Monthly Archives: July 2011

Fang’s Bites Tweets for 2011-07-23

@in reply to bubbaprog SportsTalkSoup I did. Let's do it again! # @in reply to CrystalJayH CrystalJayH Ooh. You were definitely doing the Southern New England food tour! # @in reply to CrystalJayH CrystalJayH You're making me hungry! I may have to go tomorrow night! Ha ha. CrystalJayH YES! Belly busters! # @in reply to […]

Fox Saturday Baseball Is Back, But Without Joe Buck or Tim McCarver

In one of those rare weeks, neither Joe Buck nor Tim McCarver will be working a game for Fox this week. With Joe off, it means he will have called 10 out a possible 17 weeks for Fox. There will be three games that will be offered regionally. None of them involve the Yankees, Mets […]

Fang’s Bites On Blog Talk Radio

Just a quick plug. I’ll be on SportsTalkSoup with the Sports Geeks at 10:30 p.m. ET. Yes, that’s tonight. We’ll talk about ESPN’s coverage of the Women’s World Cup and discuss the targets for the Red Sox at the Trading Deadline. You’ll of course, want to listen. You can head over here to listen call […]

The Complete Friday Megalinks

Friday’s have become maddening. I was out of the office earlier today and expect to be out again later, but I’m doing the Megalinks early so I can be done with them and be free for other stuff tonight. As always, check out the Weekend Viewing Picks for the sports and entertaining programming. National We’ll […]

Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, July 23 Boxing World Championship Boxing: Super Lightweights, WBA Champion Amir Khan vs. IBF Champion Zab Judah — HBO, 10 p.m. CFL Winnipeg at Toronto — TSN, 3:30 p.m. Edmonton at Calgary — TSN/NFL Network, 7 p.m. Cycling Tour de France: Stage 20, Grenoble (time trial) — Versus, 8 a.m. Golf LPGA Tour: Evian […]

Primetime & Late Night Viewing Picks

Arena Football Spokane at Jacksonville — NFL Network, 8 p.m. Cycling Tour de France: Stage 19, Modane to Alpe-d’Huez — Versus, 8 a.m. Golf LPGA Tour: Evian Masters, 2nd round — Golf Channel, 6:30 p.m. (same day coverage) PGA Tour: Canadian Open, 2nd round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m. Senior Open Championship, 2nd round — […]

Fang’s Bites Tweets for 2011-07-22

And having The Fray come up on my iTunes isn't helping me. I don't remember buying that. Ha ha. # @in reply to timlanglois timlanglois Because Doc knows it's not all about him. # Agreed RT @# I unlocked the Wipeout: You're All Acting Like Babies! sticker on @# Hey! @# @in reply to ericjdoll […]

People You Should Follow On Twitter, Part 5

Getting a late start on this installment as I’ve been doing some housekeeping on the blog for Friday. Tonight, I’ll do just one category here, Olympics. Over the weekend, expect college football and basketball, TV & Radio and finally, I’ll do what I’ll call the Best of the Rest. This is a bigger undertaking than […]

Some Thursday Linkage

Being out of the office certainly kills any momentum for blogging and I’ve been out for most of the morning and trying to catch up ever since. Let’s get some linkage in as tonight will be busy for me as I do the Friday morning features the night before. The big story for today, Hall […]

Mike Emrick’s Farewell To New Jersey

Thanks to the heads up from Ken Schott from the Schenectady Gazette, we have Doc Emrick’s farewell to Devils fans that has been posted on the team’s website. In the statement, Mike expresses gratitude for the 21 years and three Stanley Cup Championship teams he had the opportunity to call for SportsChannel/Fox Sports New York/MSG […]

DEVELOPING: Mike Emrick Leaves NJ Devils To Focus Full-Time on NBC/Versus

Richard Sandomir of the New York Times just tweeted: .bbpBox94061370189955072 {background:url(http://a0.twimg.com/images/themes/theme1/bg.png) #C0DEED;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 solid #fff;border-top:1px solid #e6e6e6} p.bbpTweet span.metadata span.author{line-height:19px} p.bbpTweet span.metadata span.author img{float:left;margin:0 7px 0 0px;width:38px;height:38px} p.bbpTweet a:hover{text-decoration:underline}p.bbpTweet span.timestamp{font-size:12px;display:block} Doc Emrick retires from Devils TV booth but stays with NBC and Versus Favorite Reply .bbpBox94063498677592064 {background:url(http://a2.twimg.com/profile_background_images/292472627/MUD-1__2_.jpg) #C6E2EE;padding:20px;} p.bbpTweet{background:#fff;padding:10px […]

Fuel TV Airs The US Open of Surfing

I don’t think I have ever posted a Fuel TV press release. There’s a first time for everything. Fuel TV which is Fox Sports’ action sports channel will air coverage of the US Open of Surfing from Huntington Beach, CA. And the event isn’t just restricted to surfing, it also has BMX and skateboarding. We […]

24/7 Mayweather/Ortiz Debuts on HBO in August

As I was cleaning out the Fang’s Bites inbox, I found this press release from last month and thank goodness it’s still timely. This is from HBO Sports and it talks about the fight between Floyd Mayweather and Victor Ortiz. It marks the return to the ring for Mayweather who hasn’t fought since 2009. This […]

Primetime & Late Night Viewing Picks

Cycling Tour de France: Stage 18, Pinerolo to Galibier Serre-Chevalier — Versus, 7 a.m. Golf LPGA Tour: Evian Masters, 1st round — 6:30 p.m. (same day coverage) PGA Tour: Canadian Open, 1st round — 3 p.m. MLB American League Seattle at Toronto — Root Sports Northwest/Rogers Sportsnet, 12:30 p.m. Texas at Anaheim Angels — Fox […]

Fang’s Bites Tweets for 2011-07-21

@in reply to amandarykoff paulrharvey3 It was awful. I switched over to hear the announcers. I didn't need to keep seeing it. # I unlocked the Damages Season 4 Episode 2 sticker on @# Yeah, why? RT @# Look if you dare. RT @# @# Oh man. Just saw the Stephen Drew injury. Man. They […]

People You Should Follow On Twitter, Part 4

It’s another installment of People You Should Follow On Twitter. Part 1 focused on General Sports and the Sports Media. Part 2 was on NFL and Sports Business. Part 3 was spent on MLB and NHL. This installment will be on Golf and Soccer. Let’s go. GOLF StephanieWei — The lovely Stephanie Wei has her […]

Sports Media Weekly Podcast No. 64 – Michelle Beadle

One of the most fun podcasts I’ve had comes tonight when Keith Thibault of Sports Media Journal and I had the opportunity to talk to ESPN’s Michelle Beadle just after she purchased an iPhone. It was so funny. I could not stop laughing as you’ll hear. Before we talked with Michelle, Keith and I had […]

Golf Channel’s Tournament Action for the Weekend

Golf Channel has coverage of four tournaments from four separate tours. Golf Channel will be live from the the PGA Tour’s Canadian Open and have taped coverage of the LPGA Evian Masters which will become a major on the tour in 2013. We have details of what will be aired starting Thursday. Golf Channel Live […]

NFL Network’s Labor Coverage Dominates Programming

When you promote your labor coverage, you know that you’re hoping for a lockout to end and that’s the case with NFL Network. In this press release, it’s promoting all day labor coverage until the lockout ends. Seriously. NFL NETWORK & NFL.COM PROGRAMMING NOTES (7/20 – 7/26) LIVE NFL LABOR COVERAGE ALL DAY THURSDAY & […]

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