0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/9/2011
Too many things going on today both at work and in sports media. Trying to figure out a balance. I’ll do my best. We have some linkage for you. From Wayne Friedman of MediaPost, he hears from an ESPN executive who’s optimistic the network will have enough programming to survive a potential NFL lockout. USA […]
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As former soccer voice JP Dellacamera moves to Fox Soccer Channel, ESPN brings in another British voice to call soccer, this time promoting Adrian Healey to become the main play-by-play caller for Major League Soccer games. Adrian has experience calling MLS having been the voice for the New England Revolution on Fox Sports Net and […]
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We have the latest from Sports Illustrated on what’s in this week’s issue both in print and in its digital editions. DiMaggio’s Streak 70 Years Later: How He Persevered Through Relentless Heat and Pressure An Exclusive Excerpt from 56: Joe DiMaggio and the Last Magic Number in Sports Measuring the “Gross Football Product” of the […]
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Starting on Thursday, the NBC Sports Group will be all over the second leg of the PGA Tour’s Florida Swing, airing the WGC-Cadillac Championship at the TPC Blue Monster at Doral in Miami, FL. The world’s top 50 players will be on hand. Golf Channel will have weekday coverage and also lead into NBC’s coverage […]
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Two of the bigger early Spring tennis tournaments will take place this month, the ones known as the “Fifth Slam” at Indian Wells, CA and Miami, FL. Starting this Saturday, Tennis Channel will air extensive coverage of the men’s and women’s singles from the tournament at Indian Wells beginning with live coverage of the second […]
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If you’ve never heard of the Miley Collection, then you’re probably not a fan of historic radio and TV sports calls. For those of us who have heard of it, it’s a vast treasure trove of sports broadcasting, featuring rare radio and TV calls of some of the greatest moments in US sports history. Starting […]
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College Basketball men’s Big East Tournament, New York, NY 2nd round Georgetown vs. UConn – ESPN/ESPN 3D, noon St. John’s vs. Rutgers – ESPN/ESPN 3D, 2:30 p.m. Cincinnati vs. South Florida – ESPN/ESPN 3D, 7 p.m. West Virginia vs. Marquette – ESPN/ESPN 3D, 9:30 p.m. Big Sky Championship, Greeley, CO Montana vs. Northern Colorado – […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/8/2011
Starting on Thursday, Golf Channel will air three tournaments, two PGA Tour stops and one from the Champions Tour. Golf Channel will be live from the Blue Monster at Doral as the world’s top 50 players will be at the WGC-Cadillac Championship. We have details of what you’ll see this week. Golf Channel Live Tournament […]
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Two time Olympic gold medalists Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor are announcing that they’re coming back for one more run at the London games next year. The duo told Universal Sports that they would return after both took leaves for various reasons since winning the gold in Communist China in 2008. We have the press […]
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On Fridays throughout the Spring and into the Summer, the NFL Network will air Arena Football League games. Paul Burmeister, Fran Charles and Ari Wolfe will call play-by-play. Solomon Wilcots leads a cast of 1,000 analysts. The NFL Network’s Arena League slate includes two playoff games and the Arena Bowl. We have the announcement. NFL […]
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Big Ten Network is crowing about its ratings for the Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament, stating its ratings were 36% higher than last year. In addition, the semifinal game between Ohio State and Michigan State is now the highest rated women’s game in the network’s young history. These ratings are measured from eight markets in […]
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This reported by John Ourand and Tripp Mickle of Sports Business Daily that ESPN has sent its top production executives to Madrid, Spain to meet with the International Olympic Committee’s broadcast people. The meeting will take place tomorrow and included in the meeting is former ABC and CBS Executive Producer Mike Pearl who has helmed […]
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On Saturday, MLB Network will air an independently-produced documentary on the venerable Fenway Park. This may be blasphemous to many Red Sox fans, but I would love nothing more to see that old bandbox come down and a new park built, but that’s me. Anyway, the documentary won’t go into the history of the park, […]
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Let’s bring you some linkage before my plate gets too full today. Lots of things to go over. First, this story broke last night and we’re all hoping for the best for NFL Films President Steve Sabol who suffered a seizure Saturday night while in Kansas City. Greg Rosenthal of Pro Football Talk says Sabol […]
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Coming up Sunday, Fox Sports will fill the idle date with some NASCAR action, albeit from earlier in the year with a one hour look back at February’s Daytona 500 where Trevor Bayne came from obscurity to instant celebrity with his win in the Great American Race. There will be behind the scenes video and […]
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College Basketball men’s Atlantic 10 Tournament (at home sites) 1st round LaSalle at St. Bonaventure – CBS College Sports, 5 p.m. St. Joseph’s at George Washington – CBS College Sports, 7 p.m. Dayton at UMass – CBS College Sports, 9 p.m. Big East Tournament, New York, NY 1st round UConn vs. DePaul – ESPN2/ESPN 3D, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/7/2011
A couple of ratings notes from the New England Sports Network, also known as NESN. Both ratings notes involve the two major sports properties the regional sports network airs, the Boston Bruins and the Boston Red Sox. On Saturday, NESN saw a 4.5 rating in Boston for the Pittsburgh Penguins-Bruins game that ended in overtime. […]
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Ok, time to get cracking on the linkage. Haven’t done any since Thursday and the weekend was busy for me as I was out of the house for most of Saturday and Sunday so it didn’t make for conducive blogging conditions. We have a lot of stuff to get to today and a couple of […]
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This just made official by Fox Sports. Popular NASCAR analyst Darrell Waltrip has been reupped for two more years meaning he’ll be with Fox until the network’s contract with the organization expires in 2014. Waltrip has been with the network since 2002 when it first signed with the sport. We have the announcement below. Boogity! […]
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The corporate synergy continues on the NBC Sports-run Versus. On March 17, also known as St. Patrick’s Day, Versus will air three classic Notre Dame games that had first aired on NBC. Give credit to NBC as one game is also a loss for the Fighting Irish, but was a truly classic game. Two games […]
