Monthly Archives: September 2008

Tuesday Evening Links

Let’s give some more links on this Tuesday evening here on the East Coast of the States. First, Bruce Allen of the Boston Sports Media Watch transcribes a segment on WEEI’s The Big Show with the Big Fat Tub of Lard, Glenn Ordway in which he attacks fantasy football and those who play it. That’s […]

Primetime & Late Night Viewing Picks

MLBRed Sox at Tampa Bay – NESN/ION, 7 p.m.Chicago White Sox at New York Yankees – WCIU/WWOR, 7 p.m.Baltimore at Toronto – MASN2/TSN, 7 p.m.Minnesota at Cleveland – FSN North/STO, 7 p.m.New York Mets at Washington – SNY/MASN, 7 p.m.Philadelphia at Atlanta – Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/SportSouth, 7 p.m.Houston at Florida – FSN Houston/FSN Florida, 7 […]

Some Quick Tuesday Links

Since I’m at an office that has extremely slow dial-up, I’ll do a few links. Before I do that, I want to thank CNBC’s Darren Rovell once again for doing an interview with me over the last week. I have received some very good feedback and I appreciate those who have written me over the […]

Interview with CNBC's Darren Rovell

One of the best sports business reporters bar none is Darren Rovell. He’s currently seen on CNBC’s myriad of programming including “Squawk Box“, “Power Lunch” and “Closing Bell“. In addition, Darren has conducted interviews with many of the world’s greatest athletes and sports power brokers. Darren also anchored and reported the acclaimed CNBC documentary, “Swoosh […]

Quick Impression of Chris Russo on Sirius XM

I heard part of Chris Russo’s debut on Sirius Satellite Radio today. Basically, it’s the same old Mad Dog if you’ve heard him on WFAN. But he tried to steer any conversation away from New York sports and tried to show that he can carry a national platform. Every now and then, Mad Dog Channel […]

Primetime & Late Night Viewing Picks

MLBRed Sox at Tampa Bay – NESN/FSN Florida, 7 p.m.Chicago White Sox at New York Yankees – Comcast SportsNet Chicago/YES, 7 p.m.Minnesota at Cleveland – FSN North/STO, 7 p.m.New York Mets at Washington – SNY/MASN, 7 p.m.Los Angeles Dodgers at Pittsburgh – FSN Prime Ticket/FSN Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.Seattle at Kansas City – FSN North/FSN Kansas […]

A Monday Linkfest

Back to the work grind and time to provide some linkage today. Starting with USA Today’s Game On! blog which has Michael McCarthy interviewing Chris “Mad Dog” Russo about his debut on Sirius Satellite Radio today. And Michael says any thought of the Patriots collapsing due to Tom Brady’s injury should be perished. CNBC’s Darren […]

The Big Ten Network's Basketball Schedule

Today, the Big Ten Network announced at its basketball schedule today including 110 men’s games and 64 women’s games. Most will be interconference games and it will end with the Big Ten Tournament in March. Here’s the press release: Network to Televise More Than 170 Basketball Games This Season Nearly every game to be produced […]

Quotes from Fox NFL Sunday and Football Night in America

Here are quotes from Fox NFL Sunday and Football Night in America. Starting with Fox NFL Sunday: Analyst Michael Strahan on the notion that Tom Brady’s season-ending injury opened up the AFC East: “The AFC East was opened up six months ago in the Super Bowl. The Patriots were exposed. If you put pressure on […]

The Amazing Race Asia 3 – Episode 1 Recap

It’s been almost 7 months since The Amazing Race 2 ended with Adrian & Collin winning. Now we have 10 new teams and a race that is much tougher than the previous two seasons. Just like last season, I will do episode recaps and I will do them as soon as I have the complete […]

It's a Sunday Link Thing

I can’t think of a better way than to wake up listening to The Beatles on a Sunday morning. Sirius Satellite Radio has picked up Breakfast with the Beatles and has placed it on the Underground Garage channel (ch. 25) starting today. Starting at 9 a.m. ET/6 a.m. PT, it’s the best way to slowly […]

