Hola, kickball watchers
That's actually a doormat, in the shape of a soccer field, you can order online from some German website. It's a reminder of how many cable TV companies treat their customers as doormats when it comes to a) providing content, b) providing service, c) providing human dignitiy.
Time Warner Cable system ... not among our favorite corporate endities in existence these days.
But if you have a heart for the soccer thing, TWC and ESPN struck a deal that adds ESPN Deportes, the 24-hour Spanish language network, to its service (Channel 274) on the "variety tier," which, they tell us, reaches 1 million digital customers in Southern California.
This has to be especially good news to those folk who can't even afford to put food on their table, let alone the luxury of cable TV.
The agreement just so happens to take place so that those who have the TWC system -- as well as the rest of us who are plenty content with our dish -- can watch the 2008 CONCACAF Olympic qualifying event, some of which takes place at the Home Depot Center in Carson.
Starting today at 2:30 p.m., ESPN Deportes has exclusive coverage of the event, starting the Panama-Honduras/ US-Cuba doubleheader in Tampa.
ESPN Deportes has all 16 matches through the final on March 23. They're also available on ESPN360.com with an on-demand replay for 48 hours after they've finished.
Haiti faces Guatemala and Canada tackles Mexico on Wednesday from Home Depot Center.
Here's the schedule ... in English:
Today: Panama-Honduras (Tampa, Fla.), 2:30 p.m.
Today: USA-Cuba (Tampa, Fla.), 5 p.m.
Wednesday: Haiti-Guatamala (Carson), 2:30 p.m.
Wednesday: Canada-Mexico (Carson) 5 p.m.
Thursday: Honduras-Cuba (Tampa), 2:30 p.m.
Thursday: USA-Panama (Tampa), 5 p.m.
Friday: Canada-Haiti (Carson), 2:30 p.m.
Friday: Mexico-Guatemala (Carson), 5 p.m.
Saturday: Cuba-Panama (Tampa), 1:30 p.m.
Saturday: USA-Honduras (Tampa), 4 p.m.
Sunday: Guatemala-Canada (Carson), 12:30 p.m.
Sunday: Mexico-Haiti (Carson), 3 p.m.
March 20: Semifinals in Nashville, Tenn., 2 p.m. and 5 p.m.
March 23: Third place game in Nashville, Tenn., 10 a.m.; title game at 1 p.m.
Comments
In regards to your assertion that "ESPN Deportes has exclusive coverage of the event,"
you can catch live coverage of the games on Fox Soccer Channel.
Posted by: Mark | March 11, 2008 12:20 PM