0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/2/2011
This week, Golf Channel will have live four round coverage of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational from the Firestone Country Club in Akron, OH. This week’s coverage signifies the return of Tiger Woods to the PGA Tour after he took time off for his knee injury. In this tournament, he guaranteed to play in all four rounds. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/31/2011
Ok, I have some free time to do some linkage now. I was hoping to get this posted in the morning, but recently, weekends have become busier than my workweek. I really don’t understand how this happened. However, with the next few hours free, I should be able to give you some good posts here. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/30/2011
Today and tomorrow, CBS Sports continues its coverage of the PGA Tour with The Greenbrier Classic live from the Old White course in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. Jim Nantz is back on board after a week off and he’ll lead the action along with analyst Nick Faldo. We have your press release from CBS […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/27/2011
On Tuesday, I did the links in the evening, but today, the linkage is coming out early. Let’s get to them. Michael Hiestand of USA Today writes that Fox plans to use its college football sideline reporter more as an analyst on the field, rather than give injury updates. To the Wall Street Journal where […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/20/2011
Golf Channel has coverage of four tournaments from four separate tours. Golf Channel will be live from the the PGA Tour’s Canadian Open and have taped coverage of the LPGA Evian Masters which will become a major on the tour in 2013. We have details of what will be aired starting Thursday. Golf Channel Live […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/9/2011
The PGA on CBS stops in Silvis, IL for the John Deere Classic. CBS will have live weekend coverage starting at 3 p.m. Eastern today and tomorrow. Jim Nantz has a rare week off. Unlike Joe Buck, Jim works most of the PGA Tour events and works about 48 weekends a year. Jim will be […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/6/2011
Golf Channel has three live tournaments from three PGA Tours. Let’s take a look at what you’ll see starting Thursday on Golf Channel. Golf Channel Live Tournament Coverage: July 7-10 Open Champion Oosthuizen Tunes up for Title Defense at John Deere Classic Donald, Westwood and Mickelson Headline Strong Field at Barclays Scottish Open Forty-Seven First […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/30/2011
Trying to squeeze linkage in while I can. This won’t be a full set of links. I will do the megalinks tomorrow, but today will be a quickie links day. Michael Hiestand of USA Today reports that the ratings for the USA-North Korea game in the Women’s World Cup drew decently for ESPN. Todd Spangler […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/29/2011
Golf Channel has four live tournaments, the Champions Tour, the European PGA, the PGA Tour and the USGA Women’s Amateur and Women’s Amateur Public Links. It’s all quite busy for Golf Channel so let’s take a look at when these tournaments will air. Golf Channel Live Tournament Coverage: June 30-July 3 Four-Round Coverage of AT&T […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/23/2011
This Golf Channel press release has been coming too few and far between lately. This used to come every Wednesday and I would try to post this before the golf tournaments began on Thursday. However, this release came this afternoon after two tournaments started airing. But out of loyalty to the good people at the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/5/2011
Let’s do some linkage on this lazy Sunday. Kari Lipschutz of Adweek writes that it’s a photo finish in the race to the US rights to the 2014/16 Olympics. Rachel Cohen of the Associated Press looks into the Olympic bidding. David Lieberman and Patrick Hipes at Deadline wonder what losing the Olympics could mean to […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/25/2011
Time for the mid-week links. Lots of stuff to get to. Michael Hiestand of USA Today looks at the ratings from some of the events held this past weekend. Michael says networks may have to scramble to fill holes if the NFL lockout extends into October and November. Brian Lowry at Fox Sports wonders if […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/13/2011
Now that I’ve learned that I don’t have to travel in between two offices today, I’ll do some megalinks for you. You can check out the Weekend Sports and Primetime Viewing Picks here. Now to your links. National Michael Hiestand of USA Today talks with TNT’s Steve Kerr on the similarities he sees between the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/11/2011
Golf Channel and NBC Sports are combining for 22 hours of coverage of golf’s “Fifth Major” as the PGA Tour shifts to Ponte Vedra, FL for the Players Championship. As usual, the tournament is played at TPC Sawgrass where the signature hole is the 17th island green where so many golfers have had their hopes […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/9/2011
Starting tonight, the Golf Channel will have programming devoted to The Players Championship, also known as “Golf’s Fifth Major”. Coverage begins with a one hour Golf Central at 6 and will last all week through Sunday’s final round. Of course, Golf Channel will have extensive live 1st and 2nd round coverage Thursday and Friday before […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/3/2011
At the Sports Emmy Awards, CBS Sports bagged six Sports Emmy Awards including a new trophy for Outstanding Playoff Coverage for the NCAA Tournament. Two features from CBS’ Super Bowl XLIV coverage also received Emmys. CBS SPORTS WINS SIX EMMY AWARDS NCAA Tournament, Super Bowl XLIV, Golf and U.S. Open Tennis Championships Garner Honors for […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/13/2011
Golf Channel is busy this week with coverage of four tournaments. The only tour not in action this weekend will be the LPGA. Everyone else will be busy including the PGA Tour which will be in San Antonio for the Texas Open. Let’s see what else is on tap for Golf Channel and the schedule […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/30/2011
Golf Channel is going to be quite busy as it takes full four round coverage of the first LPGA Major tournament of the year, the LPGA Kraft Nabisco, better known to some as Dinah Shore Weekend. In addition, Golf Channel will be live for the PGA’s Houston Open. Golf Channel will also carry live coverage […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
NBC Sports which had golf covered for the entire Florida swing now goes to Houston to cover this week’s stop and it will be the last for the NBC Mothership for a while. CBS takes over with The Masters® next week, then goes for several weeks straight with the PGA Tour. NBC’s sister network, The […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/27/2011
Let’s provide some links on this Sunday. Original plans to go to work have been scrapped leaving me free to do links which is good for you. I certainly hope you had a chance to read my Sunday thoughts which I hope to make a weekly feature here at Fang’s Bites. Here are the links. […]
