0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/25/2012
Since I’ve already posted about NHL Network in the US plans to simulcast TSN’s TradeCentre ’12 show on Monday, I might as well provide TSN’s plans for Monday for NHL Trade Deadline Day. The NHL Trade Deadline should be an international holiday. Hockey fans won’t get work done. I’ll have my trade trackers on my […]
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One of the best days on the sports calendar, NHL Trade Deadline Day is coming on Monday. The Canadian sports networks, Rogers Sportsnet, The Score and TSN will be all over the big day as trades between teams can go fast and furious in the hours and minutes leading up to the 3 p.m. ET […]
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For NBA All-Star Weekend and having Jeremy Lin in the Rising Stars Challenge, TNT saw its highest-ever ratings for the event. The game between the NBA’s best rookies and sophomores saw a 1.7 rating, up from the 1.6 that was the previous record in 2004 and up from the 1.5 for last year’s game. Average […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/24/2012
Saturday, February 25 Boxing Boxing After Dark: Welterweights, Devon Alexander vs. Marcos Maidana — HBO, 10 p.m. Ali 70 From Las Vegas — ESPN2, 10 p.m. College Basketball Viewing Picks English Premier League Queens Park Rangers vs. Fulham — Fox Soccer Plus, 9:53 a.m. Chelsea vs. Bolton — Fox Soccer, 10 a.m. Manchester City vs. […]
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Men’s Schedule Courtesy of Matt’s College Sports on TV Saturday, February 25 College GameDay live from Storrs, CT — ESPNU, 10 a.m./ESPN, 11 a.m./ESPN, 8 p.m. 11 a.m. Robert Morris at Quinnipiac — ESPNU noon Virginia Tech at Duke — ACC Network Vanderbilt at Kentucky — CBS Northeastern at Delaware — Comcast SportsNet New England/CSS/The […]
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College Baseball Oregon State at San Diego State — the mtn., 9 p.m. College Basketball Men’s Loyola (MD) at Rider — ESPN2, 7 p.m. Butler at Valparaiso — ESPNU, 7 p.m. Columbia at Yale — YES, 7 p.m. Marquette at West Virginia — ESPN, 9 p.m. Fairfield at Iona — ESPNU, 9 p.m. Women’s Wake […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/23/2012
Here’s another MLB Network-related post. This one deals with the complete 150 game Cactus and Grapefruit League schedule. Many games will be live. Others will be aired on tape delay. In the primetime and viewing picks, I’ll list all of the live games, and some of the taped games, but you have this to check […]
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As March approaches, MLB Network is getting ready for its Spring Training coverage. Its studio show during that period, “30 Clubs in 30 Days” returns March 5 in a big way. It will hit every team’s camp either in Arizona and Florida and for the first time, MLB Network’s analysts including Harold Reynolds, Al Leiter, […]
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MLB Network has been experimenting with bringing viewers in-game audio during Spring Training games. It conducted two off-air experiments last year and after listening to the results, it will air an actual game featuring almost-live audio as it happens. Of course, there will be a brief delay to ensure that swear words don’t hit the […]
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College Basketball Men’s Bucknell at American — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m. Duke at Florida State — ESPN, 7 p.m. Alabama at Arkansas — ESPN2, 7 p.m. Murray State at Tennessee State — ESPNU, 8 p.m. Arkansas State at Western Kentucky — Fox College Sports, 8 p.m. Louisville at Cincinnati — ESPN, 9 p.m. Wisconsin […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/22/2012
Earlier this month, NFL Network was in Indianapolis to cover Super Bowl XLVI. It’s back in Indy starting Thursday to cover the the NFL Scouting Combine to see the players who will be in the league next year. More than 50 hours of Scouting Combine coverage will be aired on NFL Network from Saturday through […]
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The Sports Media Weekly podcast is back on its regular night, posted on a Wednesday night. Keith Thibault of Sports Media Journal and I had an action-packed news segment where we discussed the ESPN.com mobile site slur on Jeremy Lin which cost its editor his job and the same line used by ESPNews anchor Max […]
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This just in from CBS/Turner, we have the announcing teams for the NCAA Tournament. With Gus Johnson at Fox, Kevin Harlan is promoted to a regional final team and he’ll join Len Elmore and his NBA on TNT partner, Reggie Miller. Brian Anderson who TBS tapped to call the MLB Postseason last year and has […]
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This Sunday, Fox Sports airs The Great American Race, the 54th annual Daytona 500 live from the Daytona International Speedway. Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds will be in the broadcast booth to call the race. Speed’s John Roberts, subbing for a grieving Chris Myers, will host from Fox’s “Hollywood Hotel” located in the […]
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The ESPN family of networks will once again be all over NASCAR with coverage of the entire Nationwide Series and the last 17 races of the Sprint Cup schedule including the 10 race Chase series. Calling the races will be Allen Bestwick for the first part of the Nationwide Series and ESPN/ABC’s Sprint Cup schedule. […]
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The latest episode of Fox Sports Net’s “Connected with Jason Whitlock” will focus on Muhammed Ali and the impact he had on sports, politics and the black community. Whitlock’s guests will include embattled baseball star Barry Bonds, NFL legend Jim Brown, former NFL defensive lineman Warren Sapp, former NBA player John Salley, noted University of […]
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College Basketball Men’s Nebraska at Purdue — Big Ten Network, 6:30 p.m. Dayton at Duquense — A-10 Network: The Comcast Network, 7 p.m. South Florida at Syracuse — Big East Network: Bright House/MASN/SNY, 7 p.m. Mississippi at Tennessee — CSS/Cox Sports Television/Comcast SportsNet California Plus, 7 p.m. West Virginia at Notre Dame — ESPN2, 7 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/21/2012
This afternoon after running errands, I turned on the TV for the local news and I noticed that anchor Alison Bologna of WJAR-TV in Providence, RI was wearing one of the most hideous things I have ever seen. It was so distracting, that I had no idea what she was reading off the teleprompter. Luckily, […]
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We have the transcript from tonight’s Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel on HBO. As expected, Bryant speaks about the New York Knicks’ Jeremy Lin, but he also thinks the coverage is more of a media creation and come Spring Training, no one will care about him. Agree? BRYANT GUMBEL CLOSING COMMENTARY REAL SPORTS WITH […]
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TBS has unveiled the first eight games of its Sunday afternoon MLB schedule and the first things that jump out are the three appearances each by the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays. In the Rays’ case, all of their games are against the Yankees and Red Sox. No other teams […]
