0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/13/2008
It’s Friday and we have plenty of media links to give you. But before we get to the links, let’s go over the sporting weekend. Weekend Viewing PicksThe weekend will be dominated by the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines, Game 5 of the NBA Finals and Interleague play in Major League Baseball. NBC will have […]
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Well, U.S. Open has been the dominant sports story of the day. As much as I enjoy criticizing ESPN, I will give the network praise today for live online coverage of the U.S. Open and the Euro 2008 soccer tournament. Through ESPN360, I was able to keep track of the Open and Croatia-Germany thanks to […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/12/2008
GolfU.S. Open at Torrey Pines South Course, first round – ESPN, 5 p.m. MLBBaltimore at Red Sox – MASN/NESN, 6 p.m.Minnesota at Cleveland – FSN North/STO, 7 p.m.St. Louis at Cincinnati – FSN Midwest/FSN Ohio, 7 p.m.Philadelphia at Florida – Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/FSN Florida, 7 p.m.New York Yankees at Oakland – YES/KICU, 10 p.m.Baseball Tonight […]
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In her latest column, ESPN Ombudsman Le Anne Schreiber comes out against the Alleged Worldwide Leader for its extended and bloated SportsCenter specials, especially the coverage of Spygate. Because the coverage of the release of the tapes was so long, Schreiber says there was little to no new information and it was Trey Wingo, Cris […]
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I’m at my office checking the links for you. We begin with the Boston Herald’s Jessica Heslam talks with ESPN’s Michele Tafoya who has been covering the Celtics’ Kevin Garnett since he was drafted out of high school. Don Stacom from the Hartford Courant writes that ESPN is asking its hometown of Bristol, CT to […]
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Nice to have a computer to blog at home so I can provide with some more links. News about the sports media never seems to rest in this 24/7 information age so I’ll give you a quick update before I do some paperwork. Starting with Joe Favorito’s sports marketing and public relations blog, he writes […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/11/2008
I don’t know how the person who posted this video at YouTube did it, this is ending to the second season of Jericho had CBS picked up the series for another year. Hawkins gives himself up to allow Jake to get away with the bomb. Watching this makes me sad about the ending of the […]
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MLBBaltimore at Red Sox – MASN/NESN, 7 p.m.Chicago White Sox at Detroit – WCIU/FSN Detroit, 7 p.m.Minnesota at Cleveland – FSN North/STO, 7 p.m.Philadelphia at Florida – Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/FSN Florida, 7 p.m.St. Louis at Cincinnati – FSN Midwest/FSN Ohio, 7 p.m.Arizona at New York Mets – FSN Arizona/SNY, 7 p.m.Washington at Pittsburgh – MASN2/FSN […]
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On this Wednesday, Southern New England is much cooler and less humid than the last few days so I’m not sweating as much. Going over the linkage for you, let’s start with Michael Hiestand of USA Today. He writes that Jim McKay did not regret leaving TV. Richard Sandomir of the New York Times has […]
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Tonight, HBO will air another documentary in its critically acclaimed series, “Sports of the 20th Century.” The latest documentary, “Back Nine at Cherry Hills: The Legends of the 1960 U.S. Open” is another triumph for HBO. This focuses on three of the greatest players in the history of golf, Ben Hogan, Arnold Palmer and Jack […]
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As I watch the Red Sox-O’s game in the cool basement of my house, I’ll give you some linkage. Justin Terranova of the New York Post writes in his TV Sports blog that Fox Sports is the early favorite to bring newly-retired Michael Strahan into their fold. And Justin has comments from Strahan’s former teammate, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/10/2008
MLBBaltimore at Red Sox – MASN/NESN, 6 p.m. (Note the earlier time)Seattle at Toronto – FSN Northwest/Rogers Sportsnet, 7 p.m.Minnesota at Cleveland – FSN North/STO, 7 p.m.Chicago White Sox at Detroit – Comcast SportsNet Chicago/FSN Detroit, 7 p.m.Arizona at New York Mets – FSN Arizona/SNY, 7 p.m.Philadelphia at Florida – Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/FSN Florida, 7 […]
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As I crank the air conditioning in my office, it’s time to give you some links so you can be a sedentary and remain cool on this scorcher of a day. We’re expecting temperatures to reach the upper 90’s here in Southern New England and it’s just too hot to be outside. Starting with Newsday’s […]
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I’ll give you a few more links tonight before calling it a night. First, Ken McMillan of the Times Herald-Record (NY) gives a remembrance of Jim McKay in his blog. Ray Frager of the Baltimore Sun writes that McKay’s former TV station, WMAR, will air a special on McKay starting tomorrow. The Sports Media Watch […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/9/2008
In what can only be described as a major blunder by CBC, rival network CTV has signed with a deal with the owner of the now-famous theme of Hockey Night in Canada and will use it on hockey broadcasts for TSN starting next season. Curtis Rush and Precious Yutangco of the Toronto Star write that […]
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From the fine people at HBO Sports comes word that the network will air “Jim McKay: My World in My Words” this week starting on Thursday. HBO Sports will be re-airing the 2003 documentary “JIM McKAY: MY WORLD IN MY WORDS” later this week. The one-hour Sports Emmy-winning film — written and narrated by Jim […]
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I can give you a few more links today. Starting with David Scott of Boston Sports Media Watch where he updates us on the John Tomase situation at the Boston Herald. Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch writes about Jim McKay’s death and the impact of his work on his fellow sportscasters and at the 1972 Munich […]
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MLBCleveland at Detroit – ESPN/STO/FSN Detroit, 7 p.m.Seattle at Toronto – FSN Northwest/TSN, 7 p.m.Cincinnati at Florida – FSN Ohio/FSN Florida, 7 p.m.San Francisco at Washington – Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/MASN, 7 p.m.Tampa Bay at Anaheim – ION/FSN West, 10 p.m.Baseball Tonight – ESPN, 10 p.m. EntertainmentBones – Fox, 8 p.m.I Survived: Virginia Tech Massacre/Minneapolis […]
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On this back to work Monday, we have a few more tributes for Jim McKay who died Saturday in Maryland. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand writes that McKay spanned several eras in his career. Newsday’s Neil Best is amazed that in this day and age, no one has said a bad word about McKay. Leonard Shapiro […]
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This week will be quite busy in sports. The U.S. Open at Torrey Pines marks not only Tiger Woods’ return to golf, but also marks the start of three major golf tournaments in three months. We’ll all be interested to see how Tiger fares in his first tournament back since knee surgery. The USGA couldn’t […]
