If you’re sitting at home tonight trying hard to get the Bruins’ season opener to appear on your television and it’s nothing but a black screen or snow, you may be one of the unlucky few that get their satellite feed courtesy of DIRECTV.

You might as well just switch to something else, because you no longer have access to VERSUS.

It’s been the case since the beginning of September. Of course, if you’re not a fan of Bass fishing or . . . well, I’m not exactly sure what else is on that network except for the National Hockey League . . . then you likely didn’t even realize it until you sat down in front of the tube ready for some Black and Gold action.

Sorry to burst your bubble, but the only way you’ll get Bruins hockey tonight is via the newest sports-talk radio station - The Sports Hub 98.5-FM.

When is the last time you listened to a hockey game on the radio?

For me, I can say it was during last year’s playoffs when I switched on the Bruins for a 10 minute car drive to my cousins house to sit and watch the game on the TV.

I don’t know anybody who actually kicks back with the radio blaring for Bruins hockey coverage.

Red Sox baseball or Patriots coverage - heck, I’ve been known to put the radio on and have the TV on mute. Of course the delay can sometimes drive me nuts, so it ends up just being a radio day with book in hand as I listen to the play-by-play.

Hockey just doesn’t do it for me on the radio. I need to see the hits and the excitement. Maybe it’s the style of play, because I can get through an entire football game on the radio if need be. Hockey isn’t alone. Basketball is another sports I struggle with on the radio. It just doesn’t work for me.

So I wish all those Bruins fans with DIRECTV the best tonight. Maybe they can all offer up their takes on what the radio experience was like for the rest of us who are lucky enough to have any other cable or satellite provider.

Tags: baseball, basketball, Bruins, Football, Hockey, Radio, SportsHub 98.5-FM

OK, I’m like every other guy and a lot of women I know. Heading into Thursday it was all about the start of the National Football League season. And what a way to start.
Hines Ward and Big Ben tried their hardest to hand the game over, before locking down a win.
It was the same way [...]

Tags: Adrian Peterson, Big Ben, Bobby Hill, Brett Favre, Dallas Cowboys, Donovan McNabb, Drew Brees, Hank Hill, Hines Ward, King of the Hill, Mark Sanchez, Matthew Stafford, NFL, Tony Romo

So things got a little more interesting over the last couple of days in the current war between media outlets in Boston.
CBS radio’s The SportsHub, 98.5-FM, scooped up another Boston media celeb by giving Boston Globe columnist Dan Shaughnessy a Saturday afternoon radio show.
While that move give the Boston Globe some more exposure, management must [...]

Tags: Dan Shaughnessy, ESPNBoston.com, Mike Reiss, SportsHub 98.5-FM

Well, for those of you wondering if the Red Sox are still playing baseball, the answer is yes. Of course if you were tuned into 900-AM on the dial here in Greater Nashua, you weren’t too sure about that over the last few days. Frankly, you only missed two innings worth listening to Thursday night [...]

Tags: Absolute Broadcasting, Entercom Communications, Red Sox, WGAM 900-AM

Do you feel the heat?
I’m pretty sure WEEI 850-AM is. That’s the only logical reason Entercom has decided to shift what was the majority of Red Sox baseball broadcasts from WRKO 680-AM to WEEI. No, not just the majority, they are shifting every game for the rest of this season to WEEI.
Why? Well according to a [...]

Tags: Jason Wolfe, Julie Kahn, Patriots, Red Sox, SportsHub 98.5-FM, WEEI 850-AM, WRKO 680-AM

Fran Tarkenton was already a legend. If he wasn’t, he would be anyways after Tuesday’s radio interview in Atlanta.
The former Minnesota Vikings quarterback has been very outspoken on Brett Favre since his first retirement fiasco. Not only did the Hall of Fame quarterback roast Favre for how he treated the Green Bay Packers after the [...]

Tags: Brett Favre, Eric Mangini, Fran Tarkenton, Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings, NFL

Thank you Tom Watson. Thank you for giving me a reason to spend time watching a game - which I love to get out and play - on a TV.
The 59-year-old golfer did more in one day to make me pay attention to professional golf than that young whippersnapper Tiger Woods has done in his entire [...]

Tags: British Open, Golf, Tiger Woods, Tom Watson

So now the MMA community is going to act all high and mighty?
Somehow the curse-laden, over-the-top celebration of former WWE performer and now UFC fighter Brock Lesnar is just too much for their highbrowed community to handle. Boo hoo.
Last time I checked, the so-called sport of Mixed Martial Arts was nothing more than a legalized [...]

Tags: Brock Lesnar, MMA, pay-per view, UFC, WWE

So CBS thinks it can accomplish what ESPN just couldn’t do - give Boston sports fans a better alternative than the constant headache-enducing screaches on WEEI 850-AM. Not so sure CBS radio knows what it’s in for, although at least unlike ESPN, “The Sports Hub” will be broadcast on a station people can actually hear - 98.5-FM.
I’m trying to [...]

Tags: 98.5 The Sports Hub, CBS Radio, Mark Hannon, The Sports Hub, WEEI, WEEI 850-AM

Hey Bill Belichick, Rodney Harrison is shooting his mouth off about Peyton Manning.
Oh wait, there’s nothing Belichick can do about it anymore.
Harrison, known for laying the smack down both on and off the field prior to his stint as a Patriots safety, wasn’t pulling any punches in his first day of retirement from the field.
The [...]

Tags: Bill Belichick, Cris Collinsworth, Dick Ebersol, Football Night in America, Indianapolis Colt, John Madden, NBC, New England Patriots, Peyton Manning, Rodney Harrison, Sunday night football, Tiki Barber, Tony Dungy