0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/21/2008
Once again, I have my day planned for me. I have to leave the house at 10 a.m., then stay at the office until 5 p.m. without any computer or internet access, then go get groceries, eat dinner and it’s 9 p.m. when I start blogging. This just won’t do. I’ll give you links, but […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/20/2008
In what can only be described as a shock, former Red Sox, Mariners and Rangers catcher John Marzano was found dead Saturday in his Philadelphia home. He became quite popular as a TV analyst for Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia and was doing work for MLB.com on its webcasts. Marzano had made an appearance at Comcast SportsNet […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/19/2008
I hope your Saturday is going well. Happy Passover to the Jewish readership. And let’s get started with the links. The NHL has now scheduled the rest of the playoff series for this weekend as well as potential Games 7 for Monday and Tuesday. I have the entire schedule here for your perusal. Barry Horn […]
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Saturday, April 19 BoxingWorld Championship Boxing/Bernard Hopkins vs. Joe Calzaghe – HBO, 9:45 p.m. GolfLPGA Tour/Ginn Open, 3rd Round – CBS, 1:30 p.m.PGA Tour/Verizon Heritage Open, 3rd Round – CBS, 3 p.m.Champions Tour/Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am – NBC, 4 p.m. MLBNew York Mets at Philadelphia – Fox, 3:55 p.m.Cleveland at Minnesota – Fox, 3:55 p.m.Los Angeles […]
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Ok, I didn’t expect to get to the second part of the megalinks so late. I had a lot of work to do plus I got sidetracked. Anyway, let’s finish up the megalinks and get them up. We left off at the East and Mid-Atlantic region. Let’s head to the Midwest, move South, head West, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/18/2008
I’m back from my trek to Western Massachusetts. It will take me quite some time to compile the links so let me give them to you in multiple parts, perhaps two or three installments. This weekend, the NBA Playoffs begin and the NHL Playoffs continue. Baseball concludes its third weekend of play. The PGA Tour […]
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Right now, I'm on the road and away from computer access. When I get back to the office, I'll do the links. The Massachusetts Turnpike reststops have some very interesting characters. I'll explain later.
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Now that the Bruins have won tonight setting up another conflict with the Red Sox for NESN, most likely, the network will put the B’s on the main channel in HD and move the Sox game against Texas to NESNplus. But we’ll wait for the announcement from NESN on that. In the meantime, let’s give […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/17/2008
MLBRed Sox at New York Yankees – NESN/YES, 7 p.m.Detroit at Cleveland – FSN Detroit/STO, 7 p.m.Atlanta at Florida – SportSouth/FSN Florida, 7 p.m.Washington at New York Mets – MASN/SNY, 7 p.m.Tampa Bay at Minnesota – FSN Florida/FSN North, 8 p.m.Kansas City at Anaheim – FSN Kansas City/FSN West, 10 p.m.Seattle at Oakland – FSN […]
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From the Comcast SportsNet offices, here is the schedule for the 1st round Celtics-Hawks NBA playoff series: Thursday, April 17 Drive for 17 One-hour Celtics-Hawks Series preview featuring Gary Tanguay, Donny Marshall, Greg Dickerson, Mike Gorman, Tommy Heinsohn, Michael Holley and reports from Atlanta. 8:00 – 9:00 p.m. Game 1 – Sunday, April 20 Hawks […]
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As Wolf Blitzer of CNN would say, “Happening now….” ESPN continues to sign up the world’s major sporting events. It has extended an agreement with the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club to air the Wimbledon tennis tournament on ESPN2 and its digital platform, ESPN360 through 2013. The Alleged Worldwide Leader will show 100 […]
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Let’s give you the links for today. I forgot to blog last night, but there really wasn’t earth-shattering breaking news. But I’ll check the media publications to see if there’s anything worth linking to. Usually in the late updates, I’ll go to Multichannel, Broadcasting & Cable, TV Week and the like. I’ll do that today. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/16/2008
Bruins fans will not like this news. NESN has announced that Game 5 of the Bruins-Canadiens series will be moved to its NESNplus channel. This means that the game will be seen in Standard Definition, not in sparking clear HD. This means that game 2 of the Red Sox-Yankees series will be on NESN HD […]
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MLBRed Sox at Yankees – ESPN2/NESN/YES, 7 p.m.Detroit at Cleveland – FSN Detroit/STO, 7 p.m.Atlanta at Florida – FSN South/FSN Florida, 7 p.m.Washington at New York Mets – MASN/SNY, 7 p.m.Houston at Philadelphia – FSN Houston, 7 p.m.Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs – FSN Ohio/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 8 p.m.Tampa Bay at Minnesota – FSN North, 8 […]
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Let’s do your links for this Wednesday which will probably won’t as busy as yesterday, but let’s see. Starting with USA Today’s Michael Hiestand who talks about the growing popularity of the always lovely Erin Andrews. The next story broke late yesterday. ESPN and former Baseball Tonight analyst Harold Reynolds have settled his wrongful termination […]
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This is a review of Real Sports for April 15, 2008. I’m reviewing this while watching the program as it airs at 10 p.m. ET. The program has its usual four segments. Segment #1 – The Love of the Game Reported by Bryant Gumbel, this segment focuses on Democratic Presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (IL) […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/15/2008
This is directly from the Fox Sports public relations department: NFL ON FOX KICKS-OFF 15th SEASON ON SEPT. 7th Super Bowl Champion New York Giants & NFC East Champion Dallas Cowboys Make 10 Appearances Each on 2008 NFL on FOX Broadcast Schedule All NFL on FOX Games Broadcast in High Definition for the First Time […]
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The NFL Network will carry eight games this season and instead of beginning its schedule on Thanksgiving Night as has been the case the past two seasons, the NFL Network’s schedule will begin in Week 10. There is only one Saturday night game in Week 16 which will be the final regular season game in […]
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Sept. 8 – Minnesota at Green Bay, 7 p.m.Sept. 8 – Denver at Oakland, 10:15 p.m.Sept. 15 – Philadelphia at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.Sept. 22 – New York Jets at San Diego, 8:30 p.m.Sept. 29 – Baltimore at Pittsburgh, 8:30 p.m.Oct. 6 – Minnesota at New Orleans, 8:30 p.m.Oct. 13 – New York Giants at Cleveland, […]
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Thursday, September 4 – Washington at New York Giants, 7 p.m.Sunday, September 7 – Chicago at Indianapolis, 8:15 p.m.Sunday, September 14 – Pittsburgh at Cleveland, 8:15 p.m.Sunday, September 21 – Dallas at Green Bay, 8:15 p.m.Sunday, September 28 – Philadelphia at Chicago, 8:15 p.m.Sunday, October 5 – Pittsburgh at Jacksonville, 8:15 p.m.Sunday, October 12 – […]
