0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/31/2010
The SEC football season opens in a big way this weekend and Fox Sports South and other affiliates in the conference footprint will be all over live football. And also premiering this week is SEC Gridiron Live that was popular in the South last year. SEC FOOTBALL ON FOX SPORTS SOUTH KICKS OFF SEC Gridrion […]
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We have plenty of stuff to warrant another set of links this evening. Lots of good stuff. Let’s begin with the main topic of the sports media day and that is the Mike Wise suspension by the Washington Post. WaPo Ombudsman Andrew Alexander weighed in on why Wise was given a month off by the […]
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Every Fox Sports property is teamed with a major charity and cause. The 2010 NFL on Fox season is no exception and this year, Fox Sports is teaming up with a very worthwhile cause, St. Jude Children’s Hospital in Memphis, TN. Made famous by actor Danny Thomas, St. Jude is one of the leading research […]
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Coming up in September, the Smithsonian Channel will air a documentary on a Maine high school football rivalry. Cameras followed two communities for an entire season as they go for the state championship. The premise is quite interesting. AN AMERICAN SPORTS STORY… THE RIVALS PREMIERES SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 AT 9 PM ET/PT ON SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL […]
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We have a combined press release from Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic and Philadelphia. It involves the shuffling of talent from Mid-Atlantic to Philadelphia and also some in-house shuffling among the two CSN affiliates. It’s also good to see former SNY and WHDH-TV reporter Julie Donaldson getting a full-time gig after she was the victim of an […]
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Our latest ESPN press release deals with college football and the network’s analysts discussing the winners for the BCS conferences as well as for the BCS itself. Take a look. ESPN College Football Analysts Ruminate on Conference Winners, BCS Champion In preparation for the 2010-11 college football season, ESPN’s College GameDay analysts Lee Corso, Kirk […]
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After being away from the office for most of the morning, it’s time to give you linkage while I can. We start off with Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk who notes that Washington Post writer Mike Wise has been suspended by the paper for one month following his fake tweeting on Tuesday. Dan Levy […]
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The Big Ten Network which has grown by leaps and bounds in the last couple of years gives us some more programming this fall and we have 13 new episodes of “Big Ten’s Greatest Games”. Here’s the press release. Big Ten Network Announces 13 New Episodes of ‘Big Ten’s Greatest Games’ Fan input part of […]
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FIBA World ChampionshipCanada vs. France – NBA TV, 11:30 a.m. MLBAmerican LeagueRed Sox at Baltimore – NESN/MASN, 7 p.m.Chicago White Sox at Cleveland – Comcast SportsNet Chicago/STO, 7 p.m.Oakland at New York Yankees – Comcast SportsNet California/YES, 7 p.m.Toronto at Tampa Bay – Rogers Sportsnet/Sun Sports, 7 p.m.Detroit at Minnesota – MLB Network/Fox Sports Detroit/Fox […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/30/2010
NBC’s NFL announcing crews were part of a media conference call on Monday to preview the upcoming season. As usual, Al Michaels tries too hard to get that witty one-liner in. Highlights are below. MICHAELS, COLLINSWORTH, DUNGY, HARRISON, GAUDELLI PREVIEW 2010 NFL SEASON “As compelling a story as any in the NFL this season.” – […]
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We have a couple of issues today and we go over them in this post. Earlier today, Mike Wise of the Washington Post thought it would be a good idea to put some fake news on Twitter just to see the reaction. The idea according to Wise would be that other reporters would fail to […]
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CBS Sports will air coverage of the US Open from Flushing Meadow in New York over the next two weekends. It marks 43 consecutive tournaments for the Tiffany Network and it according to John Ourand of the Sports Business Journal, CBS will be back for another round of coverage starting next year. I hope to […]
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As we’re getting ready for college football, let’s post what Comcast SportsNet affiliates in New England and Philadelphia will air this season. For New England, CSN New England will re-air most Boston College games in addition to Colonial Athletic Association games involving the University of Rhode Island and University of Massachusetts. New England will also […]
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College football begins on Thursday with two games on ESPN and three games on ESPN3.com, then a whole bunch of games during the weekend. Let’s take a gander at the the press release. 2010 College Football Season Kicks off Thursday First Week of Season Includes 31 Games in Five Days, College GameDay from Atlanta ESPN […]
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NFL season is coming fast upon us and next week, the latest installment from the America’s Game documentary series on Super Bowl winners will premiere. It’ll focus on the New Orleans Saints and it will be narrated by actor Brad Pitt. NFL NETWORK’S AMERICA’S GAME: 2009 NEW ORLEANS SAINTS NARRATED BY BRAD PITT DEBUTS WEDNESDAY, […]
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It’s Monday and already some breaking news occurred. We learned that Awful Announcing is back up and running which is a good thing. I hope it’ll remain. So with that in our back pocket, let’s do some linkage. Starting with the Morning Buzz at Sports Business Daily which looks at the carriage negotiations between Time […]
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After being gone for quite some time, the sports media blog, Awful Announcing, has relaunched. Brian Powell who created the site in 2006, had stopped blogging in April and took his account off Twitter around that time. Many of us in the blogging community wondered what had happened to him. In fact I tried contacting […]
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FIBA World Championships Australia vs. Germany – NBA TV, noonBrazil vs. USA – ESPN, 2:30 p.m. MLBAmerican LeagueChicago White Sox at Cleveland – WGN America/STO, 7 p.m.Oakland at New York Yankees – Comcast SportsNet California/YES, 7 p.m.Toronto at Tampa Bay – Rogers Sportsnet/Sun Sports, 7 p.m.Texas at Kansas City – Fox Sports Southwest/Fox Sports Kansas […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/29/2010
On this night where Mad Men deservedly won the Emmy once again for Outstanding Drama Series, we have one of the best episodes of the season, and perhaps of the entire run. The episode titled “Waldorf Stories” has Don spiraling down his personal abyss while supposedly being on top of his professional career. Great stuff. […]
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Ok, I’ve received some very good questions from you. I do need a few more. About three to four more so if you have sports media questions, preferably regarding the NFL, send them along to kzf1@fangsbites.com. I hope to get a mailbag post up by Monday or Tuesday. Thanks.
