0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/24/2009
Yes, boys and girls, the NFL has flexed Pats-‘Fins out of the primetime slot and put in … wait for it now… Vikings-Cards into primetime! That means another appearance of Brett Favre on national TV and I know that’s something that makes you jump up and down. Ok, maybe not, but wait for the NBC […]
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College Basketball Cancun Challenge, Cancun, MexicoQuarterfinal/Cleveland State vs. Kentucky – CBS College Sports, 4:30 p.m.Quarterfinal/Stanford vs. Virginia – CBS College Sports, 7 p.m. CBE Classic, Kansas City, MOConsolation/Iowa vs. Wichita State – ESPNU, 7:30 p.m.Championship/Texas vs. Pittsburgh – ESPN2, 10 p.m. Maui Invitational, Maui, HIChaminade vs. Vandervbilt – ESPN2, 1:30 p.m.Colorado vs. Arizona – ESPN2, […]
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Two college football press releases for you here and then two NFL releases in the next post will round out our posts for tonight. First, here’s what games you’ll see this week on the ESPN family of networks. No. 3 Texas on Thanksgiving; No. 5 Cincinnati and No. 6 Boise State on Friday contact: michael.c.humes@espn.com […]
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Let’s provide you with three NBA-related releases that came in today. First, TNT has an NBA doubleheader on Thanksgiving Night. No holiday is sacred in the NBA. TNT to Give Thanks with an Exclusive Thanksgiving NBA Doubleheader Featuring the TNT NBA Studio Team Speaking Live with U.S. Troops Based in Afghanistan TNT NBA Thursday continues […]
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Here’s a release from our friends at MLB Network about the classic games from years past on Thanksgiving Day. Should be fun to watch if you want a respite from football. NEW EPISODES OF BASEBALL’S SEASONS & AN ALL-TIME GAMES MARATHON TO AIR ON MLB NETWORK THANKSGIVING WEEK MLB Network’s Thanksgiving Week programming includes: November […]
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Here’s a quickie preview of one timely segment that airs on Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel on Tuesday. SEGMENT FEATURING INSIDER’S FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT OF TIM DONAGHY BETTING SCANDAL ADDED TO NEXT EDITION OF REAL SPORTS WITH BRYANT GUMBEL, DEBUTING NOV. 24 ON HBO REAL SPORTS WITH BRYANT GUMBEL presents more enterprising features and reporting when […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/23/2009
I’m a tired man after working until 2:15 this morning. Started at 10 a.m. Sunday and worked through with a couple of breaks for lunch and dinner, but I’m tired and naturally, I’m dragging. I’ll give you the links while I can. Starting with the Sports Business Journal which looks at the 40 years of […]
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Against some tough competition on ABC with the American Music Awards, Sunday Night Football with what ended up being a good game between big market Philadelphia and Chicago won the primetime ratings on Sunday. It’s becoming obvious that Sunday Night Football is a ratings juggernaut for NBC and one of its few bright spots in […]
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College BasketballCBE Classic, Kansas City, MOPittsburgh at Wichita State – ESPN2, 7:30 p.m.Texas vs. Iowa – ESPN2, 9:50 p.m. Maui Invitational, Maui, HIColorado vs. Gonzaga – ESPN2, 3 p.m.Cincinnati vs. Vanderbilt – ESPN2, 5:30 p.m.Maryland vs. Chaminade – ESPNU, 9:30 p.m.Arizona vs. Wisconsin – ESPN2, 11:59 p.m. Paradise Jam, St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands3rd Place […]
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With no eliminated racers this week, there’s no phone call so the teams get a Taekwondo lesson. And Lance decides to spar. Then the teams get to pack to leave for the End City. And next week, the teams are still in Prague. We’ll go to the final three from there. Back next week with […]
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This is what Golf Channel’s airing for this week. With the golf just about finished on all the tours, you pretty much get Big Break and studio shows. COMING UP ON GOLF CHANNEL… Nov. 23 – 29, 2009 Tempers Flare During Match Play on Big Break Disney Golf Encore Presentation of Uneven Fairways; Golf Central […]
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We have a couple of releases for you from ESPN. As Jimmie Johnson won his 4th consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship, the Alleged Worldwide Leader will have him all over the place on Monday. ESPN to Welcome NASCAR Sprint Cup Champion Jimmie Johnson on Monday Johnson to Appear on Multiple ESPN Platforms As has become […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/22/2009
I’m in the home office doing work as the boss keeps adding page after page to this engineering specification which is becoming longer than War & Peace. And while I was waiting for him to give me a few pages, I saw the final minute of the Browns-Lions on DirecTV’s Red Zone Channel. I’m in […]
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While I’m working on an engineering specification from home, I’ll provide the links this Sunday morning. Sports Illustrated’s Andy Staples says ESPN/ABC forced him to go to Justin.tv to watch last night’s Oregon-Arizona game. Tennessee Titans owner Bud Adams who flipped the double bird during last week’s game against the Buffalo Bills, has taken out […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/21/2009
Giving you some links while I’m working at the home office today. That’s no fun working on a Saturday, but we do what we gotta do to eat. We start with what broke last night out in Los Angeles, that the TV announcing team for the Clippers, Ralph Lawler and Michael Smith were suspended by […]
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I’m going to post two NBA-related press releases and then go to bed. Sleep is calling me and it’s calling me rather loudly. Starting with TNT, we have quotage from the network’s NBA doubleheader from Thursday. Notes from TNT’s Coverage of the NBA – Thursday, November 19, 2009 TNT’s NBA Thursday coverage continues with a […]
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I’ll do some links again during a late night. Things continue to happen in the sports media. First, Diane Pucin of the Los Angeles Times reports that the TV broadcast team for the Clippers made fun of the only Iranian-born player in the NBA, center Hamed Haddadi of the Memphis Grizzlies and got suspended for […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/20/2009
Let’s do the Friday megalinks as we steam into Thanksgiving holiday week. Lots of links to get to so let’s not waste any more time. The Weekend Viewing Picks have what’s in store for college football, college basketball, NFL, NASCAR and plenty of other sporting and primetime viewing picks. To the links. National We’re hearing
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This just in from HBO, we find that there were about one and a quarter million purchases for last week’s Manny Pacquaio-Miguel Cotto fight. We have the announcement from the fine people at HBO Sports. PACQUIAO-COTTO REGISTERS 1.25 MILLION PAY-PER-VIEW BUYS Nov. 20, 2009 – NEW YORK — HBO Sports reported today that 1.25 million […]
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Saturday, November 21 BoxingSuper Six World Boxing Classic/Super Middleweights, Mikkei Kessler vs. Andre Ward – Showtime, 10 p.m.Manny Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto (replay) – HBO, 10 p.m. College BasketballRider at Kentucky – Fox Sports South/Sun Sports, 1 p.m.Presbyterian at Illinois – Big Ten Network, 8 p.m.College Football Viewing Picks English Premier LeagueManchester City at Liverpool […]
