0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/21/2012
Let’s do some sports media thoughts for you on this back to work Monday. As usual, they’re in bullet form. Last week’s news that TBS would pick up the new single elimination MLB Wild Card Playoff games for this year and next was not a surprise. TBS has pleased MLB with its postseason coverage since […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/20/2012
This was a pretty wild episode. This depicts a period in 1967 with the Hare Krishnas. We see Lane cooking the books at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, embezzling money and forging Don Draper’s signature. Then we see the return of Paul Kinsey, but he’s now in the Hare Krishnas. Joan is served divorce papers. Don […]
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Headlined by the second installment of Big Break Atlantis, Golf Channel will be airing plenty of original programming this week. Not only will fans of Big Break see LPGA superstar Yani Tseng take part in one of the challenges, the original talk program, Feherty will show David Feherty talking with Donald Trump. There’s also other […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/19/2012
I was not able to see Fox’s coverage of the UEFA Champions League Final between Bayern Munich and Chelsea today. I watched it on replay on Fox Soccer. I was told by many people on Twitter that Fox Sports did not air the traditional Champions League Anthem, choosing to use its traditional NFL on Fox […]
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Let’s provide the replay of one of the more exciting Triple Crown races we’ve seen in quite some time. Kentucky Derby winner I’ll Have Another ran down Bodemeister in the final stretch when it appeared that Bodemeister had the Preakness won. And the Triple Crown will be on the line when the Belmont Stakes is […]
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On Sunday, MLB on TBS takes the Interleague train to the City of Brotherly Love to air the Boston Red Sox-Philadelphia Phillies game which makes the third national outlet in as many days to air the game. MLB Network aired Friday’s game, Fox on Saturday and then TBS on Sunday. Brian Anderson and Dennis Eckersley […]
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Today, NBC Sports Group has The Preakness Stakes live from Pimlico Race Course outside Baltimore, MD. This is where it will be determined if I’ll Have Another has what it takes to be a Triple Crown Champion, the first since Affirmed in 1978. Bodemeister who finished second in the Kentucky could have something to say […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/18/2012
With the NHL off for the second consecutive Friday, the Conference Finals resume on Saturday with the East back in action on NBC. It’ll be Game 3 of the New York Rangers-New Jersey Devils series with Mike Emrick, Eddie Olczyk and Pierre “Hopeless” McGuire will be on the call. Gametime is 1 p.m. ET. And […]
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This announced late this afternoon that Erik Kuselias who as of last week was removed as co-host of Golf Channel’s Morning Drive, will now become the full-time host of NBC SportsTalk on NBC Sports Network. The show had been hosted by Russ Thaler formerly of Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic and I thought Russ did a pretty […]
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Tomorrow, Fox Sports airs the UEFA Champions League Final live from Munich, Germany. For the first time in CL history, a finalist gets to play in its home stadium as is the case with Bayern Munich. Both teams got to the final after beating various clubs from leagues all over Europe. Bayern Munich coming over […]
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In what could be a harbinger of things to come for Fox, it’s the first of eight straight weeks of primetime baseball. Should the ratings do well and with Fox making more of a foray into primetime sports on Saturdays, this could become permanent. We shall see. In any event, five games will be sent […]
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Saturday, May 19 Boxing 24/7 Pacquiao/Bradley (series premiere) — HBO, 10:15 p.m. College Baseball Penn State at Michigan State — Big Ten Network, noon Seton Hall at St. John’s — CBS Sports Network, 1 p.m. Miami at Georgia Tech — Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/CSS, 1 p.m. LSU at South Carolina — ESPNU, 1 p.m. Ohio State […]
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Arena Football Orlando Predators at New Orleans VooDoo — NFL Network, 8 p.m. Australian Rules Football Hawthorn Hawks vs. Fremantle Dockers — Fox Soccer Plus, midnight College Baseball Purdue at Iowa — Big Ten Network, 7:30 p.m. San Diego State at TCU — the mtn., 7:30 p.m. Nevada at Hawaii — Fox College Sports Pacific, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/17/2012
With the Eastern Conference Final off until Saturday, the only NHL action we have until then is Game 3 of the Western Conference Final between the Phoenix Coyotes and the Los Angeles Kings tonight. It airs at 9 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Network. NHL Live airs at 8 p.m. to set the scene for […]
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This in from the company formerly known as the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network. ESPN has announced that it has added 23 ACC football games to the schedule. This is in addition to the seven games previously unveiled. Most of the games in this unveil are in the first three weeks of the 2012 season. […]
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The multifaceted Ian Eagle joins Keith Thibault of Sports Media Journal for this edition of Sports Media Weekly. As always, Keith and I discussed the news that developed up until the time of our taping. Keith and I talked about NBCUniversal’s distribution of Olympic events to four cable channels, Bravo, CNBC, MSNBC and Telemundo. We […]
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Just announced jointly by Major League Baseball and Turner Sports, TBS will air the first-ever single elimination Wild Card playoff games that begin this year. TBS will have the rights to the American and National League Wild Card games both this year and next. In addition, MLB Network will gain rights to two League Division […]
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This was reported last night by Multichannel News and now we have the official press release from the National Broadcasting Company Sports Group. NBC Sports Network will offer 292½ hours of coverage of the London Olympics starting on July 25, two days before the Games officially open. And the coverage when the Olympics kick into […]
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This weekend and next Friday, NBC Sports Network will offer 17½ hours of live coverage of the Indianapolis 500 Qualifying. Saturday and Sunday, racers will be vying to get the coveted pole position for the race which will be run Sunday, May 27 and aired on ABC. But this weekend, NBC Sports Network will be […]
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College Baseball Minnesota at Illinois — Big Ten Network, 7:30 p.m Mississippi at Vanderbilt — ESPNU, 7:30 p.m. Nevada at Hawaii — Fox College Sports Pacific, 12:30 a.m. (Friday) Cycling Giro d’Italia: Stage 12 — Universal Sports, 9:30 a.m. Tour of California: Stage 5, Bakersfield Individual Time Trial — NBC Sports Network, 4:30 p.m. Golf […]
