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To me it just seemed so funny. Like what's next? They are preempting the NFL to show tic tac toe? In the US, darts is only done sometimes at bars. It's like playing bingo. But I understand different countries have different likes. i read that darts is very popular in the U.K., it is the highest rated indoor/arena sport by far, ahead of snooker, netball, ice hockey, and bowls. [But what the heck are "netball" and "bowls"? I never even heard of those. I guess I'm not too cosmopolitan, lol!]

[Note 1: Doubleheader this week is FOX.] [Note 2: There *is* a MNF ManningCast this week.] [Note 3: Remember: the TNF game is free and legal to all on Twitch--no Amazon Prime account needed.] [Note 4: Remember: all remaining MNF games this season are also simulcasted on ABC.] [Note 5: There are no regular season more byes left this year.] [Note 6: Don't forget there are three Saturday NFL Network games, all produced by CBS Sports.] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://506sports.com/nfl.php?yr=2023&wk=15 https://archive.506sports.com/wiki/2023_NFL_Season NFL Week 15, 2023 - December 17, 2023 NATIONAL BROADCASTS: TNF - Amazon Prime Video/Twitch (free) Thursday, December 14 - 8:15 PM ET: Los Angeles Chargers at Las Vegas Al Michaels, Kirk Herbstreit, Kaylee Hartung [simulcasts: KTTV (FOX/11) LA and KTNV (ABC/13) Las Vegas] Saturday Early - NFL Network Saturday, December 16 - 1 PM ET: Minnesota at Cincinnati Chris Rose, Jason McCourty, Steve Wyche [simulcasts: WCCO (CBS/4) Minneapolis and WCPO (ABC/9) Cincinnati] Saturday Late - NFL Network Saturday, December 16 - 4:30 PM ET: Pittsburgh at Indianapolis Rich Eisen, Kurt Warner, Jamie Erdahl [simulcasts: KDKA (CBS/2) Pittsburgh and WTTV (CBS/4) Indianapolis] Saturday Prime Time - NFL Network Saturday, December 16 - 8:15 PM ET: Denver at Detroit Kevin Harlan, Trent Green, Melanie Collins [this is CBS's B-team] [simulcasts: KMGH (ABC/7) Denver and WJBK (FOX/2) Detroit] SNF - NBC Sunday, December 17 - 8:20 PM ET: Baltimore at Jacksonville Mike Tirico, Chris Collinsworth, Melissa Stark MNF - ABC/ESPN/ESPN2 Monday, December 18 - 8:15 PM ET: Philadelphia at Seattle [Kansas City at New England was flexed out] (A) Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Lisa Salters [ManningCast on ESPN2: Peyton Manning, Eli Manning] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CBS Single Sunday, December 17 - 1 PM and 4:05 PM ET: █ Alaska █ Hawaii █ Red: New York Jets at Miami (A) Jim Nantz, Tony Romo, Tracy Wolfson █ Green: Tampa Bay at Green Bay (D) Andrew Catalon, Tiki Barber, Matt Ryan, AJ Ross █ Yellow (Yellow): Houston at Tennessee (E) Spero Dedes, Adam Archuleta, Aditi Kinkhabwala █ Blue: San Francisco at Arizona (LATE) (B) Ian Eagle, Charles Davis, Evan Washburn █ Orange: Washington at Los Angeles Rams (LATE) (F) Tom McCarthy, James Lofton, Jay Feeley, Tiffany Blackmon ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOX Early Sunday, December 17 - 1 PM ET: █ Alaska █ Hawaii █ Red: Kansas City at New England (B) Joe Davis, Darly Johnston, Pam Oliver █ Blue: New York Giants at New Orleans Kenny Albert, Jonathan Vilma, Shannon Spake █ Green: Chicago at Cleveland Kevin Kugler, Mark Sanchez, Laura Okmin █ Yellow (Yellow): Atlanta at Carolina (C) Adam Amin, Mark Schlereth, Kristina Pink ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOX Late Sunday, December 17 - 4:25 PM ET: █ Red: Dallas at Buffalo (A) Kevin Burkhardt, Greg Olsen, Erin Andrews, Tom Rinaldi ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Byes: None ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UK and Ireland: [Note 1: Sky Sports Main Event is preempting some NFL games and events this week to show darts instead.] https://www.skysports.com/watch/nfl-on-sky https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/tv-listings/ TNF Friday, December 15 - 1:15 AM GMT: Los Angeles Chargers at Las Vegas Sky Sports NFL and Sky Sports Main Event Saturday Early Saturday, December 16 - 6 PM GMT: Minnesota at Cincinnati Sky Sports NFL only Saturday Late Saturday, December 16 - 9:30 PM GMT: Pittsburgh at Indianapolis Sky Sports NFL; 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Yeah, it was a weird call. Collinsworth seemed to enjoy it though. I actually thought it was hilarious:

