0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/20/2012
Today is another action-packed podcast. Two guests. A CBS theme and lots of stuff. Keith Thibault of Sports Media Journal and I did a brief news segment. We began by talking about Rob Parker of ESPN apologizing for his incendiary comments on last week’s First Take regarding DC NFL Team quarterback Robert Griffin III. We […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/19/2012
One of the more iconic and controversial plays in the National Football League will be chronicled by the NFL Films team in the latest edition of “A Football Life.” Tonight, A Football Life delves into what happened on the last play of the AFC Divisional Playoff game between the Oakland Raiders and the Pittsburgh Steelers. […]
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For the fourth time this season, the NFL topped the ratings in all 30 of its markets. And for Week 15, NFL games were the two most-watched programs for the week. CBS’ Pittsburgh-Dallas game and the Sunday Night game on NBC between San Francisco and New England topped the ratings for the week ending December […]
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Finally received the official press release from Fox Sports Radio on Jay Mohr becoming the new noon-3 p.m. ET host replacing Jim Rome. Mohr will begin on January 2, the same day Rome starts his new gig with CBS Sports Radio. Mohr has sports radio experience being a guest host for Rome, but hasn’t been […]
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He’s had a celebrated playing career at Indiana University and the Detroit Pistons. His post-playing career is something else. Isiah Thomas was an analyst on the NBA on NBC and wasn’t great. His coaching and managerial career in the NBA has been less than stellar. And he’s tried to coach in college. So it’s only […]
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The National Football League has announced that all three of NBC’s postseason games, the AFC-NFC Wild Card Playoff Doubleheader and the Pro Bowl on January 27 in Hawaii will be streamed online at NBCSports.com and NFL.com. And for the second straight year, the Super Bowl will also be streamed online. CBS has the rights to […]
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College Basketball Men’s Appalachian State at South Carolina — Fox Sports Net-regional (North/San Diego/South/Wisconsin/Sun Sports)/Fox College Sports Atlantic, 5 p.m. Delaware State at Pittsburgh — Big East Network, 7 p.m. Florida International at Louisville — Big East Network, 7 p.m. Mount St. Mary’s at Indiana — Big Ten Network, 7 p.m. Xavier vs. Cincinnati at […]
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In an announcement that was made just after midnight Eastern time, Fox Sports Radio has finally unveiled the choice to replace Jim Rome in the noon-3 p.m. ET timeslot. As you’re probably aware, Rome will join CBS Sports Radio when it launches its weekday lineup on January 2 on CBS and Cumulus-owned radio stations across […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/18/2012
Starting in January 2013, 60 Minutes Sports becomes a monthly sports newsmagazine joining HBO’s Real Sports, ESPN’s E:60 and NBC Sports Network’s Sports Illustrated. It appears that the program will utilize the current 60 Minutes staff that is seen weekly on Sundays at 7 p.m. ET/PT on CBS. In the premiere edition, Bob Simon will […]
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This in from NFL Network. Thanks to the addition of Cablevision and Time Warner Cable this year, Thursday Night Football was accessible to all of the major cable and satellite providers for the very first time. And the series which has been building an audience since signing Comcast a couple of years ago has set […]
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For the first time, the prestigious FA Cup will have games on US Broadcast Television. On two separate dates, Fox will air the FA Cup. On January 5, Fox will air a third round match between Manchester United and West Ham United live at noon ET. Then in May, the network will air the FA […]
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Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel returns on HBO tonight with its annual year in review. It will take a look at some of the year’s best stories with its correspondents, Mary Carillo, Frank Deford, Jon Frankel, Bernard Goldberg, Armen Keteyian and Andrea Kremer. The show premieres at 10 p.m. ET and will be hosted as […]
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Despite having a twenty minute gap for the coverage of President Obama’s speech at the memorial for the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings, Sunday Night Football on NBC drew 23.2 million viewers. The San Francisco-New England game seemed to be well in hand in the third quarter as the Niners went up 31-3, but the […]
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Over the last few months, CBS Sports Radio has been filling its weekday lineup and has done it rather methodically. CBS Sports Radio will be ready to launch on January 2 with a full daily roster of hosts. On the other hand, we haven’t heard much from the other national sports radio network that has […]
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College Basketball Men’s Youngstown State at South Florida — Big East Network, 7 p.m. Winthrop at Ohio State — Big Ten Network, 7 p.m. Richmond at Kansas — ESPN2, 7 p.m. Michigan State at Bowling Green — ESPNU, 7 p.m. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at Texas A&M — Fox Sports Southwest/Fox College Sports Atlantic, 7 p.m. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/17/2012
Thanks to a close game that went to overtime in its late national window, CBS saw its highest ratings of the season. The window that featured the Pittsburgh Steelers-Dallas Cowboys and Kansas City Chiefs-Oakland Raiders received the highest numbers for CBS since last year’s New England-Denver game that had Tim Tebow playing. The overnight numbers […]
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If you’re a big international soccer fan, then you may know the name of Kay Murray. She’s been a host on Real Madrid TV and also a co-host of FIFA’s Ballon D’Or Awards. In addition, she’s very active on Twitter and is very responsive to fans. She has also appeared on Fox Soccer and on […]
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College Basketball Men’s Maryland-Eastern Shore at UConn — Big East Network, 7 p.m. Texas State at Northwestern — Big Ten Network, 7 p.m. Detroit at Syracuse — ESPN2, 7 p.m. Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne at Notre Dame — ESPNU, 7 p.m. Alabama State at Georgia Tech — Fox Sports Net-regional (North Plus/South Plus/Southwest/Wisconsin)/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/NESN, 7 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/16/2012
We conclude the Sunday NFL pregame quotage with NBC’s Sunday Night Football. Because we did not receive an advance transcript of FNIA’s interviews, this post will include them here. So let’s take a look at what was said on Football Night in America on NBC. “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” NOTES & QUOTES – WEEK 15 […]
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Let’s see what the Fox NFL Sunday crew said about this week’s action. FOX NFL SUNDAY NOTES – 12/16/12 Johnson: Sean Payton’s Value is Skyrocketing Bradshaw: Niners Need to Refocus Strahan, Johnson, Bradshaw & Long Debate: Eli or Peyton? ————————————————————————————————— Analyst Howie Long on where NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell stands in light of former Commissioner […]
