0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/1/2012
It seems like last week we rang in the New Year. Now, we’re one month into 2012. Didn’t take long. Let’s do some linkage. Starting with Michael Hiestand of USA Today, we learn that NBC has quite a bit in store for its six hour Super Bowl pregame show. Also in USA Today, Michael Coppinger […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/20/2012
The last few Fridays, I haven’t been able to provide you with the megalinks. I have to do some today otherwise you’ll stop visiting me. We begin as always with the Weekend Viewing Picks and there are quite a few for this snowy weekend in Southern New England. Now to your links. National Michael Hiestand […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/15/2012
HBO will start airing the unscripted series “On Freddie Roach” focusing on the famed boxing trainer who is now dealing with Parkinson’s Disease. The show premieres January 20 at 9:30 p.m. and will run for six weeks. The series is directed by filmmaker Peter Berg who also directed the movie, “Friday Night Lights” and helped […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/12/2012
Next Saturday, NBC Sports Network will air its first boxing card. Under its old name, Versus did air boxing, but it hasn’t done so in quite some time. With the NBC Sports regime firmly in charge, we now have the men who will call the new NBC Sports Network Fight Night series that will begin […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/12/2011
Received this press release from the premium TV service Showtime which says it will offer a free preview weekend to participating cable and satellite providers in the first full weekend of January. Included in the programming will be the season premiere of one of my favorite shows from last season, Shameless along with Californiation and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/22/2011
The schedule at NBC Sports Network after January 2 is filling up rather nicely. We know about the NHL from Monday through Wednesday. There’s college hockey on Friday nights. Horse racing in the spring and summer. And just announced today, a quarterly boxing series that will air on Saturday nights beginning in January. NBC Sports […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/14/2011
After not being able to provide linkage for a few days, let’s get back to it. I probably won’t be able to do the links as I have to undergo a medical procedure. Nothing serious. I should be back on Wednesday. Let’s do your links. Sports Business Daily looks over the reviews of ESPN’s handling […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/13/2011
Last night after the controversial majority decision handing boxer Manny Pacquaio a controversial win over Juan Manuel Marquez, HBO Sports went to conduct post fight interviews. Marquez left the ring furious, however, boxing charlatan Max Kellerman found him in his locker room. But by the time Marquez had reached what he thought was the sanctity […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/9/2011
As a tribute to the late Joe Frazier, HBO will air its award-winning documentary on what is simply known as “Thrilla in Manila.” It was the third fight between Muhammed Ali and Joe Frazier that took place in a hot, humid and exhausting Manila in 1975. The documentary chronicles the events leading up to the […]
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I owe you some links having not been able to do them either Monday or Tuesday. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand talks about the ratings for LSU-Alabama not being as high as the previous #1 vs. #2 college football Game of the Century. The great Richard Deitsch at Sports Illustrated has his Media Power List for […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/1/2011
Two middleweight bouts will be seen tonight on HBO as World Championship Boxing returns to the airwaves. Fans will see Sergio Martinez take on Darren Barker and before that, it’ll be Andy Lee squaring off against Brian Vera. It’ll air at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT on HBO. HBO SPORTS® PRESENTS A MIDDLEWEIGHT DOUBLEHEADER WHEN […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/23/2011
Our last press release post for tonight deals with HBO’s reair of the wacky and insane ending to the Floyd Mayweather-Victor Ortiz fight. Last week, Mayweather knocked out Ortiz at the end of the 4th round. This was after the referee penalized Ortiz for a head butt and Ortiz tried to apologize and was not […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/19/2011
Let’s do you some links on this Monday, a get back to work day for many of you. Starting with John Ourand of Sports Business Journal, he writes that ESPN is now shooting back at critics who say the network will pass its huge Monday Night Football deal down to cable subscribers. Sports Business Journal […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/10/2011
HBO is going to be flush with boxing today. It’s a double dose of World Championship Boxing as HBO goes live at 4:45 p.m. with a fight from Europe involving heavyweight Vitali Klitschko. Then at 10:30 p.m., HBO has live boxing action from Atlantic City with a featherweight bout between Yuriorkis Gamboa and Daniel Ponce […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/4/2011
I’m linking in the middle of doing some badly needed DIY projects here at the Fang’s Bites abode so I might be a bit scarce today. I’ll do what I can on this lazy Sunday, the middle of the Labor Day Weekend. The ESPN Ombudsman, Kelly McBride of the Poynter Institute responds to Bruce Feldman’s […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/26/2011
As the Northeast battens down the hatches for the impending hit of Hurricane Irene this weekend and it’s not a matter of if it’s coming, but when, I’ll probably won’t be blogging much over the next few days. I’ll do my best as long as I have power, but disaster preparation will be high on […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/21/2011
Time for some Sunday links. I’ll also attempt some Sunday thoughts later. Todd Spangler of Multichannel News writes that Comcast has dropped a lawsuit against DirecTV over its NFL Sunday Ticket ad campaign. Tom Weir of USA Today explains how ESPN’s Dick Vitale got so angry at a sports radio talk show that he hung […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/18/2011
Today is going to be a busy day with the UFC on Fox press conference and the NHL TV schedule announcement. I figure now would be a good time to linkage and I hope I don’t get interrupted here at work. The big news that broke late yesterday was DirecTV announcing that it would offer […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/12/2011
In hopes of bringing boxing to a wider audience, HBO’s Time Warner corporate cousin, CNN will be replaying the network’s award-winning 24/7 series for the first time. Starting on August 27 at midnight, CNN will show weekly replays off 24/7 Mayweather-Ortiz in advance of the Floyd “Money” Mayweather-Victor Ortiz fight that will be held in […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/8/2011
This past weekend was spent preparing for my sister’s baby shower and then grilling for those in attendance so I was very busy after posting last Friday’s megalinks. My apologies for not being able to blog as I wanted this past weekend, but I do appreciate your patience. Let’s get to the linkage as we […]
