0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/24/2008
After getting stuck trying to get some paperwork done (sometimes work gets in the way of blogging), I can provide you with some links. Once again, I’ve been enjoying Wimbledon online. Whether you watch from ESPN360 or Mediazone or various backdoor sites, it has been fun to watch. The big test will be in August […]
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Let’s give you some links this evening. First, from Neil Best of Newsday, he has transcribed what Chris Russo of WFAN said to open the Mike & the Mad Dog show today. Russo responds to Neil’s story that Mike & the Mad Dog could split up by Labor Day. A.J. Daulerio of Deadspin says Don […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/22/2008
Time to give you some links today and coming up later will be a look at the Week Ahead. We begin with a story from Newsday’s Neil Best that is really causing some reaction on the blogosphere. Neil breaks news in his Sunday column that the most successful show in the history of sports radio, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/21/2008
Time to give you some links on this Saturday. Linkage doesn’t rest for the weekend. Alan Pergament of the Buffalo News writes that golf’s ratings will suffer without Tiger Woods, but they won’t fall off the earth. But Ken Schott of the Schenectady Gazette feels viewers won’t be drawn to their TV sets without Tiger […]
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Ok, so this is way after 9 p.m., but at least I’m here doing the links on a Friday night for you. As usual, we preview the weekend viewing. Weekend Viewing Picks This is one of those lazy weekends where there are a lot of events, but not a lot of buzz as we have […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/19/2008
After leaving major cable subscribers in the dark during its initial season, the Big Ten Network has finally reached a deal with Comcast, meaning viewers in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin will start to see the channel on August 15. Here’s the press release from the Big Ten Network. However, the deal is […]
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I have to be at a jobsite today so I’m going to give you the links and primetime & late night viewing picks. Awful Announcing has the news of Milwaukee Brewers radio voice Bob Uecker’s yacht being damaged by a freighter yesterday. No one was on board the yacht at the time of the accident. […]
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Just when you think it’s safe to be free from linkage, you get some more. You know that game show Wipeout ABC was promoting during the NBA Finals? The show looks like a ripoff of Ninja Warrior on G4. Well, Awful Announcing has discovered who the host will be. The one good thing is the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/18/2008
Let’s give you some links on this Wednesday. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand says the U.S. Open 18 hole playoff drew a lot of traffic to the internet. And Michael lists the TV network options for Michael Strahan who could be signed as early as one week. Neil Best of Newsday has a special bonus Wednesday […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/17/2008
We have a wide range of links today. Let’s start with Michael Hiestand of USA Today who looks over the ratings of selected events from the weekend. Newsday’s Neil Best feels NBC came through during its coverage of the U.S. Open. In his blog, Neil says he was impressed with one of Johnny Miller’s first-guesses […]
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Because I had to cut my last entry short, I will give you some more links tonight. ESPN outlines its coverage for Wimbledon which will start later this month. Take some time and read The Biz of Baseball’s State of Major League Baseball 2008 authored by various writers, authors, bloggers and baseball execs. If you […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/16/2008
Well, it was Father’s Day yesterday and it was time to take dad out for lunch. I was out of the house for most of the day which meant I could not blog yesterday, but I’m back now and let’s get to the links. Michael Hiestand of USA Today says putting the U.S. Open in […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/11/2008
I hope you’re treating your mom to a nice lunch or dinner today. As we get to our links, don’t forget who helped to put you into this world. Of course, we’ll remember dad next month too. He had a role as well. Getting to our links, Bob Raissman of the New York Daily News […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/6/2008
I’ll give you some linkage here as I watch the Red Sox-Tigers game. Richard Deitsch of Sports Illustrated has his media power rankings for April and he has some thoughts on the Costas Now muscle-tuscle between author Buzz Bissinger and Deadspin’s Will Leitch. Three links to the Sports Media Watch. First, the SMW says Game […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/3/2008
I won’t be able to give you the Saturday links as usual this morning. I’m currently away and have had to leave the house early for a get-together. I’ll give you the links later today. As I celebrate the one year anniversary of the re-launch of this blog, I think back to some of the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/9/2008
Time to give you some midweek linkage. Starting with USA Today, Michael Hiestand writes that The Masters has reached the digital age with live streaming video on cell phones. Judd Zulgad of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune says ESPN promises not to go overboard when it airs The Masters starting today. Stan Awtrey in a story picked […]
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I’ll give you a few links this evening as I back up my computer. Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch has his Media Power Rankings for March. Christopher Byrne of Eye on Sports Media is advising fans to ease up on CBS Sports’ Billy Packer for his declaring that the Kansas-North Carolina NCAA Men’s Tournament National Semifinal […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/25/2008
It may be early for baseball to open the season, but there’s always something special about Opening Day. For Red Sox fans, it means hope springs eternal, but having won two Championships over the last four years, it’s a different feeling. I would have liked to have a quickie review of what ESPN2 and NESN […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/13/2008
After seeing Georgetown-Villanova in the Big East Tournament earlier today, I’m now watching NC State-Miami (FL) in the ACC Tournament. I’m not watching the games off ESPN360, but from another site, but I’m not going to say which one. If you really need to know, you can try to e-mail me and if I’m in […]
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Let’s get to the links. Last night, I somehow got hooked into watching the Big Brother Head of Household competition which stretched to about 1:20 a.m. I got out at 12:40 a.m. because I couldn’t take it anymore. Anyway, if you’re a BB fan, you can keep up to date at the Reality Fan Forum […]
