By Ryan Berenz

NFL Network airs its first live preseason game of the season on Friday, Aug. 13, at 7:30pm ET with the Buffalo Bills at the Washington Redskins. In all, NFL Network airs 10 games live, all in HD, and has re-airs of all other preseason games. Highlights and complete schedule from NFL Network:

NFL NETWORK & NFL.COM: HOME TO THE 2010 NFL PRESEASON!

NFL.com’s New ‘NFL Preseason Live’ Offers Preseason Games Online

All 65 Preseason Games Air in High-Definition on NFL Network

NFL Network’s 10 Live Broadcasts Include McNabb’s Debut in Washington, Tebow’s First NFL Game & Pete Carroll’s Return to the NFL Sidelines

With preseason kicking off in August, NFL Network and NFL.com features the most NFL preseason game coverage ever. NFL.com unveils NFL Preseason Live to watch games online and NFL Network once again carries all 65 preseason games in HD.

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By Ryan Berenz

The NFL preseason kicked off Sunday with the Cowboys vs. the Bengals. Here are the remaining NFL preseason games on the national TV schedule:

NFL Preseason National TV Schedule

Aug. 8 — Hall of Fame Game: Cincinnati vs. Dallas (at Canton, Ohio), NBC, 8pm ET
Aug. 12 — Carolina at Baltimore, ESPN, 8pm ET
Aug. 16 — N.Y. Giants at N.Y. Jets, ESPN, 8pm ET
Aug. 19 — New England at Atlanta, FOX, 8pm ET
Aug. 20 — Philadelphia at Cincinnati, FOX, 8pm ET
Aug. 22 — Minnesota at San Francisco, NBC, 8pm ET
Aug. 23 — Arizona at Tennessee, ESPN, 8pm ET
Aug. 26 — Indianapolis at Green Bay, ESPN, 8pm ET
Aug. 27 — San Diego at New Orleans, CBS, 8pm ET
Aug. 28 — Dallas at Houston, CBS, 8pm ET
Aug. 29 — Pittsburgh at Denver, FOX, 8pm ET

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By Ryan Berenz

To say that there’s buzz about the New York Jets is an understatement. No, that buzz is more like the deafening roar of a Boeing going throttle-open down the LaGuardia runway.

The Jets are coming off a loss to Indianapolis in the AFC Championship, and they’re a popular preseason favorite to win the AFC — if not more — this season. Their confident and colorful head coach, Rex Ryan, has the Jets throwing their weight around the league (though Ryan lost weight himself, thanks to offseason lap-band surgery). Their quarterback, Mark Sanchez, enters his second season and is already an Internet legend for his “poise” on the field and with the ladies. Their rushing attack, tops in the NFL a season ago, now has LaDainian Tomlinson, who spent the past nine seasons with San Diego and is now out to prove he’s still a premier back. The No. 1 defense from ’09 returns arguably the NFL’s best defensive player in CB Darrelle Revis (if he ever ends his holdout), and adds CB Antonio Cromartie. Longtime Jets nemesis DE Jason Taylor is now in the fold, as is former Super Bowl MVP WR Santonio Holmes. The Jets appear on ESPN’s Monday Night Football a league-leading three times. And they’ll play in the nifty New Meadowlands Stadium opening this season.

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By Ryan Berenz

Guard Russ Grimm, linebacker Rickey Jackson, cornerback Dick LeBeau, running back Floyd Little, defensive tackle John Randle, wide receiver Jerry Rice, and running back Emmitt Smith will be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, in this ceremony. The seven-man class of 2010 was elected by the Pro Football Hall of Fame Selection Committee from a list of 17 finalists. Two of the enshrinees, Smith and Rice, were virtual shoo-ins to enter the Hall in their first year of eligibility. Rice is the NFL’s career receiving and touchdowns leader, having played 20 seasons, most notably with the San Francisco 49ers. Smith is the NFL’s all-time leading rusher, amassing 18,355 yards in 15 seasons with the Dallas Cowboys and Arizona Cardinals. ESPN airs the ceremony live on Saturday, Aug. 7, at 7pm ET. Here are the details from ESPN:

Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Ceremony Live on ESPN Saturday at 7 p.m.

