Monthly Archives: July 2011

Going For Some Monday Linkage

Let’s do the linkage on this busy Monday where it appears the NFL will be back this week as the league and the NFL Players Association appear to have come together on a collective bargaining agreement that would last 10 years with no opt-out. We’re just waiting official word on everything. I’ll provide linkage until […]

ESPN Returns To NASCAR Sprint Cup With Brickyard 400

ESPN is busy with its motorsports schedule this week which includes the season premiere of NASCAR on ESPN from Indianapolis Motor Speedway. As you’re away, ESPN networks will carry 17 NASCAR Sprint Cup races with 14 on the Mothership and 3 on ABC. This is what ESPN is saying about this week’s motorsports schedule with […]

2011 NFL National TV Preseason Schedule

This includes the games all of the NFL TV partners will air nationally and live. The Hall of Fame Game has been removed as it was canceled last week by the NFL. But the other games are intact. I don’t know if the NFL will give another preseason to NBC to make up for the […]

The 2011 NFL on Fox Schedule

And to cap off our schedule posts, here is the 2011 NFL on Fox regular season schedule. It’s all for you. 2011 NFL ON FOX BROADCAST SCHEDULE (ALL TIMES ET) Sunday, September 11 (FOX NFL SUNDAY Doubleheader) 1:00 PM Atlanta Falcons at Chicago Bears Detroit Lions at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Philadelphia Eagles at St. Louis […]

The 2011 NFL on CBS Schedule

Here’s the NFL on CBS for 2011 and the 2011-12 postseason. 2011 CBS SPORTS NFL BROADCAST SCHEDULE (all times ET) WEEK 1 – SUNDAY, SEPT. 11 Pittsburgh @ Baltimore – 1:00 Cincinnati @ Cleveland – 1:00 Indianapolis @ Houston – 1:00 Tennessee @ Jacksonville – 1:00 Buffalo @ Kansas City – 1:00 WEEK 2 – SUNDAY, SEPT. 18  – CBS DOUBLEHEADER Kansas City @ […]

The 2011 NFL Network Thursday Night Football Schedule

Our last of the three NFL primetime packages to be posted, this is this season’s eight game Thursday Night Football schedule for NFL Network. NFL Network 2011 Thursday Night Football Schedule Week 10: Thursday, November 10 at 8:00 PM ET Oakland Raiders at San Diego Chargers Week 11: Thursday, November 17 at 8:00 PM ET […]

2011 ESPN Monday Night Football Schedule

Ok, here we go, this is going to be a busy day. This is the 2011 ESPN Monday Night Football schedule complete with preseason games. Besides from cancellation of the NFL Hall of Fame Game, the preseason schedule is intact. ESPN’s 2011 Monday Night Football Schedule Preseason Date Time (ET) Teams Aug. 11 8 p.m. […]

2011 Sunday Night Football Schedule

With the news that the NFL owners and players have finally reached an accord on a new collective bargaining agreement, it means the silly bickering, lawsuits and stakeouts outside meetings can finally end and we can get back to the business of football. It means the season will start on-time, but it also means the […]

Rory McIlroy To Guest on “Feherty” This Week

On Golf Channel’s new talk show, “Feherty” on Tuesday, U.S. Open champion Rory McIlroy will be interviewed by his fellow Northern Ireland compatriot David Feherty. It airs Tuesday night at 9 East. Here’s the press release from our good friends at Golf Channel. U.S. OPEN CHAMPION RORY MCILROY NEXT GUEST ON ‘FEHERTY’ Feherty Travels to […]

ESPN Announces 2012 Big 12 Big Monday Schedule

You could call it “12 on 12” if you wish. A personal aside, when I was working at WPRI-TV in Providence, RI in the early 1990’s, our first block on the 11 p.m. news was called “12 on 12”, 12 minutes of mostly news, 30 seconds of the weather forecast and another 30 seconds of […]

Pac-12 Bicoastal Media Tour Begins Tuesday

Tomorrow, the coaches for the Pac-12 Conference start their second annual media tour. This started last year and it was a successful blitz that began in Los Angeles, went to New York, took a stop at ESPN in Bristol, CT then back to the West Coast. Some observers felt it paved the way for the […]

Primetime & Late Night Viewing Picks

MLB American League Anaheim Angels at Cleveland — Fox Sports West/STO, 7 p.m. Kansas City at Boston — Fox Sports Kansas City/NESN, 7 p.m. Seattle at New York Yankees — Root Sports Northwest/YES, 7 p.m. Detroit at Chicago White Sox — Fox Sports Detroit/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 8 p.m. Minnesota at Texas — Fox Sports North/Fox […]

Fang’s Bites Tweets for 2011-07-25

I unlocked the Me and the Devil sticker on @# @in reply to ninerchick05 # As I get ready to finally leave work for today, I check and I think I've only had two days off this month. July 4th and last Sunday. # @in reply to libbycrews soxanddawgs Thank you. # thanks. What inning? […]

People You Should Follow On Twitter, Part 6

Ok, I’m going to finish this series that I started last week. Tonight will include two more sports and it will begin to wind down what began last Sunday. You can check the first five parts of my Twitter recommendations here, here, here, here and here. Thus far, I’ve recommended 97 Twitter accounts. We’ll have […]

Cranking Out The Sunday Links

Let’s give you some linkage on this Sunday morning. I’m at work again. No rest for the weary here. Cam Martin of SportsNewser writes that Sports Illustrated’s Peter King broke news this weekend about HBO’s Hard Knocks. David Whitley of the Sporting News says there’s some hypocrisy in the Big 12’s criticism of the Longhorn […]

Fang’s Bites Tweets for 2011-07-24

@in reply to chestnuthell # @in reply to chestnuthell libbycrews can't bring myself to tweet his name anymore. Ha ha. # @in reply to Stefmara RajPrashad Thanks. Wanted to tweet this guy's downfall. Could see it coming a mile away. # @in reply to chestnuthell sarakanne Fine. # @in reply to Stefmara dboy03 Big time. […]

Golf Channel Announces Next Location For Big Break

Just as Canadian David Byrne won Big Break Indian Wells for a chance to play in the PGA Tour’s New Orleans Classic, Golf Channel announced the 16th season of its reality series heads to the Emerald Isle and the historic K Club in Ireland for a premiere in September. And six men and six women […]

NBC/Versus’ New Summer Horse Racing Series Starts Today

Summer at Saratoga premieres today and will be shown on both NBC Sports and Versus over a 7 week span from now through September 3. There will be eight hours of programming. NBC will air three hours while Versus gets the rest. Races like the Travers and Woodward Stakes will be shown as part of […]

Quick Saturday Links

I keep getting interrupted at work. I wrote a post earlier today on Brent Musburger’s night in Las Vegas, but I kept being recruited to the leave the office and something that should have taken 20 minutes to write ended up being three hours. And now I’m trying to do some linkage and keep getting […]

How Brent Musburger Went Missing Last Night

Luckily, this had a happy ending so we can joke about it. This all started when Molly E. Sullivan, a radio and TV broadcaster in Las Vegas tweeted this APB about Brent Musburger who was supposed to make an appearance on ESPN Radio last night. .bbpBox94554593035427840 {background:url(http://a2.twimg.com/profile_background_images/231227570/2011-04-10_22-28-17_71.52.48.117.jpg) #ffffff;padding:20px;} p.bbpTweet{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px !important;line-height:22px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px} p.bbpTweet span.metadata{display:block;width:100%;clear:both;margin-top:8px;padding-top:12px;height:40px;border-top:1px […]

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