0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/17/2014
As you know by now, Bob Costas made his return to NBC Olympics primetime after spending six days recovering from an eye infection that impaired his vision and made him sensitive to light. While he’s not totally recovered, he’s well enough to make it back for the second week of the Sochi Olympics. On Monday, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/11/2014
Since the beginning of NBC’s coverage of the 2014 Winter Olympics, one of the stories has been the pink eye condition of host Bob Costas. It was so noticeable that it became distracting to viewers. Not only are there
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/6/2014
During NBC’s coverage of the XXII Olympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony in Sochi, the network will air an interview between host Bob Costas and President Barack Obama. The interview taped on Thursday will go over several topics including the reason why the President sent a group of gay athletes to represent the United States delegation […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/14/2014
Ok, NBC has finally set its lineup for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Sochi is a warm water city in Sochi which averages 50 degrees in February and cost over $51 billion to construct. This are a few revisions from the lineup I posted earlier this month from the NBC Sports Pressbox website. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/8/2014
Unlike last year when the Baseball Writers Association of America chose not to vote anyone into the Baseball Hall of Fame, it’s expected at least one player will make it to Cooperstown, NY later this year. Greg Maddux, Jack Morris, Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Craig Biggio are among the candidates hoping they’ll get the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/6/2014
We don’t have a press release yet, but based on the information from NBC Sports’ public relations website, we’re able to cull the announcers for each sport for the 2014 Winter Olympics which will be held in Sochi, a warm weather city in Russia that averages 50 degrees in February. I’ll list the on-air commentators […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/29/2013
Time to finish our Sunday NFL pregame quotage for the regular season with NBC’s Football Night in America. We have one more post this evening and that will be the Wild Card Weekend playoff schedule. NOTES & QUOTES FROM “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” — WEEK 17 “Packers fans are going to remember that…you’re going to […]
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Tonight, NBC airs the NFC East Division play-in game as the Dallas Cowboys host the Philadelphia Eagles in Arlington, TX. Before the game, Football Night in America will review all of Sunday’s action plus preview tonight’s contest. Bob Costas has interviewed Eagles’ running back LeSean McCoy and Cowboys tight end Jason Witten in advance of […]
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For the third straight year, NBC’s Sunday Night Football airs the NFC East Division championship game involving the Dallas Cowboys. The Dallas Cowboys will host the Philadelphia Eagles in Arlington, TX. The winner will head to the playoffs and host a postseason game. The loser will go home and watch the playoffs on TV. Al […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/22/2013
Let’s finish the Sunday NFL pregame quotage with Football Night in America from NBC. Check it out, friends. NOTES & QUOTES FROM “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” — WEEK 16 “It puts even more pressure on you to win a Super Bowl.” – Harrison on Peyton Manning’s TD-pass record “We all assumed they were unbeatable at home […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/15/2013
We conclude our Sunday NFL pregame quotage with NBC’s Football Night in America. Lots of stories and games of which to react including the insane Green Bay-Dallas game. Here are the notes and quotes. NOTES & QUOTES FROM “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” — WEEK 15 “I thought he played with tremendous heart.” – Rodney Harrison […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/1/2013
Before tonight’s New York Giants-DC NFL Team, NBC’s Football Night in America will review the day’s highlights and scores plus preview the Sunday Night Football game. Football Night in America host Bob Costas will interview Giants two-time Super Bowl winning coach Tom Coughlin about this season and also provide an essay about Washington quarterback Robert […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/30/2013
On Sunday, NBC airs the less-than-attractive New York Football Giants at DC NFL Matchup. Matt Yoder at Awful Announcing explains why the game wasn’t flexed out despite the records of both teams. Another factor was NBC’s Thanksgiving Night game in Baltimore. The Sunday Night Football production truck could easily drive the 32½ miles from Baltimore […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/25/2013
And we conclude the Sunday NFL pregame quotage with NBC’s Football Night in America. Check it all out. NOTES & QUOTES FROM “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” — WEEK 12 “Amazing how this relationship has evolved over the years.” – Scott Pioli on Peyton Manning and Tom Brady occasionally exchanging information “I had no idea we […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/20/2013
This comes from NBC which announces that the Holy Diminutive One, Bob Costas, will once again host the primetime portion of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, a warm water port city in Russia that averages 49-50 degrees in February. This will be the 10th time that Costas will host primetime for NBC dating back […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/11/2013
As the 50th anniversary of the JFK Assassination approaches, a special broadcast of Costas Tonight will look at the immediate aftermath through the eyes of the Dallas Cowboys. Two days after the assassination, the NFL decided to play games despite the backlash from the American people. Included in the schedule was the Dallas Cowboys playing […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/10/2013
Let’s move to the preview of tonight’s interviews on NBC’s Football Night in America. NBC will air the Dallas Cowboys at New Orleans Saints game and host Bob Costas will interview one player from each team. From the Cowboys, Costas talked with linebacker Sean Lee and from the Saints, Bob interviewed quarterback Drew Brees. Let’s […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/3/2013
We end the quotage posts with NBC’s Football Night in America. Check it out. NOTES & QUOTES FROM “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” — WEEK 9 “Drew Brees today was truly rattled.” – Rodney Harrison on Jets defense “Make a foot running the ball, please!” – Dungy on Chargers “There is some void of leadership somewhere […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/20/2013
We finish the NFL Sunday pregame quotage with NBC’s Football Night in America which looked at the day’s games from Week 7 and a preview of tonight’s Denver-Indy game. It included interviews with Peyton Manning of Denver and Andrew Luck of Indianapolis. It’s all below for you. NOTES & QUOTES FROM “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/14/2013
Up until Sunday, Bob Costas had not done a halftime commentary this season, but that all changed in Week 6 as the DC NFL Team took on Dallas on Sunday Night Football. Now I have not been a supporter of Costas’ commentaries in the past and have gone so far to condemn them both here […]
