0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/30/2011
Earlier today, NBC’s Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth from Sunday Night Football and Tony Dungy and Rodney Harrison from Football Night in America talked about the 2011 schedule as well as what they expect to see in the upcoming season. NBC’s season begins with the Thursday night regular season opener on September 8 between the […]
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Yesterday about 2 p.m., I got the power back at the Fang’s Bites abode and after walking around the neighborhood, I saw that I was quite lucky in not getting any tree limbs falling on my house or any leaks in the basement. So while Hurricane Irene was quite deadly and caused major damage up […]
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This fall, Big Ten Network will be airing what’s known as its “Football Fix” block which will air every weeknight on BTN starting at 7 ET. Shows will be hosted by College Football Hall of Fame broadcaster Keith Jackson and current Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Dhani Jones (Michigan alum). Other shows will be helmed by Antichrist […]
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This just in from NBC Sports, we learn that Dick Ebersol protégé, Jim Bell, has been tapped to produce the 2012 London Olympics. Bell’s current duties are with the Today show as Executive Producer, but before he went to NBC News, he was with NBC Sports working under Ebersol on the Olympics from 1992 until […]
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Starting today, ESPN3.com will be airing games in the FIBA Americas and FIBA European Basketball Championships. Both are qualifying tournaments for the FIBA World Championships and the Olympics. And when FIBA Americas reaches the semifinal stage, ESPN2 will pick up live coverage. ESPN2 will also have the gold medal game for the EuroBasket Championships. We […]
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Cycling Vuelta a España, Race Review — Universal Sports, 10 a.m. MLB American League Kansas City at Detroit — Fox Sports Kansas City/Fox Sports Detroit, 7 p.m. New York Yankees at Boston — MLB Network/WWOR/NESN, 7 p.m. Oakland at Cleveland — Comcast SportsNet California/STO, 7 p.m. Toronto at Baltimore — Rogers Sportsnet/MASN2, 7 p.m. Minnesota […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/29/2011
Can you imagine 44 games in a span of five days? That’s right, 44 games in five days spanning ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3.com. It begins with a Thursday night doubleheader on ESPNU and one game on ESPN, then the floodgates open on Saturday as ESPN’s family of networks will have 28 contests. College […]
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Coming up in September, legendary announcer Dick Enberg will receive the Eugene L. Scott Award by the International Tennis Hall of Fame. As this is Enberg’s last year for calling both Wimbledon and the U.S. Open, Enberg will be honored for his contributions to tennis and his suport for the game. Enberg began calling tennis […]
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In September, NFL Films will air a two-part documentary focusing on New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick. Throughout the 2009 season, NFL Films was given full-season access to Belichick, wiring him for sound. This made Belichick the very first coach to ever be followed by NFL Films for an entire season. NFL Films says it […]
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Under its new contract with the Atlantic Coast Conference that takes effect this season, ESPN now has the rights to all men’s basketball games. ESPN has sold off some rights to cable syndication of which Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic has signed on. Another package will be given to Raycom Sports under the guise of the ACC […]
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Through its contracts with IMG College and Learfield Sports, Sirius XM will be able to bring subscribers exclusive game broadcasts featuring some of the nation’s biggest conferences including the ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, Conference USA, SEC, Pac-12 and WAC. The contracts will not only include football and basketball games, but also coaches […]
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Yesterday at 8:30 a.m., I lost power at my house and as of this post, I still don’t have it. The northern part of my town has power, but I live in the southern part and there’s nothing. That’s not good. And RI did not get hit that hard by Irene so I don’t know […]
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Cycling Vuelta a España, Stage 10 — Universal Sports, 10 a.m. MLB American League Kansas City at Detroit — Fox Sports Kansas City/Fox Sports Detroit, 7 p.m. New York Yankees at Baltimore — YES/MASN, 7 p.m. Oakland at Cleveland — Comcast SportsNet California/STO, 7 p.m. Tampa Bay at Toronto — Sun Sports/Rogers Sportsnet, 7 p.m. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/28/2011
At 8:30 on this Sunday morning, the power went out at the Fang’s Bites abode. I was hoping the power would hold for most of the day, but now-Tropical Storm Irene had other ideas. That means I won’t be posting anything until I get a good wifi signal. I’m still on Twitter at the Fang’s […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/27/2011
This from CBS Sports Network, a whole host of studio programming is on the way. This includes the premiere of the Yahoo Sports Radio show hosted by Tim Brando, a program hosted by CBS’ Tracy Wolfson and the return of the Tony Barnhart Show. There are other shows coming as well. Let’s take a look […]
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I can’t believe it’s been 25 seasons since College GameDay first started. And it began with Tim Brando, Lee Corso and Beano Cook. The cast now has Chris Fowler, Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard and Erin Andrews. Yes, the one constant has been Lee Corso. ESPN will mark the 25th season of GameDay with […]
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Yup, the New Orleans Saints which will be part of the NFL’s regular season opener with defending Super Bowl champion Green Bay. And yes, that game on September 8 will be on NBC. On Sunday, the Saints will be in Oakland to take on the Raiders and the Sunday Night Football crew of Al Michaels, […]
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This coming in the last few days, Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic has obtained the rights to the Atlantic Coast Conference. This is a cable syndication contract that is part of ESPN’s rights to the conference. As a result, Comcast SportsNet will be able to air a weekly conference football game, 14 in all. It will also […]
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This just happening in the last half-hour, the Hall of Fame Voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Vin Scully, announced during the Colorado Rockies-Dodgers game that he will indeed return for his record 63rd season with the team. Just this week, the Dodgers asked season ticket holders to evaluate how Scully was doing as the […]
