0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/31/2013
Tonight, NBC Sports Network’s Costas Tonight explores The State of the NFL. It’s the second annual State of the NFL episode as last year, the premiere episode of Costas Tonight went over The State of the NFL during Super Bowl Week. Various players and NFL executives will discuss the issues that hang over the game […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/5/2013
Sometimes, a half-hour is all you need for a pregame show. Before Fox came on the NFL scene in 1994, CBS’ The NFL Today and NBC’s NFL Live were just a half-hour. ESPN’s NFL GameDay (that’s what it was called into the 1990’s) was an hour. Then Fox changed it all with its hour-long Fox […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/23/2012
On tonight’s Football Night in America on NBC, host Bob Costas talks with San Francisco 49ers tight end Vernon Davis and Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson. We have the partial transcripts of each interview in the following press release. “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” PREVIEW – WEEK 16 Bob Costas Interviews Seahawks QB Russell Wilson and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/16/2012
We conclude the Sunday NFL pregame quotage with NBC’s Sunday Night Football. Because we did not receive an advance transcript of FNIA’s interviews, this post will include them here. So let’s take a look at what was said on Football Night in America on NBC. “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” NOTES & QUOTES – WEEK 15 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/9/2012
Tonight on Football Night in America, NBC’s Bob Costas speaks with Detroit Lions wide receiver Calvin “Megatron” Johnson and Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy. In addition to these interviews, FNIA will review all of Week 14’s action on Sunday with Dan Patrick, Tony Dungy and Rodney Harrison in New York. At a snowy Lambeau […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/6/2012
Bob Costas, the Holy Diminutive One, will have a whole host of guests on his Year-in-Review show on NBC Sports Network. Costas Tonight will have TNT’s Charles Barkley and CBS/ESPN/NBC/Tennis Channel analyst John McEnroe talking about Bob’s anti-gun commentary from last Sunday. In addition, Bob talks with his former NBA Showtime partner (remember NBA Showtime […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/5/2012
I’ll do a few links for you this evening. I’ll start with a strange story that surfaced today from a University of Maryland journalism class during which ESPN Vice President and Executive Editor John Walsh made some rather strange statements about Deadspin’s John Koblin over the Lynn Hoppes plagiarism situation. Deadspin has raised issues of […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/4/2012
Let’s do some Tuesday links. Lots of stuff to get to. Michael Hiestand of USA Today writes that Bob Costas is receiving his share of criticism for his anti-gun commentary during halftime of Sunday Night Football. Busted Coverage has video of Bob Costas telling Dan Patrick that he’s not backing off on his anti-gun comments. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/3/2012
As I’m helping to watch my nephew today, I have a very short window to get links in before he wakes up so let’s get this done before I get delayed. The big story is the Jevon Belcher-Kasandra Perkins tragedy over the weekend. Many of the links deal with how CBS’ The NFL Today dealt […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/2/2012
I was wondering when I was going to receive the quotage for NBC’s Football Night in America. Usually, it comes earlier, but for whatever reason, it came later than usual. That’s ok. As long as it comes into the Fang’s Bites inbox before I turn in, it’s all good. A lot of content in Sunday’s […]
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I missed this as I was taking care of my nephew. But signing on Twitter, there is a lot of reaction to this halftime commentary on Bob Costas which is based on an article written by Fox Sports’ Jason Whitlock on the tragic murder-suicide of Jevon Belcher of the Kansas City Chiefs. As you know […]
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Tonight in advance of the Philadelphia Eagles-Dallas Cowboys game on Sunday Night Football, NBC’s Football Night in America will air a Bob Costas interview of linebacker DeMarcus Ware from the Cowboys. We have a partial transcript and it’s all below for you. “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” PREVIEW – WEEK 13 BOB COSTAS INTERVIEWS COWBOYS LB […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/25/2012
Bob Costas talked about the Giants in his halftime commentary. Other subjects were broached as well. We have what was discussed below. And that is it. PACKERS-GIANTS HALFTIME COMMENTARY ON GIANTS Bob Costas: “It’s been said that momentum is among sports’ biggest mysteries. And, perhaps, no franchise in football has demonstrated how much, and how […]
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Tonight on Football Night in America, Bob Costas will talk with Green Bay Packers wide receiver Randall Cobb and New York Football Giants coach Tom Coughlin in advance of tonight’s Sunday Night Football game on NBC. Football Night in America airs at 7 p.m. ET on NBC. Take a look at the partial transcripts of […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/18/2012
With his on-air partner Hines Ward on the field celebrating the history of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Bob Costas went back to his halftime commentary. This wasn’t as obnoxious as past diatribes. This was discussing how the 2012 really starts now. Ok, I guess the first 10 weeks didn’t count. Here’s the transcript. Bob Costas’ Halftime […]
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Let’s complete our Sunday NFL pregame quotage with NBC’s Football Night in America. Lots of stuff said on the hour plus program. “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” NOTES & QUOTES – WEEK 11 “The owner said Andy Reid had to make the playoffs. They are not making the playoffs.” – Tony Dungy “Sounds like the definition […]
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Tonight, NBC will air the AFC North Division blood rivalry game between the Baltimore Ravens and the Pittsburgh Steelers. In advance of the game, Bob Costas will conduct three interviews on Football Night in America, aired from 7 p.m. until 8:15 p.m. ET. Bob will talk with Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs, Steelers quarterback Byron Leftwich […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/11/2012
For Week 10 of the 2012 season, NBC’s Sunday Night Football will be in a stormy Chicago for the Houston Texans-Chicago Bears game. As usual, Bob Costas will on hand to conduct interviews for Football Night in America. Tonight, Bob talks with the Texans’ Arian Foster and for the Bears, it will Charles “Peanut” Tillman […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/28/2012
Let’s now complete the Sunday NFL pregame quotage with NBC’s Football Night in America. Check it out. “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” NOTES & QUOTES – WEEK 8 “I’ve been a Sanchez supporter and have said that you need to stay with your quarterback, but it’s time to make the change.” – Tony Dungy on the […]
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And we conclude the Sunday quotage with NBC’s preview of Football Night in America’s Bob Costas interviews. Tonight, Bob talks with Denver Broncos exec John Elway plus New Orleans Saints safety Malcolm Jenkins in advance of the Sunday Night Football matchup between New Orleans and Denver. Here’s the preview. “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” PREVIEW – […]
