0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/31/2010
Who’s Aisha? This is Aisha. She’s on the cover of this week’s Time. And it’s part of a story on what women have to go through as the Taliban continues to have influence in Afghanistan. Read it and if you ever had doubts about the Taliban, you won’t anymore. Aisha had her nose and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/30/2010
Time to answer your sports media questions. Thanks to all who sent e-mails. Let’s make this a regular feature and I hope to do this every two or three months. And down the road, I hope to offer DVD’s, books and other swag. I don’t have anything for this mailbag, but I hope to have […]
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Ok, time to do the Friday megalinks. Coming at night again after shuffling between two offices and playing chauffeur. So blogging had to take a back seat for a bit. I thank everyone who sent in questions for the Fang’s Bites mailbag. I will answer the questions this weekend. It’s my hope that the mailbag […]
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Let’s review the games on national TV from today through next Wednesday. Technically that’s not the weekend, but most of the games from MLB’s partners are on this weekend so the title remains. Let’s first go over the games on Fox. Three games as usual. And again, Joe Buck is not working on Saturday which […]
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Saturday, July 31 BoxingJuan Manuel Marquez vs. Juan Diaz II – Pay per view, 9 p.m. CFLHamilton at Saskatchewan – NFL Network/TSN, 6:30 p.m. ESPN Sports SaturdayHomecoming with Rick Reilly with Jerry Rice, ABC, 4 p.m.Winners Bracket – ABC, 5 p.m. GolfPGA Tour/Greenbrier Classic, 3rd round – CBS, 3 p.m.U.S. Senior Open, 3rd round – […]
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GolfPGA Tour/Greenbrier Classic, 2nd round – Golf Channel, 3 p.m.U.S. Senior Open, 2nd round – ESPN2, 5 p.m.Women’s British Open, 2nd round – ESPN, 9 a.m. MLBAmerican LeagueCleveland at Toronto – STO/Rogers Sportsnet, 7 p.m.Detroit at Red Sox – MLB Network/Fox Sports Detroit/NESN, 7 p.m.New York Yankees at Tampa Bay – YES/Sun Sports, 7 p.m.Baltimore […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/29/2010
We have the coverage plans for NFL Network for Pro Football Hall of Fame Week. For some reason, I thought it was this week, but it’s actually next week. That’s neither here nor there for you. So here is what you’ll see on the channel if it is on your cable or satellite provider. NFL […]
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Well, this is just developing. ESPN has published statements from ESPN.com Editor-in-Chief Rob King and the writer of the spiked LeBron James story, Arash Markazi. It’s been tweeted by both CNBC’s Darren Rovell and Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch. According to ESPN, Markazi did not properly identify himself to the LeBron James camp as a reporter […]
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We have this announcement that ESPN 3D will carry three college football games in the first three weeks of the season. This all leads to the BCS National Championship Game which will also be produced in 3D. Currently, this is a separate production from the 2D High Definition broadcast that most of us will see. […]
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The critically acclaimed 30 for 30 documentary series starts its final stage of films and it will air in late August through early November, then finish with a flourish with a two hour flick. Among the highlights: Bull Durham Director Ron Shelton will kick off the fall series on Michael Jordan’s stint in Minor League […]
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Trying to get ahead on some linkage before diving head first into some paperwork. Lots of stuff going on and let’s get busy, shall we? Tom Weir of USA Today’s Game On blog has ESPN denying LeBron James put pressure on the network to pull a story from its website. At Fanhouse, Milton Kent discusses […]
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For whatever reason, ESPN’s relationship with athletes has become a story two years in a row. Last year, it was the strange refusal by the Alleged Worldwide Leader to report on a civil suit filed against Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. It took a public statement by Roethlisberger for ESPN to finally mention the story […]
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GolfPGA Tour/The Greenbrier Classic, 1st round – Golf Channel, 3 p.m.U.S. Senior Open, 1st round – ESPN2, 5 p.m. MLBAmerican LeagueDetroit at Tampa Bay – Fox Sports Detroit/Sun Sports, noonNew York Yankees at Cleveland – MLB Network/YES/WKYC, 7 p.m.Baltimore at Kansas City – MASN/Fox Sports Kansas City, 8 p.m.Oakland at Texas – Comcast SportsNet California/Fox […]
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2010 will be remembered as the year where 3-D TV really gained a foothold on sports television. Looking back on the test events last year and compare that to the number of events produced in 3-D this year, you have a considerable jump in the amount of sports produced in the 3rd dimension. Well, Turner […]
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Fox Sports’ Daryl Johnston, an NFL game analyst for Fox Sports dating back to 2001, will be joining NFL Network’s NFL Total Access show as a studio analyst. Earlier this year, Johnston was part of NFL Network’s coverage for the Super Bowl XLVIII selection so he was comfortable in deciding to work there as well. […]
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It’s a quiet weekend for Golf Channel as it will have coverage of just two tournaments, the inaugural Greenbrier Open on the PGA Tour and the Irish Open on the PGA European Tour. That’s it. Golf Channel Live Tournament Coverage: July 29-Aug. 1 The Greenbrier Classic Makes PGA TOUR Debut European Tour Returns to Ireland […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/28/2010
Another Wednesday and another episode of the Sports Media Weekly Podcast which I co-host with Southern New England media mogul Keith Thibault of Sports Media Journal. As usual, Keith and I discuss the news of the week and we talk about the breaking news concerning Jay Glazer and Daryl Johnston of Fox Sports being hired […]
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Here is the NFL Network’s programming schedule over the next 7 days. NFL NETWORK PROGRAMMING NOTES (7/28-8/3) FAN FORUM FEATURING NFL COMMISIONER GOODELL AIRS THURSDAY AT 8:00 PM ET “An Open Conversation with NFL Fans & Their Commissioner” Interview with Commissioner Goodell on NFL Total Access Tonight at 7:00 PM ET Spokane and Jacksonville Face […]
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Ok, let me provide you with some additional linkage here. I got interrupted and posted my original links rather hastily. Then I had to tape this week’s Sports Media Weekly Podcast with Keith Thibault and our guest, Susan Shan so let’s bring you the rest of the linkage now. We’re getting word that ESPN spiked […]
