Nigel Pearson was with Stuart Pyke on Van Gerwen v Lloyd.

Ulster v Munster

BBC 2 NI: Presented by Stephen Watson, with commentary by Jim Neilly and Bryn Cunningham, and analysis by Maurice Field and Andy Ward.

RTE Two: Daire O'Brien presents, with analysis from Donal Lenihan and George Hook, and commentary by Ryle Nugent and Ralph Keyes.

Leinster v Connacht

TG4: Presenter is Maire Treasa Ni Dhubhghaill. Commentary by Gearoid Mac Donncha.

Friday 4 January- Edinburgh v Leinster

TG4: Maire Treasa Ni Dhubhghaill presents. With commentary by Gearoid Mac Donncha.

Sad news about Tony Grieg, who has died aged 66 from lung cancer.

I have to correct you there mate, he died of a heart attack although he was suffering from lung cancer

PDC World Darts Championship- Friday 28th December 2012- Sky Sports 1HD

Commentators

van Barneveld vs. Whitlock : Wayne Mardle & Rod Studd (Stuart Pyke replaced Rod Studd during the match)

Taylor vs. Hamilton : Nigel Pearson & John Gwynne

I thought reading, or early indications show heart attack was likely to be connected from the cancer. Common thing too.

Cricket-South Africa v New Zealand T20 Series (Sky Sports)
Presenter: Charles Colville with Jeremy Coney and Vikram Solanki
Commentators (Supersport): HD Ackerman, Kepler Wessels, Simon Doull, Shaun Pollock (games 1 and 3) and Craig Matthews (game 2)
Reporter (Supersport): Pommie Mbangwa

Cricket-India v Pakistan T20 Series (Sky Sports)
Presenter: Charles Colville with Vikram Solanki
Commentators (BCCI): Ravi Shastri, Sunil Gavaskar, Laxman Sivaramakrishnan, Ramiz Raja and Wasim Akram
Reporter (BCCI): Gautam Bhimani

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NBA Christmas Special
Presenter: Michael Wilbon with Jalen Rose, Bill Simmons and Earvin 'Magic' Johnson

Boston @ Brooklyn (ESPN)
Commentators: Mark Jones and Doris Burke
Reporter: Chris Broussard

New York @ Los Angeles Lakers (ABC)
Commentators: Mike Breen and Jeff van Gundy
Reporter: Heather Cox

Oklahoma City @ Miami (ABC)
Commentators: Mike Tirico and Hubie Brown
Reporter: Lisa Salters

Houston @ Chicago (ESPN)
Commentators: Dave Pasch and Jon Barry

Denver @ Los Angeles Clippers (ESPN)
Commentators: Mike Breen and Jeff van Gundy with Billy Crystal
Reporter: Heather Cox

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Ice Hockey-Spengler Cup 2012 (TSN)
Presenter: Vic Rauter
Commmentators: Paul Romanuk and Doug Honegger

PDC World Darts Championships Quarter Finals- Saturday 29th December- Sky Sports 1HD

Dave Clark presented from Alexandra Palace with Rod Harrington and Wayne Mardle

Wade vs. Newton : John Gwynne & Stuart Pyke
Lewis vs. van Gerwen : Rod Studd & Wayne Mardle

Ulster Rugby Live - BBC Two NI
Munster v Ulster

Presenter: Stephen Watson
With: Maurice Field & Andy Ward
Commentators: Jim Neilly & Bryn Cunningham
Reporter: Gavin Andrews

RaboDirect Pro12 Live - RTE Two
Munster v Ulster

Presenter: Daire O’Brien
With: Donal Lenihan, George Hook & Mark McDermott
Commentators: Hugh Cahill & Ralph Keyes
Reporter: Tracy Piggott

Similar thing happened with the broadcaster and Factory Records supremo Tony Wilson a few years ago; he died of a heart attack whilst undergoing treatment for cancer.

I imagine it's one of those medical/legal descriptions. Whilst the cancer was probably a cause of the heart attack, it was the heart attack itself that was responsible for his death.

Either way a unique person has been lost from cricket and broadcasting as a whole, there is an excellent piece here with a few videos of Greig at his best.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cri...terviewer.html

Dave Lanning will be making a one-off return to Sky's darts coverage tomorrow, commentating on the 3D coverage of the battle to win the Sid Waddell trophy.

Interesting- Will one of the main commentators drop out or will they have an extra man in the box?

I presume Studd and Mardle will do the main coverage of the final as they sadly seem to be the main pair now. Mardle in particular is shocking.

Mardle hasn't grew on me at all. Didn't like him, gave him his chance and not for me.

Nigel Pearson is my favourite on the darts. Pearson, Gwynne and Pyke 3 man team would be good.

Last night they kept rotating on the semi's so probably will hear Mardle, Studd, Gwynne and Pyke all on main coverage of the final.

The best thing about having Mardle there is Bristow's constant digs at him

Who presented Sky's darts coverage before Dave Clark?

Jeff Stelling. David Bobin also did a World Championship and Gary Newbon was the original host of the Premier League.

Didn't have time to post the semi-final comms so......

Wade vs. van Gerwen : Stuart Pyke & John Gwynne
Taylor vs. van Barneveld : Rod Studd & Wayne Mardle


I was really disappointed to have Studd and Mardle doing the main quarter and semi-final. Mardle has grown on me a bit but Studd can become a bit Peter Drury-esque sometimes and he glamourises darts to something which it isn't. I pray that Sky make the right decision and don't put Studd on the final in place of the excellent John Gwynne, who is the best they've got but in recent tournaments, he has been overlooked for the big matches. I hope that we have 3 commentators for the HD and SD coverage. According to Twitter, it appears that Pearson and Pyke will both be covering the match in some form.

I would like:

HD and SD : John Gwynne, Stuart Pyke & Nigel Pearson
3D : Sets 1-5 : Rod Studd & Wayne Mardle
Sets 5-End : Rod Studd & Dave Lanning

Rod Studd also did a bit of Wade and Van Gerwen, Gwynne did a bit of Taylor and Van Barneveld on HD.

David Croft has been there all week working for ladbrokes shops...

Darts Final

Hosted by Dave Clark with Rod Harrington, Wayne "4 times World finalist" Mardle and Eric Bristow

Commentators

Sky Sports - sets 1-4 inclusive John Gwynne and Mardle. Set 5 onwards Rod Studd and Mardle

3D - Sets 1-4 inclusive Stuart Pyke and Nigel Pearson. Set 5 onwards John Gwynne and Dave Lanning

I didn't know that but according to his twitter Crofty was there for Murussia Christmas Night out and a night himself with Johnny Herbert and Sky must of asked him to do a turn in the commentary box like they did with Flintoff and Fry previously. The last nights he said hes been commentating at home in the ear of his wife.

Its a shame the best darts commentators are either sat at home watching or on Sky 3D.

I must admit, and I never EVER thought I would say this, but Mardle has really started to grow on me. He shows respect to all players and to the BDO. He certainly isn't one of the puppets that think darts starts and ends with the PDC.

I agree with this, I like Mardle but he should be in the studio as main analyst and not commentator but his balanced views are no suprise as he came through the BDO. I still love the BDO because it was my first Darts tournament I ever watched and the BDO is the grassroots of Darts, perhaps the Lakeside should be called the Amateur World Championships but I equally look forward to both PDC and BDO tournaments and long may they both reign

So did Harrington and Bristow