0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/24/2008
Yesterday, I called the XM-Sirius merger approval a bit early. It’s now official. The Orbitcast satellite radio blog says the FCC gave its formal approval to the merger today, 3-2 right down party lines. FCC Chairman Kevin Martin tells Amy Schatz of the Wall Street Journal that an agreement in principle has been reached. XM […]
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ESPN just loves to show bowl games and to show this love, it owns most of the bowl games it airs. This is true. Here’s the schedule of bowls on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Radio and ABC. 2008 COLLEGE FOOTBALL POST-SEASON SCHEDULE Sat., Dec. 20 11 a.m. ET ESPN Congressional Bowl 2:30 p.m. ET ESPN / […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/16/2008
You want more press release stuff? I’ll give it to you. Here’s another release from the NFL, giving excerpts of a conference call officially introducing Bob Papa as the new play-by-play voice of Thursday and Saturday Night Football. Steve Bornstein, President of NFL Network and analyst Cris Collinsworth were also on hand. EXCERPTS FROM TODAY’S […]
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Here’s another press release for you, this one on Bob Papa joining the NFL Network replacing Bryant Gumbel in calling Thursday and Saturday Night Football. BOB PAPA JOINS NFL NETWORK AS NEW PLAY-BY-PLAY VOICE OF THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Award-Winning New York Broadcaster Teams with Analyst Cris Collinsworth Bob Papa will be the new play-by-play announcer […]
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This is the press release from NBC Sports which outlines every single announcer working the Summer Olympics in Communist China starting on August 8. There are over 100 announcers working for NBC. Some familiar names include veteran announcer Tim Ryan, reporter Jim Gray for boxing, TNT’s Craig Sager doing sideline work for basketball and nice […]
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Baseball/MLBAAA All-Star Game – ESPN2, 7 p.m.Costas Now – HBO, 9 p.m.Yankee Stadium: Baseball’s Cathedral – ESPN, 9 p.m.Baseball Tonight – ESPN, 10 p.m. EntertainmentBig Brother 10 (Live Eviction) – CBS, 8 p.m.Click & Clack’s As the Wrench Turns (series premiere) – PBS, 8 p.m.Batman Unmasked: The Psychology of the Dark Knight – History Channel, […]
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It’s Wednesday. The All-Star Game is over, thank goodness. I stayed up to watch every single pitch and out until 1:30 a.m. ET. What could have been another embarrassing tie ended up with the American League winning 4-3. Now that the Mid-Summer Classic is over, we can now focus on the Open Championship which begins […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/15/2008
MLBAll-Star Game – Fox, 7 p.m.Mantle – HBO, 7 p.m. EntertainmentWipeout – ABC, 8 p.m.Big Brother 10 – CBS, 9 p.m.Deadliest Catch – Discovery, 9 p.m.Primetime: Family Secrets – ABC, 10 p.m.Rescue Me – FX, 10 p.m.Dave Attell: Captain Miserable – HBO, 10 p.m.Earth: The Biography/Rare Planet – National Geographic Channel, 10 p.m.Late Show with […]
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I have to head to a jobsite soon so I’ll provide as many links that I can before I have to leave. ESPN Ombudsman Le Anne Schreiber says some ESPN personalities have learned a hard lesson about crossing the line of good taste. She cites the Jemele Hill and Bonnie Bernstein incidents as examples. This […]
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Here’s what you can look forward to when Bob Costas holds his second Town Hall meeting of the year, this one on the status of baseball. HBO SPORTS’ COSTAS NOW RETURNS WITH ANOTHER SPECIAL LIVE EDITION, DEBUTING WEDNESDAY JULY 16 -Hank Aaron & Willie Mays Headline the Show — HBO Sports’ COSTAS NOW presents another […]
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As I was watching ESPN’s coverage of the Home Run Derby through MLB.com, two quick observations. Chris Berman is just plain awful. And during one commercial break, Chris asked his producer during a blimp shot, “Is that the Empire State Building?” Had that been me, I would have replied, “Um, what the hell do you […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/14/2008
MLBHome Run Derby – ESPN, 8 p.m. EntertainmentTop Gear – BBC America, 8 p.m.China’s Stolen Children – HBO, 9 p.m.Earth: The Biography/The Atmosphere – National Geographic Channel, 9 p.m.Jon & Kate Plus 8 – TLC, 9 p.m.The Closer (season premiere) – TNT, 9 p.m.Saving Grace (season premiere) – TNT, 10 p.m.Earth: The Biography/Oceans – National […]
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As we get ready for the All-Star Game tomorrow, let’s give you some links. Newsday’s Neil Best, back from vacation, writes about Billy Packer’s departure from CBS. Roger Van Der Horst in the Charlotte News & Observer says Packer was prepared for this day. Reid Cherner and Tom Weir of the USA Today Game On! […]
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Kudos to Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald for breaking the news that Billy Packer will not return to CBS as the top analyst for college basketball. Packer has been with CBS since it obtained the rights for the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament in 1981. He has called 34 consecutive Final Fours and was partnered […]
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Two mid-summer events are the highlights for this week. The 79th annual MLB All-Star Game takes some added meaning this week. First, it’s the last All-Star Game to be played in the venerable Yankee Stadium. Second, Fox and MLB are making a big deal about it. There are plenty of events happening including the Home […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/13/2008
On this Sunday in which I’ve already done a lot of errands and yard work and still have to attend a friend’s mother’s wake, I’ll provide some quick links before I go. Neil Best of Newsday remembers the late Bobby Murcer. Newsday also has a photo gallery of Murcer as both a player and a […]
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Last week, we gave you assorted video clips of three network’s coverage of the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Today, we’ll explore how NBC covered the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. What you saw then, pales in how NBC covers the games today. Boxing had extensive coverage on NBC (something that […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/12/2008
In news that broke in the last hour, former New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs and San Francisco Giants outfielder and YES analyst Bobby Murcer died today at the age of 62. Bobby had been battling brain cancer since 2006 and seemed to be doing better when recently, he cut back on a book tour. The […]
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Time to give you some links today. Yesterday, John Crowe over at his Crowe’s Nest blog hinted of a change in the Providence sports radio landscape. Today, he’s able to confirm that former WSKO host Scott Cordischi will be back on the airwaves, albeit on a weekly basis, on WPRO, every Saturday starting next week. […]
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As we continue to monitor the Michael Felger-to-WEEI.com situation, our topsy turvy Friday continues. We are hearing some interesting news regarding the afternoon host position at 890 ESPN in Boston. Sources tell Fang’s Bites that Andy Gresh who’s a candidate to fill the Mark Madden position at 1250 ESPN Radio in Pittsburgh, is also on […]
