0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/31/2010
On this holiday for those people aren’t working, I wish you the best Memorial Day possible and don’t forget to remember those who have given their lives in service to their country. For those of who worked the entire holiday weekend including myself, I hope you get some time off down the road. I won’t […]
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College BaseballCollege World Series Selection Show – ESPN, 12:30 p.m. College LacrosseMen’s Division I ChampionshipDuke vs. Notre Dame – ESPN, 3:30 p.m. College Softball Women’s Division II ChampionshipValdosta State vs. Hawai’i Pacific – CBS College Sports, 3 p.m. MLBAmerican League Cleveland at New York Yankees – STO/YES, 1 p.m.Oakland at Detroit – Comcast SportsNet California/Fox […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/30/2010
I’ll do some Sunday links for you on this middle day of the three day weekend. Let’s get to them. First, Mike Reynolds at Multichannel News writes that Versus is getting an outdoor NHL game next season when the Heritage Classic returns to Canada. Mike also discusses Comcast SportsNet affiliates in Chicago and Philadelphia placing […]
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Overnights are in for Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final between the Philadelphia Flyers and the Chicago Blackhawks and they are good. They are the best ratings since 1999 when Dallas and Buffalo squared off on Fox. Take a look. BEST STANLEY CUP FINAL GAME 1 OVERNIGHT IN 11 YEARS NBC Wins Night Game […]
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This is the fourth and last part of Best Sports Themes. Today, we’re focusing on sports anthologies such as ABC’s Wide World of Sports, CBS Sports Spectacular, NBC SportsWorld and the like. We’ll start this with the original sports anthology program, Wide World of Sports. It’s cut off, but it’s pretty cool to see iconic […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/29/2010
Received a press release today from ESPN that ESPN2 will continue carrying the ESPN.com-produced “MMA Live” through August. The network started airing the series this month and judging from this release, feels comfortable taking more shows through the summer. Here’s the release. ESPN2 to Continue Televising ESPN.com’s MMA Live Show After airing episodes for the […]
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I’ll throw two press releases here, one from NBC Sports and the other from Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, regarding their coverage of the Stanley Cup Finals which begin tonight. Let’s go with NBC Sports’ coverage plans first. CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS HOST PHILADELPHIA FLYERS IN GAME 1 OF STANLEY CUP FINAL THIS SATURDAY AT 8 P.M. ET ON […]
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I’ve been actually busy doing some errands at home as I don’t have a car due to the accident last Friday, but lazy to blog. Time to give you some linkage now. Stuart Levine from Variety asks if the Super Bowl will ever appear on cable. Mike Reynolds from Multichannel News says Fox Soccer Channel […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/28/2010
NBC starts its French Open coverage this weekend and after being able to see matches live all this week online thanks to Tennis Channel and ESPN2, my fear is that NBC will pull shenanigans like it did last year with calling exclusivity of certain matches then tape delaying them. The network has been doing this […]
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This ad debuts during the Stanley Cup Finals on NBC and CBC. It’s a great ad and is part of a great “History Will Be Made” campaign by the National Hockey League. This one is called “No Words” and it’s perfect. As much as I love the NHL, I’ve also been critical of its marketing, […]
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The last of Fox’s Sprint Cup season ends on Sunday with the Coca Cola 600. Here’s the press release. FOX SPORTS NOTES, QUOTES & ANECDOTES NASCAR on FOX Races Final Lap of ’10 Campaign With Coca-Cola 600 Sunday NASCAR ON FOX’S 2010 FINALE AT CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY – The NASCAR on FOX 2010 Sprint […]
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Both CBS and NBC will have coverage of golf this weekend. CBS continues its stretch of PGA Tournaments while NBC airs the Senior PGA Championship. The Texas Swing continues in Fort Worth with the Colonial Invitational. CBS Sports has third and final round coverage. MICKELSON, STRICKER, FURYK, CLARK, POULTER, CASEY AND PERRY TEE IT UP […]
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Let’s go over the baseball fare on TV this Memorial Day weekend. Plenty of games to see as well. Starting with Fox and again, Joe Buck is back on the case as he’ll call the Cardinals-Cubs game from Wrigley Field. This makes six games out of possible eight that Buck will have worked. We’re keeping […]
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Let’s give you the Friday megalinks while I can. Not as many links as the usual Friday, but the Memorial Day weekend has a lot to do with that. I’ll give you what I can. Getting ready for the three day weekend and you can find the sports and the entertainment viewing for Saturday and […]
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Saturday, May 29 College LacrosseDivision I Men’s ChampionshipSemifinals Notre Dame vs. Cornell – ESPN2, 4 p.m.Duke vs. Virginia – ESPN2, 6:30 p.m. College SoftballDivision I Softball Championship Athens Super RegionalGame 2/California vs. Georgia – ESPN, noon Columbia Super RegionalGame 1/Oregon vs. Missouri – ESPN, 2:30 p.m. Tuscaloosa Super RegionalGame 2/Hawai’i vs. Alabama – ESPN, 5 […]
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GolfPGA Tour/Colonial Invitational, 2nd round – Golf Channel, 2 p.m. MLBAmerican LeagueBaltimore at Toronto – MASN/Rogers Sportsnet, 7 p.m.Chicago White Sox at Tampa Bay – Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Sun Sports, 7 p.m.Cleveland at New York Yankees – WKYC/YES, 7 p.m.Kansas City at Red Sox – Fox Sports Kansas City/NESN, 7 p.m.Oakland at Detroit – Comcast SportsNet […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/20/2010
Not too surprising to see this. Kevin Millar was hired earlier this season to work as a studio analyst at MLB Network. He now joins the New England Sports Network to work pre and postgame shows for Red Sox games. KEVIN MILLAR JOINS NESN AS RED SOX STUDIO ANALYST BOSTON, MA – NESN, New England’s […]
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Comcast SportsNet New England which is sorely lacking for live game programming during the summer has some to add to the MLS New England Revolution. Starting this week, CSNNE will air 7 Connecticut Sun games sprinkled through August. Here’s your schedule. COMCAST SPORTSNET TO TELECAST CONNECTICUT SUN BASKETBALL IN HIGH DEFINITION THROUGHOUT NEW ENGLAND Mike […]
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One of my favorite shows is Nat Geo’s World’s Toughest Fixes. Tonight and next week, Sean Riley heads to Las Vegas where he’ll be helping to repair three famous locations in the city including one of my favorite places, the Stratosphere’s X-Scream. We have a preview of tonight’s show and next week’s as well. WORLD’S […]
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After a week’s absence, the Sports Media Weekly Podcast returns with a vengeance with a super-sized edition. Keith Thibault of Sports Media Journal is back after a week’s vacation to discuss the latest sports media news with your humble blogger. In this edition, we talk about the record ratings for the NHL in the Conference […]