ESPN’s Chris Berman to be Honored with Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award and Emcee HOF Ceremony

ESPN will present live coverage of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2010 enshrinement ceremony Saturday, August 7, at 7 p.m. ET from Canton, Ohio.  NFL Live’s Trey Wingo will host the three-hour primetime telecast with analyst Tom Jackson. ESPN’s Chris Berman, who will be honored Friday night in Canton with the Hall of Fame’s Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award at the Enshrinees Dinner, will again emcee the ceremony. The seven members of this year’s class include: Russ Grimm, Rickey Jackson, Dick LeBeau, Floyd Little, John Randle, Jerry Rice, and Emmitt Smith. The telecast – which will re-air Sunday, Aug. 8, at 2 p.m. on ESPN Classic – will review each inductee’s career and include speeches by the inductees and their presenters.
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By Ryan

I think I’m about ready to shovel the dirt on my favorite MLB team, but I’m not quite ready for football yet. And I probably won’t be ready until the first week of September. There’s almost nothing in the NFL preseason that gets me fired up for the regular season. Preseason games don’t count for anything, and usually I’m happy to just get through it injury-free. Teams that look like they’re actually trying to win preseason games annoy me. I’m fine with an 18-game regular season so long as they get rid of some of these useless practice games. So, now that I’ve got that out there, here are the details from NBC on their coverage of this weekend’s useless practice Hall of Fame Game from Canton, Ohio:

“NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL” KICKS OFF 2010 SEASON WITH HALL OF FAME GAME, COWBOYS VS. BENGALS, SUNDAY AT 8 PM ET

Bengals WR Terrell Owens Faces the Cowboys, His Former Team, For the First Time

EA SPORTS Madden NFL 11 Pigskin Pro-Am: Flag Football Game Featuring NFL Legends & Hollywood Stars to Air Sunday on NBC at 7 PM ET Preceding Hall of Fame Game

NEW YORK – August 4, 2010 – “NBC Sunday Night Football” will make its 2010 season debut with the Hall of Fame Game between the defending NFC East champion Dallas Cowboys and the AFC North champion Cincinnati Bengals from Canton, Ohio, Sunday at 8 pm. ET.  Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth will have the call from Canton with Andrea Kremer handling the reporting duties.

The NFL will open this season on NBC, Thursday, Sept. 9, with the Super Bowl Champion New Orleans Saints hosting the NFC North champion Minnesota Vikings, who the Saints defeated in the NFC Championship game last season, 31-28. The first “NBC Sunday Night Football” contest of the season is a classic NFC East rivalry as the Washington Redskins with their new QB Donovan McNabb and head coach Mike Shanahan host Tony Romo and the NFC East champion Dallas Cowboys.

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By Mike Frey

If you like brash NFL players, you are going to want to start tuning in to VH1 on Sunday nights. Fresh off his run on ABC’s Dancing With the Stars, Chad Ochocinco teams up with Terrell Owens to give the channel a tandem of wide receivers that only the reality-show genre could cover. Premiering Sunday, July 11, at 9pm ET, Ochocinco: The Ultimate Catch and Season 2 of The T.O. Show find the superstar athletes taking their game off the field, with Ochocinco looking for love [Update: and, apparently, a seafood lover] from among 85 women — or ocho cinco women, for those who speak Spanish poorly — and T.O. trying to reconnect with his ex, volleyball-player-turned-model Kari Klinkenborg. Both guys are known for grabbing touchdowns and attention, and both shows look good, but in sports there’s always the need to declare a winner, so we present the following statistical breakdown to help you decide which one is right for you.

Chad Ochocinco
NFL team: Cincinnati Bengals
Age: 32
Pro Bowl appearances: Six
Wingman: Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Bernard Berrian
Previous TV experience: Placed fourth on the most recent installment of Dancing With the Stars; was one of the stars on Season 5 of HBO’s Emmy-winning Hard Knocks
Past feuds: Shawne Merriman, Carson Palmer, Marvin Lewis, Joey Porter
Best TD celebration: In a 2005 game, Ochocinco (then Chad Johnson) kneeled down in front of a Bengals cheerleader and delivered a mock marriage proposal.
Random Tweet: marriage is out the question, you can thank Elin “Greedy” Woods for the change of heart

Terrell Owens
NFL team: Free agent*
Age: 36
Pro Bowl appearances: Six
Wingman: Make that wingwomen. Friends/publicists Kita Williams and Monique Jackson
Previous TV experience: Paired with model Joanna Krupa and withdrew from competition four weeks into ABC’s The Superstars; uncharacteristically played a background role in Season 4 of Hard Knocks
Past feuds: Donovan McNabb, Rodney Harrison, Tony Romo, Bill Parcells, Andy Reid, Steve Mariucci, Jeff Garcia and just about everyone else he has played for, with or against
Best TD celebration: During a game in ’02, T.O. pulled a Sharpie out of his sock, signed the ball and handed it into the crowd.
Random Tweet: @ underground!! Waiting on jay cutler 2 come n here 2 explain how I wouldn’t fit n their system!! Where u @ Jay?!

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By Ryan

There’s an astounding amount of coverage of the NFL Draft on NFL Network, and lots of ways for fans to get in on the discussion as NFL network personalities, coaches, players and more will be active on Twitter during the draft. We’ve got a full lineup of analysts, contributors, programs, specials, links and more from NFL Network after the jump.

