0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/12/2012
Coming up later this month, CBS will air a retrospective on the NCAA Tournament which will involve some of their announcers’ best memories of March Madness. We have a preview clip sent to us from CBS Sports. This is the great American Treasure Bill Raftery discussing how he came up with the “Onions! Double Order!” […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/11/2012
One of the most exciting events in the sports calendar is the NCAA Tournament. And this season will mark the 75th year that the tournament will be played. This year’s Final Four will take place at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. Throughout the season, CBS will air various programming celebrating the NCAA Tournament’s 75 years […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/9/2012
Today, The NFL Today had a show that it could be proud of, spending 12 minutes of its “A” block on both the Javon Belcher-Kasandra Perkins murder suicide and the Josh Brent tragedy in Dallas. James Brown, Shannon Sharpe and Bill Cowher all had strong comments. We have the comments below as well as other […]
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Last week, CBS was vilified for its failure to properly report on the Javon Belcher-Kasandra Perkins murder-suicide. In the wake of Josh Brent’s incident that led to the death of Dallas Cowboys teammate Jerry Brown, Jr., The NFL Today stepped up and went all in on the story. For the other pregame shows, ESPN once […]
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So we have tragedy in the NFL again. Unfortunately yes. This time, it’s struck the Dallas Cowboys as tackle Josh Brent was arrested on intoxicated manslaughter charges in the death of teammate Jerry Brown, Jr. The Sunday NFL pregame shows are adjusting once again. For the second week in a row, @fangsbites), I usually tweet […]
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Let’s move to CBS Sports which has regional action on Sunday with just one game in your area. CBS will divide the country five ways with the San Diego-Pittsburgh game going to most of the country at 1 p.m. Jim Nantz and Phil Simms will call the game live from Heinz Field in the Steel […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/8/2012
With another college football regular season over and another bowl season about to begin, it’s time to go hand out the college football TV awards once again. As Fox increases its presence in college football thanks to its new contracts with the Big 12 and Pac-12, we have a bigger pool to choose from. And […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/7/2012
The 113th edition of Army vs. Navy will be played in Philadelphia this weekend. CBS Sports and CBS Sports Network will have wall-to-wall coverage on TV. Dial Global airs the game nationally on radio. CBS’ regular college football crew of Uncle Verne Lundquist, Gary Danielson and Tracy “The Wolf” Wolfson will have the call live […]
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All Times Eastern NFL Viewing Maps (the506.com) Pregame & Studio Shows First on the Field — NFL Network, 7 a.m. NFL Matchup — ESPN2, 8:30 a.m. NFL GameDay Morning — NFL Network, 9 a.m. Sunday NFL Countdown — ESPN, 10 a.m. Fantasy Football Today — CBS Sports Network, 11 a.m. Fantasy Football Now — ESPN2, […]
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Men’s schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports MSG Holiday Classic, New York, NY Fordham vs. St. John’s — MSG Plus, 7 p.m. Rutgers vs. Iona — MSG Plus, 9:30 p.m. noon Towson at Georgetown — Big East Network Long Beach State at Ohio State — Big Ten Network Arkansas at Michigan — CBS Portland at […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/6/2012
Taking a cue from ESPN which has selected various locations in the Super Bowl host cities to base their studio shows, CBS will do the same for its shows across its multiple platforms. CBS says it will use Jackson Square in New Orleans to house shows like the Super Bowl Today pregame show on CBS […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/5/2012
I’ll do a few links for you this evening. I’ll start with a strange story that surfaced today from a University of Maryland journalism class during which ESPN Vice President and Executive Editor John Walsh made some rather strange statements about Deadspin’s John Koblin over the Lynn Hoppes plagiarism situation. Deadspin has raised issues of […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/4/2012
Surpassing the ratings for Notre Dame-USC from the previous Saturday, last weekend’s SEC Championship on CBS hit the ratings motherlode. It received a 9.8 rating with a very good 20 share up 34% from last year’s SEC Championship between LSU and Florida. Viewership averaged 16.2 million viewers up 26% from last year’s viewership of 12.016 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/3/2012
As I’m helping to watch my nephew today, I have a very short window to get links in before he wakes up so let’s get this done before I get delayed. The big story is the Jevon Belcher-Kasandra Perkins tragedy over the weekend. Many of the links deal with how CBS’ The NFL Today dealt […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/2/2012
To CBS which didn’t have the best of shows, but it provides quotage of its coverage of the Jovan Belcher murder-suicide in Kansas City. Here’s what was said on The NFL Today on Sunday. NEWS, NOTES & QUOTES FROM CBS SPORTS’ “THE NFL TODAY” WITH JAMES BROWN, DAN MARINO, SHANNON SHARPE, BILL COWHER AND BOOMER […]
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The Sunday NFL pregame shows are hardly bastions of journalism. Their purpose is to preview the upcoming games, provide late breaking injury news and react to the news of the day. The shows have become filled with the analysts attempting to provide one-liners and laughing at lame jokes. When serious news breaks like the Jovan […]
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Tough day today. Indeed it is. The NFL is dealing with the Jovan Belcher murder-suicide of his girlfriend that leaves a beautiful three month old girl without parents and the Kansas City Chiefs wondering how they will acknowledge him. ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown acknowledged Kasandra Perkins, Belcher’s girlfriend asked viewers to remember her as well. […]
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Now we move to the NFL on CBS and what you’ll see on the Tiffany Network. CBS has the doubleheader this week and will spread seven games across the country with four early games and three in the 4:25 p.m. window. In this preview, analysts Phil Simms and Dan Dierdorf talk about the games they’ll […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/1/2012
Today is Championship Saturday in college football. Four conference championships will be played today. CBS has one of them with the SEC Championship in Atlanta. The winner between Alabama and Georgia will play Notre Dame in the next-to-last BCS National Championship Game on January 7. Uncle Verne Lundquist, Gary Danielson and Tracy Wolfson will be […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/30/2012
Men’s Schedule Courtesy of Matt’s College Sports Saturday, December 1 SEC/Big East Challenge Mississippi State at Providence — ESPNU, noon Rutgers at Mississippi — ESPNU, 2 p.m. Alabama at Cincinnati — ESPN2, 3 p.m. Villanova at Vanderbilt — ESPNU, 6 p.m. John Wooden Classic, Anaheim, CA San Diego State vs. UCLA — ESPNU, 10 p.m. […]
