DIRECTV Sports Networks and the Mountain West
Conference have entered into a multi-year agreement, making DIRECTV Sports, and
its ROOT SPORTS-branded regional sports network, the regional TV
home of Mountain West football and men's basketball.
ROOT SPORTS Rocky Mountain will annually produce and televise approximately 10
football games featuring Mountain West teams, and a minimum of 25 MW
intra-conference and non-conference men's basketball games, beginning with the
2013-2014 season. All events will be produced and distributed in high
definition.
"We are pleased to partner with the Mountain West
Conference to bring these games to fans throughout the region," said Patrick
Crumb, President of DIRECTV Sports Networks. "The Mountain West offers
competitive, compelling match-ups, and we look forward to providing a platform
to showcase the conference and its teams."
"Our entire ROOT SPORTS Rocky
Mountain team is excited to be the regional home of the Mountain West
Conference," said David Woodman, General Manager of ROOT SPORTS Rocky
Mountain. "With many member institutions located within our network's
footprint, these games will be a great addition to our collegiate sports
programming for years to come."
"This unique partnership will provide enhanced coverage and promotion for the entire MW membership," said Mountain West Commissioner Craig Thompson. "ROOT SPORTS Rocky Mountain is an important component in an innovative, multi-platform exposure plan for the future of the league."
About ROOT SPORTS™ Rocky Mountain Region
ROOT SPORTS™ is the home of the Colorado Rockies, Utah Jazz, Mountain West, Big Sky
Conference and University of Denver. The network reaches 2.5 million households
across nine states and delivers more than 350 live events each year - all of
which are available in high definition.
ROOT SPORTS™ is owned and operated by DIRECTV Sports Networks LLC, which operates regional sports networks in the Northwest, Pittsburgh and Rocky Mountain regions. The three networks combined reach 8.9 million households across 18 states and own exclusive programming and distribution partnerships with more than 20 teams and conferences. DIRECTV Sports Networks is a controlled subsidiary of DIRECTV, the world's most popular television service.
About the Mountain West Conference
From its inception in 1999, the Mountain West has
been committed to excellence in intercollegiate athletics, while promoting the
academic missions of its member institutions. Progressive in its approach, the
Mountain West continues to cultivate opportunities for student-athletes to
compete at the highest level, while fostering
academic achievement and sportsmanship. With the addition of San Jose State University and Utah State University on July 1, 2013, the MW will be comprised of 11 all-sport members and 12 football-playing institutions. Currently, the Mountain West membership includes: the United States Air Force Academy, Boise State University, Colorado State University, Fresno State, University of Hawai`i (football only), University of Nevada, University of New Mexico, San Diego State University, UNLV and University of Wyoming.
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| Veteran T&F Expert Hal Bateman passes
Hal
Bateman, an authority on world track and field for more than fifty years,
died April 10 in Corpus Christi, Texas, following a brief illness. He was 81. "I
never met anyone who knew more about the sport than Hal Bateman," said Ollan
Cassell, a 1964 Olympic gold medalist who served as American track and
field's chief executive from 1966 to 1997. "He was an outstanding writer,
researcher and story-teller, and a great friend." Jim
Dunaway, editor of American Track & Field Magazine, echoed Cassell's
sentiments. "Whenever someone asked me a question about the sport I couldn't
answer, I'd call Hal," Dunaway said. "If he didn't know the answer right
away, he'd say, 'I'll get back to you in an hour.' And he always did." Born
Nov. 28, 1931, on Staten Island, N.Y., Harold Bateman was a 1949 graduate of
Middle Township High School in Cape May Court House, N.J. He attended Rutgers
University and, following two years in the U.S. Army, earned a degree in
journalism from Michigan State University. He competed in track and cross
country during his high school and college years. Bateman
was a sportswriter for the Chicago Tribune and United Press International's
Chicago Bureau before becoming the managing editor of Track & Field News
in 1960. That summer he covered the Olympic Games in Rome. During three-plus
years at T&FN he reorganized the magazine's editorial side, recruiting a
number of new American contributors and increasing the use of action
photography. From
1963 to 1969 Bateman was the sports information director at Western Michigan
University. He was the SID at the U.S. Air Force Academy from 1969 to 1984
and in 1974-1975 he served as president of the College Sports Information
Directors Association (CoSIDA). While
in Colorado Springs, Bateman did volunteer work for the U.S. Olympic
Committee. He served as a USOC press officer at eight National Sports
Festivals and at the Olympic Games in 1984 in Los Angeles and in 1988 in
Seoul. In
1982 Bateman began a two-decade relationship with Indianapolis-based USA
Track & Field (then known as The Athletics Congress/USA), the sport's
American governing body. He was a general partner with End of the Line Race
Consulting in Coronado, Calif., when Ollan Cassell hired him in 1986. Bateman
served as USATF's director of promotions for the inaugural World Indoor
Athletics Championships, held in Indianapolis in 1987. Remaining with USATF
as an associate director of media information, he served as the
organization's historian, edited media guides, and headed special statistical
projects. He was in charge of field operations at numerous U.S. indoor,
outdoor and collegiate championships from 1983 through 1995. Bateman
served as U.S. team press officer at track events around the globe, including
the 1985 USA-USSR-Japan meet in Tokyo; the 1985 World Cup in Canberra; the
1987 World Championships in Rome; the 1989 World Cup in Barcelona; and the
1994 World Cup in London. After
leaving USATF in 2002, Bateman relocated to Corpus Christi and continued to
work on track and field statistical projects. He belonged to the Association
of Track and Field Statisticians (ATFS), the Federation of American
Statisticians of Track (FAST), and Track and Field Writers of America
(TAFWA). He was a member of the CoSIDA Hall of Fame's Class of 1982. Bateman
is survived by his wife, Carol, and a daughter, Karen Corvington of Akron,
Ohio. He was preceded in death by a son, Keith. /by Pete Cava/ |
The Mountain West Digital Network has just posted an interview
with Air Force baseball and football player David Baska to the Conference
website at http://www.themwc.com/allaccess/index.html?media=385215. This
footage can be played directly on the index and baseball pages of
TheMWC.com. It can also can be found on the MW's YouTube Channel at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlyQ4l2zmvQ&feature=youtu.be
and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=849086686549&saved
and we have also tweeted a link to this video to our
followers at @TheMWCOlySports.
