0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/21/2007
Let’s give you some links before the weekend officially arrives. Randell Mell of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel says the Big Ten Network chose the right year to launch. Scott Pierce of the Deseret (UT) News says TV is a major reason for a conference to expand and it’s not a good enough reason for the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/20/2007
Finished my work over at the jobsite so it’s time to provide you with some links. Over to the SOX & Dawgs site which has a petition seeking to have Glenn Geffner removed from the Red Sox Radio booth. CNBC’s Darren Rovell has a story on Dale Earnhardt, Jr. who yesterday announced his new number […]
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As I’m watching the Red Sox collapse in the American League East, I’ll give you an update tonight. What happened to LC and the 38Cliches blog this past week has started me on a massive backup of this site. I’ve already started up a mirror site at WordPress so if I lose this, I’ll be […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/17/2007
Let’s give you some links on this Monday afternoon. Starting with the Capital Times from Wisconsin, Jeff Richgels writes that DirecTV is going to add the High Definition feeds of the Big Ten Network, NFL Network and FSN Wisconsin by the end of this year. The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that ESPN2 will pick up […]
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Time to give you some links on this Monday morning. USA Today’s Michael McCarthy says the Cameragate story isn’t over until the media says it is. That’s true, unfortunately. Phil Mushnick in the New York Post says the lawsuit against Isiah Thomas and Madison Square Garden is forcing the defendants to say, “We’re really lousy […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/16/2007
Yesterday, I was in New York to support Taiwan’s entry into the United Nations. Before I get into the links, let me thank the Taiwanese-American Association of New York and New Jersey for organizing the rally in Dag Hammerskold Plaza at the UN, then the New York Police Department for helping us out during our […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/13/2007
Well, not really late, but I’m trying to be short with the titles of the entries, unless it’s really, really important. Time for the links on this Thursday afternoon. Newsday’s Neil Best continues to post pictures of women on his blog entries. He explains that the pictures are tasteful and are mostly relevant to his […]
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Time for links today. Holly Sanders of the New York Post notes that the NFL won the Sunday ratings in the city, but the U.S. Open did well in its timeslot beating baseball and golf. The BBC has signed a deal with the NFL to broadcast Super Bowl XLII and XLIII plus, it will show […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/12/2007
Time for a few links this afternoon. Newsday’s Neil Best wonders who will have the last laugh, ESPN’s Chris Mortensen who says Giants QB Eli Manning will miss up to a month with an injured right shoulder or the Giants who say he may miss one or two games at the most. Manning had said […]
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On this Wednesday, there’s a lot of talk about the silly Cameragate thing. I’m not condoning the New England Patriots’ use of a video camera to tape the Jets’ defensive signals. But for a lot of teams to use this “holier than thou” attitude is just ridiculous. Other teams have done this, they just haven’t […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/11/2007
I’ll give you a few links this afternoon. First, an excellent entry by Paulsen from the Sports Media Watch blog on the 6th Anniversary of 9/11 and its impact on sports. In his Morning Buzz blog, John Ryan of the San Jose Mercury News reviews the ESPN Mike Greenberg/Mike Golic/Mike Ditka team that did the […]
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Tuesday morning and I’m trying to get some links in from home before heading to a meeting at 10 a.m. Checking the sports weekend ratings, Michael Hiestand of USA Today has his take on some of the events. Paulsen of the Sports Media Watch has an in-depth look at the ratings. A couple of things […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/10/2007
Let’s start off with more stuff from Neil Best of Newsday who wants everyone to know he’s back. When I published my first entry today, he had 10 entries. As of 2:25 p.m. ET, he has 23. The man is a blogging machine! He did break some news with the fact that WFAN has renewed […]
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You had a feeling that we would hear the return of John Dennis & Gerry Callahan on WEEI today and that’s exactly what happened. Usually, I don’t have WEEI on my clock radio first thing, but I made sure it was on just to make sure I would be able to hear them. Lo and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/9/2007
Let’s do some links for you today as we get ready for NFL Week 1. Bob Raissman of the New York Daily News goes off on the network studio analysts who criticized NBC’s Tiki Barber who criticized his former coach and team during the preseason. Raissman notes the only person defending Barber was his studio-mate, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/8/2007
You might be wondering why I’m thanking Chris Pursell. He’s the Deputy Editor of TV Week and has just recently started a blog on the sports media. I’ve linked to him since he began his “Pressbox” blog and he has linked to this site in his latest entry defending the right of Tiki Barber to […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/7/2007
It’s Friday and it’s the day when the contracts for WEEI’s John Dennis and Gerry Callahan expire. So what happens now? Today, it was Bob Halloran and Steve Burton co-hosting in D&C’s place. Will Dennis and Callahan return on Monday in time for the first regular season Patriots Monday? Or will we hear another rotation […]
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As I recorded the Appalachian State-Michigan game off the Big Ten Network, listened to the Red Sox off the internet and kept tabs of the Indy-Saints game from NFL Gamecenter, plus occasionally surfing to US Open.org, this has turned into one of the busier nights in sports of the year. Let’s do some links for […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/6/2007
Here are some more links for you. Jim Williams in his Watch This! blog at Examiner.com has highlights of a conference call conducted by the NBC Sunday Night Football crew. Maury Brown of the Biz of Football website has an interview with CNBC’s Darren Rovell. Darren has a story on the NFL’s two most marketable […]
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Time to give you some links on this Thursday. On WEEI, it was WBZ-TV’s Bob Lobel and Steve Burton filling in for Dennis & Callahan once again. Tomorrow is the day when D&C’s contracts expire. On this opening night of the NFL season, Susan Bickelhaupt of the Boston Globe talks with CBS’ Dan Dierdorf and […]
