0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/8/2008
Time to give you some links this morning. David Scott of the Boston Sports Media Watch wonders where was the Boston Globe when the Matt Walsh/Spygate Tapes story broke last night and also what’s with the Herald’s source as no tape of the Super Bowl XXXVI St. Louis Rams walkthrough was not among the tapes […]
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In lieu of a Wednesday night update, I’ll give you this press release from HBO which states that it and NFL Films will return to Dallas Cowboys Training Camp this season. Last year, Hard Knocks focused on the Kansas City Chiefs. This marks the second time the Cowboys have been chosen for the series. HBO […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/7/2008
Thanks to my friends, the TAR Detectives, over at Reality Fan Forum, pieces of TAR 13 are coming together. Now, I know people from CBS visit this blog, so I’m not going to post anything here, but the info that has already been leaked from various sources tell us that the racers have already gone […]
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MLBRed Sox at Detroit – NESN/FSN Detroit, 7 p.m.Cleveland at New York Yankees – ESPN/STO/YES, 7 p.m.Tampa Bay at Toronto – Rogers Sportsnet, 7 p.m.San Diego at Atlanta – Cox 4/FSN South, 7 p.m.Milwaukee at Florida – FSN Wisconsin/FSN Florida, 7 p.m.San Francisco at Pittsburgh – Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/FSN Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.Minnesota at Chicago […]
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WESTWOOD ONE PRESENTS THE CONFERENCE FINALS — Exclusive Play-By-Play Coverage — New York, NY – May 7, 2008 – Westwood One (NYSE: WON), the exclusive home of NHL RadioÒ, presents the National Hockey League (NHL) Conference Finals. Westwood One’s play-by-play coverage will continue each week throughout the post-season, concluding with live coverage of the Stanley […]
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Time for some links from the morning papers and blogs. Michael Hiestand of USA Today looks at CBS’ broadcast of the Bowling Clash of Champions, the first network TV broadcast of bowling in nine years. Richard Sandomir of the New York Times writes about the new Sports Museum that opened near the World Trade Center […]
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I’ve found a few more links tonight. Let’s get to them. Buzz Bissinger continues his Blog Apology Tour and he talks with Philly Mag (of which he contributes to) saying he feels some sports blogs are good. CBS Sports’ Jim Nantz is on a book tour as his tome on sports and his father comes […]
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I’ll give you a Tuesday night update here as I flip between the Red Sox-Tigers game and the coverage of the Indiana and North Carolina primaries. Newsday’s Neil Best previews tonight’s “YESterdays” program on the YES Network which focuses on Alex Rodriguez. And Neil talks with 1050 ESPN Radio’s/YES Network’s Michael Kay about his criticism […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/6/2008
In what can only be described as unprecedented, both the Chicago Blackhawks and the Chicago Bulls made changes to their announcing teams within minutes of each other. First, the Blackhawks announced that current TV voice Dan Kelly will not return to the booth meaning the possible return of long time voice Pat Foley who has […]
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MLBRed Sox at Detroit – NESN/FSN Detroit, 7 p.m.Cleveland at New York Yankees – YES, 7 p.m.Tampa Bay at Toronto – Rogers Sportsnet, 7 p.m.San Diego at Atlanta – Cox 4/SportSouth, 7 p.m.Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati – Comcast SportsNet Chicago/FSN Ohio, 7 p.m.Milwaukee at Florida – FSN Wisconsin/FSN Florida, 7 p.m.San Francisco at Pittsburgh – […]
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I don’t have anything cute to write as an introduction this morning. Let’s just get to the links. Matthew Futterman and Suzanne Vranica of the Wall Street Journal report that NBC plans to charge $3 million per 30 second spot for Super Bowl XLII. Neil Best of Newsday has a column today about the opening […]
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I’ll give you some linkage here as I watch the Red Sox-Tigers game. Richard Deitsch of Sports Illustrated has his media power rankings for April and he has some thoughts on the Costas Now muscle-tuscle between author Buzz Bissinger and Deadspin’s Will Leitch. Three links to the Sports Media Watch. First, the SMW says Game […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/5/2008
MLBRed Sox at Detroit – NESN/ESPN/FSN Detroit, 7 p.m.Chicago White Sox at Toronto – Comcast SportsNet/Rogers Sportsnet, 7 p.m.Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati – WCIU/FSN Ohio, 7 p.m.Anaheim at Kansas City – FSN West/FSN Kansas City, 8 p.m.St. Louis at Colorado – FSN Midwest/FSN Rocky Mountain, 8:30 p.m.Philadelphia at Arizona – Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/FSN Arizona, 9:30 […]
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Eastern Conference FinalsGame 1/Pittsburgh wins, 4-2 – Friday, May 9, CBC/Versus, 7:30 p.m.Game 2/Pittsburgh wins, 4-2 – Sunday, May 11, CBC/Versus, 7:30 p.m.Game 3/Pittsburgh wins, 4-1 – Tuesday, May 13, CBC/Versus, 7:30 p.m.Game 4/Philadelphia wins, 4-2 – Thursday, May 15, CBC/Versus, 7:30 p.m.Game 5/Pittsburgh wins, 6-0 – Sunday, May 18, CBC/NBC, 3 p.m. (Pens win […]
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As we’re back to work, let’s give you some links on this Monday. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand says NBC Sports made the right call in not showing Eight Belles’ suffering after breaking down at the Kentucky Derby. Paul Christian of the Rochester (MN) Post-Bulletin agrees that NBC was correct in showing restraint. On the other […]
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Last year, I wrote a post about Versus signing off too quickly after a playoff game in favor of showing Professional Bull Riding. Tonight, I ask again, what is Versus doing? There have been times during the playoffs when Versus has depended on Canadian TV partners CBC or TSN to show games from Canada or […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/4/2008
The sporting calendar in May usually is chock full of outdoor sporting events and this week is no exception. The PGA Tour’s “5th Major”, the Players Championship at the TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach in Florida with its signature island green at the 17 hole will be the feature sporting event of the week. […]
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Time for some links on this Sunday morning. Starting with Newsday’s Neil Best who has a Sunday column about the best baseball announcer of all time, Hall of Famer Vin Scully, who was honored by his alma mater, Fordham University last month. From his blog, Neil has more from Vin. The New York Daily News’ […]
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For the past two seasons, we’ve known Monday Night Football as an ESPN property, but from 1970 until 2005, it was exclusive to ABC and before ESPN took over ABC Sports in the mid-1990’s, executives like Roone Arledge treated the game as special. And the openings to Monday Night Football were done quite well. These […]
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This is from NBC Sports.com, the entire 2008 Kentucky Derby won by Big Brown and before the collapse of Eight Belles. I’ve been trying to determine if Kent Desormeaux’s wife had a nip slip at the end of the video. If you wish, you can try to determine this as well.
