0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/25/2007
Here to provide you some links before I give you the Weekend Viewing Choices. Barry Horn of the Dallas Morning News says with fantasy football so popular, why don’t we have a fantasy draft for broadcasters so each team can have play-by-play and analysis? Um, no. In the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Dan Caesar has some […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/24/2007
My computer has been slow as molasses this afternoon and this is despite rebooting it several times. So this update may be short and I’ll give a full-fledged update tonight. Let’s start with some press releases from CBS Sports. First, the network televises its final NFL exhibition game tonight (New England at Carolina) and in […]
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I briefly checked WEEI this morning to listen to Dan Patrick and he was good as usual. Teamed with Tom Curran of NBC Sports.com and unfortunately, Jon Meterperel, Dan was very good interacting with callers and his co-hosts. Only one week removed from leaving ESPN Radio, there certainly is no rust on Dan. He’s a […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/23/2007
Let’s check the links for this afternoon. With the launch of the Big Ten Network a week away, the channel says it’s “100% confident” it will not be on Comcast. So, that means fans of Michigan, Ohio State, Indiana, Purdue and Penn State won’t be able to see the season openers of their schools next […]
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Let’s check out the links for today. The Big Ten Network and Mediacom Cable are denying reports that a deal has been struck to have the channel carried in Iowa, but Scott Dochterman of the Iowa City Gazette reports that a source is saying that a deal is done. However, the story is different in […]
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Some interesting stuff happening tonight. Let’s start with some news other than the sports media. Patriots QB Tom Brady is welcoming a son into the world. Former girlfriend Bridget Moynahan gave birth tonight. Brady left practice today and flew out to Los Angeles to be with Moynahan. It’s not known if he made it in […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/22/2007
Here are a few more links for you before I head home. The Sports Media Watch blog says ESPN will continue to cover David Beckham like a rock star. Heavy hitters Bob Ley (who did play-by-play for the World Cup in the 1980’s for ESPN) and Lisa Salters have been added to Thursday’s LA Galaxy-Chivas […]
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Middle of the week and time for some links for you. Lots of good stuff today. Let’s start with the Dennis & Callahan contract situation. Notice I’m no longer putting the lockout, holdout, whatever it is in the headline. Jessica Heslam of the Boston Herald writes in her Messenger blog that D & C did […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/21/2007
Nothing new to report on the WEEI front. If D & C return, we’ll let you know. Let’s go to the links. Mike Vaccaro of the New York Post remembers the broadcast voices of past and pays homage to those of the present. Bob Raissman in today’s New York Daily News says it was nice […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/20/2007
It’s Monday, August 20 and our friends, John Dennis & Gerry Callahan are still out from WEEI, termed a “vacation” by the station’s public relations firm. Sitting in for D & C today were FSN New England’s Greg Dickerson and Fox 25’s Butch Sterns. And it was the first Patriots Monday for the station. Dickerson […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/19/2007
We’ll probably find out tomorrow regarding the Dennis & Callahan lockout from WEEI. With their hopes of a competing regional network dashed, I’m thinking D & C are probably going to re-sign with Entercom. Stay tuned. Let’s get to some links for you. Jim Williams of the DC/Baltimore Examiner in his Watch This! blog has […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/18/2007
Let’s give you some links here before giving you the Weekend Viewing Choices. I will be out all day tomorrow so the next time I update the blog after the viewing picks will be Sunday morning. Since I couldn’t do it this afternoon, Neil Best of Newsday recaps the final hour of Dan Patrick’s show […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/17/2007
Day 5 of the WEEI/Dennis & Callahan lockout. It appears that there’s no end in sight to this. Over at Boston Sports Media Watch, David Scott says WEEI’s parent company, Entercom has trumped John Dennis & Gerry Callahan and their options are for the most part, limited except for a return to WEEI. Jessica Heslam […]
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Late Thursday, Entercom announced that it had entered with a partnership with Nassau Broadcasting to set up what? A regional sports network, the same thing reported by both David Scott of Boston Sports Media Watch.com and the Boston Herald. Scott has the latest details in this crazy story. This certainly weakens the bargaining chip for […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/16/2007
Let’s give you a few things on this Thursday afternoon. First, Dan Patrick has launched a website that includes a couple of videos of him around the house and a blog. Dan says he will let his fans know when and where he will be (Content Factory sometime in September). I will blog Dan’s final […]
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Thursday morning and if it’s WEEI, it must mean Day 4 of the D & C Lockout and we get more interesting developments with each passing day. Let’s give credit where credit is due. Boston Sports Media Watch has been following this story very closely. Website owner Bruce Allen and David Scott have both been […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/15/2007
I had to go to a meeting earlier today so there were no links, but I’m back now so let’s go to it. I’ll have more on the Dennis & Callahan lockout further down in this entry. Earlier today, Fox Sports had a webcast of its NFL seminar featuring its Sunday pre-game crew of host […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/14/2007
Some more stuff for you on this Tuesday. Jim Williams of the DC/Baltimore Examiner likes the teaming of Tony Kornheiser and Ron Jaworski in the ESPN Monday Night Football booth. Neil Best in his Newsday Watchdog blog agrees with Williams’ assessment. I didn’t see it because the power in my house went out due to […]
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I turned on WEEI this morning to see if the contract dispute between the radio station and morning show hosts Dennis & Callahan had been settled and in D & C’s place were John Rooke and Larry Johnson. I’ve worked with Rooke and he’s good as usual. There’s a reason why Larry is usually on […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/13/2007
Let’s start with USA Today and Michael Hiestand. He writes about CBS focusing its PGA Championship coverage on Tiger Woods especially during the 4th round on Sunday. The man was leading and the margin did go from 5 shots to 1 at one point. It’s understandable. In the New York Post, Phil Mushnick goes after […]