A
special discounted ticket has been made available for all family, friends, and
members of the Air Force Academy Athletic Association! Come out to Mile High
Stadium and watch as the Air Force Academy Falcons battle Loyola
in the Mile High Classic! Tickets for this event are only $20.00 and include
the second game where Denver will take on #2 Notre Dame. Just click on
the link below to purchase your tickets. This offer expires on March 8th, so get your
tickets now!!
March
16th, 2013
Sports
Authority Field at Mile High
Ø Loyola vs. Air Force at 2:00 PM
Ø Notre Dame vs.
Denver 4:30 PM
Click
Here to Purchase Tickets
The Mountain West has launched a giveaway in which fans can submit what they think should be the official Twitter and Instagram hashtag of the 2013 Reese's MW Basketball Championships. The conference will narrow down the field to a handful of finalists next Tuesday, March 5, where fans can then vote on their favorite. The Conference office will announce a winner after 3 p.m. MT on Friday, March 8, and the person who submitted the winning hashtag will win a pair of tickets to next year's tournament. To learn more about the promotion and for fans to submit their desired hashtags, please visit http://www.facebook.com/MountainWestConference/app_275777965887899.
The Mountain West Digital Network has just posted a feature story
of Air Force's pole vaulting corps to the Conference website at http://www.themwc.com/allaccess/index.html?media=372409. This
footage can be played directly on the index and track & field pages of
TheMWC.com. It can also can be found on the MW's YouTube Channel at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xasLMhlWJsI&feature=youtu.be
and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=829306012179
and we have also tweeted a link to this video to our
followers at @TheMWCOlySports.
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]]> The 2013 Air Force baseball media is now available. http://www.goairforcefalcons.com/sports/m-basebl/archive/021513aaa.html The Falcons open the season today at UTSA.Hockey
vs. Canisius - Friday, February 15th and Saturday, February 16th - Lightning tickets
are available for a special discount that allows fans admission to the game and
$5 in bonus cash to spend at the concession stand. Lightning tickets are
just $10 on both nights. Click here for more information. The first 400 fans
in attendance on Friday will also receive a commemorative foam lightning bolt
at the gate.
Coach Pilipovich Show Presented by People's Bank - Live at Back
East Bar and Grill - Thursday,
February 14th - Catch up with Coach P and host Jim Arthur for
your weekly Falcon men's basketball update. Enjoy an hour of hoops talk
and great food and drink specials after work this Thursday. The show
begins at it's regularly scheduled time of 6:30 pm.
Boxing
- Wing Open Quarterfinals - Thursday, February 14th @ 4:30pm - The long road to
the Wing Open Finals continues this Thursday when boxing hopefuls square off in
the always competitive quarterfinal round of Wing Open bouts at the Cadet
Gymnasium. Admission is free.
AIR
FORCE FOOTBALL SEASON TICKET DEPOSITS NOW BEING ACCEPTED - The Falcon football
team will add a bonus home game to their schedule in 2013 meaning extra
football and added value for Air Force season ticket holders this upcoming
fall! The 7 game home schedule includes an October showdown with Notre
Dame, and the annual service academy battle with Army on the first weekend of
November. To lock in your seats for the 2013 season and take advantage of
this early offer, click here.
StadiumJourney.com, publishes reviews of sports venues from all over the world. To date, they have posted reviews of over 1,200 different stadiums. Recently posted was a new review of the experience at Clune Arena. To see the complete review, click on the link below.
http://www.stadiumjourney.com/stadiums/clune-arena-s536
The volunteers worked with students and staff from the school keeping score and acting as scribes and runners for the matches. They made sure the matches ran smoothly and that scores for each match were properly recorded and sent up. Two behavioral science majors, Manley and C1C Casey Schindling, organized and executed the event in support of the mission partnership between the Department of Behavioral Sciences (DFBL) and the wrestling team, as well as an ongoing relationship between DFBL and CSDB.
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