0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/27/2012
EURO 2012 Semifinals, Donetsk, Ukraine Portugal vs. Spain — ESPN, 2:30 p.m. UEFA Euro Report — ESPN, 2 p.m. EURO 2012 Tonight — ESPN2, 5 p.m. Golf PGA Professional National Championship, Final Round — Golf Channel, 4 p.m. MLB American League Chicago White Sox at Minnesota — WGN America/Fox Sports North, 1 p.m. Cleveland at […]
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Wednesday’s sports media column from USA Today’s Michael Hiestand is chock full of information. Like the sports media thoughts, we’ll handle them in bullet form. First, NBC will announce its Olympic talent roster along with its programming schedule. And Wednesday’s announcement will mark a month until the Opening Ceremony in London. That will be fun […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/26/2012
Announced today by the NBC Sports Group, the Tour de France will air primarily on NBC Sports Network and on NBC through 2023. The new agreement begins in 2014 and calls for a ten year contract. Most of the 21 stages will air on NBC Sports Network with some shown live on NBC. NBC will […]
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Let’s do some Tuesday links. We’ll start with Matt Hayes of AOL Sporting News and he writes that the BCS is looking for a $5 billion TV deal over a decade for its new college football playoff. In the Indiana University National Sports Journalism Center, Michael Bradley says the new college football playoff still can […]
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Yesterday, former ESPN First Take co-host Dana Jacobsen revealed on her blog that she had been molested by her babysitter when she was a child. It took a lot of courage to speak out and make that public. Dana said it was the interview of one of Jerry Sandusky’s victims that inspired her to come […]
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Golf PGA Professional National Championship, 3rd Round — Golf Channel, 4 p.m. Big Break Academy — Golf Channel, 8:30 p.m. MLB American League Anaheim Angels at Baltimore — Fox Sports West/MASN, 7 p.m. Cleveland at New York Yankees — STO/YES, 7 p.m. Toronto at Boston — Rogers Sportsnet/NESN, 7 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Minnesota […]
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Time for some sports media thoughts. These have been percolating in my head all day Monday. It’s fine time to pour them out and have you peruse through them. As always, they’re in bullet form. Monday’s announcement from NFL Network regarding its new morning show could be a game changer for sports television. If “NFL […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/25/2012
Tomorrow, NHL Network in the US will pick up TSN2’s airing of the Hockey Hall of Fame Inductee Announcement at 3 pm. ET. Here’s NHL Network’s press release. NHL NETWORK U.S. TO SIMULCAST 2012 HOCKEY HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE ANNOUNCEMENT TOMORROW AT 3 P.M. NEW YORK (June 25, 2012) -– NHL Network U.S. will simulcast TSN2’s […]
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This Thursday, ESPN will air the NBA Draft live from the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ. College GameDay’s Rece Davis will host. Jay Bilas will sit at the main desk with Rece. ESPN NBA analysts Jeff Van Gundy, Chris Broussard, college basketball reporter and Bilas fave, Andy Katz and NBA insider Ric Bucher will be […]
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Yes, golf. But Golf Channel has more than golf, its original programming that fill the days until Thursday when the live golf action hits. There’s the return of Feherty this week, Big Break Atlantis of which I’m totally hooked this season and other shows. Check out the lineup below. COMING UP ON GOLF CHANNEL: CHUBBY […]
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Let’s do some links on a rainy Monday in Southern New England. Michael Hiestand of USA Today looks at NFL Network’s new morning show. Michael says ESPN has not confirmed whether Chris Berman will call a Monday Night Football game on the opening weekend of the season. John Ourand of Sports Business Journal reports that […]
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Just tweeted by Brian Stelter of the New York Times, NFL Network will officially announce today that it will debut a new morning show next month. NFL Network getting into the morning show game: today it’s going to announce “NFL AM,” airing 6 to 10am, starting 7/30. — Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) @bwwebber), a former anchor […]
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College Baseball College World Series, Omaha, NE Championship Series Game 2: Arizona vs. South Carolina — ESPN, 8 p.m. Cycling Tour de France Preview — NBC Sports Network, 11 a.m. Golf PGA Professional National Championship, Second Round — Golf Channel, 3:30 p.m. Big Break Atlantis: Marooned — Golf Channel, 9 p.m. Feherty: Chubby Chandler — […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/24/2012
TNT which is in the midst of its six week NASCAR Summer Season is out west today in Sonoma for the Toyota Save Mart 350. Unlike other tracks, Sonoma is more of a road course so three wide racing will not be seen as much as the oval courses. The race will air at 3 […]
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Last week, the National Football League held its 6th annual Broadcast Boot Camp for current and ex-players. The camp was held at the NFL Films studios in Mount Laurel, New Jersey. SB Nation’s Dan Rubenstein had the opportunity to go behind-the-scenes and learn what the ex-players had to learn to be on radio and TV. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/23/2012
Tonight, Fox Sports continues primetime baseball with coverage of six games. Most of the country will see the Subway Series game between the New York Yankees and New York Mets. Joe Buck is back once again and it means he’ll have called 10 out of a possible 12 games this season. Pretty impressive thus far. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/22/2012
Tonight, the 2012 NHL Draft in Pittsburgh will air on three outlets. The first round will air on NBC Sports Network starting from 7 – 9 p.m. ET. At 9, NBC Sports Network will move to U.S. Olympic Trials coverage airing the Track & Field trials. The NHL Draft will move to CNBC and NHL […]
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Saturday, June 23 Australian Rules Football Collingwood Magpies vs. West Coast Eagles — Fox Soccer Plus, 2:30 a.m. Boxing Championship Boxing: WBC silver welterweight title fight, Victor Ortiz vs. Josesito Lopez — Showtime, 9 p.m. ESPN Sports Saturday ABC, 4 p.m. EURO 2012 Quarterfinals Spain vs. France — ESPN2, 2:30 p.m. UEFA Euro Report — […]
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Just received from Tennis Channel, it’s announcing a contract extension for host Bill Macatee. Bill has been the host for all four Grand Slams, in particular, the French Open. He’ll continue to host French Open Tonight and Wimbledon Primetime for Tennis Channel. And he’ll be the on-site host for the Australian and U.S. Opens. No […]
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Arena Football New Orleans VooDoo at Orlando Predators — NFL Network, 8 p.m. College Baseball College World Series, Omaha, NE Arkansas vs. South Carolina — ESPN, 9 p.m. EURO 2012 Quarterfinals Germany vs. Greece — ESPN, 2:30 p.m. UEFA Euro Report — ESPN, 2 p.m. EURO 2012 Tonight — ESPN2, 8:30 p.m. Golf Champions Tour: […]
