Regional NFL Coverage - Week 12

Posted Wednesday, November 25, 2009, at 12:24 AM

Happy Thanksgiving - fans of 18 teams will get a chance to see their team on one of the local channels.

Fantasy football owners need to get their lineup set before 11:30 a.m. Thursday, when Packers at Lions is under way on FOX (KPTH - 5). The Raiders at Cowboys follows at 3:15 p.m. on all three CBS channels (KMEG - 6, KELO - 11 and KEYC - 12). The NFL Network wraps up the holiday with Giants at Broncos at 7:20 p.m.

Sunday features two games at noon on local channels and a pair of 3 p.m. games. FOX has the doubleheader.

At noon, KELO (11 - Sioux Falls) and KEYC (12 - Mankato) will carry Colts at Texans. FOX is going with Buccaneers at Falcons locally on KPTH (5 - Sioux City).

At 3 p.m., KPTH is picking up Bears at Vikings locally. KMEG(6 - Sioux City) is going with Chiefs at Chargers in a late game for CBS. As always, the regional lineup is subject to change.

The NBC Sunday night game is Steelers at Ravens on either KTIV (4) in Sioux City or WHO (13) out of Des Moines at 7 p.m.

Monday Night Football at 7:30 p.m. features the Patriots at Saints on ESPN.

Everyone's calorie count is on a bye this week. Enjoy your football, families and friends this weekend. There's plenty to be thankful for.

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I'm a general assignment reporter and online contributor for The Daily Reporter in Spencer. I grew up, went to school and entered the work force right here in Spencer. And no matter where I was in life, I liked to read my local newspaper. My break in journalism came in the fall of 1997. The Daily Reporter's Sports Editor Steve Clark left early on in the football season for another opportunity. General assignment reporters tried to corral the sports results while they searched for Mr. Clark's replacement. In the meantime, I saw an ad for a "sports stringer" without fully knowing what a "stringer" was. I put together a "Pigskin Preview" (the Friday morning high school football preview column) for a writing sample. They let me pick up some of the slack part-time with cross country stories and football coverage for the smaller schools. I began helping more and more. Long story short, they found Mr. Clark's successor, but that guy didn't make it past Thanksgiving. By then, I had enough practice and demonstrated enough ability to become the sports editor. I then slipped into a general assignment position when it opened up in 1998. I've been on the news side, covering six counties for three different publications, for more than 10 years now. It all came from an interest in writing, some good timing and, hopefully, a bit of ability. I'll let you be the judge of that. The Mitchell Report will include views on current events, sports and pop culture.

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