0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/20/2012
Cycling USA Pro Challenge: Stage 1, Durango to Telluride — NBC Sports Network, 4 p.m. English Premier League Everton vs. Manchester United — ESPN2, 2:55 p.m. Golf PGA Tour: Wyndham Championship, Final Round Conclusion — Golf Channel, 9 a.m. Little League World Series Germany vs. Kearney, NE — ESPN2/ESPN 3D, noon Curaçao vs. Canada — […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/19/2012
Well, the Olympics have been over for a week, but in the time since the flame was extinguished in the Olympic Stadium in London, it’s meant the start of a whole slew of montages being uploaded from all over the globe. We have several videos from BBC’s extensive coverage, one from CTV and one from […]
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English Premier League Wigan Athletic vs. Chelsea — Fox Soccer, 8:25 a.m. Manchester City vs. Southampton — Fox Soccer, 10:30 a.m. Golf Champions Tour: Dick’s Sporting Goods Open, Final Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m. LPGA Tour: Safeway Classic, Final Round — Golf Channel, 6:30 p.m. PGA Tour: Wyndham Championship, Final Round — Golf Channel, […]
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Sunday Night Football returns to NBC tonight with the Pittsburgh Steelers hosting the new look Indianapolis Colts with new quarterback Andrew Luck. In a twist, Dan Hicks who called swimming in the first week of the Olympics will call the game with Cris Collinsworth and sideline reporter Michele Tafoya as Al Michaels has the week […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/18/2012
It’s been a crazy last few days. I’m bogged down in an office move that has consumed all of my time and I have been unable to update the site since Thursday afternoon. My apologies. Here’s a piece of news that I did not want to ignore. Michele Smith, a member of the ASA Sotball […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/16/2012
Announced today by the upstart CBS Sports Radio, Boomer Esiason of WFAN’s Boomer & Carton, the NFL Today and Dial Global’s Monday Night Football has been named as a contributor. He’ll provide commentary and updates for the “CBS Sports Minute” that will be distributed during morning drive to member stations. In addition, Boomer has been […]
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This came as a surprise today. Broken by the great Richard Sandomir of the New York Times on Twitter right at 11 a.m. Eastern time today, we learn that one of the last two holdouts on NFL Network has finally succumbed and made a deal to carry the channel and its NFL RedZone on Sundays […]
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CFL Hamilton at Winnipeg — TSN/ESPN3, 7:30 p.m. Golf PGA Tour: Wyndham Championship, 1st Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m. U.S. Amateur, Day 2 — Golf Channel, 6:30 p.m. Little League Baseball Curaçao vs. Japan — ESPN, 1 p.m. Bridgeport, CT vs. Petaluma, CA — ESPN, 3 p.m. Taiwan vs. Germany — ESPN2, 5 p.m. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/15/2012
It’s time to finally wrap up the coverage of the 2012 Olympics on Fang’s Bites. The medals posts have taken too long, but sometimes life gets in the way and I had to divide them into three parts. This will complete the coverage and I can move on to other sports. Part I focused on […]
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Golf U.S. Amateur, Day 1 — Golf Channel, 4 p.m. Little League Softball World Series Championship, Portland, OR Southeast vs. Southwest — ESPN2, 10 p.m. MLB American League Detroit at Minnesota — Fox Sports Detroit/Fox Sports North, 1 p.m. Tampa Bay at Seattle — MLB Network/Sun Sports/Root Sports, 3:30 p.m. Boston at Baltimore — NESN/MASN, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/14/2012
It’s a return visit from Sports Business Daily/Sports Business Journal sports media writer John Ourand. If this were the old Larry King Live on CNN, I would say, “Our guest for the full hour! John Ourand!” However, this podcast rarely goes that long, but trust me, John is the guest on Sports Media Weekly with […]
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On Monday, we had Part I of our medals for the 2012 London Games. We now wrap up coverage of the 2012 Olympics today before going into football mode. Like in Part I, there will be gold, silver and bronze medals distributed to NBC’s commentators. And as in Part I, those undeserving of reaching the […]
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This story dropped onto my lap last night. Thanks to Matt Sarzyniak of Matt’s College Sports for bringing it to my attention. He received a tip that the Comcast SportsNet affiliates were no longer carrying Fox Sports Net programming including the Dan Patrick Show as of July 31. We both checked our DirecTV guides and […]
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Golf American Triumverate: Golf’s Gentleman: Byron Nelson — Golf Channel, 8 p.m. Little League Softball World Series, Portland, Oregon Semifinals ESPN2, 7 p.m. ESPN2, 9:30 p.m. MLB American League Boston at Baltimore — MLB Network/NESN/MASN, 7 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Toronto — WCIU/Rogers Sportsnet, 7 p.m. Texas at New York Yankees — MLB Network/Fox […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/13/2012
We have a very long press release, 3,877 words, from NBC talking about the 2012 London Olympics. Not only were they successful on the networks of NBCUniversal, but they spread their wings to other parts of the NBCUniversal family that had Olympic-related programming. First things first. The Closing Ceremony turned out to be the most […]
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In the wake of Great Britain’s success in the 2012 London Olympics, 29 gold medals, up from 19 in Beijing and just one in Atlanta back in 1996, adidas put together this video of several athletes including the most decorated British Olympian, Sir Chris Hoy, Jessica Ennis, Victoria Pendleton, Laura Trott, Louis Smith and Pete […]
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Time to hand out the medals for NBC’s coverage for the Games of the XXX Summer Olympiad in London. This was a largely successful Olympics for NBC as it outdid its own expectations for ratings, profits and viewership. I’ll do the same as I did back in 2008 for Beijing and 2010 in Vancouver. For […]
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Golf American Triumverate — Golf Channel, 9 p.m. MLB American League Chicago White Sox at Toronto — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Rogers Sportsnet, 7 p.m. Texas at New York Yankees — ESPN2/Fox Sports Southwest/YES, 7 p.m. Detroit at Minnesota — Fox Sports Detroit/Fox Sports North, 8 p.m. Cleveland at Anaheim Angels — STO/Fox Sports West, 10 p.m. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/12/2012
As we’re about to wrap up the Olympics with a nice red bow, let’s finish up a few things here. First NBC has sent Friday’s primetime numbers that were delayed yesterday. NBC’s Friday Olympic primetime finished with a 13.2 rating and a 24 share. That’s way up from Beijing’s Final Friday which had a 10.7/19. […]
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As the Olympics come to a final close, NBC can look at its ratings as a true triumph. While the network was criticized for tape delays, failure to show certain events live, not streaming the Opening Ceremony live online saying Americans needed “context” from a rambling Matt Lauer and Meredith Viera, it still finished above […]
