0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/15/2011
This coming from the National Football League, the ex-player deemed most rewarding from the NFL Broadcast Boot Camp later this month will get a regular gig with Sky Sports. That’s the dominant pay service in the UK and regularly airs NFL games across the Atlantic. We have more details in the press release below. Top […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
Having already announced its main commentating team for the Women’s World Cup in Germany later this month, ESPN has now unveiled the rest of its play-by-play callers and analysts for the matches. The games begin Sunday, June 26 and the networks of ESPN will have all of the contests throughout the month-long event. Already announced […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
Thanks to the success of the “30 for 30” series, ESPN Films will make ESPN Classic its home. I think this is a good move. So every weekend, 50 hours of films will be aired on ESPN Classic starting Friday night at 10 ET and lasting until Sunday at midnight. That’s a lot of films. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
Ok, I’m being quite snarky about 26 people owning a 3-D TV set, but to be honest, the numbers aren’t overwhelming on people who own 3-D TV and I don’t see a run on sets whenever I go to Best Buy or other retailers that sell them. I know the people at ESPN don’t like […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
The networks of ESPN will carry college baseball’s signature event, the College World Series in Omaha, NE. This year, the event takes place at a new venue, TD Ameritrade Park after retiring Rosenblatt Stadium in 2010. Mike Patrick, Orel Hershiser and Robin Ventura will be the main announcing team. The Wednesday Night Baseball team of […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
Using its affiliation with NBC Sports and Versus, Comcast SportsNet New England will cover tonight’s Game 7 starting with sister network NECN (New England Cable News) and then transferring over to CSN. Comcast SportsNet will have Michael Felger and Tony Amonte live from its North Station studios in Boston and Mike Giardi and Joe Haggerty […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation set yet another viewership record for the Stanley Cup Final, garnering an average viewership of 6.6 million people for Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final, breaking the previous record from Friday night which had an average of 6.1 million. Viewership peaked at 8.1 million right near the end of the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
NBC Sports will carry Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final from Vancouver tonight. One thing is for sure, we will have a champion after tonight. Either Vancouver will win its first-ever Stanley Cup or the Boston Bruins will win its first Stanley Cup since 1972. No matter who wins, the game should be fun […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
This announced this morning by CBS Sports Network. The network will pick up Tim Brando’s radio show that is currently aired across the nation through Sporting News Radio and Sirius XM. This is now adds another platform for Tim’s show which is quite good if you haven’t had the chance to listen. The show will […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
I have a couple of announcements from CBS Sports Network as it continues to branch out as an extension of CBS Sports. Former Michigan and West Virginia coach Rich Rodriguez is stepping into the broadcast booth to become a college football analyst for CBS Sports Network. He’ll mainly work games with Dave Ryan, but also […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
I’ve been busy the last few days and I need to catch up on press releases that have come into the Fang’s Bites inbox. So I’ll post some stuff that you would probably want to know. First, NFL Network has announced that it’s going to make Rich Eisen’s popular podcast on NFL.com into a weekly […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
Cycling Tour de Suisse, Stage 4 — Versus, 6 p.m. Golf Live From the U.S. Open — Golf Channel, noon & 7 p.m. MLB American League Baltimore at Toronto — MASN2/Rogers Sportsnet, 7 p.m. Boston at Tampa Bay — NESN/Sun Sports, 7 p.m. Cleveland at Detroit — STO/Fox Sports Detroit, 7 p.m. Texas at New […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/14/2011
It’s been a busy day for me as I’ve been working on the story on NBC approving plans for a Stanley Cup Final Viewing Party at TD Garden in Boston. Amazing how things fall into place on a story like that. But still working to confirm on the Bruins and Garden end of the story. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
Well, after hearing from a source at NBC Sports that the network had approved of a Game 7 Stanley Cup Final TD Garden Viewing Party, it appeared that this was going to be smooth sailing. The Garden wanted it. The Bruins wanted it. Even the NHL wanted it. At one point, the Viewing Party had […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
A true Friend of Fang’s Bites, the always lovely Michelle Beadle, co-host of ESPN2’s SportsNation, will be appearing on another national stage, one that will introduce her to a totally different audience, Live with Regis & Kelly. But Michelle won’t be a guest, she’ll be guest hosting with Reege on Thursday. We get the announcement […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
Saw a tweet earlier today from Mike McMahon of the Lawrence Eagle-Tribune stating that NBC had rejected a request by the Boston Bruins and TD Garden to hold a Game 7 viewing party on Wednesday night. I retweeted it on my account after seeing it on my timeline. .bbpBox80664794117582848 {background:url(http://a0.twimg.com/images/themes/theme1/bg.png) #03183b;padding:20px;} p.bbpTweet{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
Yes, Fox Soccer Channel is removing the “Channel” from its name and rebranding as “Fox Soccer”. According to the press release, it’s to show the multiple platforms soccer fans are watching content, through television, internet and mobile devices so Fox feels “Channel” is obsolete. It will also change its logo to reflect this so from […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
Gold Cup Soccer Group Stage United States vs. Guadeloupe — Fox Soccer Channel, 8:30 p.m. Golf Live from the U.S. Open — Golf Channel, noon & 6 p.m. MLB American League Baltimore at Toronto — MASN2/Rogers Sportsnet, 7 p.m. Boston at Tampa Bay — MLB Network/NESN/Sun Sports, 7 p.m. Cleveland at Detroit — STO/Fox Sports […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/13/2011
Starting next Monday, June 20, ESPN2 starts its coverage of the fortnight that is known as The Championships Wimbledon. As the official US cable rightsholder, ESPN2 gets to air matches live throughout the tournament through the Men’s and Women’s semifinals. Throughout the first week of coverage, ESPN2 will take the air at 7 a.m. and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation hit a new viewing record for the Stanley Cup Final. According to the CBC, 6.1 million Canadians watched part or all of Friday’s Game 5 between the Boston Bruins and Vancouver Canucks. It broke the previous record of 5.6 million viewers set in Game 1 and matched in Game 2. CBC […]
