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National Sports Report

March 03, 2023

The National Sports Report is a sportscast that aired on United States television channel Fox Sports Net.

National Sports Report
Also known asFox Sports News
GenreSports news
Presented byVarious
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Production locationsFox Network Center, Los Angeles, CA
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time30 minutes (previously 60 minutes)
Production companyFox Sports Net
Release
Original networkFox Sports Net
Original releaseNovember 1, 1996 (1996-11-01) –
February 10, 2002 (2002-02-10)
Chronology
Preceded byPress Box (1990-96)
Followed byFSN Final Score (2006-11)

Brief history

The program premiered on November 1, 1996, when FSN was launched, as Fox Sports News. The show, which succeeded both the Prime Network's Press Box and the short-lived fX Sports Show, aired twice a night, at 6 and 10 p.m (the 10 p.m. edition was later referred to as Fox Sports News Primetime), and also aired in the mornings from 6 to 9 a.m.[1] It was the national network's equivalent to SportsCenter. The 6 p.m. edition was originally anchored by Kevin Frazier (previously co-anchor of The fX Sports Show) with James Worthy and Craig Simpson as analysts; the 10 p.m. report was co-anchored by a rotating team, featuring three holdovers from Press Box (Alan Massengale {himself an ex-SportsCenter anchor}, Tom Kirkland and Randy Sparage), alongside newcomers Dwayne Ballen, Suzy Kolber (also previously of ESPN), John Walls, Paul Rudy and Jeanne Zelasko.[2]

Regular segments of the show included the introduction of the sports headlines at the top of the show with a spinning CGI jumbotron, FoxTrot (which provided a graphically-enhanced recap of games the broadcast was not covering in-depth),[3] FoxScopes (where analysts would put a specific player under the titular "FoxScope" to examine their moves),[4] Stuff You Didn't Know (featuring lesser-known sports factoids)[5] and long-form Spotlight reports.

The show was originally broadcast from Stage 2 of the original Fox Television Center in Los Angeles, before relocating to Stage 2B of the Fox Network Center, located on the 20th Century Fox backlot in LA's Century City district, in 1998. For a time, Fox Sports News Primetime Newsbreaks aired on then-sister network FX (which at the time was co-owned by Liberty Media along with many of the FSN affiliates).[6]

In 1998, Keith Olbermann and Chris Myers, both previously of ESPN, were hired and added to the hosting rotation; Olbermann had just come off his first stint at MSNBC, with Fox paying NBC $1 million to let Olbermann out of his contract with them.[7][8] In concert with Olbermann's debut on January 5th, 1999, a new look was introduced (presaging a wide rebrand for Fox Sports Net itself that would roll out shortly afterwards) with a new logo, updated graphics and music, and a modified set; ratings for the program went up the night of Olbermann's debut (having suffered thanks in part to the 1998-99 NBA lockout).[9]

On April 12, 2000, the show was renamed to the National Sports Report and the shows, which continued to trail SportsCenter in the ratings, began to be followed by the Regional Sports Report at 11 p.m. (see below).[10][11] The Sunday night program was briefly renamed The Keith Olbermann Evening News. The hour-long show debuted on August 6, 2000 (with Olbermann making his final appearance on the NSR July 5th), anchored by Olbermann solo with Alex Flanagan as a reporter.[12][13] By April 2001, the NSR had been cut to a mere half-hour show, running at 10:30 p.m. after the Regional Sports Report.[14]

During the program's tenure as NSR, anchor Kevin Frazier (now at Entertainment Tonight) briefly gained attention for refusing to say the name of tennis phenom Anna Kournikova on-air because she had never won a singles tournament. Instead, he used nicknames like "Miss Thang" or "From Russia With Love" (as in the James Bond movie). Frazier wanted to make a point that she was overrated and received too much publicity for her lack of talent.[15]

On April 1, 2001, Olbermann reported that Michael Jordan had decided to come out of retirement and return to NBA basketball with the Washington Wizards. Although the story was presented as an April Fool's joke, Jordan would sign with the Wizards the following September.[16]

The set and anchors of the NSR also appeared on another Fox production, the short-lived sitcom Inside Schwartz, analyzing the decisions of the lead character.[17]

