HD Sports News  

Week 5 of the NFL kicks off Sunday and it’s a Sunday packed with HD football. CBS has picked up 7 games in its doubleheader and Fox has 5 games. Be sure to follow the links to the maps to see which games are airing in your area.

Coverage Maps for the October 4th College Football games on ESPN 2 and ABC have been made available, and the networks will only be broadcasting two of the scheduled four 3:30 PM games in high definition. ABC’s 8 PM game coverage map is also available, and fortunately both of those games are high definition this week.

Saturday Night Fights returns on Saturday October 4th when CBS airs EliteXC Mixed Martial Arts at 9 pm. The Network has 12 fights on the fight card, but the match between Kimbo Slice and Ken Shamrock is the main event.

The Chicago White Sox fought through 162 games, and a 3-hour rain delay to force a one-game tie breaker with the Minnesota Twins. The MLB Playoffs Play-In game will air in high definition on TBS starting at 7:30 PM ET.

UPDATE: 10/7/2008 Homcom has updated the high definition 2008-2009 NHL Schedule over on the Homcom Blog. Ovr 76% of the NHL season will be in HD this year.

A tight race in the American League has forced Major League Baseball Officials to release the fast-approaching 2008 Playoff Schedule with tentative matchups pending an additional regular season make-up game which may force a one game playoff on Tuesday.

Sunday September 28th features 10 regional high definition NFL games courtesy of CBS and Fox and 2 national games airing on Fox and NBC.

With MLB Playoffs starting on Wednesday October the first, much is left up in the air about the post season broadcast schedule. Possible ties and looming storms may prolong the regular season into Tuesday, a day which was originally set aside as a day off. This should not cause much delay in determining which teams play Wednesday in the first Playoff game, but it is down to the wire for teams to win their way through.

The MLB regular season is set to end on Monday, but close playoff races could lead to a playoff on Tuesday, which was originally set to be an off day. That, plus the looming storms in Florida and the Carolinas the could force rain delays have huge implications for scheduling.

It’s a week of firsts and lasts for Fox, as Saturday, September 27 marks the final regular season Game of the Week for 2008 and the first time the network will feature 4 simultaneously-broadcast games at 3:30. All 4 games have playoff implications, as the regular season comes to an end after this weekend and the Playoffs are set to begin on Wednesday.