0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/26/2012
College Basketball Men’s Navy at Lehigh — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m. NC State at North Carolina — ESPN, 7 p.m. Florida at Mississippi — ESPN2, 7 p.m. Nebraska at Iowa — ESPNU, 7 p.m. Western Kentucky at Florida Atlantic — Fox College Sports Pacific, 7 p.m. Fresno State at Louisiana Tech — WAC Sports […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/25/2012
Ok, let’s provide the programming schedule for NFL Network. This is a 3,107 word press release which goes into detail about the shows you’ll see on NFL Network from now until the first part of Super Bowl Week. Amazing about the wordage, but I pass this along to you so you can scroll at your […]
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In this week’s issue of Sports Illustrated, the weekly sports magazine previews Super Bowl XLVI. Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is on the cover and you can see what else is in the print and tablet issues. Super Bowl XLVI, Rematch of Super Bowl XLII: Patriots Vs. Giants A Legend Dies in the Midst of Controversy […]
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I haven’t provided links on schedule so let me try to do it now. We begin with Michael Hiestand of USA Today who talks about NBCUniversal’s big plans to blanket Super Bowl XLVI next week. Wow. The secret organization Anonymous plans to attack ESPN.com over its support of SOPA and PIPA. In case anyone from […]
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Last week, Showtime’s “Inside the NFL” brought in the man known as “LT”, LaDanian Tomlinson to be a guest for the entire hour of the show. This week, it brings in the original “LT”, Hall of Fame New York Giants linebacker Lawrence Taylor to talk about next week’s Super Bowl between his G-Men and the […]
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You want to talk about a big event strategy, NBCUniversal is going all in for Super Bowl Week. Yesterday, I gave you an inkling of some of the programs that will on the networks of NBCU throughout next week. Well we get more information in a press release outlining the other networks that will be […]
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Carling Cup 2nd Leg Liverpool vs. Manchester City — Fox Soccer, 2:30 p.m. College Basketball Men’s Penn State at Ohio State — Big Ten Network, 6:30 p.m. St. Bonaventure at URI — A-10 Network: Comcast SportsNet New England/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/Cox Sports RI/The Comcast Network, 7 p.m. DePaul at Rutgers — Big East Network: SNY, 7 […]
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On Tuesday, I gave you NBCUniversal’s programming for Super Bowl Week. Apparently, that was just the tip of the iceberg as we’ll get even more networks and more shows with a Super Bowl theme on the NBCUniversal family. But that’s later. Right now, I’m going to give you the overview of what the NBC Sports […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/24/2012
Starting on Thursday, NHL Network will have 16½ hours of live coverage of All-Star Weekend in Ottawa. Hosts Kathryn Tappen and Brian Duff will be joined by analysts Barry Melrose, Kevin Weekes, Mike Johnson, insider EJ Hradek and reporter Heidi Androl. NHL Tonight will be live from the All-Star Fan Fair at the Ottawa Convention […]
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This year’s NHL All-Star Weekend takes place in Ottawa and the All-Star Skills Competition this Saturday and the 59th annual NHL All-Star Game itself on Sunday will be held at Scotiabank Place. And before everything occurs, it’ll be the All-Star Fantasy Draft which NBC Sports Network will simulcast with TSN. The sides will be chosen […]
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CBS Sports begins its 20 event PGA Tour schedule this weekend with the Farmers Insurance Open live from the famed Torrey Pines Golf Course in La Jolla, CA. Jim Nantz and Sir Nick Faldo will be on hand at the 18th green and be joined by the usual cast of characters including David Feherty and […]
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I just received the NBCUniversal Media Guide for Super Bowl XLVI. You know that NBC will be airing Super Bowl XLVI live from Indianapolis on February 5. You may not know the ancillary programming that will be shown on the networks of NBCUniversal during Super Bowl Week. Among the highlights: NBC Pro Bowl — January […]
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The first new edition of Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel premieres tonight on HBO. The critically acclaimed sports newsmagazine will have three new stories and an update from 2009. As usual, Real Sports has a very interesting lineup and we have it for you below. REAL SPORTS WITH BRYANT GUMBEL EXAMINES THE USE OF TORADOL […]
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Here’s a story to start our Tuesday. USA Today Media Group has purchased Big Lead Sports. If you’re a regular visitor to Fang’s Bites, you’ll know that this site is a member of Big Lead Sports, but is not owned by the blogging network and fantasy sports company. Now, USA Today has obtained the assets […]
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Carling Cup 2nd Leg Cardiff City vs. Crystal Palace — Fox Soccer Plus, 2:40 p.m. College Basketball Men’s Michigan at Purdue — ESPN, 7 p.m. Tennessee at Vanderbilt — ESPNU, 7 p.m. South Florida at Marquette — Big East Network: Bright House/Cox Sports/CSS/MASN/SNY, 8 p.m. Baylor at Oklahoma — Big 12 Network, 8 p.m. San […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/23/2012
I’ll do some links that I’ve gathered over the day. You deserve some. Michael Hiestand of USA Today discusses the monster ratings for Championship Sunday in the NFL. Michael says with NBC reacquiring the rights to the Breeders Cup, ESPN has gotten out of the horse racing business. And Michael discusses Jim Rome’s CBS debut […]
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CBS has issued a press release stating that the average viewership for Sunday’s AFC Championship was the highest since 1982 when San Diego and Cincinnati played on NBC. The total viewership was 48.7 million in the 3 p.m. ET window for yesterday’s Baltimore Ravens-New England Patriots conference championship. The fast national rating was 27.4/48. Here’s […]
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As mentioned in the previous post, the NFC Championship between the New York Giants and the San Francisco 49ers on Fox was the 3rd most watched Conference Championship of all-time. Fox says an average of 57.6 million viewers watched part or all of the game. The fast national rating for the game was a 30.6 […]
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Don’t have much time to write a wraparound, so here’s an NFL press release on the viewership for NFL Conference Championship Sunday. Viewership was impressive. Ratings were too. MOST-WATCHED CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY IN 30 YEARS AVERAGE OF 53.7 MILLION VIEWERS WATCHED EACH GAME GIANTS-49ERS THIRD MOST-WATCHED CONF. CHAMPIONSHIP EVER RECORD FIVE 2011 PLAYOFF GAMES TOP […]
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The “This is SportsCenter” promo campaign continues to hit home runs. This one involves the Manning Family as in dad Archie, and New York Giants quarterback Eli and injured Indianapolis Colts QB Peyton. It’s pretty funny as the Mannings are given a tour of the ESPN facilities, brothers Eli and Peyton act as brothers would […]