Regional sports reports

Beginning in the summer of 2000, many markets paired the NSR with a Regional Sports Report (the RSR title was originally followed by an (regional name) Edition suffix, before the titling was modified to replace Regional with the actual regional name, e.g. Detroit Sports Report) to better leverage the regional model of the network, typically airing seven nights a week at 11 p.m. following the National Sports Report (the regional reports were moved to 10 p.m. in April 2001[18]), while an earlier Regional Sports Tonight sportscast aired at 7:00 p.m.[19] Fox Sports Net Northwest was the first to debut a regional report on June 14th, followed by Fox Sports Net West and Fox Sports Net Detroit; the rest of Fox's FSN stations rolled out their reports shortly thereafter.[20][21][22] To facilitate easy transfer of stories and footage between FSN and their affiliates, along with some affiliates simply not having enough studio space to produce the reports on their own, a series of interconnected bureaus were set up at many of the FSN affiliates, with some handling the production of more than one regional report:[23]

The Southwest Sports Report was originally broadcast from two studios, with the other in Houston. This occurred because co-host Spencer Tillman apparently did not want to uproot his family from Houston.[24]

However, the regional "hub" structure created problems, with one St. Louis newspaper critic noting the Midwest Sports Report's debut was marred by technical glitches and the Pittsburgh-based anchors calling teams by the wrong names;[25] additionally, it was noted the New York Sports Report was somewhat redundant given that MSG Network (which Fox Sports Net New York shared operations with) had already been producing their own standalone sportscast, MSG SportsDesk, and the two sportscasts were nigh-identical (especially since both shows aired the same footage).[26]

Cancellation

In 2002, the NSR was cancelled outright due to declining ratings; FSN opted to instead air two-and-a-half minute news capsules, twice an hour, during primetime programming on nights that did not have live sporting events (beginning at 5:30 PM and continuing to 2:00 AM), as well as four newsbreaks per hour during The Best Damn Sports Show Period, which by this time had become FSN's flagship show (rumors of the NSR's demise in the face of Best Damn's popularity had begun to circulate in December 2001).[27][28][29] One problem cited in the NSR's demise was the regional setup making it difficult to assess the national audience for the show.[30] FSN would not "replace" the show until FSN Final Score debuted on July 3, 2006.

None of the regional reports exist today, or hardly resemble the original report format. In 2002, Cablevision, which owned several FSN affiliates at the time, removed them from the networks they owned at the time, including New York (now still owned by Cablevision as MSG Plus), Chicago (now defunct), Bay Area (now owned by Comcast as Comcast SportsNet Bay Area), and Ohio (now owned by Diamond Sports Group) reports from the air.[31] The New England Sports Report remains as a talk show called New England Sports Tonight, later renamed to Boston Sports Tonight, since Comcast's acquisition of the network as Comcast SportsNet New England, though a separate news program called SportsNet Central has since launched. In many of the remaining markets, it has been replaced by FSN Live, though in most cases this show is exclusively a team post-game show rather than a regular program, with the team name replacing FSN; news tickers mostly fulfilled the news role for most FSN networks, along with promotions since 2013 guiding viewers to now-former sister network Fox Sports 1's national sports news show (and direct successor to NSR), Fox Sports Live (which has also been cancelled as of 2017).