Agreed. Alcohol plus sports cars do not mix. This was a bad year for Chiefs superfans.

https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/chiefs-superfan-known-da-beard-killed-car-crash/DLEPILNJZVEVJE4YLRHTVVWBSI/ "Chiefs’ superfan known as ‘Da Beard’ killed in car crash" INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — Daniel Nelson, a Kansas City Chiefs superfan known as “Da Beard” and “Red Beard” for his painted red face, was killed in a vehicle crash Monday morning, authorities said. He was 43. Nelson died shortly after midnight in Independence, Missouri, KCTV reported. According to Independence police, Nelson was driving a Chevrolet eastbound on 23rd Street around 12:20 a.m. CST when he crashed into a railroad bridge west of Noland Road, WDAF-TV reported. Police said that Nelson was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash. The incident is still under investigation, but police believe alcohol may have been a contributing factor, according to the television station. [...] Another Chiefs superfan, Lynn “Weirdwolf” Schmidt, told WDAF that she had been with Nelson during Sunday’s game, a 20-17 loss to the Buffalo Bills. “He gave me the big bear hug that he always does,” Schmidt told the television station. “You know, you’ll see photos of us together, and he’s always got his arm just like clawed around you because he wanted to be close with people. “I think the game really took a toll on him yesterday. That loss was hard. I think he let things go.” ------------ EDIT: I read this on the KC forum: https://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showpost.php?p=17277174&postcount=33 "'Da Beard' is an anagram of his last moments: Bar. Dead." YIKES!

Interview in 2015 with Craig Wrolstad:

Good edit and good catch!

https://www.totalprosports.com/nfl/referee-frank-steratore-flag-holding-investigation/ "NFL Fans Calling For Referee To Be Investigated After New Video Exposes Suspicious Behavior During Controversial P.I. Call vs. Jets (VIDEO) New York Jets star Sauce Gardner became a trending topic last night after a holding penalty that nullified a Patrick Mahomes interception in Sunday’s 23-20 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. When the replay was shown, it was clear that Sauce was not holding and the Chiefs got bailed out. Now, a new video seems to bring into question the actions of a referee during that controversial play. Referee Frank Steratore is being called out for an investigation as a video shows him grabbing for his flag as soon as realizes an interception was about to happen. If Michael Carter II’s interception stands, New York has more than four minutes to get the game-tying or go-ahead score. In addition to a questionable defensive holding call against Sauce Gardner, which wiped away an interception, Jets defensive lineman Jermaine Johnson could be seen getting held for a stunning length of time on a play that resulted in a 25-yard run for Patrick Mahomes. Somehow, the officials seemed to not notice Johnson being held for multiple seconds. The Chiefs caught all the breaks."

