0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/25/2012
We’re up to Podcast Edition No. 124 and Keith Thibault of Sports Media Journal and I are steaming along as we continue to talk with the movers and shakers in sports media. In this show, Keith and I talk about: The World Series on Fox. The NHL lockout effecting NBC Sports Network’s programming. Armen Keteyian […]
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Tonight, Thursday Night Football is in Minnesota for a matchup of old NFC Central Division rivals, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Minnesota Vikings. Since realignment, the two teams rarely play, but it used to be fun to see these two teams play regularly every season. Brad Nessler and Mike Mayock call the game. Alex […]
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College Basketball College Basketball Live: Media Day Special — ESPNU, 2:30 p.m. College Football Clemson at Wake Forest — ESPN, 7 p.m. Delaware State at Morgan State — ESPNU, 7:30 p.m. CFB Daily — ESPNU, 1 p.m. College Football Live — ESPN, 3:30 p.m. Tackling the Trends — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m. College Football […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/24/2012
Ready for some college hoops? ESPN is. It’s sent a 4,300-word press release which I edited down to 4,059 after taking out a few things. Suffice to say that ESPN will present more than 1,450 games across its platforms, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3, Longhorn Network as well as ESPN Regional Television-produced games for the Big […]
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The Fox Sports Media Group will be distributing 12 college football games on Saturday on its various platforms. Because of the World Series, Fox will have one game at 3:30 p.m. ET, Texas Tech at Kansas State. Big Ten Network will have an afternoon doubleheader with games at noon and 3:30 p.m. There are a […]
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Let’s provide the college football games for Week 9 which actually began on Tuesday. ESPN has an ACC matchup on Thursday night. For Saturday, the big game is Notre Dame at Oklahoma, both hoping to move up in the BCS rankings. College GameDay will be in Norman, OK and that will be the showcase game […]
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Throughout the World Series, MLB Network will produce two of its studio shows, MLB Tonight and The Abortion Known as Intentional Talk on location from San Francisco and Detroit. MLB Tonight: World Series Edition will have two pregame shows on gamedays, at 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. ET, then immediately following each contest. Intentional Talk […]
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College Football CFB Daily — ESPNU, 1 p.m. College Football Live – ESPN, 3:30 p.m. College Volleyball Women’s Missouri at Georgia — ESPNU, 7 p.m. Penn State at Iowa — Big Ten Network, 8 p.m. CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage Santos Laguna vs. Toronto — Fox Soccer, 8 p.m. Seattle Sounders vs. Marathon — Fox […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/23/2012
Another very good edition of Real Sports. And while the headline story was about Michael Strahan, the tales that moved me the most were ones on an Iowa City high school girls volleyball team overcoming double tragedy and an update on the late Steve Sabol of NFL Films. It’s another great program of storytelling by […]
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Fox Sports is back to air the entire World Series, no matter how far it goes. Fox’s history with the World Series dates back to 1996 and since 2000, the network has aired the Fall Classic consecutively and will continue to do when the new MLB TV contract takes effect in 2014. As usual, Joe […]
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Coming on the next Costas Tonight, Bob talks with Bobby. Bobby Valentine, that is. The former Boston Red Sox manager. It will mark Valentine’s first sit-down interview since he was let go by the Red Sox last week. Michelle Beadle will be on to talk about one of Costas’ favorite subjects, social media trends. And […]
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Announced by CBS News and Showtime, long-time investigative reporter Armen Keteyian will join the new “60 Minutes Sports” that will launch in January 2013. Keteyian has been a reporter with Sports Illustrated, ABC News, CBS News and HBO’s Real Sports as well as CBS Sports. He’s won numerous awards and done many influential pieces over […]
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We get three new stories and an update in the latest edition of HBO’s Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel. It includes a profile of the multitasking Michael Strahan, flying to two different coasts, being part on two totally different shows. There’s a look at a high school volleyball team that worked hard to repeat as […]
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The NBA’s network of record, TNT begins the 2012-13 campaign with a doubleheader on Opening Night, Tuesday, October 30 and then on its regular night, Thursday, November 1. It all starts on Tuesday with the Boston Celtics watching the ring ceremony in Miami, then the Dallas Mavericks taking on the Los Angeles Lakers. On Thursday, […]
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If you’re a fan of tennis, the upcoming weeks will be quite fun. This week is the year-ending WTA Championships for the women’s tour. Then next month, the ATP Tour will be setting up for its year-end championships in London. This week in Istanbul, the the top eight players of 2012 and top four doubles […]
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College Football Arkansas State at Louisiana-Lafayette — ESPN2, 8 p.m. CFB Daily — ESPNU, 1 p.m. College Football Live — ESPN, 3:30 p.m. Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m. College Football Live — ESPN2, 7:30 p.m. The Tony Barnhart Show — CBS Sports Network, 9 p.m. College Soccer Men’s Akron at Ohio […]
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Now with the World Series decided, we know that the San Francisco Giants will take on the Detroit Tigers, a first-time matchup between two heritage MLB franchises. Fox Sports will have all of the games live on TV. ESPN Radio has the game on radio, of course. Here’s the schedule from Major League Baseball. 2012 […]
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What a magical time in the Bay Area. The Giants have caught the imagination of fans in Northern California (except the A’s fans) with their run in the National League Division Series and the National League Championship Series going 6-0 in elimination games, four of those on the road. Well, Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/22/2012
After being courted by NBC in the case the Peacock obtained the rights to MLB, Dan Shulman has decided to remain at ESPN to be the main play-by-play man for baseball and college basketball. Shulman will continue to be teamed with Orel Hershiser on Sunday Night Baseball and call the World Series on ESPN Radio. […]
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I had the opportunity to meet the fine people at CBS Sports public relations during my visit to New York. Thanks to Dan Sabeen for the invitation. One program we discussed was tonight’s premiere of CBS Sports Network’s “Lead Off” that premieres at midnight (Tuesday, to be exact). Doug Gottlieb and Allie LaForce will co-host. […]
