ESPN knows about ice rinks... they have figure skating on the calender. Apparently they don't know they are also used for NHL games. Or that there is an NHL.

They at least mention the NCAA college hockey championships which are aired on one of the ESPN channels so they do realize the sport exists.

Winnah!

Epic Carnival has a decent one as well - just focusing on MLB/NFL/NBA/NHL/MLS.

I'd dig it up, but I'm pretty unmotivated today...

If ESPN doesn't show a sport, that obviously means it doesn't exist.

I think f a person is a fan of certain sports they know when the events are. Hey they tell you Daytona is in February but they dont show it on the monthly calendar as to what day it is what use is that?

Basically it's a sports reminder calendar for pink hats.

Yeah I guess you're right Steve, and I linked the EC one awhile back, but that was for specific sports.

I guess if I was planning a week long vacation I'd take a look at this.

that's great....i am glad we found out about it since 2007 is almost over.

Seriously, the WNBA gets put on the calendar and the NHL doesn't? It really does seem as if ESPN is acting if "it doesn't happen on ESPN, it doesn't happen." I mean mentioning the NASCAR Busch Series starts in February (which is on ESPN2) yet not mentioning the Daytona 500 (which is on FOX). Hmmm. Furthermore they don't put the World Series on the baseball calendar (again on FOX) but they put the College World Series (on the ESPN family of networks.)

Yeah thanks for not reading the entire post. I know 27 words are sometime hard to digest, but in case you missed it....

2nd Paragraph first sentence....

And yes, I'm aware that this is from 2007 and basically useless, but they'll come out with a 2008 edition and I'll pass that along as well.

The 2008 calendar is posted. Not hard to find if you go to the espncms.com homepage.

http://www.espncms.com/downloads/pdf/SportsEventsCal-Sept-Final.pdf

Still no NHL, but pretty slick.

If you look at the calender, it is put together by ESPN's marketing department, that's what ESPNCMS.com is... They probably use this as they encourage people to buy ads on the network, website and magazine. Now it would be nice if there was something like this for all of sports, just not ESPN sports.

I dont know if you've ever touched on this, but take a look at the opening montage (SP?) when sportscenter starts. they show the "champs" of NFL (peyton), NBA (Duncan), womens basketball (Tennessee),Nascar (?????) and baseball (Jeter, although he hasnt won since last millenium). no NHL there either. so much for being a "news" channel.

this looks to be a calendar which highlights only the events that espn will be broadcasting. the most glaring omission is that of the Masters tournament in April. espn/augusta national announced earlier this year that it will take over early round coverage from USA. Don't see it on the worldwide leader's calendar

I don't praise it as much as you do because I realize that this is a creation of the ESPN Consumer Marketing Sales department, so it's more for the benefit of the advertisers than for us.

As for why the Masters is left out, no one can advertise on the Masters because Augusta National pre-selects a limited number of advertisers for a limited number of commercial breaks. There are also no local commercials for this event.