0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/23/2011
I keep getting interrupted at work. I wrote a post earlier today on Brent Musburger’s night in Las Vegas, but I kept being recruited to the leave the office and something that should have taken 20 minutes to write ended up being three hours. And now I’m trying to do some linkage and keep getting […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/22/2011
Friday’s have become maddening. I was out of the office earlier today and expect to be out again later, but I’m doing the Megalinks early so I can be done with them and be free for other stuff tonight. As always, check out the Weekend Viewing Picks for the sports and entertaining programming. National We’ll […]
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Getting a late start on this installment as I’ve been doing some housekeeping on the blog for Friday. Tonight, I’ll do just one category here, Olympics. Over the weekend, expect college football and basketball, TV & Radio and finally, I’ll do what I’ll call the Best of the Rest. This is a bigger undertaking than […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/21/2011
Being out of the office certainly kills any momentum for blogging and I’ve been out for most of the morning and trying to catch up ever since. Let’s get some linkage in as tonight will be busy for me as I do the Friday morning features the night before. The big story for today, Hall […]
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Richard Sandomir of the New York Times just tweeted: .bbpBox94061370189955072 {background:url(http://a0.twimg.com/images/themes/theme1/bg.png) #C0DEED;padding:20px;} p.bbpTweet{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px !important;line-height:22px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px} p.bbpTweet span.metadata{display:block;width:100%;clear:both;margin-top:8px;padding-top:12px;height:40px;border-top:1px solid #fff;border-top:1px solid #e6e6e6} p.bbpTweet span.metadata span.author{line-height:19px} p.bbpTweet span.metadata span.author img{float:left;margin:0 7px 0 0px;width:38px;height:38px} p.bbpTweet a:hover{text-decoration:underline}p.bbpTweet span.timestamp{font-size:12px;display:block} Doc Emrick retires from Devils TV booth but stays with NBC and Versus Favorite Reply .bbpBox94063498677592064 {background:url(http://a2.twimg.com/profile_background_images/292472627/MUD-1__2_.jpg) #C6E2EE;padding:20px;} p.bbpTweet{background:#fff;padding:10px […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/20/2011
Time for some Wednesday links. Let’s get to them. Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch has his reaction to the ESPN Ombudsman column on the Bruce Feldman suspension or non-suspension depending on whom you choose to believe. Sports Business Daily looks at the media reaction to the death of Myra Kraft, the wife of New England Patriots […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/13/2011
This weekend as we’re smack dab in the middle of the dog days of summer, NBC airs the annual Celebrity Golf Championship from Lake Tahoe, NV. Dan Hicks and Johnny Miller will be on hand for the event. Big names like Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley, John Elway, Jerry Rice and so many more. NBC Sports […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/11/2011
For some reason, I’ve been out of the office a couple of times today and it’s pissing me off. Anyway, I’m back in the office now and barring an unforeseen interruption, I should be able to give you linkage here. Sports Business Journal’s John Ourand has the local MLB TV ratings for the first half […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/10/2011
I’m at work again, but I’m trying to cope by flicking on the Watch ESPN for the Women’s World Cup game against Brazil. I’ll give you what linkage I can find today. Mike McCarthy of USA Today says Turner Sports has reportedly hired Shaquille O’Neal for its NBA coverage. Still no official comment from Turner. […]
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I haven’t done a Sunday Thoughts post in a very long while. I’ve been wanting to do one, but either due to my day being planned for me or having to go to work or going out on Saturday and getting up late the following day, things haven’t worked out. But today, we have a […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/7/2011
Been a busy day at work once again. Doing these late and I’ll try to put forth as many links as I can before being told to leave the office. Sports Business Daily takes a look at the one year anniversary of the infamous “The Decision” that made LeBron James a pariah in Cleveland and […]
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NBC Sports will have weekend coverage of the U.S. Women’s Open. ESPN2 has the first two rounds today and Friday. Even though Golf Channel does not have any live action, it will still cover the tournament. Here’s a press release from the NBC Sports Group. NBC SPORTS GROUP HAS THE U.S. WOMEN’S OPEN COVERED More […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/6/2011
I couldn’t get to the Tuesday links as it got quite busy at work and at night, my boss gave me so many things to do that I didn’t finish until late. I’m trying to squeeze in some linkage here for you while I can. From USA Today, J. Michael Falgoust talks about what the […]
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Just announced by International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge, Pyeongchang, South Korea will be the host of the 2018 Winter Olympics. What does this mean? NBC will air the Games. With a 14 hour time difference between Pyeongchang and New York, there could be some live coverage in primetime of some events. A lot of […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/4/2011
As we learned last week, the NFL is shopping around the first half of a Thursday Night Football package that would begin in time for the 2012 season. The games would come from the Sunday afternoon games from CBS and Fox and be aired during Weeks 2 — 9 of the regular season. NFL Network […]
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Let’s provide some linkage on this 4th of July holiday. I hope you’re having a great day wherever you are. Aaron Couch of the Hollywood Reporter writes about ESPN taking over the Wimbledon TV contract after a 43 year association with NBC. Richard Sandomir of the New York Times says NBC wanted to use Versus […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/3/2011
The following is a brief timeline featuring highlights of NBC’s history of covering The Championpships, Wimbledon. 1969 — NBC gains the rights to air The Championships, Wimbledon. 1979 — Airs the first “Breakfast at Wimbledon”, the men’s final live between Bjorn Borg and Roscoe Tanner. All women’s and men’s final had been aired on tape […]
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This story coming just as NBC’s coverage of Wimbledon signed off today. Sports Business Journal’s John Ourand has the story that ESPN has apparently won the full rights to air the entire Wimbledon tennis tournament starting next year. NBC’s contract with the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club expired at the end of its […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/1/2011
Without golf this weekend, NBC Sports is getting creative for the 4th of July and providing a whole bunch of programming for the niche sports fan. In addition to airing the first two stages of the Tour de France for the first time, NBC will bring the FIVB World Beach Volleyball Championships and a motorcross […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/30/2011
Trying to squeeze linkage in while I can. This won’t be a full set of links. I will do the megalinks tomorrow, but today will be a quickie links day. Michael Hiestand of USA Today reports that the ratings for the USA-North Korea game in the Women’s World Cup drew decently for ESPN. Todd Spangler […]
