0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/14/2011
We have the official press release from the National Football League. As mentioned in the previous post, this lasts nine years through the 2022 season. Here are some highlights of the deal, some announced, some not: CBS, Fox and NBC keep their respective packages, AFC, NFC and Sunday Night Football. Each will get a total […]
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Just coming in from the NFL Owners Meetings in Dallas, we learn that the owners have approved the deals between CBS, Fox & NBC, 9 year contracts that will run through the 2022 season. All of the networks will pay in excess of $1 billion per year. Add this to ESPN’s deal that pays almost […]
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I think it’s about a week and a half since I’ve been able to do links. Been crazy with me, but you’ve still been visiting and I appreciate that. Time to provide you with sports media news links which is what the site depends on to begin with. Thanks for your patience during this trying […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/11/2011
And we conclude the early Sunday NFL pregame show quotage with The NFL Today on CBS. No videos. There are links if you wish to click on them. NEWS, NOTES & QUOTES FROM CBS SPORTS’ “THE NFL TODAY” WITH JAMES BROWN, DAN MARINO, SHANNON SHARPE, BILL COWHER AND BOOMER ESIASON FOR WEEK 14 ON DECEMBER […]
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I can’t believe we’re almost at the end of another NFL regular season. 17 weeks comes rather fast. Well, we have the announcing assignments for the NFL on CBS through Week 16. Let’s see where the announcers are heading through Christmas Eve. Of course, you’ll notice that CBS’ victory in keeping the New England-Denver game […]
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Let’s give you some overdue NFL pregame previews on this NFL Sunday. Wasn’t able to provide this earlier. Now that I’m out of my unemployment funk, I’m back to blogging. Let’s get this done. First, CBS’ preview of Week 14. On the next edition of The NFL Today on CBS, Shannon Sharpe talks with three […]
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It’s time for me to bring back the annual College Football TV Awards. I’ve been wanting to write this for a while. Because of my schedule over the last week, I have not been able to bring it to you until now. Thanks for your patience. Let’s get this started. The College GameDay Award for […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/9/2011
NFL Coverage Maps (courtesy of the506.com) NFL GameDay Morning — NFL Network, 9 a.m. The NFL Today — CBS, noon 1 p.m. CBS Houston at Cincinnati — Marv Albert/Rich Gannon Indianapolis at Baltimore — Bill Macatee/Steve Tasker Kansas City at New York Jets — Ian Eagle/Dan Fouts (“The Bird” & “The Beard”) New England at […]
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Schedule courtesy Matt’s College Sports Saturday, December 10 noon Bryant at Providence — Big East Network/Cox Sports RI Howard at Georgetown — Big East Network Duke vs. Washington at New York, NY — CBS 12:30 p.m. Cincinnati at Xavier — ESPN2 2 p.m. Chicago State at DePaul — Big East Network UNLV at Wisconsin — […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/8/2011
Due to being away from my computer for the entire daylight hours, I was unable to update the site. I’m back now so expect a few posts here before I have to prepare for Friday. Let’s give you what CBS is saying about its SEC regular season college football package. CBS is claiming a ratings […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/7/2011
Still waiting on word on whether there will be a primetime flex for NFL Week 15. As I chronicled yesterday, CBS and NBC are in a dispute over moving the New England-Denver game from 4:15 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. CBS wants to keep Pats-Broncos despite protecting the New York Jets-Philadelphia game. NBC wants it in […]
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This was just released by the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY. Tim McCarver, long-time MLB analyst for Fox Sports was named the 2012 Ford C. Frick winner for Broadcasting Excellence. Now McCarver and “Broadcasting Excellence” hardly go hand-in-hand. To me, the best moments for McCarver and “Broadcasting Excellence” are when he’s off the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/6/2011
After the haggling between CBS and NBC over the New England Patriots-Denver Broncos game could not be settled, league office sent this e-mail to its TV partners, media reporters and various bloggers including yours truly. Due to NFL Committee Meetings in New York today, the Week 15 flexible schedule announcement will be released tomorrow (Wednesday, […]
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In a battle over one game in Week 15 in the NFL, CBS and NBC are squaring off over a contest that both networks want desperately. CBS has even recruited a team owner to fight on its behalf. Both networks want to air the New England-Denver game next Sunday. CBS has protected New York Jets-Philadelphia […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/5/2011
As reported by Daniel Kaplan and John Ourand in this week’s issue of Sports Business Journal, the NFL’s broadcast TV partners, CBS, Fox and NBC are about to finalize a deal to renew their contracts with the league. The deals would begin with the 2014 seasons. Each network would pay over $1 billion per season […]
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We’re hearing that the NFL is about to close renewals with its over the air TV partners, CBS, Fox and NBC. Sports Business Journal is reporting that all three networks will continue in their present packages, the AFC, NFC and Sunday Night Football, respectively for another 8 seasons starting in the 2014 season. All three […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/4/2011
With all of the bowl matchups announced, let’s provide you with the TV schedule and network. Let’s be honest, the ESPN Family of Networks airs all but two of the games. CBS has the Sun Bowl while Fox continues to air the Cotton Bowl. There was a time when the bowls were aired on all […]
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Let’s provide the notes and quotes from The NFL Today on CBS. There are links to video and they’re all provided by CBS if you wish to check them out. NEWS, NOTES & QUOTES FROM CBS SPORTS’ “THE NFL TODAY” WITH JAMES BROWN, DAN MARINO, SHANNON SHARPE, BILL COWHER AND BOOMER ESIASON FOR WEEK 13 […]
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I’ll be away for most of the day as my Sunday has been planned behind my back once again. I’ll have the Sunday NFL pregame quotage later in the afternoon. Let’s provide some sports media thoughts. As always, they’ll go in bullet form. In its first college football conference championship weekend, Fox Sports had a […]
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This will air either before or after NFL regional action in your local market. If you’re into watching celebrities attempt to ski, then the Deer Valley Celebrity Skifest is totally up your alley. There’s not much more I can add to this so let’s just post what I have. CBS SPORTS SPECTACULAR HITS THE SLOPES […]
