0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/23/2008
Time for some links on this Wednesday. Michael Hiestand of USA Today writes about the changes in the ESPN production of NASCAR for this upcoming season. The Daly Planet motorsports blog talks about the lovely Wendy Venturini returning to Speed this week. Newsday’s Neil Best has Tiki Barber picking his former team to win the […]
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A few links to give you tonight. Justin Terranova of the New York Post’s TV Sports blog says CBS’ Jim Nantz made good on a deal last week. The Sports Media Watch has the ratings from the weekend. The Los Angeles Daily News’ Tom Hoffarth looks inside the numbers of the AFC and NFC Championship […]
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It was announced tonight that Versus has signed for three more seasons with the National Hockey League. That’s just great. I’m being facetious, of course. The NHL needs eyeballs, not just money. While Versus’ ratings for the NHL are up from last season, it’s modest gain, a rise from an 0.2 rating last season to […]
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The first Real Sports program of the year gives us three new stories and an update on streaker Mark Roberts. This is the best sports magazine on television, bar none and it’s won numerous Emmy Awards for Best Journalism, all of them much deserved. It’s also our first real time review of the program for […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/22/2008
Let’s give you a few links on this late Tuesday afternoon on the East Coast. First, the Sports Media Watch says the NHL fell back to reality last Sunday with the first of 9 games on NBC. However, Chris Pursell of TV Week quotes a TV executive in his Pressbox blog saying the 1.1 rating […]
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Australian Open, Day 11 – Tennis Channel, 7 p.m.College Basketball/Michigan at Wisconsin – ESPN, 7 p.m.College Basketball/Central Michigan at Western Michigan – ESPNU, 7 p.m.NHL/Boston at Montreal – Versus, 7:30 p.m.College Basketball/DePaul at Notre Dame (women’s) – CSTV, 8 p.m.Australian Open, Day 11 – ESPN2, 9 p.m.College Basketball/Illinois at Ohio State – Big Ten Network, […]
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In a battle that’s been brewing for months, Regional Sports Network MASN has won an arbitrator’s ruling stating that Time Warner Cable discriminated against the channel by putting it on a digital sports tier. MASN which broadcasts Baltimore Orioles and Washington Nationals games along with an extensive college basketball schedule has been fighting to get […]
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Still recovering from TARCon 12, but we’re now in working mode, so we’ll give you a quickie update thing now. Let’s get started. Richard Sandomir of the New York Times reviews the Fox production of the NFC Championship including counting the number of Tom Coughlin reaction shots during the game. The perpetually angry Bob Raissman […]
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Yesterday, I went to New York to commiserate with fellow fans of The Amazing Race and to watch the season finale. First, at Puglia’s Restaurant in Little Italy, the TARFlies lunch was held. This is a chance for members of the TARFlies message board to get together and meet the racers in a relaxed atmosphere. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/21/2008
Australian Open – Tennis Channel, 7 p.m.College Basketball/Syracuse at Georgetown – ESPN, 7 p.m.College Basketball/North Carolina at UConn (women’s) – ESPN2, 7 p.m.College Basketball/Howard at South Carolina State – ESPNU, 7 p.m.NHL/Washington at Pittsburgh – Versus, 7:30 p.m.NBA/Cleveland at Miami – TNT, 8 p.m.Prison Break – Fox, 8 p.m.Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles – Fox, […]
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I’m dragging after getting home from TARCon at 3 a.m. I haven’t done any work and I really need to, but let me give some links first. I’ll provide some pics from TARCon in the next few hours so look out for them. First, Michael Hiestand of USA Today says the Fox NFL Sunday crew […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/20/2008
NFL Conference Championship Sunday is always a great day. Two games for two berths into the Super Bowl. However, I do think in the next TV contract that both conference championships will be played in primetime, one on Saturday night and the other on Sunday night so both networks can maximize revenue. It’s bound to […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/19/2008
I’ll give you some quickie links tonight. First, CBC Sports reports that its long-time announcer Don Wittman died earlier today at the age of 71. Just ten days ago, he announced his retirement from the network. Don covered practically every sport CBC broadcast including the NHL, the CFL, Olympics, baseball and basketball. CBC’s Scott Oake […]
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Let’s give you some links today. Just to let you know, there will be no posts on Sunday. I will be attending the 12th TARCon in New York to meet some of my fellow Amazing Race fans plus I have learned there will be a few racers there as well. Most of the teams will […]
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Saturday, January 19Australian Open Today – Tennis Channel, 8 a.m.NHL/New York Rangers at Boston – NESN, 1 p.m.PGA Tour/Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, 4th Round – Golf Channel, 3 p.m.Australian Open, Day 7 – Tennis Channel, 7 p.m.College Football/East-West Shrine Game – ESPN2, 7 p.m.NHL/Pittsburgh at Montreal – CBC/NHL Center Ice, 7 p.m.NHL/Buffalo at Toronto – […]
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Here’s the latest promo for the next episode of The Amazing Race Asia 2.
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/18/2008
Saturday, January 19College Gameday, live from Gainesville, FL – ESPN, 11 a.m. Villanova at Syracuse – ESPN, noonLSU at Vanderbilt – Raycom Sports, 1 p.m.Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech – Raycom Sports, 1 p.m.Illinois at Purdue – ESPN, 2 p.m.Mississippi State at Alabama – Raycom Sports, 3 p.m. Ohio State at Tennessee – CBS, 3:30 […]
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I’ll give you a few more links before calling it a day. Newsday’s Neil Best remembers the late Bobby Fischer, who was chess champion back in 1972. The Los Angeles Daily News’ Tom Hoffarth has more fallout of the Golfweek cover controversy. Ed Sherman of the Chicago Tribune is hoping to hold off on buying […]
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Australian Open, Day 6 – Tennis Channel, 7 p.m.College Basketball/Niagara at Canisius – ESPNU, 7 p.m.NBA/Portland at Miami – ESPN, 7 p.m.NBA/Philadelphia at Boston – Comcast SportsNet New England, 7:30 p.m.NHL/Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh – NHL Network (US), 7:30 p.m.Friday Night Lights – NBC, 9 p.m.College Basketball/Bucknell at Holy Cross- ESPNU, 9 p.m.NHL/Los Angeles Kings […]
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Last night I took a break from the blog and my computer and watched my URI Rams inexplicably lose to St. Louis, the same team that scored just 20 points against George Washington a week ago, then watched some Australian Open coverage. I am happy to see Tennis Channel pick up early evening coverage at […]
