0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/9/2010
Even though I posted a version of the talent roster last week, NBC Sports sends us this release today so I’ll do them the favor of posting it now. I’m a bit busy again today so links may not get posted. I’ll do my best to get them up sometime during the day. Anyway, here’s […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/9/2010
Time to hand out the 3rd Annual Fang’s Bites NFL TV Awards. If you’re a new reader, you can take a look at how the inaugural and 2nd annual versions played out. Let’s get to them without further delay. Best Play-by-Play: There’s no one better when it comes to NBC’s Al Michaels when there’s a […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/19/2009
Lists by publications are made to stir debate and also give them a bit of publicity. The list that was published today by The Sporting News and sister publication Sports Business Daily/Sports Business Journal certainly does that. Already, I’m a bit perturbed that college and NFL announcers are mixed together as are play-by-play callers and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/28/2009
We have a couple of things for you baseball-wise. From MLB Network, we have two programs of note on Friday, one involving Bob Costas and another one looking back at the 1984 San Diego Padres. MLB NETWORK TO DEBUT STUDIO 42 WITH BOB COSTAS: THE EARTHQUAKE WORLD SERIES & MLB PRODUCTIONS’ TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY: THE […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/16/2009
NBC’s Al Michaels made a statement today on the retirement of his broadcast partner since 2002. STATEMENT FROM AL MICHAELS ON JOHN MADDEN’S RETIREMENTJohn will always have a unique place in the history of pro football.No one has made the sport more interesting, more relevant and more enjoyable to watch and listen to than John. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/27/2008
Mostly due to laziness, I’m doing the Friday megalinks late at night. I was at work today and that took precedence, but I did do some blog posts during the day, but any links. So I’ll take care of that now and combine Friday’s and Saturday’s links together. Of course, we have the Weekend Viewing […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/18/2008
After watching a bit of Ninja Warrior on G4, it’s time to give you some links as we’re about to finish this Wednesday night here on the East Coast. Here’s the live chat that Newsday’s Neil Best conducted earlier today. I had quite a few questions answered. Neil outlines ESPN’s planned coverage for the final […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/6/2008
Ok, time for the Friday megalinks. I had to eat dinner before doing these because they always take so long for me to compile. Let’s start as always with your Weekend Viewing Picks. Week 1 of the NFL really begins in earnest on Sunday with 13 games including NBC’s Chicago at Indianapolis in primetime. CBS […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/14/2008
There’s a lot of news today so let’s get to the links right away. First, the Boston Herald apologized today for the erroneous story John Tomase wrote just before Super Bowl XLI that former Patriots employee Matt Walsh taped the St. Louis Rams’ walkthrough the day before Super Bowl XXXVI. Bruce Allen of Boston Sports […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/4/2008
For the past two seasons, we’ve known Monday Night Football as an ESPN property, but from 1970 until 2005, it was exclusive to ABC and before ESPN took over ABC Sports in the mid-1990’s, executives like Roone Arledge treated the game as special. And the openings to Monday Night Football were done quite well. These […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/1/2008
Time to give you some links on this Thursday. Newsday’s Neil Best has a bunch of blog posts today as he approaches his one year blog anniversary. First, Neil writes that WFAN maintains a healthy lead in the ratings over sports radio rival ESPN 1050. Neil shows us where he blogs from every day. Neil […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/29/2008
Last night, the 29th Sports Emmy Awards were held in New York and the big winner was HBO with 8. James Brown won Best Studio Host for CBS, NBC had a clean sweep of Play-by-Play, Studio Analyst and Game Analyst. SUMMARY OF WINNERS BY NETWORK HBO (8) Lords of Flatbush ……………………………………………………………… 2 Mayweather / Hatton […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/13/2008
The nominees for the 29th Sports Emmy Awards have been announced. HBO leads the list with 31 nominations with 5 for Real Sports and 5 for Inside the NFL. ESPN is next with 27 (although I’m sure ESPN will have a press release stating that combined with ESPN2, ESPN Classic and ABC, it leads the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/12/2008
Time to give you some more links today. Michael Hiestand of USA Today looks at the ratings of selected events from the weekend. Bob Raissman of the New York Daily News says not everyone will be riveted to ESPN’s coverage of the Congressional Steroids Hearings on Wednesday. Bill Ordine of the Baltimore Sun writes in […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/9/2008
Time for some links tonight. Richard Deitsch of Sports Illustrated gives his Media Power Rankings for January. Paul Zimmerman gives his annual NFL TV Commentator ratings and he jabs Ron Jaworski and Tony Kornheiser for their work on Monday Night Football. And SI picks up an Associated Press profile of Duquense basketball announcer Ray Goss […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/29/2007
Just as I did the 1st Annual Fang’s Bites College Football TV Awards earlier this year, it’s time to do the NFL TV Awards as we go into the final weekend of the 2007 regular season. No quirky nicknames, just the awards, Best and Worst. Best Play-by-Play – Al Michaels, NBC. He’s still among the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/6/2007
Time to give you some links on this Thursday. On WEEI, it was WBZ-TV’s Bob Lobel and Steve Burton filling in for Dennis & Callahan once again. Tomorrow is the day when D&C’s contracts expire. On this opening night of the NFL season, Susan Bickelhaupt of the Boston Globe talks with CBS’ Dan Dierdorf and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/6/2007
Recovering after being out for a day. A few things for today. Against my better judgment, I bought the De La Hoya-Mayweather fight from DirecTV. I joined in the 7th round. It turned out to be a better fight than I expected. But also, I wanted to see what may be one of the last […]
