Monthly Archives: November 2009

Mayne Street – Just Give Me The Tickets

In this webisode, Kenny and Sarah (Alison Becker) are called into a special Sunday meeting with Evan Mintz and his assistant, Robin Gibney, only to find a confrontation waiting for them. Hilarity ensues. Or maybe not. Nice to see Aubrey Plaza playing Robin once again. But overall, the real star of Mayne Street is Alison […]

Previews of Coming Attractions

This post deals with upcoming programming on the various networks. Let’s give them to you. From NBA TV, we have the Fan Night Game for Tuesday as well as the week ahead on the channel. Warriors @ Cavaliers Wins Vote for NBA TV’s Fan Night Game on Tuesday NBA TV’s Tuesday Fan Night will feature […]

A Couple of NFL-centric Releases

I’ll now post two NFL -related releases. First from NFL Network which contains quotes from NFL Gameday Highlights and NFL Gameday Final. Week 10 (Nov. 15, 2009) – Quotable from NFL GameDay Final & NFL GameDay Highlights on NFL Network (Airs Sundays at 7:30 PM ET & 11:30 PM ET) “I love the coach’s swagger. […]

College Football Press Release Reading

Let’s post some college football press releases for tonight. Lots of good stuff to get to. First, this is the schedule of games the ESPN networks will air this week. College Football: Three Undefeateds in Action, Plus No. 10 Ohio State at Michigan & No. 11 Oregon at Arizona ESPN’s college football coverage this week […]

Gus Johnson's Back Calling College Basketball

Screamin’ Gus Johnson is back calling college basketball this season and that is a totally good thing. Even though he no longer calls Knicks games for MSG Network, it has freed him to work games for Big Ten Network in addition to CBS. Of course, it means that Gus will also call the NCAA Tournament […]

Primetime & Late Night Viewing Picks

College BasketballCal State-Fullerton at UCLA – ESPN, midnight San Diego State at St. Mary’s – ESPN, 2 a.m. Northern Colorado at Hawai’i – ESPN, 4 a.m. Monmouth at St. Peter’s – ESPN, 6 a.m. Drexel at Niagra – ESPN, 8 a.m. Clemson at Liberty – ESPN, 10 a.m. Northeastern at Siena – ESPN, noon Arkansas-Little […]

The Winners of The Battle of The Blades Are…

Craig Simpson and former gold medalist Jaime Salé. Here’s the CBC press release. I do hope the show becomes available in the US. I keep hearing that this caught the imagination of the Canadian viewing public and the competition was quite good. JAMIE SALÉ AND CRAIG SIMPSON ARE DECLARED THE WINNING PAIR OF THE BATTLE […]

NFL Network Previews Thursday Night Football and Talks About Belichick

I have a couple of press releases from NFL Network for you. One previews Thursday’s game between Carolina and Miami. Another contains quotage from “The Coaches Show”. Take a gander. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19 — 8:00 PM ET MIAMI DOLPHINS AT CAROLINA PANTHERS ON NFL NETWORK Stacey Dales 1-on-1 with Carolina QB Jake Delhomme ‘The Marshall […]

NFL Network To Re-air Pats-Colts

Nice for NFL Network to show the Patriots-Colts game in its entirety this Wednesday. This is the flexibility of the league-owned networks to clear their schedule to show something like this. Here’s the release. SPECIAL PATRIOTS-COLTS ENCORE ON NFL CLASSIC GAMES WEDNESDAY AT 8:00 PM ET ONLY ON NFL NETWORK Sunday night’s Patriots-Colts game had […]

Andre Agassi to Answer Your Questions This Week & Tonight on Tennis Channel

Coming this Thursday, tennis star Andre Agassi will answer the public’s questions on his new autobiography that has made waves. He’ll take part in an online chat at Tennischannel.com. But before that, he’ll be on Tennis Channel tonight to talk about the book and his life. Take a look at the press release. ANDRE AGASSI […]

This Is Monday's Linkage

On this day when New England sports fans are talking about the Bill Belichick decision that cost the Patriots a win against the Colts, I’m enjoying the agony. Being a Browns fan, I need something to help me endure the season. And the Indianapolis Star has a picture of one of Belichick’s henchman shoving an […]

Pats-Colts Deliver Monster Ratings for NBC

Last night’s much-hyped Patriots-Colts game delivered NBC’s second highest ratings for Sunday Night Football. The only game higher rated than last night was the Cowboys Stadium opener back in NFL Week 2. This is the press release as it hit the Fang’s Bites inbox just minutes ago. PATS-COLTS “RIVALRY OF THE DECADE” DELIVERS SECOND BEST […]

Primetime & Late Night Viewing Picks

College BasketballNIT/Coastal Carolina at Duke – ESPNU, 7 p.m.USC-Upstate at Indiana – Big Ten Network, 8:30 p.m.NIT/Colgate at UConn – ESPNU, 9 p.m.NIT/Texas State at Arizona State – ESPNU, 11 p.m. NBADallas at Milwaukee – NBA TV, 8 p.m. NFLBaltimore at Cleveland – ESPN, 8:30 p.m. NHLNew Jersey at Philadelphia – Versus/TSN, 7 p.m.Edmonton at […]

The Amazing Race 15 – Elimination Station, Ep. 9

Before the Jon Gruden post, I was going to put this up. This is the latest installment of Elimination Station. With no more teams going to Vietnam, the eliminated racers (in this case, Gary & Matt) call in while Marcy gets a swimming lesson from Garrett. While the teams try to predict who’s the next […]

NFL Pregame Quotage for Week 10

We have our usual array of Sunday NFL Pregame quotage today. Let’s review what was said on the NFL pregame shows. Starting with the NFL Network, here’s the quotage from NFL Gameday Morning. News and Sound Bites From Week 10 Edition of NFL GAMEDAY MORNING “Carson [Palmer] comes in the huddle with a swagger. He’s […]

Sunday Linkage

We’re back after not being able to turn on the computer all day on Saturday. Right when I was about to blog yesterday, got a phone call from the parents asking me to accompany them to Massachusetts and it ended up being a total waste of time. Then it ended up that I was at […]

Trapped & Can't Get Out

All my plans for blogging and work have been shot to hell as my day was planned for me. I hope to be able to be back here blogging on Sunday. My apologies. No posts for Saturday. FML.

Basketball Press Releases

A couple of basketball-related press releases here for you. First, TNT has quotage from its Thursday NBA doubleheader. Notes from TNT’s Coverage of the NBA – Thursday, November 12, 2009 TNT’s NBA Thursday coverage continues Thursday, November 19 at 8 p.m. ET with a doubleheader featuring the Phoenix Suns @ New Orleans Hornets followed by […]

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