0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/14/2012
Just received this notice from CBS/Turner on last night’s FIRST FOUR™ doubleheader involving Mississippi Valley State-Western Kentucky and BYU-Iona, both of which involved wild comebacks or collapses, whichever you prefer. The ratings were an average 0.9 for both games on truTV. CBS/Turner says that’s in line with last year’s average for all FIRST FOUR™ games. […]
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There has been plenty of confusion over the $3.99 fee to watch the NCAA Tournament online, whether it be through NCAA.com or the March Madness Live app for Android, iPhone and the iPad. First, the original press release promoted the fee and did not clearly explain how you could avoid paying it. Well after fiddling […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/12/2012
Since we did our linkage this morning, there have been several stories worthy of links and they really should not wait until Tuesday. So I’ll do a set of links right now. We start with Jason McIntyre of The Big Lead who reports on a fake tweet about ESPN’s Erin Andrews leaving the network (her […]
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Let’s do our Monday linkage today. Michael Hiestand from USA Today writes that CBS/Turner’s Clark Kellogg will have a big “get” during halftime of Tuesday’s NCAA Tournament First Four game. Mike Reynolds at Multichannel News says MSG Network has a new show dedicated to the best and worst baseball trades and deals. Mike says YES […]
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Another sports media thoughts post which means more original content and that’s good for you. And they’re in bullet form as always. CBS/Turner went back to basics for the NCAA Tournament Selection Show this year streamlining the set. Jettisoning Kenny “The Jet” Smith and Charles Barkley off the Selection Show and leaving Greg Gumbel, Greg […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/11/2012
We’ve been waiting for the NCAA Tournament tip times and announcing assignments for the 2nd round and lo and behold, they’ve come. Of course, Jim Nantz and Clark Kellogg will be in Greensboro to call North Carolina and Duke. Uncle Verne Lundquist and Bill Raftery will be in Louisville. Kevin Harlan, Len Elmore and Reggie […]
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On this NCAA Tournament Selection Sunday, it’s time to present some sports media thoughts and as usual, they come in bullet form. With college basketball’s conference tournaments wrapping up and we get ready for three awesome weeks of the NCAA Tournament, ESPN’s coverage of Championship Week (11 days in reality) has been nothing short of […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/9/2012
Linkage has been scarce around the site this week, but I should be able to get a good set of megalinks in today as we head into NCAA Tournament Selection Sunday. You deserve the links and I thank you for your patience around some server problems this week. As usual, you can check the Weekend […]
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Men’s schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports Saturday, March 10 College GameDay — ESPN, noon Men’s ACC Tournament, Atlanta, GA Semifinals North Carolina State vs. North Carolina — ACC Network/ESPN, 1 p.m. Florida State vs. Duke — ACC Network/ESPN, 3:30 p.m. America East Championship, Stony Brook, NY Vermont at Stony Brook — ESPN, 11 a.m. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/8/2012
There was a time in the 1980’s when CBS’ Championship Weekend consisted of the Big East Tournament semifinals and the Big East Championship and then it was a long wait until the NCAA Tournament Selection Show. Luckily, CBS diversified its Championship portfolio and it has four championship games in its six broadcast windows starting from […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/7/2012
I tried posting this earlier yesterday and again last night, but thanks to web server problems, I could not. Plus stuff I had previously written on this exact subject was eaten by the server so I have no idea where it is. So let me retry this post and hopefully, the web gremlins that ate […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/6/2012
When the conference tournaments end on Sunday, CBS/Turner Sports pick up the coverage of the NCAA Tournament in the evening with the Selection Show and of the matchups in the 68 team field at 6 p.m. ET. Then truTV comes in with its own show, NCAA Hardcore Brackets at 7 p.m. For the NCAA Basketball […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/5/2012
Last week, I asked you to vote on which themes should be the “official” tunes for each sport. This was a fun post and it was linked from Sports Illustrated. I appreciate all of the votes. The polls are now closed so let’s take a look at the results. I’ll provide the number of votes, […]
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Ok, let’s provide the college basketball tournament conference tournament schedules plus TV networks that will air the games. You’ll see each of the games included in the Primetime & Late Night Viewing Picks, but this is also a one stop shopping post for you as well. Bookmark this and I’ll also update this as the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/3/2012
It’s wall-to-wall basketball on CBS this weekend as the network covers 7 basketball games in a span of 12 hours both today and tomorrow. Six of the seven games will be aired nationally. The 2 p.m. window today will be split two ways betwen LSU-Auburn and Washington-UCLA. The details of this weekend’s college basketball action […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/2/2012
Men’s Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports Saturday, March 3 Men’s Schedule College GameDay live from Durham, NC — ESPNU, 10 a.m./ESPN, 11 a.m. & 6 p.m. Atlantic Sun Championship, Macon, GA Belmont vs. Florida Gulf Coast — ESPN2, 7 p.m. Big South Championship, Asheville, NC VMI vs. UNC-Asheville — ESPN, noon Colonial Athletic Association […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/27/2012
Let’s do some long overdue linkage for you. It’s been owed big time. We begin with Mike McCarthy of USA Today who writes that a San Diego sports anchor is in trouble for referring to NASCAR driver Danica Patrick as a “B.” Michael Hiestand from USA Today says the NBA All-Star Game’s overnight ratings are […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/26/2012
Since television began, theme songs have helped us to identify our favorite programs. This is certainly the case in sports where the theme for Monday Night Football, Sunday Night Football, Wide World of Sports, the Olympics, The Masters and others have become iconic. I thought about writing a post on which themes should be the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/24/2012
Men’s Schedule Courtesy of Matt’s College Sports on TV Saturday, February 25 College GameDay live from Storrs, CT — ESPNU, 10 a.m./ESPN, 11 a.m./ESPN, 8 p.m. 11 a.m. Robert Morris at Quinnipiac — ESPNU noon Virginia Tech at Duke — ACC Network Vanderbilt at Kentucky — CBS Northeastern at Delaware — Comcast SportsNet New England/CSS/The […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/22/2012
This just in from CBS/Turner, we have the announcing teams for the NCAA Tournament. With Gus Johnson at Fox, Kevin Harlan is promoted to a regional final team and he’ll join Len Elmore and his NBA on TNT partner, Reggie Miller. Brian Anderson who TBS tapped to call the MLB Postseason last year and has […]
