0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/11/2011
Let’s provide you with some more college football games as ESPN continues to announce conference schedules. This is from the Atlantic Coast Conference which culminates in the ACC Championship on Saturday, December 3 on ESPN. Games will be aired on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3.com. ACC College Football Games Added to ESPN 2011 Schedule […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/11/2011
Men’s schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports Saturday, March 12 College GameDay – ESPN2, 11 a.m./ESPN, noon men’s America East Championship Stony Brook at Boston University – ESPN2, noon ACC Tournament, Greensboro, NC Semifinals North Carolina vs. Clemson – ESPN/ACC Network, 1 p.m. Duke vs. Virginia Tech – ESPN/ACC Network, 3:30 p.m. Atlantic 10 Tournament, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/14/2011
It’s only February, but never too early to think about college football. ESPN has released the early portion of its ACC football schedule and going in the Labor Day primetime slot will be Miami (FL) at Maryland. Virginia Tech is slotted in for two games right now. Florida State has been slotted for one. The […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/15/2010
Now this is something I like. The ACC and media partner Raycom have announced that they have set up a new vault at TheACC.com which has a vast archive of classic basketball games including ACC Tournament games dating back to 1983. This means you can see great players like Michael Jordan when he was at […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/7/2010
This weekend, Raycom Sports will branded its syndicated ACC package as “The ACC Network”. While a new contract with the ACC doesn’t begin until next season, ESPN, Raycom and conference officials agreed that Raycom could rebrand this year to get a jump start. It means all football and basketball games on Raycom will fall under […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/2/2010
In the final year before ESPN takes over the entire ACC men’s basketball schedule, the Alleged Worldwide Leader gives us its slate for the 2011 year. It includes North Carolina at Duke on February 9 and other marquee matchups throughout the season. We have the schedule in full. ESPN Announces ACC Men’s College Basketball Television […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/1/2010
Ok, gathering plenty of good links for you and let’s not waste any time. I do have one piece of upcoming attractions for you. On Friday, we start up our College Football Viewing Picks once again and every week, I’ll list the college football games of note for viewing on the major networks and syndicators. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/30/2010
Time to answer your sports media questions. Thanks to all who sent e-mails. Let’s make this a regular feature and I hope to do this every two or three months. And down the road, I hope to offer DVD’s, books and other swag. I don’t have anything for this mailbag, but I hope to have […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/27/2010
Shuffling between offices again today and I could be called back to the home office so I’m trying to squeeze linkage in right now. Last night, I appealed for sports media questions and comments and I still would more queries before doing a mailbag post. As I said in the original post, if you have […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/8/2010
Ok, we have the LeBronathon coming up tonight. Lots of stories ragging on “The Decision” so let’s get to them. Why wait? USA Today’s Mike Lopresti is sick of LeBron and ESPN. Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch who appeared on the Dan Patrick Show this morning has his take on the whole LeBronathon. Sports business writer […]
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ESPN has announced a new 12 year multimedia rights deal with the Atlantic Coast Conference for football, basketball and Olympic sports. It gives ESPN control of all interconference games. In addition, ESPN will sell a package of games to Raycom Sports which will continue to syndicate games to over the air stations. It also ensures […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/20/2010
Time for some linkage on this Thursday. Trying to get this in before I have to get some work done today. I’ll do as many links as I can. USA Today picks up a story from Ronald Blum of the Associated Press in which Fox Sports Ele Jefe del Mundo David Hill expects a big […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/19/2010
Let’s do some links on this rainy Wednesday in the Northeast. By the way, last night I went to a great Japanese restaurant in Providence, Haruki East on Wayland Avenue. Highly recommend it. And on a rainy Tuesday night, there was a wait so that tells you it’s quite popular. Ate there with my parents […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/18/2010
Been busy at work today and expecting a busy late afternoon and evening. I’m squeezing in some linkage while I can. First, USA Today’s Michael Hiestand briefly discusses the impending ESPN/ACC deal plus looks at the ratings for some of the weekend sports events. Brian Steinberg of Advertising Age says at the network upfront presentations […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/17/2010
Ok, we haven’t done linkage since Thursday. Was busy Friday and Saturday and on Sunday, I rested. So it’s time to give you stuffage today. You deserve it. I am experimenting with logos on the top of the page so if you see something different over the next few days, you’ll know that I’m trying […]
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The Atlantic Coast Conference and ESPN have had a long standing relationship dating back to the network’s inception in 1979 and it appears they’ll continue that relationship well into the twenties. Sports Business Journal’s John Ourand breaks the story today and we’ll be able to link to it later, but we have details on Twitter. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/13/2010
Before I begin, a quick note. I will have an announcement regarding the site in the next few days. Don’t worry, I’m not going anywhere and the content will remain the same. In addition, the site will look the same. When this becomes totally official, I hope to announce that Fang’s Bites is on its […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/12/2010
One of the nicer events on the college basketball calendar is the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. It used to be the ACC/Big East Challenge until the Big East opted out complaining that its coaches preferred playing cupcakes instead of playing tougher opponents for out-of-conference games. But that’s all in the past now. The Big Ten took […]
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This being Wednesday, it means that we’re about to go past the mid-week mark and then the weekend will be getting closer. Time for some links. paidContent’s Staci D. Kramer has Fox Sports El Presidente por Vida David Hill says sports leagues will cut off their noses in spite of their faces if they continue […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/10/2010
Let’s do some linkage for you as I wasn’t able to do it yesterday. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand writes that CBS will produce the NCAA Final Four in 3-D and show it in about 100 movie theaters. Phil Swann in TV Predictions feels a deal between Versus and DirecTV could be forthcoming. CNBC’s Darren Rovell […]
