0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/22/2011
Just announced by HBO and NFL Films, a new documentary on Joe Namath. Both HBO and NFL Films have teamed up before, most recently for their successful “Lombardi” documentary which won the Sports Emmy for Best Documentary. I expect high quality from this documentary as HBO certainly knows how to do the sports documentary and […]
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In a move announced today, ESPN President George Bodenheimer has been promoted to Executive Chairman of the network. In his place, John Skipper who has been Executive Vice President of Content since 2006 will assume Bodenheimer’s duties as head of day-to-day operations and become ESPN President. The changes become effective on January 1. Under Bodenheimer’s […]
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The next Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel airs on Tuesday, November 22 and will be the last new edition before next month’s Year in Review program. Here’s the press release. REAL SPORTS WITH BRYANT GUMBEL EXAMINES A SEXUAL ABUSE CASE IN TENNIS; PROFILES BUTLER UNIVERSITY BASKETBALL COACH BRAD STEVENS; AND RECONNECTS WITH THE NEW YORK […]
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College Basketball Cancun Classic, Cancun, Mexico semifinals Rutgers vs. Illinois State — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m. Richmond vs. Illinois — CBS Sports Network, 9:30 p.m. CBE Classic, Kansas City, MO Consolation Game Notre Dame vs. Georgia — ESPNU, 7:45 p.m. Championship Game Missouri vs. Cal — ESPN2, 10 p.m. Maui Invitational, Maui, HI Semifinals […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/21/2011
Here are your college basketball on the ESPN family of networks for what the alleged Worldwide Leader calls “Feast Week”. Lots of games and plenty of early season tournaments. Take a look. Men’s College Hoops Feast Week Continues ESPN’s annual Feast Week coverage, celebrating all the men’s college basketball matchups surrounding the Thanksgiving holiday, will […]
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Just down to the next to last weekend of games in college football and plenty of blood rivalries on tap. You have Ohio State-Michigan on Saturday on ABC, Georgia-Georgia Tech on ESPN, Virginia Tech-Virginia on ABC/ESPN2, Oregon State-Oregon on ABC/ESPN2, Pittsburgh-West Virginia on ESPN, Penn State-Wisconsin on ESPN and Clemson-South Carolina on ESPN. So many […]
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It’s the early evening on the East Coast, but I do have time to bring you some linkage. Lots of stuff to get to. We’ll begin with John Ourand of Sports Business Journal who reviews ESPN’s new NFL studio shows which came as a result of its new Monday Night Football $2 billion rights fee. […]
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We knew a couple of weeks ago that the NFL had moved the originally scheduled Sunday Night Football game, Indianapolis-New England from primetime to a 1 p.m. game on CBS. Today, the NFL has moved the Detroit Lions-New Orleans Saints game from 1 p.m. to primetime on NBC. In addition, the NFL has announced that […]
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As you may be aware, Sidney Crosby is making his return to the NHL tonight for the Pittsburgh Penguins after missing 61 regular season due to a concussion. Versus is picking up his season debut against the New York Islanders in the US while CBC carries it in Canada. The NHL Network will have extensive […]
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Next weekend, Fox Sports will air the inaugural Pac-12 and Big Ten Football Championships and both games will be called by the same broadcast team on successive nights. The College Football on FX team Gus Johnson, Charles Johnson and sideline analyst Tim Brewster will first call the Pac-12 Championship on either the campus of Stanford […]
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Friday night, you’ll be tired from the Thanksgiving holiday, the silly start to the Christmas shopping season and maybe even the football games. What better way to get a change of pace than to get a 12 minute sneak peek of HBO Sports’ award-winning 24/7 series on the upcoming NHL Winter Classic pitting the New […]
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Without any live games to air due to the lockout, NBA TV can only go so far showing classic games from the 1970’s through 1994 and movies like “Teen Wolf”. So starting Tuesday, it’ll premiere a new studio show named, “Open Court” hosted by Ernie Johnson, Jr. and featuring several of the Turner Sports NBA […]
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Received the overnight ratings from last night’s Sunday Night Football game between the Philadelphia Eagles and New York Giants. I give NBC credit for not trying to spin the numbers. It admits when a game is lower than the comparable game from the previous year. And that’s what happened last night. The overnight rating for […]
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I thank the people at Fox Sports public relations for the first video I’ve posted here. You may have seen this promo during the NFL on Fox or the various Fox Sports Net affiliates. This promo campaign has been featuring JB Smoove. You may know him as Leon from Curb Your Enthusiasm. This one has […]
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College Basketball men’s CBE Classic, Kansas City, MO semifinals Missouri vs. Notre Dame — ESPN2, 7:30 p.m. Cal vs. Georgia — ESPN2, 10 p.m. Legends Classic, East Rutherford, NJ Third Place Game NC State vs. Texas — Longhorn Network/ESPN3.com, 6:30 p.m. Championship Game Vanderbilt vs. Oregon State — ESPN3.com, 9 p.m. Maui Invitational, Maui, HI […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/20/2011
Bob Costas gave his usual halftime essay during Sunday Night Football. Tonight focused on the annual Thanksgiving game in Detroit. Bob talked about this year’s Green Bay-Detroit game having meaning and then comparing it to a Packers-Lions Turkey Day game some 49 years ago. I zoned out quickly afterwards. Here’s the transcript. BOB COSTAS’ HALFTIME […]
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Let’s do the quotes from Football Night in America this evening. “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” NOTES & QUOTES – WEEK 11 “I really think they are. It’s not really fun to look at, but they know how to win.” – Dungy on if 49ers are good enough to win the Super Bowl “They are going […]
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Usually, the NFL sends out press releases when the league announces a flex. Even when a primetime game on Sunday isn’t moved, there are moves in the daytime schedule. However, this wasn’t the case for Week 12 and I checked in my e-mail spam folder and my e-mail trash bin to see if I didn’t […]
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About an hour after CBC announced it was picking up Sidney Crosby’s NHL season debut for Hockey Night in Canada, Versus says it will do the same. The network was originally slated to carry Boston-Montreal at 7:30 p.m. ET, but with this new development, Versus has adjusted its schedule. Instead, NHL Live which was originally […]
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We now wrap up our early Sunday NFL pregame press releases with NBC’s preview of tonight’s Football Night in America interviews. Tony Dungy gets involved by talking with New York Giants QB Eli Manning while Bob Costas interviews Philadelphia Eagles running back Lesean McCoy. Here’s the preview. “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” PREVIEW – WEEK 11 […]
