0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/28/2007
Saturday, December 29UMBC at Ohio State – Big Ten Network – 11 a.m.Wisconsin at Texas – ESPN, noonKentucky vs. San Diego at Lexington, KY – ESPN2, 2 p.m.Tennessee at Gonzaga at Seattle – ESPN2, 4 p.m.Wisconsin-Green Bay at Michigan State – Big Ten Network, 4 p.m.Oklahoma vs. West Virginia at Charleston, WV – ESPN2, 6 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/27/2007
Time to give you your links for today. I’m sure there will be plenty of stuff on the NFL contracting Saturday’s Patriots-Giants game to CBS and NBC. Let’s get to them now. Darren Rovell of CNBC wonders who will win the ratings battle between CBS and NBC. Gary Mihoces of USA Today writes about the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/21/2007
Saturday, December 22Georgetown at Memphis – ESPN, noonCoppin State at Indiana – Big Ten Network, noonUCLA at Michigan – CBS, 2 p.m.Tennessee at Xavier – ESPN, 2 p.m.Florida at Ohio State – CBS, 4 p.m.Stanford vs. Texas Tech at Dallas – ESPN2, 4:30 p.m.Texas vs. Michigan State at Auburn Hills, MI – ESPN2, 6:30 p.m.Santa […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/20/2007
Let’s get to our links now. They’re delayed today plus I have to get a lot of work done. And the Friday megalinks will be delayed also. Joanne C. Gerstner of the Detroit News writes that there won’t be peace between the rival sports radio stations in 2008. Mel Bracht of The Daily Oklahoman talks […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/19/2007
Time to give you some links today. First, David Scott from the Boston Sports Media Watch talks about changes at the top of Comcast SportsNet New England, changes to the NCAA live blogging policy and rumored changes to the Patriots radio booth. Newsday’s Neil Best says his blog is part of a 64 sports blog […]
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A few things for you tonight. Sad news to report. Legendary Canadian announcer Don Chevrier who did work on ABC’s and NBC’s Olympics coverage as well as being the first Toronto Blue Jays TV announcer has passed away at the age of 69. William Houston of the Toronto Globe and Mail remembers his work. Peter […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/16/2007
Let’s give you some Sunday links today. We begin with Newsday’s Neil Best who writes about seeing NHL games online through its Center Ice package. In his blog, Neil talks more about Center Ice and why he likes to go off the beaten path in his columns. Interesting story from the Sports Media Watch blog […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/15/2007
Let’s give you our Saturday links as we in the Northeast prepare for the big storm on Sunday. Barry Horn of the Dallas Morning News writes about some shuffling of the NFL Network announcing team over the next few games and also talks with Fox’s Joe Buck. Jerry Garcia in the San Antonio Express-News reviews […]
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Saturday, December 15Oklahoma State at Pittsburgh – ESPN, noonTemple at Drexel – ESPNU, noonPresbyterian at Ohio State – Big Ten Network, noonUAB vs. Kentucky at Louisville, KY – ESPN, 2 p.m.Central Michigan at Michigan – Big Ten Network, 2 p.m.Arkansas at Oklahoma – ESPN2, 3 p.m.Louisville vs. Purdue at Indianapolis – CBS, 3:30 p.m.Xavier at […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/10/2007
Let’s give you an update for today. Neil Best of Newsday blogs that the Giants-Bills game was not chosen for primetime on December 23 and the Redskins-Vikings has been put on NBC in its place. Neil laments that WFAN’s Mike & the Mad Dog didn’t read his blog and yelled about putting the Packers-Bears in […]
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I know these are late, but because I was out for the day, I wasn’t able to get to them, but better late than never. We start with Newsday’s Neil Best who writes about former NFL player Bo Eason who has a one-man play off-Broadway. And Neil adds some stuff from his column in his […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/8/2007
A bit of snow covering the ground this morning. Not much as we got enough snow to wreak havoc on the afternoon commute on Friday, but as I look out my window, the snow actually leaves a pretty picture. Perhaps I’ll take one and post it here later. But first, time to give you some […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/7/2007
Saturday, December 8Arizona vs. Illinois at Chicago – ESPN, noonMichigan at Duke – CBS, 2 p.m.Depaul at Kansas – ESPN, 2 p.m.Dayton at Louisville – ESPN2, 2 p.m.Iowa at Iowa State – ESPNU, 2 p.m.Pittsburgh at Washington – FSN, 3 p.m.Kentucky at Indiana – CBS, 4 p.m.Purdue at Missouri – ESPN2, 4 p.m.Marquette at Wisconsin […]
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Time to do your Friday megalinks as usual. We always start with USA Today and Michael Hiestand who writes that ESPNU plans to use unpaid college students to produce games for the channel. That’s one way to cut costs. And here’s the Nation’s Newspaper’s listing of the weekend events . Today, we’ll start with the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/6/2007
Every year, sports media columnist Rudy Martzke of USA Today would hand out his silly “Rudys” to announcers and sports show he felt were the most deserving. I will not call my awards the “Fangies” or something stupid like that. I’m just going to say “Best”, “Worst” or create a category and that’s it. I […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/5/2007
I’ll give you some more links this afternoon. From USA Today, Jorge Ortiz writes about the increased profits for Major League Baseball Advanced Media which has grown by leaps and bounds since its inception in 2001. The Biz of Baseball which was quoted in the article also has its reaction. MLBAM has led all of […]
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I’d like to wish Happy Hanukkah to my Jewish visitors. Best of the Holidays to you. Let’s get to the links now. Michael Hiestand of USA Today writes about the new NBA policy of requiring coaches to be miked and do in-game interviews. As Hiestand says, not many coaches are happy about it. Neil Best […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/4/2007
The Patriots managed to hold on to beat the Ravens last night. Crazy game, but it marked the first time I really paid attention to a Monday Night Football telecast since ESPN took over last year. To be honest as an announcer, Tony Kornheiser is a very good writer. That means he shouldn’t quit his […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/1/2007
I’m watching the latest episode of The Amazing Race Asia 2 again so I can give you a good recap. Expect it to be up later tonight. First, it’s time for some links this morning. Starting with our weekly Saturday columns and Dan Caesar of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He writes that last week’s Kansas-Missouri […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/30/2007
Saturday, December 1Duke vs. Davidson at Charlotte, NC – ESPNU, noonUC-Riverside at Minnesota – Big Ten Network, 1 p.m.North Carolina at Kentucky – ESPN2, 2 p.m.Indiana State at Purdue – Big Ten Network, 3 p.m.UConn vs. Gonzaga at Boston, MA – ESPN, 3:30 p.m.Weber State at Illinois – Big Ten Network, 5 p.m.Washington at Oklahoma […]
