0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/31/2012
We have the official press release from NBC Sports Group announcing the hiring of former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward as a football analyst. He’ll span the Group from NBC on Football Night in America to NBC Sports Network on college football and NBC SportsTalk. Ward has been branching out beyond sports as he […]
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NBC has announced the hiring of former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward as an analyst. He’ll be part of Football Night in America on NBC, contribute to NBC Sports Network’s college football studio shows and also be seen on NBC SportsTalk. This follows his guest stint during Super Bowl XLVI on NBC in February […]
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In a span of just four days, it’ll be out with the old and in with the new at SportsNation. Michelle Beadle will say goodbye on her last official show which will air on Friday. From what the press blurb says, Michelle will go out with a bang. I heard it will involve a cannon. […]
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Starting this weekend, the ESPN Family of Networks will begin airing the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship. In total, 83 games will be aired over ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3. It begins with the regionals this weekend, then the Super Regionals the following weekend and one of college sports’ greatest events, the College World Series […]
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Here to provide some links for you today. Looks like I’ll be out on Friday so posting may be scarce, but we’ll cross that bridge when we get to it. In the meantime, I have some links for you now. This week, CBSSports.com Deputy Managing Editor Craig Stanke passed away at the age of 56. […]
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College Softball Women’s College World Series, Oklahoma City, OK Bracket Play-Double Elimination South Florida vs. Oklahoma — ESPN2, 1 p.m. LSU vs. Cal — ESPN2, 3:30 p.m. Tennessee vs. Alabama — ESPN2, 7 p.m. Oregon vs. Arizona State — ESPN2, 9:30 p.m. Golf European PGA Tour: Wales Open, 1st Round — Golf Channel, 9:30 a.m. […]
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Thursday morning, NHL Network will carry the Detroit Red Wings press conference that will unveil the future of celebrated captain Niklas Lidstrom. It’s expected that the Wings will announce that the 42 year old defenseman will call it a career. And he’s had a great career that has spanned 20 consecutive playoff appearances with Detroit […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/30/2012
If you were not able to access Fang’s Bites earlier today, you weren’t alone. For most of the day, the site was down. Still trying to figure out what was the cause, but I’m going to blame the Communists for now. Anyway, the National Football League formally announced on Wednesday that the much maligned Pro […]
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Seems like a two weeks have passed since the New Jersey Devils closed out the New York Rangers. Now, we’ve finally arrived at the Stanley Cup Final. And the Devils will host the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday in Game One at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ. As it’s been for the last couple […]
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Golf On the Range: Memorial Tournament — Golf Channel, 8 p.m. MLB American League Chicago White Sox at Tampa Bay — WGN America/Sun Sports, 1 p.m. Oakland at Minnesota — Fox Sports North, 1 p.m. Baltimore at Toronto — MASN/Rogers Sportsnet, 7 p.m. Detroit at Boston — Fox Sports Detroit/NESN, 7 p.m. Seattle at Texas […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/29/2012
Earlier today, Serena Williams lost her very first match in a Grand Slam Tournament first round. She had previously won all of her 45 first round Grand Slam tournament matches, but after winning the first set 6-4, she lost the last two sets, 7-6 and 6-3. The last game was epic taking over 20 minutes […]
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Back to work for many of you after the Memorial Day holiday. Because of my crazy schedule, I didn’t get to enjoy it, but you don’t care about that. Let’s do links. John Ourand of Sports Business Journal reports that Cox Communications has dropped the New Orleans Hornets allowing Fox Sports to swoop up the […]
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After getting rejected left and right by teams and after a season’s absence, HBO and NFL Films have found a willing partner in the Miami Dolphins for Hard Knocks. While you might think the Dolphins might be dull after the last edition of Hard Knocks with media darlings, the New York Jets in 2010, you […]
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Golf Big Break Academy: Short Game Test — Golf Channel, 7 p.m. MLB American League Baltimore at Toronto — MASN/Rogers Sportsnet, 7 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Tampa Bay — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Sun Sports, 7 p.m. Detroit at Boston — ESPN/Fox Sports Detroit/NESN, 7 p.m. Kansas City at Cleveland — Fox Sports Kansas City/STO, 7 […]
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Let’s take a look at Olympic television promos from outside the United States. I provided you with NBC’s Olympic trailer. I’ll provide you with promos from other rightsholders. This is from 9 Network in Australia. The theme for its coverage is “One Heart/Million Voices” from the band New Empire. This is not bad. The footage […]
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We have NBC’s Olympics Trailer. It’s a pretty good one. The only drawback is seeing no-talent hack Ryan Seacrest, but you do have that iconic moment from 2008 of Bela Karolyi all over Bob Costas from the Communist China Games. This tells you what NBC’s coverage will entail plus introduce you to the athletes who […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/28/2012
College Baseball NCAA Baseball Road to Omaha Selection Show — ESPNU, noon College Lacrosse NCAA Division I Men’s Championship, Foxboro, MA Loyola (MD) vs. Maryland — ESPN, 1 p.m. Golf Big Break Atlantis: Castles Made of Sand — Golf Channel, 9 p.m. Feherty: Roger Maltbie — Golf Channel, 10 p.m. MLB American League Detroit at […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/27/2012
Just two more episodes left after tonight. Tonight’s episode entailed Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce receiving an indecent proposal from one of Jaguar’s dealers asking to have a night with Joan. And it also affirmed Pete Campbell as one of the slimiest characters in the history of television. And while SCDP was auditioning for Jaguar, Megan […]
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It’s the Coca-Cola 600 in primetime tonight. Starting at 5:30 p.m., the season’s longest race takes place at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. Mike Joy, Larry McReynolds and Darrell Waltrip will call the race high above trackside. Chris Myers, DW and Michael Waltrip will be live from the Hollywood Hotel for preace coverage. Of course, there […]
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ESPN has what looks like to be the glamor portion of the NBA Conference Finals, the Eastern portion between the Boston Celtics and the Miami Heat. ESPN will carry the entire series. No games will be shuffled to ABC so the next game the network will air will be Game 1 of the NBA Finals […]
