0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/25/2010
It was broken yesterday by the New York Daily News and confirmed today by the NFL. The New York Jets will be the focus of this year’s edition which will be co-produced by NFL Films and HBO Sports. Last year’s series on the Cincinnati Bengals turned out to be quite entertaining, especially when we learned […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/18/2010
The combined forces of NFL Network, NFL Films and NFL.com are discussing the Sports Emmy Award Nominations. Quite impressive. Take a look at the list in this press release. NFL NETWORK, NFL FILMS & NFL.COM EARN RECORD 18 SPORTS EMMY NOMINATIONS ‘NFL REDZONE’ EARNS NOMINATION IN DEBUT SEASON ‘NFL FILMS PRODUCED HARD KNOCKS: TRAINING CAMP […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/14/2010
Here are some coming attractions for this week on the various networks. First, Golf Channel has some interesting stuff including another installment of The Haney Project with Ray Romano. Coming up on Golf Channel…March 15-21 Cash Cab Host Ben Bailey Visits Romano on The Haney Project;Daly’s Exclaims “I’m Done” on Being John Daly; Sorenstam Special […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/12/2010
Let’s do the megalinks for you. Time to give them to you now. As always, you get the Weekend Viewing Picks which this weekend has the skinny on the college basketball conference tournaments and other sports. Now to your links. National USA Today’s Michael Hiestand looks at ESPN providing ABC with some sports programming starting […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/8/2010
Let’s provide some linkage today. Plenty of stuff to get to. We begin with Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk who writes that the NFL Network has been approached by the Atlantic Coast Conference on carrying a package of football games. Portfolio picks up a story from Eric Fisher of the Sports Business Journal regarding […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/7/2010
Let’s do some Sunday links. The big news today is that WABC-TV in New York has pulled its signal from Cablevision systems meaning 3.5 million people are without ABC programming including the Academy Awards tonight. It also means for as long as ABC is off Cablevision, viewers won’t be able to see various NBA games […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/6/2010
This is a review of the HBO documentary on “Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals”. The documentary shows the impact of Magic Johnson and Larry Bird on college basketball with their historic 1979 National Championship game and then on the NBA throughout the 1980’s into the early 1990’s. In what is truly a gem, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
Well, I purposely didn’t do links on Thursday and on Friday, an unexpected joy fell into my lap as my Twitter Trophy Wife, Amanda Rykoff, a.k.a The OCD Chick, came up from New York for a conference, so we hung out Friday night. And while there, I caught up with baseball superwriter, Jonah Kieri and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/4/2010
I’ll give you a few releases pertaining to this weekend and then later, I’ll be writing a review of the Magic & Bird HBO documentary. Let’s do the CBS Sports college basketball schedule. CBS SPORTS’ “ROAD TO THE FINAL FOUR” ROARS INTO MARCH No. 10 West Virginia Battles No. 9 Villanova on Saturday, March 6 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/2/2010
Ok, let’s do some linkage for Tuesday. We’re in transition as we are in between big sporting events. We’re finished with the Olympics. That’s being put in the memory banks. The next blips on the radar screen are the college basketball conference tournaments and the NCAA Tournament over the next few weeks, then MLB Opening […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/16/2010
Gotta catch up with some press releases and a blasting of NBC later, but let’s do the press releases first. Here’s Fox Sports with a look at its ratings for the Great American Race. VIEWERS TUNE IN TO EPIC DAYTONA 500 ON FOX Total Audience Up +14% Over 2009 New York – Almost 30 million […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/9/2010
I have previews of three sports programs you can watch in case you’re not a Lost fan. MLB Network has an interesting interview with Willie Mays tonight. HALL OF FAMER WILLIE MAYS OPENS UP TO BOB COSTAS ON MLB NETWORK FOR A RARE SIT-DOWN INTERVIEW New episode of Studio 42 with Bob Costas airs Tuesday, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/30/2010
I have some releases for next week’s programming so instead of letting them pile up and take up space in the Fang’s Bites inbox, let’s post them now so I can free up room. I’ll begin with ESPN2’s season premiere of NASCAR Now on Monday. ESPN2’s NASCAR Now Returns Feb. 1 Daily NASCAR News Program […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/25/2010
I have a ton of press releases to post and little time to do them so I’ll get to them while I can. Beginning with ESPN, it premieres “Campus Connection Week”, a series of college basketball games that gives viewers the opportunity to see what life is like on college campuses. ESPNU Campus Connection Week […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/20/2009
This just in from HBO, we find that there were about one and a quarter million purchases for last week’s Manny Pacquaio-Miguel Cotto fight. We have the announcement from the fine people at HBO Sports. PACQUIAO-COTTO REGISTERS 1.25 MILLION PAY-PER-VIEW BUYS Nov. 20, 2009 – NEW YORK — HBO Sports reported today that 1.25 million […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/19/2009
The stuff is hitting the fan work wise so I’m doing these links now while I can. I may not be able to do the megalinks on Friday. Keep your Twitter and RSS feeds updated. USA Today’s Michael McCarthy writes about the NFL trying to crack down on extended tailgating in hopes of curbing drunkenness. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/12/2009
I have a couple of releases for you before I do the regular stuff for today. These are quotes and notes from NBA TV’s Fan Night on Tuesday. Notes from NBA TV’s Fan Night – Tuesday, November 10, 2009 Denver Nuggets (90) @ Chicago Bulls (89) Voting is open on NBA.com for next week’s Fan […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/7/2009
Saturday night is a busy night for fight fans whether it be boxing or mixed martial arts. Starting with HBO Sports and its World Championship Boxing card. HBO SPORTS® PRESENTS A LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT REMATCH WHEN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING®: CHAD DAWSON VS. GLEN JOHNSON II AND ALFREDO ANGULO VS. HARRY JOE YORGEY IS SEEN LIVE SATURDAY, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/31/2009
Ok, these don’t fall into any one particular category. They’re just previewing weekend programming so let’s get to them without further delay. First, HBO airs the second installment of 24/7 Pacquaio/Cotto, late night tonight. 24/7 PACQUIAO/COTTO OCT. 31 EPISODE Episode #2: Debut: SATURDAY, OCT. 31 (11:00-11:30 p.m. ET/PT) Leaving the chaos of the typhoon-ravaged Philippines, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/19/2009
The morning is wrapping up, but already, we have some good release action for you this morning. I’ll do the Monday releases first, then post a few releases leftover from last week that can still be posted. So let’s get to them and then I’ll do linkage for you. First, TNT and PGA.com will offer […]
