0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/15/2011
I’m going to try to do some Sunday links and write my Sunday thoughts later. Usually, it’s been one or the other, but I’m hoping to get both done today. Linkage first and let’s get to it. I didn’t get to see this last night as I was at a wedding, but The Big Lead […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/14/2011
Real Sports has four segments, three new and one update. One of particular interest will be a profile on Milwaukee Brewers radio voice Bob Uecker. Uecker is one of the funniest men in baseball and of course, known for his role in the Major League movies (announcer Harry Doyle). The update will be Donald Trump’s […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/11/2011
On this Wednesday, it’s time to provide some linkage. Some stuff to get to. Let’s not delay any further. Steve Wieberg of USA Today writes that the NCAA spent a lot of money to protect the March Madness™ trademark. Michael Hiestand of USA Today looks at Gus Johnson leaving CBS for Fox Sports. Eben Novy-Williams […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/9/2011
This weekend was a very lost weekend for me and for you on the blog as I was unable to do anything either Saturday and Sunday. I attended a groundbreaking ceremony on Saturday in Massachusetts and that took most of the day, then I went to a sports bar that night to see the Manny […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/6/2011
Earlier today, there was story surfacing from a boxing site that longtime HBO Sports President Ross Greenburg was fired and was going to be replaced by Yahoo Americas boss Ross Levinsohn. This story had sports media reporters scrambling to see if this was true. When I went to Google News and other sites to check, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/3/2011
From NFL Films, we learn that the organization takes home another five Emmys. Most of them were combined with work done for HBO and the other for NFL Network. We look at the NFL Films press release. NFL FILMS’ “HARD KNOCKS” LEADS NFL MEDIA TO FIVE SPORTS EMMY AWARDS “HARD KNOCKS” WINS RECORD THREE EMMYS […]
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HBO Sports won seven Sports Emmy Awards including Outstanding Sports Documentary for Lombardi, Outstanding Sports Journalism for Real Sports, three for Hard Knocks on the New York Jets and one for Outstanding Edited Sports Special for 24/7: Penguins-Capitals. Some good stuff for HBO which continues to get awards for its long-form programming. HBO SPORTS® TAKES […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/2/2011
Ok, I’ve listed the winners in the Sports Emmy Awards. Now time to list the people who were part of the productions that won. First, the breakdown of the networks that won awards tonight. HBO and NBC won the most awards tied with 7 as 2010 was an Olympic year. Turner Sports was shut out. […]
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I’ll be posting the Sports Emmy Awards as they’re being handed out. I’m not there, but thanks to live tweets from ESPN public relations maven Josh Krulewitz and Sports Business Journal’s John Ourand, I’ll be posting the awards as I get them. As I begin this post, some awards have already been handed out including […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/19/2011
I did not see this press release until just now and I’m going to post it in advance of tonight’s ending of Real Sports which I have yet to see. Here’s what Bryant has to say about college football and the corrupt state the sport is in currently. BRYANT GUMBEL CLOSING COMMENTARY REAL SPORTS WITH […]
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I need to get these up quickly as the NBC/NHL conference call will occur at 1 p.m. today. I won’t be able to monitor it, but I do hope to provide details as they become available. Lots of links to get to. The major news of the day thus far is NBC’s renewal of its […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/15/2011
On Saturday, HBO will carry two fights as part of its World Championship Boxing card. BRIGHT YOUNG STARS TAKE THE SPOTLIGHT IN THE HBO SPORTS® DOUBLEHEADER WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING®: ANDRE BERTO VS. VICTOR ORTIZ AND AMIR KHAN VS. PAUL MCCLOSKEY,PRESENTED SATURDAY, APRIL 16 ON HBO HBO Sports spotlights some of the sweet science’s brightest young […]
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On Tuesday, HBO’s sports newsmagazine, Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel returns with an all-new edition. It also marks the return of investigative reporter Armen Keteyian to the show. Three new segments plus an update. Let’s look at what stories Real Sports will provide this month. REAL SPORTS WITH BRYANT GUMBEL PROFILES PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES ALL-STAR SHORTSTOP […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/11/2011
Award-winning investigative reporter Armen Keteyian is going back to HBO’s Real Sports to do the hard-hitting features that he became known for from 1997 through 2006. For the last five years, Keteyian has been the Chief Investigative Reporter for CBS News and he’ll continue to report for CBS. However, Armen now will have the freedom […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/29/2011
Thanks to the server host getting a Denial of Service attack last night, Fang’s Bites has been down for most of the day. Not happy for not being able to blog for most of the day, although I’m back up for now. I apologize for the inconvenience. I’ll give you linkage now and hope you’ll […]
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As I’ve been dealing with a Denial of Service attack that hit the server where this site is hosted, I try to provide some things and hope things get back to normal. I thank you for your patience. This is from HBO Sports and concerns Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel which airs Wednesday and will […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/24/2011
This Saturday, HBO’s Boxing After Dark program returns to the airwaves this Saturday. We learned earlier this week that former Showtime ShoBox announcer Nick Charles will call the first fight on the card. You may know that Nick is suffering from cancer and this will most likely be the last fight on which he will […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/22/2011
Let’s do some linkage while I still can on this Tuesday. Lots of stuff to get to provided I don’t get interrupted. Mike McCarthy of USA Today writes about Louisville coach Rick Pitino making the media rounds this week. I may have linked to this so if I have already, I apologize. Nate Davis of […]
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Let’s look at the breakdown of nominations by network and then by series. We have the numbers for you. 32nd Annual Sports Emmy Award Nominations by Network Network Nominations ESPN 36 HBO 22 NBC 20 CBS 17 ABC 13 FOX 12 ESPN2 9 MLB Network 7 TNT 6 NFL Network 4 Showtime 4 DIRECTV 2 […]
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The Sports Emmy Nominations are out. Just released by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The awards will be handed on May 2 at Lincoln Center in New York. Our list of nominees is below. Best Play-by-play has the usual suspects, last year’s winner Jim Nantz, Al Michaels, Joe Buck, even Bob Costas, […]
