0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/21/2011
Starting on Christmas Day, ESPN’s NBA pregame show, NBA Countdown will originate from the network’s Los Angeles studios. It means that the show which once aired from New York and from Bristol, CT, will now have a West Coast presence. It also means that Magic Johnson, who had appeared during selected regular season games and […]
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One of my life’s aspirations when I was reporting news for various radio stations was to receive a duPont-Columbia University Journalism Award. It’s one of the most prestigious awards for journalists and I was always riveted when the ceremony was shown on PBS back in the 1980’s. ABC’s Nightline or 60 Minutes always seemed to […]
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Tonight on HBO, we have the second part of 24/7 Flyers/Rangers. We have the preview from HBO Sports below. 24/7 FLYERS/RANGERS: ROAD TO THE NHL WINTER CLASSIC DEC. 21 EPISODE Episode #2 Debut: WEDNESDAY, DEC. 21 (10:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT) Other HBO playdates: Dec. 21 (11:00 p.m.), 22 (5:30 p.m., 11:50 p.m.), 23 (3:00 p.m.), 24 […]
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College Basketball Men’s Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Cincinnati — Big East Network/Fox Sports Ohio, 7 p.m. Texas at North Carolina — ESPN2, 7 p.m. Cornell at Penn State — Big Ten Network, 7:30 p.m. Lafayette at Vanderbilt — Fox Sports Net (regional), 8 p.m. Middle Tennessee vs. Mississippi at Southaven, MS — CSS/Cox Sports Television/The Comcast […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/20/2011
Let’s do some links for today. Lots of stories and lots of stuff going on. From the NFL announcing the online streaming of Super Bowl XLVI to some mind blowing revelations about reporters, this has been an amazing day. It will call for some sports media thoughts later tonight. First the links. I’ll begin with […]
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Last night, NESN, a.k.a, the New England Sports Network, received the 2nd highest regular season ratings in its history for the Boston Bruins. On Monday, the Bruins faced long-time rival the Montreal Canadiens and won, 3-2. The game received a 7.7 rating. The Bruins 3-2 win over Montreal last night at TD Garden received a […]
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The NBA’s Network of Record, TNT will be quite busy in the first week of the 2011-12 season. Not only will it have the very first game of the season on Christmas Day, Celtics-Knicks, but it will also have doubleheaders on Tuesday night, December 27 and its regularly scheduled Thursday night, December 29. In those […]
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We have the official announcement from the National Football League on the plans to stream NBC’s coverage of the postseason including Super Bowl XLVI online. All of NBC’s games which include its Wild Card Playoff Doubleheader on January 7, 2012, the Pro Bowl in Hawaii on January 29 and Super Bowl XLVI on February 5 […]
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College Basketball Men’s IPFW at Purdue — Big Ten Network, 6:30 p.m. UNH at Providence — Big East Network, 7 p.m. Mercer at Georgia — CSS, 7 p.m. Samford at Kentucky — ESPN2, 7 p.m. Bucknell at Syracuse — ESPNU, 7 p.m. UNC-Asheville at Tennessee — Fox College Sports Atlantic/SportSouth, 7 p.m. Oakland at Arizona […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/19/2011
Let’s provide the college basketball games that will be seen on the ESPN family of networks and platforms through Christmas Eve. This weekend, it marks the return of holiday tournaments such as the Diamond Head Classic in Hawaii and the Las Vegas Classic. Plenty of games. We have the list of games below. Men’s College […]
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On Christmas Day, NFL Network will air a one hour special on the 40th anniversary on “The Longest Game Ever Played,” a divisional playoff game between the Miami Dolphins and the Kansas City Chiefs. The game went into double overtime and was broadcast on NBC. Curt Gowdy did the play-by-play while Al DeRogatis was the […]
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I’ve been out for much of the day and my phone battery died while in transit so imagine feeling out of touch and lost like I did. But I’m back with you. I’ll do a few links here and add a few more in another post later. Sports Business Journal’s John Ourand has his sports […]
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After losing in the attempt to have New England-Denver flexed into primetime, NBC was left with a less-than-attractive Baltimore-San Diego game and the ratings reflected the interest from the fans in the wake after Pats-Broncos on CBS, plus NBC wasn’t helped by the Chargers blowout of the Ravens. NBC received an 11.3 overnight rating with […]
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And why shouldn’t it crow? Today, CBS put out a press release stating that the 4:15 p.m. window featuring New England-Denver shown to 79% of the country received the highest overnight ratings for any NFL TV partner this season. The average overnight rating for the window reached a 19.5 with a 36 share. Previously, the […]
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Do you think CBS knew what it was doing when it fought hard to keep New England-Denver from being flexed from the original 4:15 p.m. slot on Sunday to primetime? With the game going to 79% of the country, (New York, Philadelphia, Cleveland and Phoenix plus surrounding areas were the markets that did not receive […]
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College Basketball Men’s Howard at Indiana — Big Ten Network, 6:30 p.m. Cleveland State at South Florida — Big East Network, 7 p.m. Tennessee Tech at West Virginia — Big East Network, 7 p.m. Nicolls State at North Carolina — ESPNU, 7 p.m. UNC-Greensboro at Duke — Fox Sports Net (regional), 7 p.m. Wyoming at […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/18/2011
I was out during the first half of the Sunday Night Football game between Baltimore and San Diego and seeing that the game isn’t close as I write this, I’m glad I missed the action. Anyway, we have the quotage from tonight’s Football Night in America followed by Bob Costas’ halftime commentary. First, the Football […]
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For tonight’s Baltimore-San Diego game, Bob Costas talks with Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers while Tony Dungy will have a chance to discuss things with Ravens coach John Harbaugh. We have partial transcripts of tonight’s interviews on NBC’s Football Night in America. “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” PREVIEW – WEEK 15 BOB COSTAS INTERVIEWS PHILIP RIVERS; TONY […]
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And we move to the NFL Today which talked about Tim Tebow a lot including an interview of the man conducted by Jim Nantz. We do have one video for you. NEWS, NOTES & QUOTES FROM CBS SPORTS’ “THE NFL TODAY” WITH JAMES BROWN, DAN MARINO, SHANNON SHARPE, BILL COWHER AND BOOMER ESIASON FOR WEEK […]
