0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/24/2012
Earlier this summer, Scott Van Pelt announced that he was staying at ESPN after overtures from Fox and NBC. Van Pelt has become one of the more popular personalities at the Alleged Worldwide Leader after coming over from Golf Channel. He will continue hosting his ESPN Radio show from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m. ET. […]
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The Olympics get started tomorrow with women’s soccer action and while the Games don’t officially begin until Friday with the Opening Ceremony (live in most countries except the United States), today is really the calm before the Olympic storm. Starting tomorrow and going through August 12, this site will be awash in Olympics sports media […]
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Basketball Pre-Olympic Exhibition, Barcelona, Spain Spain vs. USA — ESPN2, 4:30 p.m. College Football Big 12 Media Days — ESPNU, 11 a.m. Golf Big Break Academy — Golf Channel, 7 p.m. 1999 PGA Championship-Final Round — Golf Channel, 8 p.m. MLB American League Detroit at Cleveland — Fox Sports Detroit/STO, 7 p.m. Oakland at Toronto […]
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With the Games of the XXX Summer Olympiad in London starting this week, it’s time to provide you with a breakdown of coverage that you’ll see on the networks of NBCUniversal. While the Opening Ceremony will officially start the Games on Friday, soccer action will begin on Wednesday. MSNBC starts the coverage Wednesday morning with […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/23/2012
Happened to see this on YouTube. This is the promo for the premiere episode of Sports Illustrated on NBC Sports Network. I already provided you the stories that will be covered when the show launches on Tuesday at 9 p.m. ET. Here’s the visual promo. I’ll be watching to see how this compares to the […]
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This week’s Sports Illustrated issue will look at the Penn State sanctions at the hand of the National Collegiate Athletic Association better known as the NCAA. We have your first look at the SI cover. We’ll have details of this week’s of the magazine later this week.
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On Sunday, we began hearing inklings about a relationship between NBC and Twitter for the Olympics. Now, we have the official word from NBC. In this new partnership, Twitter will create a separate page for the Olympics, encourage users to watch NBC’s coverage and embed one of its staffers with NBC’s social media team in […]
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Some of this was announced over the weekend by Pac-12 Enterprises, but we now have the official press release which unveils some of the announcing and studio talent for the network. Some are familiar names with national experience. Others are not. For instance, Ted Robinson who seems to be the ultimate free-lancer, picks up another […]
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The man who helped create Fox Sports, David Hill, known on the site as “El Jefe del Mundo” or “El Presidente por Vida”, will no longer be Chairman of the Fox Sports Media Group. In a shakeup at the parent company News Corp., Hill will take a new position, Senior Executive Vice President. Back in […]
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College Football NCAA Announcement on Penn State Sanctions — CNN/ESPN/ESPNews/Fox News/MSNBC, 9 a.m. Big 12 Media Days — ESPNU, 11 a.m. Golf Big Break Atlantis: X Marks the Spot (season finale) — Golf Channel, 9 p.m. Feherty: Peter Alliss — Golf Channel, 10 p.m. MLB American League Baltimore at Cleveland — MASN2/STO, 7 p.m. Boston […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/22/2012
Big Break Atlantis’ finale airs on Monday night. I’ve watched every show this season and have been quite impressed with the production. The last two contestants, Selanee Henderson and Marcela Leon will vie for a chance to gain an exemption on the LPGA Tour’s Kingmill Championship and all entry fees waived for an entire LPGA’s […]
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The Big Break Atlantis Finale and a David Feherty interview with legendary announcer Peter Alliss are among the highlights of Golf Channel’s original programming this week. Check out what else is on. COMING UP ON GOLF CHANNEL: BIG BREAK ATLANTIS FINALE…PETER ALLISS JOINS FEHERTY…FEHERTY TO MAKE GOLF FIX DEBUT Invitation to Compete on LPGA Tour […]
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Another press release from the NFL Network hyping “NFL AM”. This focuses on the regular features on the morning show that premieres on Monday, July 30 at 6 a.m. on NFL Network. Check out what you’ll see. 8 DAYS UNTIL NFL AM DEBUTS! NFL Network’s ‘NFL AM’ Premieres Monday, July 30 at 6:00 AM ET […]
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Earlier today, I provided videos from the 2008 Olympics. Here is the 2:30 version of the open that will be used for the London Olympics by the BBC. Once again, it’s animation showing athletes in various UK vistas. The music is called “First Steps” performed by the group Elbow accompanied by the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra […]
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As the 2012 Summer Olympics in London or officially known as Games of the XXX Olympiad get underway on Friday, let’s look back at how the 2008 Games in Communist China were covered by the English language rightsholders in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia. I’ll provide videos of various opens, closes […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/21/2012
Just received this press release from NFL Network in regards to the set we’ll see. Once again, the cast will be Brian Webber and Nicole Zalmouis as co-hosts with Eric Davis, Mark Kriegel and Sam Steve Wyche as contributors. The show debuts on July 30 at 6 a.m. ET on NFL Network. We have a pictures […]
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Add another sports newsmagazine to the mix and it involves the partnership between Sports Illustrated and NBC Sports Network. This new sports newsmagazine, aptly titled, “Sports Illustrated”, will make its debut on Tuesday, July 24 at 9 p.m. ET. In addition, some familiar names from SI will be involved in fronting the stories including writers […]
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ESPN/ABC will combine to air the final 17 races of the Sprint Cup season. As it’s been for the last few years, ESPN will carry 14 races with ABC taking three races, all on Saturday nights. Allen Bestwick will be the lap-by-lap announcer and be joined by Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree in the booth. […]
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After starting the season without a US TV partner, the Canadian Football League had to resort to streaming games on ESPN3. For the past three seasons, NFL Network had aired games, but never any of the CFL’s postseason games. With a new partnership with NBC Sports Network, the CFL will have a US partner that […]
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Fox Saturday Baseball is back with three games today. It also means that Joe Buck off for the second week in a row. He’ll have called 12 out of a possible 16 games this season. Tim McCarver is also off, but he has a legitimate excuse with him going to Cooperstown, NY for tha Baseball […]
