And by that read younger viewers, those most prized by advertisers since they represent the future. It's always interesting to put TV ratings for soccer in a broader context with other more established American sports. So why don't American newspaper editors and producers of sports television shows devote more attention to soccer in line with its ratings than they do? Beats me. And yet they wonder why newspaper readership and the number of eyeballs glued to TV are steadily eroding. Here are the details via the Associated Press: NEW YORK (AP) -- Chelsea's penalty-kicks win over Bayern Munich in last weekend's Champions League final had a 1.1 rating and 3 share, according to final ratings from Nielsen Media Research, down from 2011 but up over ... Continue reading →
23 May 2012 Last updated at 21:00 ET Sicily honours murdered anti-Mafia campaigner, 60 years on By Alan Johnston BBC News Corleone has given rise to some of the most infamous Mafia leaders in Italy More than 60 years ago, union leader Placido Rizzotto was killed after standing up to the Mafia in his hometown of Corleone. After campaigning by friends and relatives, he will finally be given a state funeral. One evening, way back in March 1948, Placido Rizzotto emerged from his office in a small town in Sicily. He stopped briefly to chat outside a bar on the main street. Then he walked on into the night, and was never seen again. But nobody had any doubt what had happened to him. The ... Continue reading →
Updated May 24, 2012 5:26 PM ET ORLANDO, FL U.S. CAMP NOTEBOOK FOX Soccer's Ives Galarcep will provide daily segments from Jurgen Klinsmann's USMNT training camp from Orlando, Florida. Clint Dempsey has heard all the rumors. All the talk about the big clubs lining up bids for him, it doesn’t come as much of a surprise considering the dream season Dempsey just had for Fulham. It also doesn’t make it any less frustrating for Dempsey. Not because Dempsey doesn’t want to be linked with big clubs, but because seeing rumors instead of actual transfer offers was something he already endured last year. “I don’t get caught up in that because until somebody is putting down some money it doesn’t matter,” Dempsey said in an exclusive ... Continue reading →
