Tune In To Scott Kessler On 810 WHB AM (ESPN) Radio In Kansas City Around 10:20 PM Tonight

I'll be on KC's ESPN affiliate tonight at around 10:20 pm EST to talk the Union and other soccer related topics. The Union's color commentator Taylor Twellman will be on before me. Show starts at 10 pm.

What was once One on One Sports Radio from '93 to '01 and became Sporting News Radio from '01 till July of 2011 is now known as Yahoo! Sports Radio.
Beginning in August, Yahoo! Sports took over and has continued to broadcast with a live stream from its website.
Yahoo! Sports Radio is heard on AM and FM stations throughout the country and on Sirius XM Radio, as well.

Reports have been circulating for several weeks now that CBS Radio would be permitting SportsRadio 610 WIP to take over classic rock station 94 WYSP (also a CBS Radio property), and later today, the news will become official, a local media source confirmed to the Brotherly Game. This move is being made almost in direct response to a move made nearly two years ago by the then-obscure local ESPN Radio affiliate, 950 AM, who moved their primary operations to the FM dial and renamed themselves as "97.

Last night I got to thinking about how collaborative the work of sports journalism often is. Frankly, that's what makes it fun, and I thought I'd take the time to acknowledge some of the people who assist in making sure reporters get the stories they need, with last night as a specific example. Stats people, interns who hand out meal tickets, roster and stat sheets, the catering crew and the cleaning crew, all the operations staff, heck, even security, are all part of making an event go smoothly.

MLS Bound: Would you like to see Nicolas Anelka suit up for the Galaxy? See story below (AP Photo).

*The massive, renewed interest in the U.S. Women's National team has prompted ESPN Radio to air Sunday's World Cup final between the U.S. and Japan.

It's the first time ESPN Radio has ever aired a Women's World Cup game.

Chivas Guadalajara to take on FC Barcelona in Miami during US tour barcaloco.com

It was reported widely as soon as FC Barcelona announced that they would be returning to the US this summer as part of their tour that they would be playing an exhibition match in Miami on August 3 against AC Milan.

We have just confirmed via Jorge Ramos y Su Banda ESPN Radio that Barcelona will play Chivas in Miami on August 3, 2011.
The rumor had been that Barcelona would meet AC Milan, but it turns out that announcement was premature. No deal was made so instead it will be Mexico's most followed team against European giant FC Barcelona.

ESPN soccer analyst Tommy Smyth recently sat down with EPL Talk to discuss a range of topics relating to the world of soccer. The conversation began with Smyth describing what it was like to commentate the 2010 World Cup Final for ESPN Radio. Other...
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Sport Talk's impact thus far on pro Soccer is everything and nothing at the same time for U.S. sports fans. It means everything because sports talk is the main vein of contact among sports fans. The impact is nothing because that's about how much relevance U.

JP Dellacamera is moving from ESPN to Fox Soccer Channel to become play-by-play man for its Major League Soccer telecasts.
Dellacamera will work FSC's 14 Friday night telecasts, which are exclusive to the network. He had been paired with John Harkes for U.S. national team broadcasts on ESPN and worked the World Cup on ESPN Radio.

ESPN has won the bidding for the U.S. TV and Internet rights to the upcoming Euro 2012 and Euro 2016 tournaments according to the Associated Press. ESPN has the rights to broadcasting the matches in all languages.

Exact details are limited right now, but ESPN plans on broadcasting all of the matches across it's platform on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3.

NEW YORK. NY — ESPN has acquired U.S. broadcast rights to soccer's European Championship in 2012 and 2016 and will televise every game of both tournaments. The Union of European Football Associations planned to make the announcement Tuesday. ESPN purchased U.S. broadcast and Internet rights in all languages.

SiriusXM (SIRI) today announced an agreement to broadcast all Premier League games featuring Manchester United via its radio, online and web apps. The first Manchester United match available to SiriusXM subscribers kicks off on January 4, 2011 when the Red Devils play home against Stoke City on Sirius channel 113 and XM channel 244 beginning at 3pm ET.