Anchors

References

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  2. ^ Stewart, Larry (1996-10-18). "NFL Films Is Positive About New Show". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
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  7. ^ Stewart, Larry (1998-11-10). "Olbermann, ESPN's Myers Join Fox". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
  8. ^ Schlosser, Joe (16 November 1998). ""Game of Fox and mouse heats up"" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. pp. 6–10. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  9. ^ Schlosser, Joe (11 January 1999). ""High velocity at Fox Sports News"" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. p. 66. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
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  11. ^ "FOX SPORTS NET ADDS REGIONAL REPORT TO LOCAL MIX". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
  12. ^ Stewart, Larry (2000-07-21). "Olbermann Becoming a One-Man Show". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
  13. ^ Bernstein, Paula (2000-07-21). "Olbermann will sport Fox 'Evening News'". Variety. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  14. ^ "Looking To Build Its Audience, FSN Changes News Schedule". www.sportsbusinessjournal.com. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  15. ^ Ballard, Chris (28 May 2001). "SI View The Week In TV Sports". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  16. ^ "All The Way Back: The Daily Chronicles Jordan's Return". www.sportsbusinessjournal.com. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  17. ^ Inside Schwartz S1E1, retrieved 2022-09-17
  18. ^ Romano, Allison (11 June 2001). "Some like it local" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. pp. 28–32. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  19. ^ "Fox Sports Net exec Dolgin: 'Regional news is critical' to network". www.sportsbusinessjournal.com. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
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  23. ^ "Sports Net launches regional sports report". old.post-gazette.com. Retrieved 2022-09-17.
  24. ^ Barron, David (2001-05-30). "Tillman leaves FSN's Southwest show". Chron. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  25. ^ "FSN EXECS UNLIKELY TO HAIL CAESAR AFTER CRITICAL REVIEW". www.sportsbusinessjournal.com. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  26. ^ "SIMILARITIES BETWEEN N.Y.'S "RSR" AND "SPORTSDESK" EXAMINED". www.sportsbusinessjournal.com. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  27. ^ R. Thomas Umstead (2002-01-21). "Fox Sports Net KOs 'Sports Report'". Multichannel News. Retrieved 2022-09-17.
  28. ^ "FSN 'Best Damn Sports Show Period' Threatens Future Of 'NSR'". www.sportsbusinessjournal.com. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  29. ^ "Fox Sports, Rainbow Announce Cuts; "NSR" To End On Feb. 10". www.sportsbusinessjournal.com. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources National Sports Report news newspapers books scholar JSTOR May 2019 Learn how and when to remove this template message The National Sports Report is a sportscast that aired on United States television channel Fox Sports Net National Sports ReportAlso known asFox Sports NewsGenreSports newsPresented byVariousCountry of originUnited StatesOriginal languageEnglishProductionProduction locationsFox Network Center Los Angeles CACamera setupMulti cameraRunning time30 minutes previously 60 minutes Production companyFox Sports NetReleaseOriginal networkFox Sports NetOriginal releaseNovember 1 1996 1996 11 01 February 10 2002 2002 02 10 ChronologyPreceded byPress Box 1990 96 Followed byFSN Final Score 2006 11 Contents 1 Brief history 2 Regional sports reports 3 Cancellation 4 Anchors 5 ReferencesBrief history EditThe program premiered on November 1 1996 when FSN was launched as Fox Sports News The show which succeeded both the Prime Network s Press Box and the short lived fX Sports Show aired twice a night at 6 and 10 p m the 10 p m edition was later referred to as Fox Sports News Primetime and also aired in the mornings from 6 to 9 a m 1 It was the national network s equivalent to SportsCenter The 6 p m edition was originally anchored by Kevin Frazier previously co anchor of The fX Sports Show with James Worthy and Craig Simpson as analysts the 10 p m report was co anchored by a rotating team featuring three holdovers from Press Box Alan Massengale himself an ex SportsCenter anchor Tom Kirkland and Randy Sparage alongside newcomers Dwayne Ballen Suzy Kolber also previously of ESPN John Walls Paul Rudy and Jeanne Zelasko 2 Regular segments of the show included the introduction of the sports headlines at the top of the show with a spinning CGI jumbotron FoxTrot which provided a graphically enhanced recap of games the broadcast was not covering in depth 3 FoxScopes where analysts would put a specific