0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/26/2011
With Hurricane Irene wreaking havoc on the sports schedule this weekend, sports in the New York area has just about been put on the backburner. Saturday’s and Sunday’s schedule has been canceled and one victim is the annual Jets-Giants game at the New Meadowlands Stadium in New Jersey. Originally scheduled for 7 p.m. Saturday, it […]
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Due to Hurricane Irene knocking out the Atlanta Braves-New York Mets games planned for Saturday, one to have been aired on Fox, the network has revised its regional splits. Joe Buck is off again so it means he’s called 12 out of a possible 22 games this season. On pace with last year’s total. Here […]
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As the Northeast battens down the hatches for the impending hit of Hurricane Irene this weekend and it’s not a matter of if it’s coming, but when, I’ll probably won’t be blogging much over the next few days. I’ll do my best as long as I have power, but disaster preparation will be high on […]
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Saturday, August 27 Boxing 24/7 Mayweather/Ortiz — HBO, 10 p.m./CNN, midnight CFL Montreal at Calgary — TSN, 3:30 p.m. College Volleyball AVCA Showcase Minnesota vs. Oregon — Big Ten Network, 6 p.m. Penn State vs. USC — Big Ten Network, 8 p.m. Cycling Vuelta a España, Stage 8 — Universal Sports, 10 a.m. USA Pro […]
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CFL Hamilton at Winnipeg — TSN/NFL Network, 8 p.m. College Volleyball AVCA Showcase Minnesota vs. USC — Big Ten Network, 6 p.m. Oregon vs. Penn State — Big Ten Network, 8 p.m. Cycling Vuelta a España, Stage 7 — Universal Sports, 10 a.m. USA Pro Challenge: Stage 4, Avon — Steamboat Springs — Versus, 4 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/25/2011
Let’s provide links while I can. Trying not to make this a week where links are scarce. Let’s get this done. First, Jessica E. Vascellaro and Darren Everson of the Wall Street Journal look at how infusions of TV rights money has changed college sports not necessarily for the better. John Ourand at Sports Business […]
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I’m happy that Keith Thibault of Sports Media Journal and I were able to get Dan Levy from the Bleacher Report this week. On Monday, it was announced that Dan is part of a new Lead Writer program to improve its content and the site’s reputation. Keith and I asked Dan about his decision to […]
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Announced this morning, Longhorn Network gets its first major cable provider pickup just a day before it officially launches on Friday. Verizon FiOS TV announces that it will distribute nationwide the ESPN-backed regional sports network devoted totally to the University of Texas. Before today, Longhorn Network had been picked up by a couple of smaller […]
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College Basketball Friendship Games Duke vs. United Arab Emirates — ESPNU, 1:30 p.m. Cycling Vuelta a España, Stage 6 — Universal Sports, 10 a.m. USA Pro Challenge, Stage 3: Vail, CO (time trial) — Versus, 4 p.m. Golf LPGA Tour: Canadian Women’s Open, 1st round — TSN 3 p.m./Golf Channel, 6:30 p.m. (delayed) PGA Tour: […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/24/2011
In news that has shocked everyone, we received the news that former Baltimore Orioles pitcher Mike Flanagan was found dead outside his Maryland home tonight. He was 59. Flanagan came to the Orioles in 1973, drafted by the organization as a pitcher and came to the parent club in 1976, was a key member of […]
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As we approach the next to last week of the 2011 NFL Preseason, NFL Network continues to air all games. No live games on NFL Network this week, but that doesn’t stop it from airing the contests. NFL NETWORK & NFL.COM PROGRAMMING NOTES (8/24 – 8/30) JETS HEAD COACH REX RYAN SITS DOWN WITH MICHAEL […]
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This in from NBC Sports Group, the college football schedules for Notre Dame football on NBC; Ivy League, Mountain West and Pac-12 on Versus; as well as the announcers calling the games plus various other college football programming on the networks. NBC Sports Group officially announces a new weekly college football studio show that will […]
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The last couple of days have been tough to provide links as I was out of the office. Glad to be back linking again, although you never know if I’ll be called away again. I’ll try to do what I can. Mike McCarthy of USA Today attended the NFL on CBS media day on Tuesday […]
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This week’s Sports Illustrated issue focuses on the baseball pennant races and has a look at the Milwaukee Brewers which is a true juggernaut at home. But writer Lee Jenkins doesn’t just go into the nuts and bolts of baseball’s hottest team, he also looks at the personalities that have made the Brew Crew one […]
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CBS Sports has two NFL preseason games this week and will handle both of them on back-to-back nights, Friday and Saturday. Ian Eagle, filling in for Jim Nantz who will be handling golf duties this weekend, and Phil Simms along with the outgoing Sam Ryan will call Green Bay at Indianapolis on Friday. Then Greg […]
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NFL Network will air all of this week’s preseason games on tape delay as CBS airs games on Friday and Saturday, NBC has a game on Sunday and ESPN airs its last preseason game on Monday. NFL Network will also air its “Around the League” program hosted by Rich Eisen on Saturday which will have […]
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Cycling Vuelta a España, Stage 5 — Universal Sports, 10 a.m. USA Pro Challenge, Stage 2: Gunnison to Aspen, CO — Versus, 4 p.m. Little League World Series Mexico vs. Venezuela — ESPN/ESPN 3D, 4 p.m. Billings, MT vs. Huntington Beach, CA — ESPN/ESPN 3D, 8 p.m. MLB American League Seattle at Cleveland — Root […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/23/2011
Announced today at the NFL on CBS Media Day Luncheon, an event I was hoping to attend, but could not, the broadcast pairings for this season. As you know CBS covers the American Football Conference and will go all the way from Week 1 of the regular season to the AFC Championship Game on January […]
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On Sunday, NBC had an audience of 10.7 million watch part or all of the San Diego Chargers-Dallas Cowboys exhibition NFL game on Sunday Night Football. That’s a very impressive figure considering the game doesn’t count in the standings. And it was the most watched primetime program of the week on network television. Overall, the […]
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MLB Network continues to release drips and drabs of its game schedule as it wants to provide the best games that have pennant chase meaning. It means that a Red Sox-Yankees matchup will be aired on Tuesday, August 30 and again on Thursday, September 1. Then a big National League West division showdown between the […]
