0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/2/2007
Time to give you a few links. Newsday had a special section congratulating WFAN on its 20th Anniversary. Included were a few stories. Neil Best chronicles the early days of the station until now. Best’s next story discusses how Suzyn Waldman (the first voice heard on the station) and Mike Francesca pursued jobs at the […]
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Back on a Monday as it’s a rather strange work week. 4th of July falls in the middle of the week. Some of you have the week off and I hope you have a good vacation. In any event, I will probably not have any entries on the holiday unless something breaks. Let’s get to […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/29/2007
Here’s some more links for you on this getaway Friday. Some of you have vacation next week as it’ll be the 4th of July. Best wishes to those who are off. Ok, let’s check out news about the Big Ten Network which is going on the offensive as we’re about two months from college football […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/28/2007
Let’s go over a few things today. For a Thursday, there are a lot of links. Let’s head over to the new NBA TV deal first. In an NBA notes report, Michael Hiestand in USA Today reports that the NBA TV deal with Disney/TNT is about a 20% increase from the current deal which expires […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/27/2007
Hello to you all. Sounds like the NBA is going to be announcing an eight year extension of its current agreement with Disney/TNT today. If you click on the link in the last sentence, Neil Best of Newsday says a conference call will be held later today. I’ll try to give a listen to it […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/26/2007
Doing some work and also keeping an eye on ESPN2’s Wimbledon coverage online. It’s nice to have live tennis. Also, when you have Dick Enberg, Patrick McEnroe, Cliff Drysdale, Pam Shriver, Mary Carillo, Chris Fowler, Mary Jo Fernandez and Luke Jensen, you have a very solid team. Plus, ESPN2 has been hitting all the major […]
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Tuesdays are never fun as it’s still early in the workweek and the weekend is not in sight. But still, there are links to get to.Sports Media Watch says WWE President Vince McMahon had to “return from the dead” on USA last night to announce the tragic death of wrestler Chris Benoit and his family. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/25/2007
Time to check out some updates from today. First, I’ve been checking ESPN2’s Wimbledon coverage through it’s broadband service, ESPN360 (only available through participating Internet Service Providers). Like the French Open, the first day has been plagued by rain. Unlike the Tennis Channel, which had to rely heavily on tapes of old matches, ESPN2 didn’t […]
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It’s never fun to be back at work after a weekend off, but it also means that we get to review the sports weekend. I saw bits and pieces of the USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships on NBC plus some of the College World Series on ESPN2. In my last post on Sunday, I […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/23/2007
I’m watching the NHL Entry Draft, something I forgot to put in the Primetime Viewing Choices for tonight. But, Versus has not done a good job in promoting the NHL and getting carriage so I simply forgot to list it. Anyway, thank goodness TSN is doing the coverage otherwise listening to Versus’ analysts might be […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/22/2007
I had to leave the office earlier today, but it’s time for one mega dose of links. After last week’s U.S. Open, this week is a bit tamer with Interleague baseball, the NASCAR race which will have a couple of firsts, the College World Series and golf in Hartford, CT. Let’s start with USA Today’s […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/21/2007
I’ve got my internet access back at work. Glad to be back and I’ll have the links for you this morning. When you don’t have internet access, you totally feel lost. Let’s get to the links now. It appears that the ESPN mini-series on the 1977 Yankees is getting a lot of play in New […]
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Tooling around the net this evening before I head out briefly. In his Newsday blog, Neil Best has Bryant Gumbel’s closing comments from tonight’s Real Sports. Remember when Gumbel blasted NFL Players Association Executive Director Gene Upshaw last year on the same program? Well, Gumbel is at it again, but this time for Upshaw’s refusal […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/19/2007
A few more links for you today. Media Life Magazine looks into the ratings for the U.S. Open. Writer Toni Fitzgerald says the ratings are of note because they beat even the NBA Finals. Mediaweek has a story on ESPN.com reaching out its tentacles to include video gaming on its site. Mediaweek also reports on […]
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Here we are. Second day of the workweek. Work does happen to get in the way sometimes, but time to give you some links. Richard Sandomir of the New York Times wonders why Alex Rodriguez has not been the subject of “Yankeeography” on the YES Network. The New York Daily News’ Bob Raissman praises SNY’s […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/18/2007
Back to work on Monday and one thing I noticed from the sports weekend. It seemed the networks did not want to compete with the U.S. Open on NBC. CBS Sports was mostly dark except for an America’s Cup recap late Sunday afternoon. ESPN decided not to feed ABC anything. No WNBA, no celebrity golf, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/15/2007
Back after having to fill in for someone. I’m back at work so I’ll give you some interesting tidbits I’ve come across. First, there was a rumor that Tony Kornheiser was a candidate to replace Don Imus on WFAN/CBS Radio. Second, that was not only a rumor, but there was interest on both sides. Third, […]
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I’ll do as many links as I can this morning. I do have to leave work today so I’ll give you as many as my time permits. First, USA Today, Fox and ESPN are talking with Major League Baseball about expanding their coverage when Barry Bonds gets closer to the all-time home run record. You […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/8/2007
On this Friday which for some reason seems to be dominated by Paris Hilton news, let’s provide some more links for you. Out to LA, not for the latest on Paris Hilton, but from Tom Hoffarth of the LA Daily News who has a review of the Ruffian movie that will air on ABC tomorrow […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/1/2007
Ok, new month. Let’s do the Friday links. Lots of them today as usual. Starting off with USA Today, Mike McCarthy has Fox’s Tim McCarver getting on the Yankees for not starting Roger Clemens against the Red Sox this weekend. I usually don’t like McCarver, but I do have to agree with him on this. […]