player under the titular FoxScope to examine their moves 4 Stuff You Didn t Know featuring lesser known sports factoids 5 and long form Spotlight reports The show was originally broadcast from Stage 2 of the original Fox Television Center in Los Angeles before relocating to Stage 2B of the Fox Network Center located on the 20th Century Fox backlot in LA s Century City district in 1998 For a time Fox Sports News Primetime Newsbreaks aired on then sister network FX which at the time was co owned by Liberty Media along with many of the FSN affiliates 6 In 1998 Keith Olbermann and Chris Myers both previously of ESPN were hired and added to the hosting rotation Olbermann had just come off his first stint at MSNBC with Fox paying NBC 1 million to let Olbermann out of his contract with them 7 8 In concert with Olbermann s debut on January 5th 1999 a new look was introduced presaging a wide rebrand for Fox Sports Net itself that would roll out shortly afterwards with a new logo updated graphics and music and a modified set ratings for the program went up the night of Olbermann s debut having suffered thanks in part to the 1998 99 NBA lockout 9 On April 12 2000 the show was renamed to the National Sports Report and the shows which continued to trail SportsCenter in the ratings began to be followed by the Regional Sports Report at 11 p m see below 10 11 The Sunday night program was briefly renamed The Keith Olbermann Evening News The hour long show debuted on August 6 2000 with Olbermann making his final appearance on the NSR July 5th anchored by Olbermann solo with Alex Flanagan as a reporter 12 13 By April 2001 the NSR had been cut to a mere half hour show running at 10 30 p m after the Regional Sports Report 14 During the program s tenure as NSR anchor Kevin Frazier now at Entertainment Tonight briefly gained attention for refusing to say the name of tennis phenom Anna Kournikova on air because she had never won a singles tournament Instead he used nicknames like Miss Thang or From Russia With Love as in the James Bond movie Frazier wanted to make a point that she was overrated and received too much publicity for her lack of talent 15 On April 1 2001 Olbermann reported that Michael Jordan had decided to come out of retirement and return to NBA basketball with the Washington Wizards Although the story was presented as an April Fool s joke Jordan would sign with the Wizards the following September 16 The set and anchors of the NSR also appeared on another Fox production the short lived sitcom Inside Schwartz analyzing the decisions of the lead character 17 Regional sports reports EditBeginning in the summer of 2000 many markets paired the NSR with a Regional Sports Report the RSR title was originally followed by an regional name Edition suffix before the titling was modified to replace Regional with the actual regional name e g Detroit Sports Report to better leverage the regional model of the network typically airing seven nights a week at 11 p m following the National Sports Report the regional reports were moved to 10 p m in April 2001 18 while an earlier Regional Sports Tonight sportscast aired at 7 00 p m 19 Fox Sports Net Northwest was the first to debut a regional report on June 14th followed by Fox Sports Net West and Fox Sports Net Detroit the rest of Fox s FSN stations rolled out their reports shortly thereafter 20 21 22 To facilitate easy transfer of stories and footage between FSN and their affiliates along with some affiliates simply not having enough studio space to produce the reports on their own a series of interconnected bureaus were set up at many of the FSN affiliates with some handling the production of more than one regional report 23 New York New York Boston New England Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Midwest Atlanta Southern Arizona Dallas Southwest Chicago Chicago Bay Area and Ohio Denver Rocky Mountain Los Angeles Southern California Minnesota Seattle Northwest DetroitThe Southwest Sports Report was originally broadcast from two studios with the other in Houston This occurred because co host Spencer Tillman apparently did not want to uproot his family from Houston 24 However the regional hub structure created problems with one St Louis newspaper critic noting the Midwest Sports Report s debut was marred by technical glitches and the Pittsburgh based anchors calling teams by the wrong names 25 additionally it was noted the New York Sports Report was somewhat redundant given that MSG Network which Fox Sports Net New York shared operations with had already been producing their own standalone sportscast MSG SportsDesk and the two sportscasts were nigh identical especially since both shows aired the same footage 26 Cancellation EditIn 2002 the NSR was cancelled outright due to declining ratings FSN opted to instead air two and a half minute news capsules twice an hour during primetime programming on nights that did not have live sporting events