0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/6/2015
Baseball Australian Baseball League Championship Series, Norwood Oval, Norwood, South Australia, Australia Game 1: Perth Heat at Adelaide Bite — MLB Network, 3:30 a.m. Bobsled FIBT World Cup, Igls, Austria Women’s 2-Man — Universal Sports, noon (same day coverage) Men’s 2-Man — Universal Sports, 1 p.m. (same day coverage) Boxing Friday Night Fights, Beau Rivage […]
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Broken Thursday evening by the always connected James Andrew Miller, the co-author of the ESPN tome, Rece Davis will now be the host of the football version of College GameDay. It’s not really a surprise as Davis’ contract was expiring this year and ESPN already found a way to keep Chris Fowler happy by giving […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/5/2015
College Basketball Men’s Richmond at LaSalle — NBCSN, 6:30 p.m. Colgate at Holy Cross — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m. Iowa at Michigan — ESPN, 7 p.m. Auburn at LSU — ESPN2, 7 p.m. Tulsa at Houston — ESPNews, 7 p.m. Mount St. Mary’s at Bryant — ESPNU, 7 p.m. Texas-El Paso at Florida Atlantic […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/4/2015
College Basketball Men’s Ohio State at Purdue — Big Ten Network, 6:30 p.m. Temple at South Florida — ESPNews, 6:30 p.m. Boston College at Notre Dame — ACC Regional/Fox Sports Net, 7 p.m. Virginia Commonwealth at George Mason — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m. Georgia Tech at Duke — ESPN2, 7 p.m. East Carolina at […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/3/2015
This coming from Rick Westhead of Canada’s TSN: The World Cup of Hockey will be played in 2016 before the regular season. It marks the first time ESPN will be televising professional hockey on a regular basis since the 2004 season. It was supposed to air games in the 2004-05 season, but the entire year […]
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After Greg Anthony was indefinitely suspended last month for his arrest in a prostitution sting, CBS and Turner Sports had to find a replacement not just for him, but also Steve Kerr who left after last season to become a coach in the NBA. With the networks needing two men to replace for the NCAA […]
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Time for a sports media notebook. Plenty of stuff out there and I need to clear my browser tabs of all the links I have for you. First some news. NEWS As you’re aware by now, Super Bowl XLIX was declared the most-watched television program in U.S. history with an average of 114.4 million viewers. […]
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College Basketball Men’s Indiana at Wisconsin — ESPN, 7 p.m. Georgia at Kentucky — ESPNU, 7 p.m. St. John’s at Butler — Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m. Mississippi State at Tennessee — SEC Network, 7 p.m. Northwestern at Nebraska — Big Ten Network, 7:30 p.m. Saint Louis at St. Joseph’s — CBS Sports Network, 7:30 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/2/2015
What is it with analysts and prostitutes? There was Greg Anthony who was arrested last month in a Washington, DC police sting and was subsequently suspended by CBS and Turner. And now, there’s NFL Network analyst Warren Sapp who was arrested in Phoenix for soliciting a prostitute early this morning, then charged with assaulting two […]
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Well, it’s official now. Super Bowl XLIX on NBC is the most-watched television program in U.S. history with 114.4 million viewers breaking the previous record of 112.3 set last year by Super Bowl XLVIII on Fox. The viewership peaked at over 120 million in the last ten minutes of the game. Thanks to a close […]
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College Basketball Men’s Virginia at North Carolina — ESPN, 7 p.m. Morgan State at Coppin State — ESPNU, 7 p.m. Charleston Southern at Winthrop — American Sports Network, 8 p.m. Green Bay at Wright State — American Sports Network, 8 p.m. Iowa State at Kansas — ESPN, 9 p.m. Alabama A&M at Texas Southern — […]
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In NBC’s third Super Bowl since returning to the NFL in 2006, the Peacock had the opportunity to showcase its production and broadcasting booth, both of which are the among the best in the business. Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth were both on top of trends and first-guessed on plays. And during the big play […]
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A Budweiser “Lost Dog” Clash of Clans “Angry Neeson” Dodge “Wisdom” esurance “Sorta Pharmacist” Mercedes-Benz “Fable” Nissan “With Dad” No More Toyota “How Great I Am” B Disney “Tomorrowland” Coca-Cola “Make It Happy” Dove for Men “Real Strength” Jeep “The World is a Gift” Kia “Getaway” Lexus “Let’s Play” Microsoft “Empowering” Microsoft “Empower” Mophie “Battery […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/1/2015
Universal “Ted 2” — C Mophie “Battery Dies” — B Loctite “Positive Feelings” — C Bud Light “Whatever” — C+ Mercedes-Benz “Fable” — A 50 Shades of Grey — F Doritos “Pigs Fly” — C Wix.com “It’s That Easy” — B Victoria’s Secret “Let The Real Games Begin” — B UCool “Heroes Charge” — C
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Clash of Clans “Liam” — A Sprint “Cut bill in half” — C Lexus “Let’s Play” — B Microsoft “Empower” — B Dodge “100” — A Kia “Getaway” — B Jublia “Toenail Fungus” — F T-Mobile “One-Upped” — C Budweiser “Brewed” — D Jeep “The World is a Gift” — B NFL “Super Bowl Rally” […]
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Budweiser “Best Buds” — A Nationwide “Invisible” — B Paramount “Terminator Genisys” — D Coca-Cola “Make it Happy” — B Mexican Avocados “First Draft Ever” — C “Furious 7” — F Dove “Real Strength” — B Doritos “Middle Seat” — D Nissan “With Dad” — A Nationwide “Make Safe Happen” — F Weight Watchers “Take […]
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Toyota “How Great I Am” — A TurboTax “Boston Tea Party” — C Game of War — C Disney “Tomorrowland” — B BMW “Newfangled Idea” — C- Minions – D Snickers “Very Brady” – B- Carnival Cruises “Come Back to the Sea” — C Skittles “Settle it” — C+ Lexus “NX Turbo” — C T-Mobile […]
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With today being Super Bowl Sunday and a new month to boot, let’s provide you with a new edition of the notebook. I have a lot of linkage to provide you plus a few pieces for News You Can Use. During the Super Bowl, I’ll do my annual grades of the ads during each quarter, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/31/2015
Saturday, January 31 Bobsled FIBT World Cup, La Plagne, France Men’s 2-Man — Universal Sports, 1 p.m. (same day coverage) College Basketball Viewing Picks College Hockey Men’s New Hampshire at Notre Dame — NBCSN, 6:30 p.m. North Dakota at Nebraska-Omaha — Fox College Sports Central, 8 p.m. Minnesota at Wisconsin — Big Ten Network, 8:10 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/30/2015
All Times Eastern Studio and Pregame Shows NFL Matchup — ESPN, 7 a.m. NFL GameDay First live from Glendale, AZ — NFL Network, 7 a.m. NFL GameDay Morning live from Glendale, AZ — NFL Network, 9 a.m. That Other Pregame Show — CBS Sports Network, 10 a.m. Postseason NFL Countdown live from Glendale and Phoenix, […]
