0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/4/2010
So tired of this shyte. Here’s what NFL Network got from Brett Favre’s agent in regards to reports that the Vikings (ex?) quarterback told his teammates that he’s retiring. I hate this story. The complete NFL Network story and video of the report is now on NFL.com. Brett Favre‘s agent, Bus Cook, told NFL Network […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
Let’s do the links for the middle of the week. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand says the NFL TV partners are salivating over if and when Brett Favre retires. I don’t want to see him after he retires. Sick of him. Milton Kent of Fanhouse writes that Darelle Revis’ holdout from New York Jets camp provides […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/28/2010
Let’s do the linkage for this Thursday. Got off to a late start, but that’s due to some overdue paperwork I had to complete. Now that it’s done, I can do some linkage for you. Let’s begin with USA Today’s Michael McCarthy who looks at the impact of a Tiger Woods-less PGA Tour on both […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/25/2010
Let’s do the Monday links. Pretty eventful weekend. Conan O’Brien’s last Tonight Show on Friday night, Upset Saturday in college basketball and then NFL Championship Sunday which leaves Vikings fans with a very bitter aftertaste. A couple of reactions before I go to the linkage. Conan O’Brien went out the right way. I saw David […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/24/2010
Since Friday, I’ve been all over the place and haven’t been able to provide linkage for you and I’m currently suck at work right now so I can’t watch the AFC Championship and will probably miss a good portion of the NFC Championship. That’s what happens when the blog is not the full time job. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/21/2010
Got some linkage for you today. Also expecting the final NFL TV partner press releases for Championship Sunday and you’ll see that here. Let’s do the links as I have a lot of work to do today. Starting with Dave Kindred writing for the Indiana University National Sports Journalism Center explores the right and wrong […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/1/2009
On this rare day when all four major sports leagues are playing, we have our Sunday links. David Maril of the Brockton (MA) Enterprise says he’s like to see local announcers on the World Series TV broadcasts just like in the old days. Bob Raissman from the New York Daily News feels Joe Buck and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/30/2009
Time for the Friday Megalinks as usual. Let’s get to these while we can. You can always check out the Weekend Viewing Picks for the sports and primetime viewing for Saturday and Sunday. Let’s go to the links. National USA Today’ Michael Hiestand says we may have not have seen the last of Steve Phillips […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/6/2009
Let’s do some Tuesday links for you. USA Today’s Michael McCarthy writes about ESPN ramping up its documentary unit. Also from USA Today, Michael Hiestand looks at the ratings of some of the events from this weekend. From yesterday’s Sports Business Daily, they look at how the US Olympic Committee is being given much of […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
Let’s give you some general sports press releases. I’ll begin with ESPN’s SportsNation which set a record for Brett Favre mentions. Guinness World Records® Recognizes SportsNation for Most ‘Favre’ Mentions in an Hour In a matter of one hour Monday, SportsNation – fleetingly known as FavreNation – became a Guinness World Record holder. In anticipation […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/15/2009
Let’s give you a few more links before shutting things down for the night. USA Today’s Michael McCarthy says the BCS’ transition to cable is complete with the Rose Bowl going to ESPN in 2011. My new best friend, Neil Best of Newsday writes that Brett Favre will be one of the first guests on […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/17/2009
It’s a rainy day here in Southern New England and not a nice day, but not a bad day for linkage! I’m switching back and forth from the Wimbledon Centre Court exhibition match showing off the new roof on ESPN Classic and the Madrid Open men’s final between Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal on the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/23/2009
First, I’m happy to have my internet back at work. It only took three work days to solve the problem, but I have to thank the girl, Nancy from Verizon for helping me out. One of the best tech support people I have ever dealt with. The people last week who were supposed to call […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/12/2009
Let’s get cracking on linkage. I’m a bit late on starting this morning. We start with Breaking News. Erin Andrews has won Playboy’s Sexiest Sportscaster for the second year in a row. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand talks about Fox Sports airing cartoons of Digger the Gopher before this Sunday’s Daytona 500. Bill Fleischman of the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/25/2008
I’ll provide some links today. I hope they don’t take long because I have a lot to do. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand has a look at the ratings from various events over the weekend. Over to CNBC’s Darren Rovell who reacts to the news regarding General Motors’ dropping of Tiger Woods as a sponsor. Darren […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/22/2008
I see that there’s enough linkage out there on this Monday to warrant an update. One of the pioneers in sportswriting died on Sunday. Terry Olberle, sports editor emeritus of the Winston-Salem (NC) Journal remembers Mary Garber who died yesterday at the age of 92. As far as anyone can determine, Garber was the first […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/6/2008
Ok, time for the Friday megalinks. I had to eat dinner before doing these because they always take so long for me to compile. Let’s start as always with your Weekend Viewing Picks. Week 1 of the NFL really begins in earnest on Sunday with 13 games including NBC’s Chicago at Indianapolis in primetime. CBS […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/26/2008
After being at a jobsite this morning, I’m now back in the comfortable confines of my office ready to provide you with some linkage. It was certainly a busy day on Monday with ESPN signing its landmark deal with the Southeastern Conference, then late last night, the Big Ten Network coming to an agreement-in-principle with […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/12/2008
Well, I’m still recovering from staying up late watching the Olympics coverage. With women’s gymnastics on tonight, expect another late night. Let’s start with Newsday’s Neil Best who has a couple of stories in today’s edition of the newspaper. The first story has reaction from NBC’s Dan Hicks and Rowdy Gaines who called the thrilling […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/10/2008
Watching the US-China ment’s basketball game this morning, I almost shed a tear when NBC brought back its old “NBA on NBC” music for timeouts. As usual, Mike Breen and Doug Collins, two NBC originals did a great job on the call. Craig Sager on the sidelines did not wear his usual loud jackets or […]
