0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/23/2011
Let’s do some linkage. I couldn’t get to them yesterday as I was racing in between two offices and by the time I got home, I wasn’t in the mood to sift through media links. I’ll do some now and include some Friday stories. First, USA Today’s Michael Hiestand looks at the old ABC’s Wide […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/18/2011
With this being Patriots Day in Massachusetts and Maine, it’s time to give some links. It’s a day off for some in Massachusetts and Boston has the Marathon plus the 11 a.m. Red Sox game. Both of which are traditions I have come to enjoy. Some interesting links today. We start with John Ourand and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/17/2011
Time for the Sunday links. Quite a few to get to. Dennis Dodd from CBSSports.com looks at the increasing rights fees for college football. Erick Smith of USA Today says the University of Miami is in talks with ESPN about a “Hard Knocks”-type reality show for its football team. Mike Reynolds from Multichannel News says […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/12/2011
I was trying to post links last night and was making really good progress when, you guessed it, I fell asleep with the computer on again. That’s not good. So I’ll combine the full set of links that I found last night with this edition so you have a pretty good set of stories to […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/28/2011
It’s been quite a while since the last mailbag, October of last year to be precise and I’ve been meaning to do one. Let’s do one now since we have a few questions stockpiled. Thanks to you for sending questions and if you want to have one answered for the next mailbag later in the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/10/2011
I owe you linkage since last Thursday so let’s do some. Michael Hiestand of USA Today has ESPN’s Brent Musburger saying he’ll talk less than normal during tonight’s BCS National Championship Game. Rupal Parekh of Advertising Age notes that social media giant Groupon has bought ads in Fox’s Super Bowl XLV pregame show. To Greg […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/7/2011
For the first time in its long history, the Cotton Bowl will be played in primetime. Fox is using this game as a dry run for the Super Bowl next month as the Cotton Bowl and the Super Bowl are being played in Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, TX. The Jerry Jones Mahal will have plenty […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/4/2011
I hope to get these links done without interruption. I hate working from the RI main office because I get bogged down, but that’s what happens when you don’t have a car like I do. I have to depend on others to get me where I’m going and I can’t get to my MA office […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/3/2011
Lots of things to get to today. I hope to get everything in during one long linkfest, but if I can’t, I’ll try to do it in multiple parts. We begin with USA Today’s Mike McCarthy who says despite the ratings being down for the Rose and Fiesta Bowls as ESPN takes over the games […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/29/2010
Ok, this may turn out to be a busy day for me so I’m going to try to sneak some links in. You may see this in multiple parts so here goes. We’ll begin with Tom Weir in USA Today’s Game On blog discussing Tucker Carlson of Fox News wanting Michael Vick executed? Michael Hiestand […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/27/2010
Throughout this week, the bowl games continue on the networks of ESPN. All but two bowls, the Sun (CBS) and the Gator (ABC) will be on ESPN. Check out the schedule for this week on the Alleged Worldwide Leader. Bowl Coverage Continues on Various ESPN Platforms ESPN will continue the most comprehensive and in-depth college […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/22/2010
Ok, got interrupted today, but let’s finish up the linkage for this mid-week. Lots of good stuff out there. USA Today’s Mike McCarthy catches up with NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman to discuss the Winter Classic and the league’s TV rights. Sports Business Journal lists some of the best sports tweets from athletes and journalists. Sports […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/21/2010
Ok, let’s continue to provide the links on this Tuesday. Alex Weprin at SportsNewser notes that Steven A. “A is for Allegory” Smith announced that he’s leaving his morning show on Fox Sports Radio effective Thursday. Mike Reynolds at Multichannel News writes that ESPN2 airs the best-of-three exhibition series of matches between tennis giants Roger […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/20/2010
Let’s do the Monday links. I can’t believe my work productivity since I stopped interacting on Twitter during the workday. I’m now ahead of my work after being a month and a half behind. Who knew? Anyway, let’s do the linkage. Leading off with the Sports Business Journal and a story from John Ourand that […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/15/2010
Ok, I’ve been accumulating links when I finally got ready to provide them for you and I have enough that it’s time to bring them to you now. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand goes into two sports specials which are Pittsburgh-heavy. Austin Karp at Sports Business Daily notes that for the more part, college football ratings […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/9/2010
Doing my best to continue to provide linkage while I’m still locked in a nightmarish work schedule. And for some reason, I can’t access the Fang’s Bites at Boston Sports Media Watch page so if you access my links there, I can’t provide new ones for now. Trying to get that resolved and once we […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/8/2010
Let’s do some links on this Wednesday. I may do more this evening. First, Sports Business Daily points out that Monday Night Football received the 5th highest audience on cable this year. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand talks about ESPN’s plethora of bowls and discusses Captain Blowhard doing commentary on an NBA game this Friday. Barry […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/7/2010
Ok, since the bowl matchups were announced on Sunday, I’ve been waiting for this press release. I even sent an e-mail to ESPN which went unanswered, but no big deal. We have the schedule for all 33 bowl games on the ESPN Family of Networks including the Mothership, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN 3D. ABC gets […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/5/2010
This comes from Matt’s College Sports on TV. This is the 2010-11 College Bowl schedule complete with matchups. Date Game Tie-in Stadium & City Network Time Saturday12/18/10 New Mexico Bowl UTEP vs. BYU University StadiumAlbuquerque, NM 2pm Saturday12/18/10 Humanitarian Bowl Fresno St. vs. Northern Illinois Bronco StadiumBoise, ID 5:30pm Saturday12/18/10 New Orleans Bowl Ohio vs. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/3/2010
This Sunday, Big Ten Network will discuss the teams that will be playing in bowls this month and next. The Big Ten has eight bowl tie-ins, but that does not mean that eight teams will be playing in all of them. Dave Revsine will host the special which will air Sunday night at 8:30 East/7:30 […]
