0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/27/2011
Let’s do some linkage while I can. Again, I’ve been away from the computer for most of the morning. Too busy. Right after the end of the final Monday Night Football game of 2012 featuring Jon Gruden at the mic, reports surfaced that this ESPN analyst was a candidate for several potential coaching jobs including […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/3/2011
I guess this is supposed to be a high brow commercial for Captain Blowhard’s site, Grantland. A woman spouting nonsense and the guy allegedly figuring what the hell she’s talking about. There was already an ad for Grantland featuring a bookie taking a bet on how many words Blowhard would churn out in a column […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/25/2010
I’ve been lax on providing the SEC football TV schedule over the last few weeks, but I have next Saturday’s slate of games. Take a look. SEC Football Schedule For November 6th Announced SEC FOOTBALL SCHEDULE FOR NOV. 6 GAMES SET BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Oct. 25, 2010) – Eight games are on the Southeastern Conference football […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/28/2010
Just found out my day has been planned for me again so I’m going to post as many Saturday links here before heading out. Milton Kent at Fanhouse says a revamped ESPNews will debut on Monday. SportsNewser gives you a sports media blog you should read. Unfortunately, it’s not Fang’s Bites. Comcast SportsNet New England […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/9/2009
Now that I’m recovered from my night at Mohegan Sun, I’m back and ready to give you some linkage. Before I provide the links, I’ll tell you that my experience at Bobby’s Burger Palace was really disappointing. I went because someone recommended the place to me and I decided to break my personal ban from […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/28/2009
We have a bunch of links this evening and let’s get to them before I start watching Weeds on Showtime. Chad Finn of the Boston Globe gives his impressions on NESN’s Jim Rice who finally got into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Neil Best of Newsday notes that Mets GM Omar Minaya called out a […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/23/2009
Well, where do I begin? There’s the Erin Andrews story which continues to pick up momentum. And we have ESPN finally acknowledging the Ben Roethlisberger civil lawsuit story two days after other media outlets have been reporting it. Personally, I found some Harry Chapin albums on iTunes and videos on YouTube so expect to see […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
There are just too many stories that cannot be ignored until Thursday so let’s get to them. First, after waiting two days, ESPN finally acknowledged the Ben Roethlisberger story. Gregg Rosenthal from Pro Football Talk is all over it. Newsday’s Neil Best says ESPN decided to hit back at the New York Post for publishing […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/10/2009
First, it was ESPN The Microphone. Then, it was ESPN The Spelling Bee App. Now, it’s ESPN The Highlight Reel starring …. YOU! Yes, you! ESPN is now allowing you to submit your own personal photos at ESPN’s website or at Walmart photo kiosks (ooooohhhhh, good for you!). Check out the press release. I noticed […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/13/2008
Just in time for holiday shopping season comes “ESPN THE MICROPHONE“. Yes, you too can buy that ESPN-aholic a microphone of his/her own complete with mic flag. I’m not kidding. You can buy this as a Christmas gift along with a lot of other ESPN items including ESPN the Hoodie and your own X Games […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/22/2008
I see that there’s enough linkage out there on this Monday to warrant an update. One of the pioneers in sportswriting died on Sunday. Terry Olberle, sports editor emeritus of the Winston-Salem (NC) Journal remembers Mary Garber who died yesterday at the age of 92. As far as anyone can determine, Garber was the first […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/21/2008
I’ve been having trouble with the computer tonight. Mostly memory issues, but I’m hoping that my computer will be able to get through them so I can give you a full update. We begin with Newsday’s Neil Best who notes in his blog that SNY’s announcers got on Mets manager Willie Randolph who has issues […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/26/2008
Having gotten some important work done, it’s time to give you some linkage on this Wednesday afternoon on the East Coast. Three things from the Sports Media Watch. First, Paul Sen says the joint decision by the NFL and NBC to move the league’s season opener on September 4 from 8:30 p.m. ET to 7 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/13/2008
Just as I predicted in my post earlier today, ESPN has put out a press release that it received the most Sports Emmy nominations of all networks when it combined its 31 nominations with its other family of networks (ABC, ESPN Classic, ESPN2). Here’s the press release: ESPN, Inc. – 37 Sports Emmy Nominations NASCAR, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/5/2008
I’ll give you a few more links today. We have some good news from Neil Best of Newsday. He tells us that a biopsy on Bobby Mercer was negative, that his MRI last week showed only scar tissue and not a recurrence of a brain tumor. Mercer will rest at home for a few more […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/4/2008
Let’s give you some links this evening. From Newsday’s Neil Best, he writes in his blog that the NHL on NBC on Sunday involving the New York Rangers actually outrated the Yankees on YES. Justin Terranova from the New York Post’s NYP TV Sports blog says the YES Network’s Bobby Mercer is resting after undergoing […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/14/2008
I’ll give you some more links for tonight. Pete Dougherty of the Albany Times Union gives us the Yankees TV Spring Training schedule on YES. And Pete has a funny “Separated at Birth” comparison regarding Brian McNamee. The Sports Media Watch blog notes the coverage of the Congressional Steroids Hearings today on the network news […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/5/2008
Time to give you some links this morning. I’ll have the NFL Wild Card Playoff Picks coming up. Starting with Dan Caesar of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, he writes that despite their poor season, the Rams still manage to get the ratings. Barry Horn of the Dallas Morning News has some tongue-in-cheek predictions for sports […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/31/2007
Let’s give you some more links today before I work on some other things. First, Neil Best of Newsday writes that Patriots-Giants on Saturday was the most watched program of 2007. Not an easy task considering that Saturday are the least watched day of the week. The Boston Herald’s Jessica Heslam writes in her Messenger […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/8/2007
A bit of snow covering the ground this morning. Not much as we got enough snow to wreak havoc on the afternoon commute on Friday, but as I look out my window, the snow actually leaves a pretty picture. Perhaps I’ll take one and post it here later. But first, time to give you some […]