NFL NETWORK DRAFT PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE

Thursday, April 22 (13 Live Hours)
11am — Path to the Draft Presented by GMC Sierra
1pm — Total Access Pre-Draft Presented by Lexus
7:30pm — 2010 NFL Draft Presented by Verizon
11pm — NFL Total Access Post-Draft

Friday, April 23 (12 ½ Live Hours)
11am — Path to the Draft Presented by GMC Sierra
1pm — Total Access Pre-Draft Presented by Lexus
6pm — 2010 NFL Draft Presented by Verizon
10:30pm — NFL Total Access Post-Draft

Saturday, April 24 (10 ½ Live Hours)
9am — Total Access Pre-Draft Presented by Lexus
10am — 2010 NFL Draft Presented by Verizon
6pm — NFL Total Access Post-Draft

Sunday, April 25 (2 Live Hours)
6pm — Path to the Draft Presented by GMC Sierra
7pm — NFL Total Access Draft Recap
8pm — 2010 NFL Draft Presented by Verizon – ENCORE of Day 1

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By Ryan

Just in case you were planning to spend another beautiful spring Saturday sitting down and watching the first round of the NFL Draft, we’ve got some news for you: The Draft this year will begin with Round 1 on Thursday night in prime time on ESPN and NFL Network. Rounds 2-3 will be Friday in prime time, and Rounds 4-7 will be Saturday. Here’s the schedule on ESPN and ESPN2, with the full info from ESPN after the jump:

ESPN NFL Draft TV schedule (Apr. 22-25):

Thursday, April 22
3-4pm — SportsCenter Special: On the Clock, ESPN
4-4:30pm — NFL Live, ESPN
4:30-7:30pm — SportsCenter Special: On the Clock, ESPN
7:30-11pm — NFL Draft (Round 1), ESPN

Friday, April 23
3-4pm — SportsCenter Special: On the Clock, ESPN
4-4:30pm — NFL Live, ESPN
4:30-6pm — SportsCenter Special: On the Clock, ESPN
6-10:30pm — NFL Draft (Rounds 2-3), ESPN/switches to ESPN2

Saturday, April 24
9-10pm — SportsCenter Special: On the Clock, ESPN
10 a.m.-5pm — NFL Draft (Rounds 4-7), ESPN

Sunday, April 25
1-3pm — SportsCenter Draft Wrap-Up Special, ESPN

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By Ryan

As part of a big week for the NFL offseason that also includes the NFL Draft, the league will announce its 2010 regular-season schedule live on NFL Network and NFL.com on Tuesday, April 20, at 7pm ET. ESPN will also examine the schedule with a special three-hour SportsCenter Special: Schedule Release program live from 7-9pm ET on ESPN2 and continuing from 9-10pm ET on ESPN. Full info from NFL Network and ESPN below:

EXCLUSIVE ANNOUNCEMENT OF 2010 NFL SCHEDULE IN PRIMETIME ON NFL.COM AND NFL NETWORK

SCHEDULE ANNOUNCEMENT LIVE TUESDAY, APRIL 20 AT 7:00 PM ET

NFL.com Unveils Complete Team-by-Team, Week-by-Week Schedules Via a New Interactive Web Application

Two-Hour NFL Network Special Answers Top 10 Questions about 2010 NFL Schedule

Which team will play the defending Super Bowl champion Saints in the first regular-season game?  Who will PEYTON MANNING, ADRIAN PETERSON, TONY ROMO and TOM BRADY take on in their season openers with the Colts, Vikings, Cowboys and Patriots, respectively?   Who plays the Giants and Jets on Kickoff Weekend in their new stadium?   When will DONOVAN MC NABB and the Redskins face the Philadelphia Eagles? Who will play in the primetime games and the Thanksgiving matchups?

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By Ryan

NFL Network announced today the details of its Super Bowl XLIV pregame coverage, consisting of a whopping eight and a half hours of programming. Just about every major storyline is getting some attention. And then, they’ll trot out the cast of the movie Grown Ups. From NFL Network:

NFL NETWORK AT SUPER BOWL XLIV: WHAT’S ON
“THE LONGEST PREGAME SHOW IN HISTORY”
NFL GAMEDAY MORNING—Sunday, February 7 at 9:00 AM

On Super Bowl Sunday, NFL Network’s pregame show, NFL GameDay Morning will provide a record 8 ½ hours of live coverage starting at 9:00 AM ET with 18 on-air personalities from Sun Life Stadium and other locations in South Florida.

The following are highlights of what will be on the longest Super Bowl pregame show in history on NFL Network, Sunday, February 7:

9:00 AM ET

Introduction from South Beach

NFL Films Steve Sabol feature on Vince Lombardi and his grandson, Saints QB Coach Joe Lombardi

First update of the day on Colts DE Dwight Freeney’s playing status

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