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 5/16/2010
Last week, I did a Videos of the Week on the Best Sports TV themes and it was so popular that it warranted a follow up that same day. And it’s now time to do a Part II and give you some more themes. I’ll do some college basketball, pregame shows and soccer. Let’s get […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/10/2010
I have to be at a jobsite this morning, but I’ll give you a few links before going out. Mike McCarthy at USA Today says Tiger Woods took hits from golf analysts and reporters for dropping out of the Players Championship. At the Indiana University National Sports Journalism Center, Jason Fry tells bloggers to look […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/7/2010
Time to finish our look back at the TV coverage of the Winter Olympics. This week will begin another Winter Olympiad, this time on the North American continent. It might be the last for a while so enjoy it while you can. In 2006, the youth of the world gathered in Turin, Italy for the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/25/2010
Two years ago, the BBC put out one of the coolest Olympic promos using animation from the same house that did the Gorillaz videos. It came out just recently with another very cool animation for the 2010 Winter Games using the Vancouver Olympics logo and just like in 2008, shows a combination of sports that […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/10/2010
Time for another edition of the Videos of the Week as I get you ready for the Winter Olympics in Vancouver on February 12. I’ve already presented a look back at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary through the eyes of ABC Sports. And last week, there was the flashback to the 1992 Winter Games […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/8/2009
Now that Wimbledon is over and we can move on to other sporting events, I can go back and look at some of the moments of the recently past fortnight. This year’s tournament was quite fun to watch and yes, having found a way to watch the BBC for the entire two weeks was absolutely […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/21/2009
One event on my summer sports calendar that I look forward to every year is Wimbledon. It happens at the right time, right as we officially hit summer and the weather gets warmer. Or at least most years, the weather gets warmer. I don’t know about this year, but it usually does. Thanks to various […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/17/2008
Well, I can provide some more links now that I put out that fire out. From David Bauder of the Associated Press, we find that CBS is now considering teaming up with Time Warner to bid for the 2014 and 2016 Olympic Games. If successful, CBS would put the Games on its own network plus […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/3/2008
Ok, with a lot going on today especially with Plaxico Burress, I’ll provide you with linkage. There’s a lot today. Let’s start with Newsday’s Neil Best who tried to live blog Chris Russo on Sirius XM Radio today and quickly gave up. Neil then monitored WFAN, 1050 ESPN Radio and Sirius for talk of Plaxico. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/3/2008
The NFL continues to expand its global reach. Here are highlights of which TV networks around the globe carry NFL games, some live, others in taped format. NFL TV COVERAGE EXTENDS AROUND THE GLOBE 231 COUNTRIES & TERRITORIES TO BROADCAST NFL CONTENT FOR NEARLY 200,000 HOURS More and more, fans around the world are tuning […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/31/2008
Now that the Olympics are over, I can find some worldwide TV partners opens and closes. This includes the BBC and NBC. I did find some extensive CBC stuff from the Closing Ceremonies and also, the network’s bidding farewell to the Olympics, but unfortunately, the person who put them up won’t allow embedding, so until […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/8/2008
Let’s do a linkage for you. Again, I have to be at a jobsite early in the morning so the Friday megalinks will be up sometime in the afternoon. I don’t know when. Plus being at the jobsite throws a monkey wrench into my plans to find the Olympics Opening Ceremonies online. Oh well. I […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/3/2008
This will conclude the mega-update this morning with the 3rd and final part of the Videos of the Week. These are various promos from BBC, 7 Network and NBC for the Olympics which start in five days. We start with the BBC Monkey which has already caused a buzz in the blogosphere for being one […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
Ok, we’re in Part 2 of our Videos of the Week and we devote this installment to the 2004 Games in Athens. Again as in Part 1, we’ll depend on videos from BBC, CBC, NBC and 7 Network. Here’s a promo for Athens done by NBC. Notice the extremely attractive people posing as athletes. In […]
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With this being just five days before the Opening Ceremonies of the Summer Olympics in Communist China, I’ll give you various videos from the 2000 Olympics in Sydney and the last Summer Games in Athens. Then I’ll give you some promos from the Olympic network partners who are getting ready to bring you this year’s […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/29/2008
It’s early Tuesday morning on the East Coast as I do these links. I’ve been researching clips for the 2000 Olympic Games so this update is delayed. I promised you links and by golly, I’m going to give them to you. First, John Crowe at his Crowe’s Nest blog has some industry news including some […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/10/2008
I’m still digging out from under a mountain of paperwork, I can see the end of the tunnel and I’m close to the end, but the schedule of blogging is going to remain for about one more day. Just be patient with me and I’ll be back with the regular schedule soon. Starting with Michael […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/7/2008
I know, a three day weekend and you’re dragging. I’m aware that you’re feeling this way, but it’s never fun to go back to work after a three day holiday. But we’re back and it’s time for linkage. Yesterday’s Roger Federer-Rafael Nadal match at Wimbledon took my concentration so I did not want to link […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/6/2008
Today, we start to get ready for the Olympics with various looks at coverage from previous games. This morning, we go back to the 1984 Summer Games in Los Angeles which were covered by ABC in the US, CBC in Canada and the BBC in the UK. We’ll have video clips from each network and […]
