0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/15/2015
Let’s do a notebook for this Thursday. NEWS NBC held a big press conference on Wednesday at its World Headquarters in Rockefeller Plaza in New York. It announced a multi-year agreement with Haymon Boxing to air the Premier Boxing Champions series starting with 20 events this year, 14 of which will be in primetime on […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/2/2015
Time for the first Sports Media Notebook of 2015. Let’s see what news we can squeeze for this edition. NEWS First, ESPN saw some good news for the first half of its so-called “New Year’s Six.” The ratings were good for the Peach, Orange and Fiesta Bowls. College Football: First Half of “New Year’s Six” […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/31/2014
The last notebook of the year quite a bit of stuff. Not much linkage out there, but plenty of news out there and News You Can Use. BREAKING NEWS CBS has announced that it will once again stream all of its AFC Playoff games for desktop and laptop computers and tablets beginning with Sunday’s Wild […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/26/2014
All Times Eastern Military Bowl, Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, MD Virginia Tech vs. Cincinnati — ESPN1/ESPN Radio, 1 p.m. ESPN: Beth Mowins/Joey Galloway//Paul Carcaterra ESPN Radio: Eamon McAnaney/Jay Walker Sun Bowl, Sun Bowl Stadium, El Paso, TX Duke vs. Arizona State — CBS/Sports USA Radio Network, 2 p.m. CBS: Carter Blackburn/Gary Danielson//Allie LaForce Sports […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/19/2014
All Times Eastern NCAA Division I FCS Tournament National Semifinal, Cowell Stadium, Durham, NH Illinois State at New Hampshire — ESPNU, 2 p.m. (Shawn Kenney/Jay Walker) NCAA Division II Championship National Championship, Sporting Park, Kansas City, KS Colorado State-Pueblo vs. Minnesota State-Mankato — ESPN2, 4 p.m. (Adam Amin/John Congemi//Quint Kessenich) New Orleans Bowl, Louisiana Superdome, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/10/2014
Well, Brent Musburger may not be involved in the College Football Playoff, but he will be calling one of the bowls involved in the CFP rotation. And interestingly enough, Brent will be headed to the Las Vegas Bowl. Brent in Vegas? This is where legends are made. For the College Football Playoff Semifinals and National […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/7/2014
With the first-ever College Football Playoff Semifinals and National Championship game scheduled for January 2015, it adds to an already busy college football postseason schedule. Between December 20, 2014 and January 12, 2015, we have a total of 39 games including the seven matchups that are involved with the College Football Playoff system, the Cotton, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/7/2014
For the last BCS National Championship to be played, ESPN went full guns ablazin’ and was rewarded with cable’s third largest audience ever. The Alleged Worldwide Leader aired the game on four of its TV networks as well as streaming through its online platforms and as a result, the total audience on television resulted in […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/3/2014
Tonight, the Cotton Bowl airs on Fox. The game between former Big 12 rivals Missouri and Oklahoma will be played at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, TX. Gus Johnson, Charles Davis and Kristina Pink will call the game live at 8 p.m. Fox’s coverage begins at 7:30 p.m. with a half-hour pregame show. The big story […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/31/2013
CBS’ last college football game of the season airs today when the Tiffany Network broadcasts the Sun Bowl live from El Paso, TX. Uncle Verne Lundquist and Gary Danielson will call UCLA taking on Virginia Tech when the game kicks off at 2 p.m. ET today. CBS Sports Network’s Allie LaForce will be on the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/24/2013
Actually, eleven counting the St. Petersburg Bowl on Monday, but this press release from ESPN counts Tuesday on forward. The Hawaii Bowl from Honolulu between Boise State and Oregon State starts the sequence of ten bowl games between tonight and Saturday. The bowls will take Christmas Day off, but then from Thursday through Saturday, we […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/9/2013
The schedule is courtesy of Matt’s College Sports. I’ll add announcing assignments as they become availableAll announcing assignments have been updated. All times are Eastern. Here’s the grid. Saturday, December 21, 2013 Game Network Coverage Notes Announcers Time New Mexico Bowl Colorado St. vs. Washington St. ESPN/ESPN Radio University Stadium Albuquerque, NM ESPN: Mark Jones/Brock […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/31/2012
As we approach the long-awaited college football playoff in 2015, the BCS is still in effect and ESPN will air the entire five game sequence which includes the National Championship Game on January 7. The BCS begins on Tuesday with the Rose Bowl and the Orange Bowl. It then proceeds to the Sugar Bowl on […]
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The 79th annual Sun Bowl will air on the CBS Television Network this afternoon. Georgia Tech will take on USC at 2 p.m. today. Uncle Verne Lundquist and Gary Danielson will call the game with Tracy Wolfson manning the sidelines. This marks the 45th consecutive year that CBS has aired the game in El Paso, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/27/2012
Starting on January 1, ESPN’s College GameDay will be live from four of the five BCS games including the Big One, the BCS National Championship game in South Florida on January 7. College GameDay will begin its cross-country odyssey in Pasadena, CA by doing two shows on New Year’s Day live from the Rose Bowl. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/5/2012
ESPN has sent its schedule for the college football bowls as well as the Bowl Championship Series. In addition, we have the announcing assignments for all of the games on the ESPN platforms. Most of the games will air on ESPN, some on ESPN2. ESPN Radio also carries a series of games including the entire […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/10/2012
Haven’t been able to provide the Friday megalinks in a while. Let’s do an edition today. Normally I include a link to the Weekend Viewing Picks, but I’ll be doing that tonight so you can find it on my site when it’s posted. If you follow me on Twitter or have an RSS feed, you’ll […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/31/2012
I owe you some linkage and I gathered so many over the last few days that I’m slowing down by browser with so many tabs. I have to clear them so my browser can run properly. So many things to go over. Let’s do this. First at SportsGrid, Jordan Rabinowitz at SportsGrid notes that NBC […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/10/2012
Let’s do some links on this Tuesday. Michael Hiestand from USA Today writes that a tepid LSU-Alabama rematch drew the BCS National Championship Game’s lowest overnight rating ever on ESPN. Mike McCarthy of USA Today reports that former ESPN analyst Sean Salisbury has either quit or been fired from his MTV2 Lingerie Football League gig. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/9/2012
Been busy again today, but I’ll try to post as many links here as possible. Don’t know if I can do a complete set, but I’ll see what I can do. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand hears from ESPN’s Brent Musburger who calls tonight’s BCS National Championship Game. Tom Weir of USA Today says Tim Tebow […]