beginning at 5 30 PM and continuing to 2 00 AM as well as four newsbreaks per hour during The Best Damn Sports Show Period which by this time had become FSN s flagship show rumors of the NSR s demise in the face of Best Damn s popularity had begun to circulate in December 2001 27 28 29 One problem cited in the NSR s demise was the regional setup making it difficult to assess the national audience for the show 30 FSN would not replace the show until FSN Final Score debuted on July 3 2006 None of the regional reports exist today or hardly resemble the original report format In 2002 Cablevision which owned several FSN affiliates at the time removed them from the networks they owned at the time including New York now still owned by Cablevision as MSG Plus Chicago now defunct Bay Area now owned by Comcast as Comcast SportsNet Bay Area and Ohio now owned by Diamond Sports Group reports from the air 31 The New England Sports Report remains as a talk show called New England Sports Tonight later renamed to Boston Sports Tonight since Comcast s acquisition of the network as Comcast SportsNet New England though a separate news program called SportsNet Central has since launched In many of the remaining markets it has been replaced by FSN Live though in most cases this show is exclusively a team post game show rather than a regular program with the team name replacing FSN news tickers mostly fulfilled the news role for most FSN networks along with promotions since 2013 guiding viewers to now former sister network Fox Sports 1 s national sports news show and direct successor to NSR Fox Sports Live which has also been cancelled as of 2017 Anchors EditDwayne Ballen Lionel Bienvienu Kevin Frazier Kevin Garcia Brad Goode Tom Kirkland Suzy Kolber Steve Lyons Alan Massengale Chris Myers Keith Olbermann Chris Rose Paul Rudy Lauren Sanchez Randy Sparage John Wall Van Earl Wright Jeanne ZelaskoReferences Edit Lakers to Jump Start Fox Sports West Los Angeles Times 1996 11 01 Retrieved 2021 04 06 Stewart Larry 1996 10 18 NFL Films Is Positive About New Show Los Angeles Times Retrieved 2023 02 16 Fox Sports News Foxtrot 1 from November 15 1996 retrieved 2023 02 17 FOX Sports News Primetime March 19 1999 PARTIAL retrieved 2023 02 17 Fox Sports News Stuff You Don t Know from April 4 1997 retrieved 2023 02 17 1998 Fox Sports News Primetime Newsbreak on FX May 18 22 1998 retrieved 2022 04 18 Stewart Larry 1998 11 10 Olbermann ESPN s Myers Join Fox Los Angeles Times Retrieved 2023 02 17 Schlosser Joe 16 November 1998 Game of Fox and mouse heats up PDF Broadcasting amp Cable pp 6 10 Retrieved 17 February 2023 Schlosser Joe 11 January 1999 High velocity at Fox Sports News PDF Broadcasting amp Cable p 66 Retrieved 17 February 2023 NATIONAL SPORTS REPORT WAS THIS FSN S BEST NAME OPTION www sportsbusinessjournal com Retrieved 2023 02 18 FOX SPORTS NET ADDS REGIONAL REPORT TO LOCAL MIX Chicago Tribune Retrieved 2023 02 17 Stewart Larry 2000 07 21 Olbermann Becoming a One Man Show Los Angeles Times Retrieved 2023 02 17 Bernstein Paula 2000 07 21 Olbermann will sport Fox Evening News Variety Retrieved 2023 02 18 Looking To Build Its Audience FSN Changes News Schedule www sportsbusinessjournal com Retrieved 2023 02 18 Ballard Chris 28 May 2001 SI View The Week In TV Sports Sports Illustrated Retrieved 18 February 2023 All The Way Back The Daily Chronicles Jordan s Return www sportsbusinessjournal com Retrieved 2023 02 19 Inside Schwartz S1E1 retrieved 2022 09 17 Romano Allison 11 June 2001 Some like it local PDF Broadcasting amp Cable pp 28 32 Retrieved 17 February 2023 Fox Sports Net exec Dolgin Regional news is critical to network www sportsbusinessjournal com Retrieved 2023 02 17 FSN S LATEST INCARNATION BEGINS TONIGHT WITH REGIONAL SHOW www sportsbusinessjournal com Retrieved 2023 02 18 FSN S SMITH SAYS REGIONAL APPROACH IS TRULY FOX S DESTINY www sportsbusinessjournal com Retrieved 2023 02 18 GOING LOCAL OVER FSN REGIONAL SPORTS REPORT EXAMINED www sportsbusinessjournal com Retrieved 2023 02 18 Sports Net launches regional sports report old post gazette com Retrieved 2022 09 17 Barron David 2001 05 30 Tillman leaves FSN s Southwest show Chron Retrieved 2023 02 19 FSN EXECS UNLIKELY TO HAIL CAESAR AFTER CRITICAL REVIEW www sportsbusinessjournal com Retrieved 2023 02 18 SIMILARITIES BETWEEN N Y S RSR AND SPORTSDESK EXAMINED www sportsbusinessjournal com Retrieved 2023 02 18 R Thomas Umstead 2002 01 21 Fox Sports Net KOs Sports Report Multichannel News Retrieved 2022 09 17 FSN Best Damn Sports Show Period Threatens Future Of NSR www sportsbusinessjournal com Retrieved 2023 02 18 Fox Sports Rainbow Announce Cuts NSR To End On Feb 10 www sportsbusinessjournal com Retrieved 2023 02 18 Reaction To Fox Sports Net s Cuts Spin Control In Process www sportsbusinessjournal com Retrieved 2023 02 18 Cuts set at Fox Sports Net Chicago Tribune Retrieved 2022 09 17 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