I have the opportunity to do some linkage on this Saturday so let’s take advantage of this. Mike Reynolds from Multichannel News says Fox has to be happy to have a dream matchup in today’s UEFA Champions League Final. Sofia...
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Monthly Archives: May 2011
From Comcast SportsNet New England we have this press release regarding its coverage plans for the Stanley Cup Final. With CSNNE part of the NBC Sports Group, it can latch on to NBC and Versus as The Group has the...
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With the Boston Bruins going to the Stanley Cup Final, NESN has announced its coverage plans for the last games of the 2010-11 NHL season. While NBC and Versus will carry the games, NESN as the flagship network for the...
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I think I’ll have to add some more linkage tonight. Not sure of my schedule this holiday weekend so I’ll take the opportunity while I can. Scott Cacciola of the Wall Street Journal says Bristol, CT residents aren’t happy over...
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Time for some megalink action. This is turning out to be a busy day, but let me try to give you as many as I can. This being Memorial Day weekend, there’s plenty of sports action. Primetime viewing is kind...
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27May
Saturday, May 28 Australian Rules Football Gold Coast Suns vs. Geelong Cats – ESPN2, 5 a.m. CBS Sports Spectacular Ultimate Barbecue Showdown – CBS, 2 p.m. College Baseball ACC Baseball Championship, Durham, NC Clemson vs. NC State – Comcast SportsNet...
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This is a Lacrosse Championship Weekend for the NCAA. The men have the Division I Championships being played in Baltimore on this Memorial Day weekend. The women are also having their championships as well being played Saturday and Sunday in...
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Arena Football Utah at Iowa – NFL Network, 8 p.m. College Baseball ACC Baseball Championship, Durham, NC Virginia vs. Miami – Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/Fox Sports Florida/Fox Sports South, 11 a.m. Florida State vs. Georgia Tech – Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic Plus/Fox...
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You probably didn’t see this since you were probably at work or if you were at home, may not have access to Universal Sports. Well, Usain Bolt was on the track in Rome on Thursday for the IAAF Diamond League...
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26May
Since I gave you the NHL Stanley Cup Final schedule, time to give you the NBA Finals schedule. All games are on ABC, produced by ESPN and will be aired on ESPN Radio as well as Sirius XM. In Canada,...
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After this was originally leaked by NBC in a Sports Listings press release, the NHL decided it might as well come out with it tonight and that’s exactly what it did. Game 1 will begin in Vancouver on Wednesday, June...
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Fox is rather busy this weekend. I already posted press releases on the UEFA Champions League Final and Fox Saturday Baseball. On Sunday, NASCAR comes back to the network after a week off for the longest race of the season...
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In its last set of primetime games of the year, Fox Saturday Baseball will divide six games across the country in a possible preview of what could happen in 2012 if the network decides to move the MLB package to...
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That’s right, Gus Johnson will be officially introduced to viewers as a member of the Fox Sports team, but he won’t be calling the game. He’ll be involved in a pregame feature with him doing calls of soccer if he...
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The second NBC Sports Group to retire within a week was made official today. Ken Schanzer has been the number two man at NBC Sports since 1998 when he was named President of the division after Emperor Dick Ebersol was...
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Let’s do the Thursday linkage and there are a few stories to get to. First, this broke late last night, Joe Flint at the Los Angeles Times confirmed that the number two man at NBC Sports, Ken Schanzer is following...
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For Tuesday’s Game 4 of the Miami Heat-Chicago Bull series, the ratings and average viewership was down slightly from the previous three games. For the first time, the average viewership fell below 10 million people while the rating hit 6.1....
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College Baseball ACC Baseball Championship, Durham, NC North Carolina vs. Miami – Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/Fox Sports Florida/Fox Sports South, 11 a.m. Florida State vs. Clemson – Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/Fox Sports Florida/Fox Sports South, 3 p.m. Georgia Tech vs. NC State...
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The series-clinching game that put Vancouver into the NHL Stanley Cup Final brought an average audience of just over four million Canadians to their TV sets on Tuesday. CBC is quite happy over the numbers and provides this press release...
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This happening today. In a tweet this morning, ESPN sexpot Jenn Brown announced that she’ll be working the College World Series in Omaha, NE next month. This gig was previously Erin Andrews’. In fact, Erin had worked the event for...
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For the first time, Keith Thibault of Sports Media Journal and I had a guest for the entire podcast. We talked with James Andrew Miller, the co-author of “Those Guys Have All The Fun: Inside The World at ESPN.” We...
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Let’s look at NFL Network’s schedule plus the chats on NFL.com over the next 7 days. Lots of stuff to review. NFL NETWORK & NFL.COM PROGRAMMING NOTES (5/25 – 5/31) JETS QB MARK SANCHEZ IN-STUDIO TONIGHT ON NFL TOTAL ACCESS...
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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...
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I had this in a press release post on the UEFA Champions League Final, but in case you didn’t see it, I’ll provide the studio and game announcing crews for Fox for this Saturday’s game between Barcelona and Manchester United....
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ESPN has announced that the Jimmy V Men’s and Women’s Classics will be held on the same night, Tuesday, December 6. The Women’s Classic will be held in Storrs, CT and will pit defending NCAA Champion Texas A&M against UConn....
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In this week’s Sports Illustrated, we get some interesting quotes from New York Mets owner Fred Wilpon who admits the team is in financial dire straits. He’s talks about his relationship with convicted Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff and where the...
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College Baseball ACC Baseball Championship, Durham, NC Georgia Tech vs. Clemson – Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/Fox Sports Florida/Fox Sports South, 11 a.m. Virginia vs. Wake Forest – Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic Plus/Fox Sports South/Sun Sports, 3 p.m. Florida State vs. NC State...
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This coming from the corporate offices of Big Lead Sports. For disclosure purposes, Fang’s Bites is an independently-owned blog that is part of Big Lead Sports’ network. So we have this press release about a new CEO/CFO for the company....
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As the temps reach the high 70′s in Southern New England, it’s time to bring you the linkage on this Tuesday. In Sports Business Journal, John Ourand takes away ESPN’s arch-rivalry with NBC from the new book “Those Guys Have...
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In 2012, HBO will air a six part reality series on colorful boxing trainer Freddie Roach. Filmmaker Peter Berg will team up with HBO to produce the series and follow Roach. HBO Sports boxing voice Jim Lampley will serve as...
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