0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/9/2015
Bobsled FIBT World Cup, Altenberg, Germany Women’s 2-Man — Universal Sports, 8 p.m. (same day coverage) Boxing Friday Night Fights, Chumash Resort and Casino, Santa Ynez, CA Lightweights Darleys Perez vs. Jonathan Malcelo — ESPN2, 9 p.m. Throne Boxing, Madison Square Garden, New York, NY Welterweights Dusty Hernandez-Harrison vs. Tommy Rainone — Fox Sports 1, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/8/2015
Let’s do a notebook on this Thursday morning. SHAMELESS PLUG Your humble blogger was interviewed by BBC Sportshour which is aired Saturdays on the BBC World Service. Host Caroline Barker talked with yours truly about ESPN’s Stuart Scott and his legacy. The program will be heard at 10 a.m. in the UK which means 5 […]
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College Basketball Men’s Dayton at St. Bonventure — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m. Michigan State at Iowa — ESPN, 7 p.m. LSU at Missouri — ESPN2, 7 p.m. Radford at Gardner-Webb — ESPNU, 7 p.m. George Mason at Richmond — NBCSN, 7 p.m. Southern Mississippi at Texas-San Antonio — American Sports Network, 8 p.m. William […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/7/2015
Let’s do our notebook for this hump day. We begin with some late news that came out on Tuesday. NEWS It appears that new Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh will be involved in ESPN’s coverage of next Monday’s College Football Playoff National Championship Game. Mark Snyder of the Detroit Free Press has the story. Fox Sports […]
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College Basketball Men’s Purdue at Wisconsin — Big Ten Network, 7 p.m. Seton Hall at Xavier — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m. North Carolina State at Virginia — ESPN2, 7 p.m. Temple at Tulane — ESPNews, 7 p.m. Syracuse at Georgia Tech — ESPNU, 7 p.m. Florida at South Carolina — SEC Network, 7 p.m. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/6/2015
On this first Tuesday of the New Year, let’s open the notebook once again to provide you with some linkage and some news you can use. First, some thoughts which will take the place of the breaking news or news segment. OPINION As we’re over 48 hours from the time we learned of Stuart Scott’s […]
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Auto Racing 2015 Dakar Rally: Stage 2-Villa Carlos to San Juan — NBCSN, 4:30 p.m. College Basketball Men’s Virginia Tech at Florida State — ACC Regional/Fox Sports Net, 7 p.m. Michigan at Penn State — Big Ten Network, 7 p.m. Saint Louis at George Washington — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m. Arkansas at Georgia — […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/5/2015
On this day after the death of ESPN’s Stuart Scott, you can imagine the stories that have been written in the aftermath. We have some in the linkage today. We also have some items in the news section regarding this. NEWS Today on the Dan Patrick Show, ESPN’s Scott Van Pelt will appear to talk […]
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College Basketball Men’s Indiana at Michigan State — Big Ten Network, 7 p.m. Notre Dame at North Carolina — ESPN, 7 p.m. West Virginia at Texas Tech — ESPNU, 7 p.m. Wofford at Chattanooga — American Sports Network, 8 p.m. Nebraska at Iowa — Big Ten Network, 9 p.m. Oklahoma at Texas — ESPN, 9 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/4/2015
With ESPN televising its first-ever NFL playoff game and NBC relegated to just a single primetime contest on Wild Card Saturday, ratings for the playoff doubleheader were down from last year. And compared to 2014 when both games were thrillers including a massive comeback for the Indianapolis Cots, this year’s games were far from that […]
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Stuart Scott passed away at the age of 49 this morning after a long battle with cancer. Scott was first diagnosed with the disease in 2007, beat it and was re-diagnosed again in 2011. After beating it a second time, the cancer returned in 2013. Scott’s career with ESPN dates back to 1993 when he […]
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Let’s give you some news, linkage and maybe some news you can use. Figured you could use some Sunday reading today. NEWS You’ve probably heard it already, but the College Football Playoff semifinals, the Rose and the Sugar Bowls on New Year’s Day set cable viewing records. Both games broke the previous record for cable […]
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College Basketball Viewing Picks College Football GoDaddy Bowl, Ladd-Peebles Stadium, Mobile, AL Toledo vs. Arkansas State — ESPN, 9 p.m. College GameDay Featured — ESPNews, 8 p.m. FA Cup Third Round Proper Dover Athletic vs. Crystal Palace — Fox Sports 1, 8 a.m. Manchester City vs. Sheffield Wednesday — Fox Sports 2, 9:55 a.m. Yeovil […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/3/2015
College Basketball Viewing Picks College Football Birmingham Bowl, Legion Field, Birmingham, AL Florida vs. East Carolina — ESPN, noon College Hockey Men’s Union (NY) at Boston University — NBCSN, 7 p.m. FA Cup Third Round Proper Tranmere Rovers vs. Swansea City — Fox Sports 1, 10 a.m. West Bromwich Albion vs. Gateshead — Fox Sports […]
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All Times Eastern Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports on TV Announcing assignments courtesy of Eye on Sky and Air Sports Saturday, January 3 Studio and Pregame Shows BTN Tip-Off Show — Big Ten Network, 11:30 a.m. Pac-12 Basketball Pregame Show — Pac-12 Networks, 1:30 p.m. Big Ten Game Break — Big Ten Network, 2 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/2/2015
All Times Eastern Saturday, January 3 Studio and Pregame Shows NFL Matchup — ESPN, 6:30 a.m. Postseason NFL Countdown — ESPN, 10 a.m. NFL GameDay First — NFL Network, 10 a.m. NFL GameDay Morning — NFL Network, noon Postseason NFL Countdown — ESPN, 3 p.m. Football Night in America — NBC, 7:30 p.m. NFL GameDay […]
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Time for the first Sports Media Notebook of 2015. Let’s see what news we can squeeze for this edition. NEWS First, ESPN saw some good news for the first half of its so-called “New Year’s Six.” The ratings were good for the Peach, Orange and Fiesta Bowls. College Football: First Half of “New Year’s Six” […]
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College Basketball Men’s Washington State at Stanford — Pac-12 Networks, 3 p.m. North Florida at Alabama — SEC Network Plus, 7 p.m. Texas-El Paso at North Texas — American Sports Network, 8 p.m. Florida State at Mississippi State — ESPNU, 8 p.m. USC at Utah — ESPNU, 10 p.m. UCLA at Colorado — Fox Sports […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/1/2015
Time for some predictions for 2015. Looking back through the archives, the last predictions post on this site was done in 2012 so it’s time to do one now. I’ll do it a little differently than in previous years. Here goes. January The first-ever College Football National Championship Game on ESPN draws a record cable […]
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Yesterday, we listed the bottom half of the Big Dozen Sports Media Stories of 2014. Now on this New Year’s Day 2015, we list the top half of the Big Dozen. If you need a reminder, Part I of the Big Dozen went as follows: 7. CBS Gets Thursday Night Football 8. ESPN, Fox and […]