Fang's Bites NFL Picks for Week 2

Last week, I was an unacceptable 7-8 last week. However, in two of my other football pick ’em pools, I went 9-6 and an unbelievable 12-3 in the other. I don’t know why I didn’t transfer my picks from my Yahoo league to here, but I didn’t. Let’s do the picks now and get them […]

Saturday Morning Linkage

I’ve been working on my The Amazing Race Asia 3, Episode 1 recap so expect to see that here sometime during the weekend. In the meantime, Hurricane Ike has made landfall in Texas. If you have DirecTV, KHOU in Houston, the CBS affiliate has been placed on Channel 361 so you can watch the coverage […]

Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, September 13 BoxingRing Magazine Lightweight Title/Joel Casamayor vs. Juan Manuel Marquez – HBO PPV, 9 p.m.IBF/WBA/WBO Lightweight Title/Nate Campbell vs. Joan Guzman – Showtime, 9 p.m. English Premier LeagueLiverpool vs. Manchester United – Setanta Sports, 7:40 a.m.Blackburn Rovers vs. Arsenal – Setanta Sports, 9:45 a.m.Hull City vs. Newcastle – Fox Soccer Channel, 10 a.m.Chelsea […]

Ravens-Houston Game WILL Be Seen on NFL Sunday Ticket

I just received an e-mail from DirecTV stating the following: NFL SUNDAY TICKET™ UPDATE: BALTIMORE VS. HOUSTON GAME RESCHEDULED Due to Hurricane Ike, which is expected to impact the Gulf Coast of Texas this weekend, the NFL has rescheduled the game between the Baltimore Ravens and Houston Texans for Monday, September 15. As an NFL […]

Primetime & Late Night Viewing Picks

College FootballKansas at South Florida – ESPN2, 8 p.m. MLBToronto at Red Sox – Rogers Sportsnet/NESN, 7 p.m.Tampa Bay at New York Yankees – ESPN/FSN Florida/WWOR, 7 p.m.Minnesota at Baltimore – FSN North/MASN2, 7 p.m.Kansas City at Cleveland – FSN Kansas City/STO, 7 p.m.Atlanta at New York Mets – SportSouth/SNY, 7 p.m.Washington at Florida – […]

Preview of Real Sports for September 16

HBO’s Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel returns on Tuesday, September 16 with three new stories including a profile of ex-New York Giant Michael Strahan, now an analyst for Fox, and an investigation into the use of children to stitch soccer balls in India. REAL SPORTS WITH BRYANT GUMBEL PROFILES RECENTLY RETIRED NFL STAR MICHAEL STRAHAN, […]

A Lazy Friday Megalink Session

I have to be honest with you. I’m a bit slow in getting the megalinks up to you today because of various issues. Yes work is one of them, but another is just being slow to get to the blog. Another issue was piecing together the premiere episode of The Amazing Race Asia 3 of […]

NFL Viewing Picks for Week 2, 09/14/08

NFL Gameday Morning – NFL Network, 10 a.m.Fox NFL Sunday – Fox, noon 1 p.m.CBS Coverage MapBuffalo at Jacksonville – Screamin’ Gus Johnson/Steve TaskerIndianapolis at Minnesota – Greg Gumbel/Dan DierdorfOakland at Kansas City – Kevin Harlan/Rich GannonTennessee at Cincinnati – Don Criqui/Dan Fouts Fox Coverage MapChicago at Carolina – Sam Rosen/Tim Ryan/Chris MyersGreen Bay at […]

College Football Viewing Picks for 09/13/08, All Times Eastern

College Gameday, live from Los Angeles – ESPN, 10 a.m. 12 noonBig Ten Network coverage mapLouisiana-Lafayette at Illinois – Big Ten NetworkIowa State at Iowa – Big Ten NetworkMontana State at Minnesota – Big Ten NetworkSouthern Illinois at Northwestern – Big Ten Network Cal at Maryland – ESPNFlorida Atlantic at Michigan State – ESPN2Navy at […]

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