0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/19/2011
Usually in August, CBS Sports starts getting busy with the PGA Championship, NFL preseason and the U.S. Open and we’re seeing that this weekend with golf, tennis, college football preview and a fringe event. From September until April is CBS Sports’ busy period and then it goes into hibernation from after The Masters® until the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/18/2011
It’s the final “regular season” PGA Tour stop before it heads to its playoffs next week. CBS airs weekend coverage of the Wyndham Championship live from the Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, NC. Coverage starts Saturday and Sunday at 3 p.m. Bill Macatee and Ian Baker-Finch will sub for Jim Nantz and Sir Nick Faldo […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/16/2011
Well, yesterday I was two jobsites. Today, I forgot to bring my computer AC adapter and my phone so for several hours, I was without any communication to the outside world. Ok, that’s an exaggeration, but it certainly felt strange not to have connection to the internet or Twitter. Now that I’m back, I can […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/14/2011
It’s been a while since I’ve written a Sunday thoughts column and you certainly deserve one here. My apologies for not writing one in a long time. Let’s get cracking. ESPN vs. NBC Is Starting To Heat Up This battle is going to quite interesting. While the book “Those Guys Have all The Fun: Inside […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/10/2011
Any time I put “Quick” in the title, it appears I find more linkage than I set out to. Nothing wrong with that. Again, I ended up being outside of the office for an extended time and it looks like that will happen again tomorrow. Don’t know work is so crazy all of a sudden. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/8/2011
This past weekend was spent preparing for my sister’s baby shower and then grilling for those in attendance so I was very busy after posting last Friday’s megalinks. My apologies for not being able to blog as I wanted this past weekend, but I do appreciate your patience. Let’s get to the linkage as we […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/5/2011
Ok, seeing some good stories on this Friday and it appears that I’m staying in the office today so I can give you a full set and not have to leave for another site. Let’s git ‘er done! We start as always with the Weekend Viewing Picks which are getting busier with each passing weekend […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/4/2011
Let’s get the linkage out on this Thursday. The weekend is almost here. Here’s an interesting article and I’m watching to see how it plays out. Eriq Gardner at Hollywood Reporter writes that Comcast is suing DirecTV over “deceptive claims” of free televised NFL games and exploiting the end of the lockout to conduct a […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/3/2011
CBS Sports and Showtime have teamed up once already for the Manny Pacquaio-Sugar Shane Mosley fight earlier this year. They’re going to team up again for a two hour docudrama on the Army-Navy rivalry. Showtime will air a preview of the program the night before Thanksgiving, premiere the docudrama on December 21. CBS will air […]
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Was out of the office again earlier today so I’m getting to these rather late. Let’s look at what we have today. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand says the new CBS Sports/Showtime documentary on this year’s Army-Navy football game will have touches of reality TV. Mike McCarthy of USA Today notes that TNT’s Shaquille O’Neal and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/31/2011
Ok, I have some free time to do some linkage now. I was hoping to get this posted in the morning, but recently, weekends have become busier than my workweek. I really don’t understand how this happened. However, with the next few hours free, I should be able to give you some good posts here. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/30/2011
Today and tomorrow, CBS Sports continues its coverage of the PGA Tour with The Greenbrier Classic live from the Old White course in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. Jim Nantz is back on board after a week off and he’ll lead the action along with analyst Nick Faldo. We have your press release from CBS […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/29/2011
I’m hoping to get this entire Megalink session finished in one sitting. It’s been a crazy day thus far. Of course, all of your weekend sport and entertainment programming are featured in the Weekend Viewing Picks. Let’s get to the linkage now. National Michael Hiestand of USA Today speaks with noted baseball announcing author Curt […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/27/2011
Man, this has gone on much longer than I thought. When I started this whole series, I thought I could do it all in one sitting, but boy, was I wrong. It’s now spanned eight installments and will actually have a ninth on Wednesday. But I can assure you it will be the last one. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/26/2011
Now that the lockout is over and teams have opened their doors to the players, the NFL has now announced the times for the 2011 Preseason. As the Hall of Fame Game was canceled and NBC lost one game to air, the NFL decided to move the San Diego-Dallas game from Saturday, August 20 to […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/25/2011
Let’s do the linkage on this busy Monday where it appears the NFL will be back this week as the league and the NFL Players Association appear to have come together on a collective bargaining agreement that would last 10 years with no opt-out. We’re just waiting official word on everything. I’ll provide linkage until […]
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This includes the games all of the NFL TV partners will air nationally and live. The Hall of Fame Game has been removed as it was canceled last week by the NFL. But the other games are intact. I don’t know if the NFL will give another preseason to NBC to make up for the […]
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Here’s the NFL on CBS for 2011 and the 2011-12 postseason. 2011 CBS SPORTS NFL BROADCAST SCHEDULE (all times ET) WEEK 1 – SUNDAY, SEPT. 11 Pittsburgh @ Baltimore – 1:00 Cincinnati @ Cleveland – 1:00 Indianapolis @ Houston – 1:00 Tennessee @ Jacksonville – 1:00 Buffalo @ Kansas City – 1:00 WEEK 2 – SUNDAY, SEPT. 18 – CBS DOUBLEHEADER Kansas City @ […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/20/2011
The Southeastern Conference is holding the first of its Media Days which is an event where the league’s football coaches and some players meet with the regional and national media. During today’s proceeding, the SEC released a partial schedule of the games that will be seen on TV this season. Of course this involves the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/14/2011
I’ve been out of the office for most of the day as this week has been a bear for some reason. I’ll do some linkage and do as much as I can before being booted out for the day. Mike McCarthy of the USA Today says the MLB All-Star Game on Fox received its lowest […]
