0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/13/2011
Major League Baseball has just unveiled a new All-Star Game site in which you can watch videos of some of the greatest moments in the contest’s history and then vote for which one you feel is tops. A total of 16 moments, 8 for both the American and National Leagues, are on the site. Then […]
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With the Dallas Mavericks closing out the Miami Heat last night, ABC generated its highest overnight rating for a Game 6 on the network. In addition, it surpassed last year’s Game 6 between the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers which received a 12.3 rating, up 22%. Last night’s Game 6 hit a 15.0 […]
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I thought this weekend would be quiet and I would be able to do some good blogging like Saturday and Sunday linkage, some Sunday thoughts and a few press releases thrown in, but it turned out to be very busy. Don’t understand it, but it happened. Can’t go back now. Just moving forward so it’s […]
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This from a story that I’ll be linking to in today’s links. This is from the Sports Business Journal and a story written by Tripp Mickle on how Comcast managed to keep the Olympics in NBC’s fold and away from aggressive bids from Fox and ESPN. It’s good reading. Bob Fernandez of the Philadelphia Inquirer […]
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College Baseball NCAA Division I College Baseball Championship Super Regionals Charlottesville Super Regional Virginia vs. Cal-Irvine — ESPN2, 4 p.m. Tallahassee Super Regional Florida State vs. Texas A&M — ESPN2, 7 p.m. Cycling Tour de Suisse: Stage 3 — Versus, 6:30 p.m. MLB American League Cleveland at New York Yankees — ESPN/STO/YES, 7 p.m. Tampa […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/12/2011
Today marked TNT’s return to NASCAR and its annual six race Summer Season. TNT’s first race was in the Poconos and already, TNT has its quotage done. This is why I love Turner Sports so much. Quotage is ready just after its coverage signoff. Notes from TNT NASCAR Summer Series – Race #1 Pocono Raceway […]
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With the U.S. Open kicking off this week, Golf Channel will be airing its signature Golf Central shows live from Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, MD. In addition, Golf Channel will fully staff the U.S. Open with reporters and analysts. David Feherty officially joins Golf Channel with his analysis and NBC’s announcers from the U.S. […]
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The race may not have had a Triple Crown candidate, but it did feature the champions from this year’s Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes. Winning the race was a 24-1 longshot, Ruler on Ice. The race was quite exciting to watch and even with no Triple Crown possibility, the ratings for the Belmont were up […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/11/2011
On Sunday, National Geographic Channel will show people who are in love with a car and a wall. Not just any wall, we’re talking with the Berlin Wall. Yes, that wall. There are people like this. The BBC chronicled a woman who is in love with the Golden Gate Bridge. I kid you not. In […]
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Starting Monday, Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic will have extensive coverage of the U.S. Open at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, MD. Included in the coverage will be former Maryland basketball coach Gary Williams who has been used by the network in the past as a golf analyst. Williams is an avid golfer and has plenty of […]
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On Sunday, MLB on TBS will be in the Bronx for the Cleveland Indians-New York Yankees game. Of course, one of the main storylines will be Derek Jeter’s chase for 3,000 career hits. We have TBS’ preview for this Sunday. “Sunday MLB on TBS” Features the Cleveland Indians @ New York Yankees Yankees’ Derek Jeter […]
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Tonight at 10, HBO Sports continues its long line of tremendous documentaries, this one focusing on the way too short Bjorn Borg-John McEnroe rivalry. For those of us who experienced the great matches between the two men at the 1980 & 1981 Wimbledon and US Open finals, it was a surprise to hear that Borg […]
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MLB on Fox speeds into the 2nd weekend of June with three games. Joe Buck gets the week off meaning he’s worked 7 out of a possible 11 games. This also means a rare week where we don’t have the Red Sox, Yankees or Mets involved so we’ll see where the ratings land. Here are […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/10/2011
Ok, it’s getting late and in the work day and I need to get these megalinks done. I’ve traveled to the MA office and now back in RI. Let’s get this done so I can watch the Bruins tonight. All of your Weekend Viewing Picks are right here. National USA Today’s Michael Hiestand reviews the […]
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A 12.6 rating for Game 5 of the NBA Finals between Dallas and Miami on ABC was enough to win the network primetime ratings on Thursday. ESPN which produced the game says it marks the 24th straight time the NBA Finals have won the network primetime ratings. However, it’s still below the 12.8 generated for […]
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With NBC Sports taking the Stanley Cup Final through its conclusion, NBC and Versus have set their lineups for the studio portions of the Final. Dan Patrick will be the host for NBC for the intermissions and be joined by Keith Jones and Mike Milbury. Versus will have a Hockey Central pregame show aired prior […]
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Saturday, June 11 24 Hours of LeMans Start — Speed, 8:30 a.m. Evening — Speed, 3:30 p.m. Night Into Day — Speed, 11 p.m. Belmont Stakes Live From Belmont — Versus, 3 p.m. Belmont Stakes — NBC, 5 p.m. Belmont Wrap-Up — Versus, 7 p.m. College Baseball NCAA Division I Baseball Championship Super Regionals Gainesville […]
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Arena Football Philadelphia at Spokane — NFL Network, 8 p.m. Belmont Stakes Belmont Stakes Classics — Versus, 4 p.m. Belmont Stakes Access — Versus, 5 p.m. College Baseball NCAA Division I Baseball Championship Super Regionals Gainesville Super Regional Game 1/Mississippi State vs. Florida — ESPN2, noon Chapel Hill Super Regional Game 1/North Carolina vs. Stanford […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/9/2011
Ok, now that the Olympics bidding is over until the next round sometime later this decade, I can focus on other sports media stories and there are quite a few of them now. The Hollywood Reporter notes that embattled cyclist Lance Armstrong has taken down his anti-60 Minutes website stating its report on his alleged […]
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Just unveiled by ESPN at its Front Row blog, this is the new logo for Monday Night Football for the upcoming season. You’ll see it when the NFL resumes playing when and if the lockout is settled. I like it.
