0 comments by Joe Webb on 3/5/2019
The Champions league is nearing the latter stages, in which their have been a number of impressive performances through the early stages of the competition. Punters have been using the Rivers casino bonus code welcome offer to support the outright markets as Premier league champions Manchester City remain the favourites for the title at a […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/11/2015
Let’s do another notebook for you on this Thursday. NEWS The NBA Finals are breaking records. Through three games, the series between the Cleveland Cavs and Golden State Warriors is averaging almost 18.5 million viewers and a 10.8 rating which is slaughtering all programming on broadcast and cable. Game 3 drew an 11.1 rating on […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/16/2013
Last week, we learned that the European governing body for soccer, UEFA had decided to return to Fox after two rounds of bidding that failed to draw it’s desired price. Today, Fox has made it official that it has renewed its rights deal with UEFA for the Champions and Europa Leagues through the 2017-18 season. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/6/2013
This coming from John Ourand at the Sports Business Daily, Fox is expected to retain the rights to the UEFA Champions League, the European soccer club championship. The surprising news is that ESPN which is losing the FIFA World Cup after next year and possibly MLS too, did not even submit a bid. On Tuesday […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/2/2013
This comes from Jonathan Tannenwald from Philly.com and his excellent “The Goalkeeper” blog. He reports that NBC is planning to join the bidding for the UEFA Champions League. Fox is the current rightsholder first gaining the rights in 2009 and signing a new contract in 2010 that covers the current period from 2012-13 through 2014-15. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/25/2013
We’ve survived the first full week of Fox Sports One and the premiere of new shows. We have another premiere this week, but this one on ESPN2. In addition, we get the first full week of college football as the new season begins in earnest on Thursday. Not only that, the U.S. Open gets underway […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/19/2013
Once again, it’s another busy week. Lots of premieres of various studio programs begin this week as Fox Sports 1’s launch continues. In addition, there are plenty of live games as we speed towards the beginning of college football next week and the NFL in September. Let’s get started. TELEVISION We have a lot of […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/16/2013
I don’t have to tell you about this weekend for Fox Sports 1. We all know about it so no need to rehash everything. But the avalanche of e-mails from Fox regarding their programming, their on-air hires, their upcoming sports properties is getting overwhelming. I’m doing my best to cull through them and decide what […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/22/2013
As part of a busy Memorial Day Weekend, Fox has soccer, primetime baseball and NASCAR on Saturday and Sunday. The UEFA Champions League Final will kick things off as an all-German and Bundesliga contest between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund takes place at the venerable Wembley Stadium in London. Gus Johnson and Warren Barton will […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/6/2013
So Fox Sports 1 has been officially announced? What’s next? The launch on Saturday, August 17 which will include a NASCAR Truck Series race and a UFC card. During the event that introduced US version of Fox Sports 1 to the world (let’s not forget the original Fox Sports 1 in Australia), we learned that […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/5/2013
This coming into the Fang’s Bites inbox and a little bit of a surprise. First, we began hearing that Gus Johnson was calling MLS games over the past couple of years. And Deadspin has video of one of his games from last year. Privately, I was thinking that Fox could utilize Gus on the World […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/10/2012
As we speed into the last quarter of 2012 and prepare for what’s ahead in 2013, there is one thing that is on the horizon for US sports fans and that is the expected appearance of a new all-sports cable channel. No, it’s not NBC Sports Network, although its trials and tribulations this fall will […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/26/2012
Time for some sports media thoughts. These have been percolating in my head all day Monday. It’s fine time to pour them out and have you peruse through them. As always, they’re in bullet form. Monday’s announcement from NFL Network regarding its new morning show could be a game changer for sports television. If “NFL […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/19/2012
I was not able to see Fox’s coverage of the UEFA Champions League Final between Bayern Munich and Chelsea today. I watched it on replay on Fox Soccer. I was told by many people on Twitter that Fox Sports did not air the traditional Champions League Anthem, choosing to use its traditional NFL on Fox […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/18/2012
Tomorrow, Fox Sports airs the UEFA Champions League Final live from Munich, Germany. For the first time in CL history, a finalist gets to play in its home stadium as is the case with Bayern Munich. Both teams got to the final after beating various clubs from leagues all over Europe. Bayern Munich coming over […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/16/2012
I’ll do some more linkage for you this evening. You’re owed it. Why not? Thomas O’Toole from USA Today reports that Laurie Fine, the wife of ex-Syracuse assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine, is suing ESPN for libel saying a report ruined her reputation. Barry Petchesky of Deadspin goes inside the lawsuit and notes that Fine […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/11/2012
Let’s do some Friday megalinks. You’ve been owed some and I haven’t been able to do links for most of the week. Of course, you have the Weekend Viewing Picks which provide plenty of college sports, soccer, baseball and the NBA and NHL postseason action. Now let’s do your links. National Michael Hiestand of USA […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/10/2012
Coming next Saturday, Fox Sports and Fox Deportes will air the UEFA Champions League Final live from Munich, Germany. Bayern Munich from Germany’s Bundesliga and Chelsea from the English Premier League face off in the Final to be played at Bayern’s home field, the first time that’s ever happened in CL history. Fox Sports will […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/25/2012
Let’s do some linkage today. Been doing pretty good in providing links this week and I don’t want to stop. Starting with Michael Hiestand of USA Today, he talks with ESPN bloviator Chris Berman who compares himself to Ted Williams, then tries not to compare himself to Ted Williams, claims he doesn’t pay attention to […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/23/2012
This from the Fox Sports Media Group. A record audience watched last Wednesday’s UEFA Champions League semifinal game between Chelsea and Barcelona. It marked the most watched non-CL Final game eve in the US. An estimated 592 thousand people watched the game on FX which beats last year’s semi between Real Madrid and Barcelona at […]