We had Wrolstad in Week 2 vs. Las Vegas as well. NFL Week 15 Capsules: https://nflcommunications.com/Documents/2023 Football Information/Capsules/Week 15 Capsules.pdf [scroll 7/8 of the way down] Craig Wrolstad is in his 10th year as a referee Pos. Number Name Exp. 2022 Crew College Occupation R 4 Craig Wrolstad 21 n/a Washington Athletic Director U 54 Steve Woods 7 same Wabash Financial Advisor DJ 48 Jim Mello 20 same Northeastern Facilities Manager LJ 37 Tripp Sutter 5 same Nebraska Biopharmaceutical Rep FJ 60 Jeff Shear 2 same Denver Professor SB 142 Frank Steratore Rookie n/a [unknown] Sales, Sanitary Supplies Company BJ 27 Grantis Bell 4 same West Virginia School Counselor RO n/a Kevin Shine 6 same Alabama-Birmingham Regional Sales Manager RA n/a Gavin Anderson 5 same Green River Police Officer Rookie Side Judge Frank Steratore, Jr. is the cousin of Gene and Tony Steratore (both NFL officials) who are the co-owners of Steratore Sanitary Supply. Frank is in sales there. http://www.steratoresanitary.com/about-us.html https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/35441956/nfl-officiating-scrutiny-seahawks-rams-controversy "Rams-Seahawks refs under heavy scrutiny: ‘Worst officiated game of the year’ Adam Schefter, ESPN Senior Writer - Jan 13, 2023, 10:36 PM ET "After multiple controversial officiating decisions in Sunday's playoff-shaping game between the Los Angeles Rams and Seattle Seahawks, multiple executives and coaches said the NFL needs to reevaluate how it chooses and trains its officiating staff for future seasons. Those same executives and coaches said game officials and the league missed multiple calls that helped key the Seahawks' overtime victory over the Rams that sent Seattle to Saturday's wild-card round and prevented the Detroit Lions from reaching the playoffs. Even the NFL's competition committee is aware of what one source described to ESPN "as the worst officiated game of the year. [...] “The Lions should be livid,” an unnamed source said, per the report. “It was an awful way for them to end their season.” [end article excerpt] [Note: Craig Wrolstad served as the referee for the game.]

Well, thankfully, this year NBC will have Noah Eagle, Todd Blackledge, and Kathryn Tappen calling on of their Wild Card games.

I'm wondering. This is what is in wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_Broadcasting_Act_of_1961 "Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961 The act withdrew antitrust immunity for any pro football telecast if a high school or college football game is being played within 75 miles (120 km) of the broadcasting station on Friday and Saturdays from the 2nd Friday in September until the 2nd Saturday in December. This provision, intended to protect high school and college football attendance, has the effect of barring national broadcasts of NFL games on those days, since virtually all of the country is within 75 miles of at least one high school game on every Friday night in September and October." So I am wondering if this applies when the game in abroad. [I was also going to post this in response to someone's post on @Ethan in Cleveland's thread about Saturday last week being the most boring day for sports, but I was not able to find that thread at the time.] They are announcing it Wednesday.

In my original title I meant the NFL is expected to make the announcement Wednesday, but the Brazil game will be during normal days.

I'm going to be angry if another team signs him. We gave up a 6th for him. [Same goes for Frazier if he becomes a head coach somewhere and we get no comp pick.]

The NFL is so popular in Brazil they can't even bother to show the Saturday games this week, lol:

The league can only require teams to play overseas in seasons they have 9 home games, though teams can volunteer to play games otherwise. But Miami (alone) has Brazil as an international home market, so it might. As mentioned earlier, it also has a large Brazilian ex-pat population.

Yeah, true. What I meant is he needs to come to Buffalo. It's only fair. We gave up a 6th for him.

Thanks...I changed the title to make it unambiguous.

LOL: Hard for the NCF West as Brazil is either four or five hours ahead of them, depending on time of the season.

Brail is two hours earlier than Eastern Time. They do not observe Daylight Saving Time, so early in the season they are only one hour ahead of Eastern Time. Perfect for a late DH game here in the US. Game might involve the Dolphins as Muami has a huge ex-pat population from Brazil. Miami plays Jacksonville next year, as do we. But all AFC teams only have eight home games next year, so it would have to be Miami at an NFC team probably.

Spain was also considered but rejected.

Now might be a good time to get Peacock, which has local NBC on its higher tier, IIRC. Or over-the-air works too.

I never knew about that! Damn. I will have to research that more when I get home.

I am going to get that book. Thanks for the tip!

Yeah, Michaels always gets the lesser of NBC's playoff games since their A-team gets too billing, obviously. In any case, I'm sure he is pissed right now and calling his lawyer.