0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/19/2009
Here’s what HBO’s Real Sports is covering this Tuesday. Some fascinating stories. REAL SPORTS WITH BRYANT GUMBEL CONDUCTS A JOINT INTERVIEW WITH ICONS JIM BROWN AND BILL RUSSELL, EXAMINES THERAPEUTIC SCUBA DIVING FOR INJURED WAR VETERANS AND UPDATES ITS 2008 PROFILE OF LENNY DYKSTRA WHEN THE EMMY®-WINNING SHOW RETURNS TUESDAY, JUNE 23 REAL SPORTS WITH […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/23/2009
On Inauguration Day, HBO aired a new edition of Real Sports, the first for 2009 and its 14th season of its Emmy Award-winning sports news magazine. In this edition, there were three new stories and one update from 2006. Let’s look at the segments. Segment #1 – Guns & The NFL This story is on […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/25/2008
I received a DVD preview for the latest edition of HBO’s Real Sports that will air on Tuesday at 10 p.m. I’ve seen two of the stories that air in the newest edition, but the one that has struck me the most is the one on Andrew Lawson of Norwell, MA. Born with Down’s Syndrome, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/17/2008
Next Tuesday, HBO will air an interview with Olympic gold medal-winning sprinter Usain Bolt on Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel. Here are some excerpts of that interview: Bolt’s response to performance enhancing drugs in track & field: BRYANT GUMBEL: “Has no one ever even approached you and said, ‘Hey, Usain, if you get a little […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/20/2008
This is my review of Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel that originally aired on September 16, 2008. Tonight, there are three new stories. In addition, we have a new open and new set, plus for the first time, Real Sports is produced in HD. All of these are good additions, but one addition that should […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/12/2008
HBO’s Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel returns on Tuesday, September 16 with three new stories including a profile of ex-New York Giant Michael Strahan, now an analyst for Fox, and an investigation into the use of children to stitch soccer balls in India. REAL SPORTS WITH BRYANT GUMBEL PROFILES RECENTLY RETIRED NFL STAR MICHAEL STRAHAN, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/30/2008
Here is my real time review of Real Sports as it airs on HBO, August 26, 2008. Four stories as usual, three new, one update. Let’s get to tonight’s episode without further delay. Segment #1 – Pay To Stay Reported by Bryant Gumbel, this story deals with the financial raping of sports fans through the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/22/2008
The next edition of Real Sports premieres August 26 on HBO. Here are the stories the show will cover. REAL SPORTS WITH BRYANT GUMBEL EXPLORES DONALD TRUMP’S CONTROVERSIAL SCOTTISH GOLF DESTINATION, LOOKS AT SOARING TICKET PRICES IN PRO SPORTS, INVESTIGATES THE PROFESSIONAL TENNIS BETTING SCANDAL, AND REVISITS BASEBALL STAR JOSH HAMILTON’S STORY OF REDEMPTION WHEN […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/13/2008
Last week, we gave you assorted video clips of three network’s coverage of the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Today, we’ll explore how NBC covered the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. What you saw then, pales in how NBC covers the games today. Boxing had extensive coverage on NBC (something that […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/25/2008
This is a review of the latest edition of HBO’s Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel as it airs on June 24, 2008. As usual, there are four segments. As we approach the Summer Olympics in Communist China, Real Sports has three stories on Olympic sport and an update on the horse breeding story that aired […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/21/2008
Here’s HBO’s press release on the segments for Real Sports that airs this Tuesday at 10 p.m. REAL SPORTS WITH BRYANT GUMBEL LOOKS INSIDE THE CHINESE SPORTS SCHOOL SYSTEM, EXAMINES THE FIGHT TO KEEP SOFTBALL AN OLYMPIC SPORT, AND PROFILES ONE MAN’S PATH TO CYCLING REDEMPTION WHEN IT RETURNS JUNE 24, EXCLUSIVELY ON HBO REAL […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/11/2008
Last week, I showed you various ABC Monday Night Football Opens. Today, it’s NBC’s turn. We can go back to 1973 to show the various opens and closes of and go to the present day. This will actually be quite fun so let’s get started. This is the open from 1973 with some pretty funky […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/9/2008
Another edition of Real Sports runs this Monday. I’ll have a real time review when it airs. But here are the segments that will run on Monday’s edition. REAL SPORTS WITH BRYANT GUMBEL INVESTIGATES THE SLAUGHTER OF THOROUGHBRED HORSES FOR PROFIT, PROFILES TENNIS STAR VENUS WILLIAMS, FOLLOWS THE POLITICAL CAMPAIGN OF FORMER NBA STAR KEVIN […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/29/2008
Last night, the 29th Sports Emmy Awards were held in New York and the big winner was HBO with 8. James Brown won Best Studio Host for CBS, NBC had a clean sweep of Play-by-Play, Studio Analyst and Game Analyst. SUMMARY OF WINNERS BY NETWORK HBO (8) Lords of Flatbush ……………………………………………………………… 2 Mayweather / Hatton […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/16/2008
This is a review of Real Sports for April 15, 2008. I’m reviewing this while watching the program as it airs at 10 p.m. ET. The program has its usual four segments. Segment #1 – The Love of the Game Reported by Bryant Gumbel, this segment focuses on Democratic Presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (IL) […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/15/2008
Coming up the new edition on Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel on HBO, premiering Tuesday, April 15 at 10 p.m. ET. Bryant speaks with Democratic Presidential hopeful Senator Barack Obama. The preview from HBO is as follows: *The Love of the Game. As Sen. Barack Obama continues his campaign for the Democratic Party presidential nomination, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/14/2008
Back to the work grind. Not fun, but gotta do it. And it also means some more links for you today. I’ve updated the NHL Playoff Series post through today. The NHL has not updated times for the upcoming weekend as Games Five and Six would be played for the first round series. Once they […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/12/2008
I have my home computer back online, but I don’t know for how long. But at least I can provide you with some links. First, let’s continue on the news from late yesterday regarding Bryant Gumbel. As you might know by now, he has announced he would no longer calls games for the NFL Network. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
In a story that’s breaking just this evening, the NFL Network has announced that Bryant Gumbel has given up his duties to call late season Thursday and Saturday games. When the NFL Network named Gumbel to be play-by-play man, many media critics scratched their heads as he had never called games before. And his inexperience […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/3/2008
I’ll give you some linkage this evening. Earlier today, I was listening to the Red Sox-A’s game through MLB Gameday Audio and noticed that Joe Castiglione was broadcasting solo for the first two innings. Because partner Dave O’Brien was working the Blue Jays-Yankees game for ESPN2, this was one of the games where the Shaw’s […]
