0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/29/2013
Once again, NBC Sports Group will provide blanket coverage of the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs. The networks of NBC will have every game of the playoffs. NBC, NBC Sports Network, CNBC and NHL Network will be involved in the first two rounds of the playoffs. Then NBC and NBC Sports Network will combine for the […]
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Now that the National Hockey League regular season is over, it’s time to post the schedules for each series. In the first round, local regional sports networks can air playoff games. Only NBC games are exclusive in the United States, while in Canada, the playoffs are split between CBC and TSN. Playoff games in the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/17/2013
We have a couple of videos for you of the scene at TD Garden in Boston. These occurred before the game between the Buffalo Sabres and Boston Bruins, the first sporting event in the city since the Boston Marathon bombing that killed three people. On the video screen above the ice, the Bruins played this […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/15/2013
In the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings, Jim Cornelison, the awesome National Anthem singer from Chicago, stirred the United Center crowd just before tonight’s Dallas-Blackhawks game. It still gives me goosebumps. Your browser does not support iframes. Tremendous stuff.
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/8/2013
I received this from NBC Sports Network today touting its viewership in the first quarter of 2013. The release states that viewing of the network is up 14% across the board as compared to this time last year. Thanks to live NHL programming for most of the quarter, NBCSN has seen a 14% rise in […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/7/2013
Thanks to the NHL Lockout, the planned NHL Winter Classic at the Big House in Ann Arbor, MI was scrapped. Well, now that the NHL has some labor peace, the league has announced that the Winter Classic originally planned for this year will now be played on January 1, 2014 in Ann Arbor with the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/28/2013
Wednesday’s blood rivalry game between the Montreal Canadiens and Boston Bruins that ended in a 6-5 shootout win for the Habs, drew pretty good numbers for the NBC Sports Network. The cable home of the National Hockey League saw a 0.48 household rating and an average of 773,000 viewers for the game. Viewership peaked at […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/27/2013
The NHL which is back with a vengeance in the ratings both nationally and regionally. It’s as if people have totally forgotten about the lockout. Tonight, NBC Sports Network airs one of the biggest rivalries not only in the NHL, but in sports as the Boston Bruins host the Montreal Canadiens at 7:30 p.m. It’s […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/9/2013
CBC paid tribute to Canadian treasure Stompin’ Tom Connors tonight just before Hockey Night in Canada. This week, Tom died at the age of 77 of natural causes. His “The Hockey Song” is beloved by fans everywhere. And the man truly loved Canada. Very nice open by CBC and well done. Perfect. We’ll miss you, […]
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I haven’t done a post like this in a very long time. Viewers take watching sports for granted. We watch the games in high definition or some cases, 3-D, get instant replays, we can rewind plays instantly on our DVR’s, know how far a team has to go in order to get a first down, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/6/2013
If you don’t who Stompin’ Tom Connors is, then you’re not a hockey fan. Stompin’ Tom made the second most famous hockey song after the Hockey Night in Canada Theme which is now simply known as the Hockey Theme. Tom wrote and sang “The Hockey Song.” It’s been used in countless videos and has become […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/5/2013
On my way to New York for the Fox Sports 1 unveiling and I’m going to try to do some links with the limited wifi that Amtrak has provided. It’s not the best, but it’ll do for what I need today. Let’s begin with Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch who along with Matt Yoder from Awful […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/28/2013
Starting tonight, NHL Network gets busy and airs a host of games through Monday. NHL Network has single games tonight, Friday, Sunday and Monday. And then on Saturday, the first time it’s ever aired four games including simulcasting three from CBC. This marks the first time in a while that NHL Network has decided to […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/27/2013
Let’s do some linkage while I have some time. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand notes NBC’s hiring of Tiger Woods pal Notah Begay to its golf team. He replaces Dottie Pepper who went to the PGA of America. Sports Business Journal’s John Ourand profiles ESPN PR pioneer Rosa Gatti who is retiring from the network after […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/25/2013
Let’s get cracking on some fresh content on this Monday afternoon. Plenty of stuff to go over. Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch’s Monday column discusses Baltimore Ravens safety Ed Reed reporting on the Red Carpet at The Oscars and reviews Fox’s Daytona 500 coverage. The man who started SportsGrid, ABC News legal analyst Dan Abrams, the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/24/2013
Saturday was certainly the interesting day in sports with two sports outside of the major four dominating headlines. Let’s go over them in bullet form. In what normally is the start of NASCAR’s Nationwide Series became the sports and also news story of the first part of Saturday when a crash at Drive4COPD at Daytona […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/21/2013
Let’s provide a few items that need to be recognized on this busy Thursday in sports. Updated the Viewing Picks to include Entertainment, MMA, NASCAR and the revised start time for the WGC Match Play Championships. I work over an hour compiling the viewing picks for you, so peruse them and let me know that […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/20/2013
In lieu of linkage which has been sorely lacking, my sincere apologies, I give a sports media notebook which includes some links for you. Life has gotten in the way and you’ve responded by not visiting the site. It tells me you want fresh content so I’ll do my best to provide that to you […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/17/2013
As the late Bob Johnson used to say, “It’s a great day for hockey.” As it’s cold in the Northeast and it snowed in Southern New England, it’s certainly is a great day for hockey. And to celebrate the sport, the NBC Sports Group, the NHL and USA Hockey have declared today as Hockey Day […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/12/2013
I don’t know when NESN installed a camera in its TD Garden broadcast booth, but this is genius. Tonight was a perfect opportunity for NESN to unveil the Jack Edwards Cam during a Boston Bruins battle against the New York Rangers. While the Blue Shirts won in a shootout, it reached an extra session and […]
