0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/16/2012
ESPN’s 10th annual college basketball BracketBusters is set for this weekend. Good matchups involving mid-major teams hoping to make an impression for the NCAA Tournament next month. ESPN’s main analyst, Dick Vitale, will be paired with Dave O’Brien for the St. Mary’s at Murray State game on Saturday at 6 p.m. ET. Other analysts of […]
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Ok, going to attempt some linkage here. Quite busy, but I’ll try to sneak some stuff for you. Eric Fisher of Sports Business Daily looks at the new $3.99 charge for the new March Madness Live app for the NCAA Tournament. R. Thomas Umstead of Multichannel News/Broadcasting & Cable also writes about the new March […]
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Ok, CBS, Turner Sports and the NCAA have just announced what is being called “NCAA March Madness Live” and it replaces the familiar March Madness on Demand that CBS had in place for the NCAA Tournament for many years. It was the way many fans could watch the Tournament at work for the first and […]
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National Geographic Channel rarely delves into sports subjects, but it will starting today with a new web series, “Beyond The Puck” that will star Boston Bruins defenseman Andrew Ference. One thing you may not know about Ference is that he’s an environmental activist and works to keep his home green and eco-friendly. Ference bikes to […]
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College Basketball Men’s Lehigh at Bucknell — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m. Wisconsin at Michigan State — ESPN, 7 p.m. Virginia Tech at Florida State — ESPN2, 7 p.m. Farleigh Dickinson at Mount St. Mary’s — Fox College Sports Central/MASN, 7 p.m. Louisiana-Lafayette at Denver — Fox Sports Pacific/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 7 p.m. Iowa […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/15/2012
Just a mere 10 days after becoming a nationwide sensation, New York Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin is officially a Sports Illustrated cover subject. Pablo Torre does the profile that accompanies the cover and goes in-depth on how Lin’s rose from relative obscurity to a meteoric rise. We have other stories in this week’s issue […]
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Building on a trend from the previous two seasons, Fox Sports will increase the amount of MLB games from three to eight in 2012. This season, the primetime stretch begins on May 19 and will continue through July 7. According to Fox, all teams excluding Toronto will be featured during that 8 week stretch at […]
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John Ourand in Sports Business Daily breaks another sports media story. He’s reporting that
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College Basketball Men’s Northwestern at Indiana — Big Ten Network, 6:30 p.m. DePaul at UConn — Big East Network: Altitude2/MASN/SNY, 7 p.m. St. Joseph’s at URI — Cox Sports RI, 7 p.m. Georgia at South Carolina — CSS/Bright House/Comcast SportsNet California/The Comcast Network, 7 p.m. North Carolina at Miami (FL) — ESPN, 7 p.m. Villanova […]
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I owe you linkage. I’m in a bad stretch so linkage is scarce. I try to give you breaking news when I can. Let’s start with Michael Hiestand of USA Today who reports that MLB on Fox will go eight straight weeks in primetime during the upcoming 2012 season. Sports Illustrated’s Peter King says it’s […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/14/2012
Keith Thibault of Sports Media Journal and I are back a day early with our regular edition of the Sports Media Weekly podcast. Our guest this week is Dave Sims, voice of Sunday Night Football and NCAA Tournament for Dial Global/Westwood One Sports, and TV voice of the Seattle Mariners on Root Sports Northwest. But before […]
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This past weekend was Hockey Day in Canada on CBC with three NHL games aired across Canada and a celebration of the Great White North’s pastime. This Sunday, the NBC Sports Group gets into the act with Hockey Day in America with an NHL tripleheader of its own. NBC will air Hockey Day in America […]
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This comes from the Sports Business Journal’s John Ourand who has been on top of this story since last year. He’s reporting (subscription required) in this week’s issue that with the announcement of five additional games to the Thursday Night Football schedule on NFL Network, it now appears unlikely that there will be a new […]
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TNT is back with another Thursday night NBA doubleheader, showing the rematch from Sunday’s national game on ABC between the Boston Celtics and the Chicago Bulls. Thursday night’s game at 8 ET will take place at the United Center in Chicago. The nightcap will feature the Los Angeles Clippers and Chris Paul and Blake Griffin […]
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On February 29, Showtime’s Inside NASCAR returns for its third season with a one-hour recap of the Daytona 500. Host Chris Myers along with analysts Michael Waltrip and Kyle Petty will look back at the race, plus listen to driver audio. In addition, there will be an interview with Danica Patrick who enters her first […]
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College Basketball Men’s St. John’s at Seton Hall — Big East Network: Bright House/Cox Sports Television/CSS/MASN/SNY, 7 p.m. William & Mary at Drexel — Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/Comcast SportsNet New England/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Florida at Alabama — ESPN, 7 p.m. Texas A&M at Texas Tech — ESPN2, 7 p.m. Virginia at Clemson — ESPNU, […]
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The annual Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue will be out this week and we already know that Kate Upton is on the cover. It was the worst kept secret as the cover was supposed to be unveiled during Late Show with David Letterman, but thanks to social media, it was discovered Monday afternoon. So Kate Upton […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/13/2012
We must be getting closer to Spring Training. This is the 3rd post devoted to baseball today and that’s a good thing. MLB Productions and Showtime Sports have announced a new season of their joint reality show, “The Franchise” which follows one MLB team for the season. Last year, it was the San Francisco Giants […]
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Becoming the first college sports conference to sign with the NBC Sports Group, the Colonial Athletic Association signs a five year deal giving TV and digital rights to NBC Sports Network, Comcast SportsNet and NBCSports.com. Over the life of the contract that begins with the 2012-13 season, NBC Sports Network will air give CAA football […]
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A new TV network devoted to high school sports will launch later this year. It will be a cable network with mobile and broadband platforms to show a 24/7 schedule of high school events. PlayOn Sports plans to show 1,000 championships in several different sports including baseball, basketball, football, gymnastics, lacrosse among others. In addition, […]
