0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/26/2011
College Baseball Kansas at Creighton – CBS Sports Network, 7:30 p.m. Oklahoma at TCU – the mtn., 7:30 p.m. MLB American League Boston at Baltimore – MLB Network/NESNplus/MASN, 7 p.m. Chicago White Sox at New York Yankees – MLB Network/Comcast SportsNet Chicago Plus, 7 p.m. Kansas City at Cleveland – Fox Sports Kansas City/STO, 7 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/25/2011
For gamers, the big announcement on who will adorn the cover of the Madden ’12 NFL video game will finally come Wednesday on ESPN2’s SportsNation with ESPN Radio hack Colon Cowherd and Friend’s of Fang’s Bites Michelle Beadle. Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick and Cleveland Browns running back Peyton Hillis are the finalists for the […]
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I don’t have a press release on this, but a tip from a listener to Sirius XM’s Mad Dog Radio. Up until last week, Bruce Murray and former ESPN’er Bill Pidto were co-hosts of Mad Radio’s midday show called “The B Team”. Cute name. Apparently, that ended last week. As of today, former MASN Washington […]
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Earlier, I posted the overnight ratings for NESN’s airing of the Boston Bruins’ emotional Game 5 victory over the Montreal Canadiens. The final ratings are out and they’re even better than the overnights. Earlier, I reported the average was 11.77. The final rating is 13.0 which is again, the highest non-Game 7 Bruins rating for […]
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Turner Sports’ networks will be all over the NBA Playoffs tonight and tomorrow. TNT will carry a doubleheader each night and NBA TV will carry one game both evenings. We have full details on what each channel will bring you. Coverage of the NBA Playoffs Continues on TNT and NBA TV TNT’s coverage of the […]
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Sunday’s amazing Game 6 where the Chicago Blackhawks came from behind to eventually beat the Vancouver Canucks in overtime set yet another ratings record for Comcast SportsNet. According to CSN and Nielsen, the rating for last night was 12.45, the highest ratings ever for the Blackhawks on Comcast SportsNet. In addition, the game had an […]
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ESPN’s website geared towards women, espnW, is about to launch the second phase of its operation with an enhanced site. This will feature more articles, videos and provide cleaner navigation. espnW launched in December of 2010 and hopes to gain a foothold in women’s sports coverage. The site has Amanda Rykoff, Sarah Spain and Julie […]
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Time for the Monday linkage. I hope you had a good Easter if you observed the holiday. If not, I hope the weekend was relaxing for you. Let’s go over the linkage for today. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand writes that ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball analysts like the idea of expanded MLB playoffs. Mike McCarthy of […]
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On SportsCenter Sunday and into this morning, ESPN is airing this segment paying tribute to the 50th anniversary of ABC’s Wide World of Sports. This week, ESPN Classic is airing programs commemorating the anniversary and this particular segment is a very nice look back at some of the sports Wide World covered dating back to […]
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This week, NFL Network will premiere a new series, “The Top 100: Players of 2011”. This is a follow-up to “The Top 100: The NFL’s Greatest Players” and the format will be similar. As with the Greatest Players series, each of the Top 100 will be presented by players, coaches and reporters who admire the […]
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It was a sports smorgasbord in New England this weekend with the Red Sox sweeping the Angels in Anaheim, the Bruins beating the Canadiens in double overtime on Saturday and the Celtics finishing off the sweep of the Knicks in New York. Through it all, the Easter Weekend had people staying in and fans apparently […]
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English Premier League Blackburn vs. Manchester City – ESPN2, 2:55 p.m. MLB American League Chicago White Sox at New York Yankees – ESPN/WCIU/YES, 7 p.m. Toronto at Texas – Roger Sports Net/Fox Sports Southwest, 8 p.m. Oakland at Anaheim Angels – Comcast SportsNet California/Fox Sports West, 10 p.m. National League Los Angeles Dodgers at Florida […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/24/2011
I hope you’re having a good Easter if you observe. If you don’t observe, then I hope this will be a relaxing Sunday for you. A couple of years ago, I did a post on handicapping the US TV Olympic bids and it was very well researched using New York Times and Sports Illustrated articles. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/23/2011
Since starting in 2003, the NFL Network vowed cover all things NFL and being at the Draft certainly qualifies as all things NFL. Rich Eisen just like he has since the 2004 NFL Player Selection, will be on hand to place traffic cop and let viewers know what’s going on at Radio City Much Hall. […]
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On the Tuesday before the NFL Draft, ESPN will air a special featuring former coach and executive Bill Parcells talking about what he look for in a prospect. Take a look. ESPN’s SportsCenter Special: Bill Parcells Draft Confidential Tuesday, April 26 at 9:30 p.m. ET Two days before the 2011 NFL Draft, ESPN will present […]
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We have ESPN’s plans for the NFL Draft which it will air live from Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Chris Berman, Jon Gruden, Mel Kiper, Jr., and a much smaller cast than in recent years will be on hand for the Alleged Worldwide Leader. ESPN Coverage of the 2011 NFL Draft ESPN […]
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Let’s do some linkage. I couldn’t get to them yesterday as I was racing in between two offices and by the time I got home, I wasn’t in the mood to sift through media links. I’ll do some now and include some Friday stories. First, USA Today’s Michael Hiestand looks at the old ABC’s Wide […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/22/2011
Last night, the Bulls and the Blackhawks gave Comcast SportsNet Chicago a one night ratings record. And when you combine the White Sox which were placed on a overspill channel, it’s an amazing 25.3 combined record for the three teams. The Bulls which defeated Indiana last night to go up 3-0 in their NBA Eastern […]
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Saturday, April 23 Boxing Fight Camp 360°: Pacquaio vs. Mosley – Showtime, 10 p.m. Championship Boxing/IBO Bantamweight Title, Vic Darchinyan vs. Yonnhy Perez, Showtime, 10:30 p.m. College Baseball Purdue at Northwestern – Big Ten Network, 4 p.m. Alabama at Florida – ESPN2, 6 p.m. College Lacrosse men’s ESPNU Warrior Classic, Hartford, CT UMass vs. Hoftstra […]
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Arena Football Kansas City at Chicago – NFL Network, 8 p.m. College Baseball Eastern Michigan at Michigan – Big Ten Network, 2 p.m. Coppin State at Bethune-Cookman – ESPNU, 2 p.m. Michigan State at Illinois – Big Ten Network, 7 p.m. UNLV at Texas Christian – the mtn., 7:30 p.m. South Carolina at Mississippi State […]
