably zero chance of that happening.

It must be clarified that this isn't the commentary going out in Ireland, where the match is on eir Sport with a different commentary team.

Game is in the US, so understand offtube comms but Sky would have had studio coverage though for sure.

When the NZ v USA game from Chicago was on Sky a couple of years ago, the commentary was the NBC feed. Was woeful, rugby for beginners style.

Whilst you'd obviously expect better from a game involving one of the home Unions, at least it's commentators we usually hear on this game.

Eykyn and Grayson are both excellent commentators, and are doing a very good job tonight, but it's still a little bit disappointing.

And of course that wasn't a Home Nations game, so host commentary on that sort of game is what we have every time, however awful it might be.