0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/31/2007
Saturday, September 1US Open – CBS, 11 a.m.IAAF World Championships – NBC, 2 p.m.PGA Golf/Deutsche Bank Championship, 2nd Round – Golf Channel, 3 p.m.MLB/Mets at Atlanta or Texas at Angels or Detroit at Oakland – Fox, 3:55 p.m.MLB/White Sox at Cleveland – WGN, 7 p.m.MLB/Baltimore at Red Sox – NESN, 7 p.m.US Open – USA, […]
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College Gameday Live from Virginia Tech – ESPN, 10 a.m.E. Carolina at Va. Tech – ESPN, noonUAB at Michigan State – ESPN2, noonColorado at Colorado State – FSN, noonWake Forest at BC or Nevada at Nebraska or Washington State at Wisconsin – ABC, 3:30 p.m.UCLA at Stanford – FSN, 3:30 p.m.Georgia Tech at Notre Dame […]
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MLB/Baltimore at Red Sox – NESN, 7 p.m.US Open – USA, 7 p.m.IAAF World Championships – Versus, 7 p.m.NFL/Indianapolis at Cincinnati – NFL Network, 7:30 p.m.College Football/Washington at Syracuse – ESPN, 8 p.m.South of Nowhere – The N, 8 p.m.Jericho – CBS, 9 p.m.Ninja Warrior – G4, 10 & 10:30 p.m.quiznation – GSN, midnight (only […]
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Let’s give you a few more links before I head out of here for the Labor Day weekend. See this? Get ready to see a new NFL shield starting next year. The league offices have decided to streamline the NFL logo. USA Today’s Michael McCarthy writes that the new logo will be unveiled at the […]
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Let’s see what the Midwest newspapers are saying about the Big Ten Network’s debut last night. ILLINOIS REACTIONTed Cox of the Chicago Daily Herald says he chose not to watch the debut even though he could have on DirecTV. Fans in Springfield can watch BTN thanks to Consolidated Communications. INDIANA REACTIONMike Carmini of the Lafayette […]
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Good morning. Quick report on the IAAF World Championships in Osaka, Japan. The US won two more golds with Jeremy Wariner leading an American sweep of the men’s 400 Meters and Allyson Felix easily beat 100 Meter gold medalist Veronica Campbell of Jamaica and the rest of the field in the women’s 200 Meters. Great […]
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This is the first five minutes (4:40, to be exact) of the launch of the Big Ten Network tonight. Viewers of DirecTV and about 75 cable companies in the Midwest saw Dave Revsine, Gerry DiNardo and Howard Griffith as the first faces on the network. I converted the avi file with an unregistered version of […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/30/2007
NFL/Buffalo at Detroit – NFL Network, 7 p.m.Big Ten Tonight (debut) – Big Ten Network, 8 p.m.NFL/San Francisco at San Diego – NFL Network, 10 p.m.
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US Open – USA, 7 p.m.IAAF World Championships – Versus, 7 p.m.College Football/Tulsa at Louisiana-Munroe – ESPN2, 7 p.m.College Football/Tennessee Tech at E. Illinois – CSTV, 7:30 p.m.College Football/Murray State at Louisville – ESPNU, 7:30 p.m.NFL/Giants at Patriots – WCVB/Fox 64, 7:30 p.m.College Football/LSU at Mississippi State – ESPN, 8 p.m.Big Brother 8 – CBS, […]
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Before the links, let me comment on a couple of things. First, the United States got another gold medal in the IAAF World Championships in Osaka, Japan when Tyson Gay made history with the rare 100-200 double today. He won the 200 Meters today in a time of 19.76 seconds and really it was no […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/29/2007
Here’s the official press release from the Big Ten Network. I know many of you are coming over from Illinois and Iowa message boards to check, but this is the latest on which Insight customers can view BTN and where. August 29, 2007 Insight Communications Delivers Big Ten Network to College Sports Fans NEW YORK […]
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Red Sox at Yankees – NESN/ESPN2, 7 p.m.US Open – USA, 7 p.m.IAAF Athletics World Chmpionships – Versus, 7 p.m.The Power of 10 – CBS, 8 p.m.Hotel Babylon – BBC America, 9 p.m.Ninja Warrior – G4, 10 & 10:30 p.m.Big Brother After Dark – Showtime Too, midnight
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Well, we’ll keep an eye on the Big Ten Network which looks like it is working late today to pick up carriage on cable systems across the Midwest. No word if Mediacom, Time Warner or Bright House have signed up, but if they do, we’ll let you know. Insight is a big win for BTN. […]
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From Sports Business Daily: Big Ten Network Finalizing Deal With Insight By John Ourand, Staff Writer The Big Ten Network is finalizing details with Insight Communications to have the network up at tomorrow’s launch, sources say. The network will be on the expanded basic tier in Ohio, but it is unknown where it will reside […]
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The IAAF Athletics World Championships have been a joy to watch. A bunch of finals this morning, two won by Americans, Michelle Perry in the 100 Meter hurdles and Bernard Lagat in the 1,500 Meters. Tyson Gay has advanced to the finals of the 200 Meters. And Great Britain won its first gold medal of […]
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I know some of you are visiting the blog to check if DirecTV has made channel assignments for the Big Ten Network and its overflow games in case it has broadcasts at the same time. I sent an e-mail to its Public Relations Department and I received a response telling me that BTN will be […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/28/2007
Red Sox at Yankees – NESN, 7 p.m.US Open – USA, 7 p.m.IAAF Athletics World Championships – Versus, 7 p.m.The Power of 10 – CBS, 8 p.m.Big Brother 8 – CBS, 9 p.m.Ninja Warrior – G4, 10 & 10:30 p.m.Alabama Jones and the Busty Crusade – Cinemax, 11:30 p.m.Big Brother After Dark – Showtime Too, […]
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Kind of slow on this Tuesday afternoon, but I still try to find links for you because you’re a loyal visitor. Well, CNBC’s Darren Rovell is officially smitten with Ana Ivanovic. He has another post on her, this one on her sponsor on the WTA Tour. And in case you’re skeptical about Ana’s beauty (you […]
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After watching the finish of the evening session of the IAAF World Athletics Championships in Osaka, Japan, it’s time to give you some links. Let’s head over to Boston Sports Media Watch where Bruce Allen transcribed some rather idiotic comments made by former Boston Globe writer Ron Borges. He appeared on WEEI yesterday as substitute […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/27/2007
MLB/Yankees at Detroit – ESPN2, 7 p.m.US Open – USA Network, 7 p.m.World Track & Field Championships – Versus, 7 p.m.NFL/Cincinnati at Atlanta – ESPN, 8 p.m.The Closer – TNT, 9 p.m.Saving Grace – TNT, 10 p.m.Ninja Warrior – G4, 10 & 10:30 p.m.Weeds – Showtime, 10 p.m.Californication – Showtime 10:30 p.m.Big Brother After Dark […]
