0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/19/2016
Since Fox launched Fox Sports 1, a.k.a. FS1 and even before then, it has coveted obtaining the rights to the Big Ten conference. Over the last year, it has given games involving Big Ten teams a huge showcase such as last year’s Michigan-Utah contest, Jim Harbaugh’s first as Wolverines coach to show what it could do for […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/12/2016
All Times Eastern Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports on TV Announcing assignments courtesy of Eye on Sky and Air Sports (Men’s/Women’s) Saturday, March 12 Studio and Pregame Shows Road to the Final Four — CBS, noon College GameDay live from the ACC Tournament, Washington, D.C. — ESPN, noon Inside College Basketball — CBS, 12:30 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/3/2015
All Times Eastern Schedule courtesy Matt’s College Sports on TV Announcing assignments courtesy Eye on Sky and Air Sports Friday, December 4 Studio and Pregame Shows B1G Football & Beyond — Big Ten Network, noon CFB Daily: The Edge — ESPNU, 1 p.m. College Football Live — ESPN, 2 p.m. College Football Countdown — ESPN2, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/10/2015
With college basketball ready to start in earnest this weekend, ESPN has unveiled its announcing teams for the upcoming season. Once again, Dan Shulman and Jay Bilas will be the main team. And after being on the Big Monday early game (Big East or ACC) for several years, Bilas will no longer be on that […]
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 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/5/2014
All Times Eastern Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports on TV Announcing assignments courtesy of Eye on Sky and Air Sports Friday, December 5 Studio and Pregame Shows Nebraska Football Press Conference: Mike Riley Hired — Big Ten Network, 9:50 a.m. BTN Football & Beyond 2014 — Big Ten Network, noon CFB Daily: The Edge […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/2/2014
Fox has a big college football championship weekend as it airs the Pac-12 Championship live from Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, CA on Friday and then the Big Ten Championship live from Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, IN on Saturday. In the past, Fox would have Gus Johnson and Charles Davis call both games, but […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/22/2014
Big Ten Network has unveiled its six game primetime schedule for the 2014 season. The games include incoming schools Maryland and Rutgers playing home games. Rutgers plays host to Michigan on October 4 and Maryland will host Michigan State on November 15. The first primetime college football game of the season on BTN will be […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/15/2014
ESPN has selected six Big Ten football games for Saturday primetime. One game has been slated for ESPN exclusively and that’s Virginia Tech at Ohio State on September 6 at 8 p.m. ET. Four games including Miami (FL) at Nebraska on September 20, Nebraska at Michigan State on October 4 and Ohio State at Penn […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/14/2014
All Times Eastern Men’s Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports on TV Women’s Schedule courtesy of Eye on Sky and Air Sports Friday, March 14 Men’s Studio and Pregame Shows Inside College Basketball: Bracket Week — CBS Sports Network, 3:30 p.m. Big Ten Tip-Off Show 2014 — Big Ten Network, 6 p.m. Inside College Basketball: […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/23/2014
Just one guest today on the Fang’s Bites podcast and it’s James Andrew Miller, the co-author of Those Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN. The subjects discussed: Brent Musburger being replaced as Voice of College Football Management Changes at ESPN The Grantland story on Dr. V, the transgender woman who committed […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/27/2013
Just as 2013 ends, conference play in the new American Athletic Conference and the venerable Big Ten get underway. The networks of ESPN will be all over the start of conference play in both conferences on Tuesday, New Year’s Eve. In addition, the networks will have seven of the Top 25 ranked teams will be […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/9/2013
On Saturday, a close Big Ten Championship between the Michigan State Spartans and the Ohio State Buckeyes which saw Sparty spoiling the Buckeyes chances at the BCS Championship Game gave Fox a primetime win on Saturday. The network received a very good 7.9 rating with a 14 share. Viewership averaged a very good 13.9 million […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/5/2013
All Times Eastern Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports Announcing Assignments courtesy of Eye on Sky and Air Sports Thursday, December 5 Studio and Pregame Shows CFB Daily — ESPNU, 1 p.m. ESPNU All Access: Auburn Football — ESPNU, 4 p.m. College Football Live — ESPN2, 5 p.m. College Football Live — ESPN, 7 p.m. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/5/2013
ESPN has provided us with the men and women who will be involved in calling and reporting college basketball in 2013-14. The networks of ESPN will begin airing college basketball games for the new season this weekend. One major change for ESPN, the loss of the Big East to Fox Sports 1 and CBS and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/15/2013
This is the latest up-to-date schedule for Fox’s college football. This spans Fox, Fox Sports 1, Fox College Sports, and Fox Sports Net. Fox Sports 1 has the first five games of the schedule in the Opening Week of the season including a tripleheader on August 31 that culminates with Boise State at Washington at […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/17/2013
This in from the Big Ten Network. Now in its 7th year of covering Big Ten football, BTN has announced its talent lineup for games this season. Host Dave Revsine will be joined in the studio by analysts Gerry DiNardo and Howard Griffith once again and they’ll guide viewers through both regional and national coverage. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/29/2013
ESPN has announced that six Big Ten football games will be played in primetime on Saturday nights either on ABC, ESPN or ESPN2 this fall. Three games will have Ohio State, two games involve Michigan and Northwestern and Wisconsin get one each. Of course, independent Notre Dame is involved in two of those games, one […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/14/2013
Gus Johnson hasn’t called a lot of college basketball games this season due to his soccer work for Fox over the last month. But he’s back on the sport that made him famous this week as he’s in Chicago to call four games of the Big Ten Tournament. His first tournament game turned out to […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
After being away in Europe to call English Premier League, FA Cup and UEFA Champions League games for Fox Soccer, Gus Johnson is back in the United States to call his signature sport, college basketball. Gus will call two first round and two quarterfinal games of the Big Ten Tournament for Fox Sports’ Big Ten […]
