0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/9/2011
If it’s Father’s Day weekend, it means U.S. Open golf. And it also means ESPN is all over it. It also means we get to hear Chris Berman’s irritating play-by-play for the first two rounds, “Eh, ah, uh, let’s send it to Roger “Chocolate” Maltbie!” I can’t wait for the social media reaction to Berman […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/1/2011
If you’ve been visiting the blog throughout the morning, you may have noticed a couple of theme changes and then the return of the current theme. I’ve been trying to make a few cosmetic changes, but I screwed them up so I had to delete the theme and then reinstall it. If you were visiting […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/22/2011
The last couple of days have killed me going to New York on Friday for business then having to go to work on Saturday preventing me from really reacting to the Dick Ebersol resignation. I will do a Sunday thoughts column today and also start answering the mailbag. Good questions from all of you. If […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/25/2011
Time for the Monday linkage. I hope you had a good Easter if you observed the holiday. If not, I hope the weekend was relaxing for you. Let’s go over the linkage for today. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand writes that ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball analysts like the idea of expanded MLB playoffs. Mike McCarthy of […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/22/2011
When you combine the Sports Emmy Award nominations for ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN Deportes, and ESPN.com, the sports behemoth has a massive 52 nods. It doesn’t mean that they’ll win them all, but that’s a very big number. In case you’re wondering, ESPN has 22 nominations, ABC with 13, ESPN2 has 9, and both […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
The Sports Emmy Nominations are out. Just released by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The awards will be handed on May 2 at Lincoln Center in New York. Our list of nominees is below. Best Play-by-play has the usual suspects, last year’s winner Jim Nantz, Al Michaels, Joe Buck, even Bob Costas, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/8/2010
Ok, let’s do the links that I started earlier today. I’ll finish them up. Let’s do it. Milton Kent of Fanhouse feels ESPN did not do Arizona Cardinals QB Derek Anderson any favors by showing him laughing on the sideline. Mike Reynolds from Multichannel News writes that the Patriots blowout of the Jets hurt the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/12/2010
With this being the first NFL Sunday of the season, let’s do some linkage. Mike Reynolds of Multichannel News notes that with a new NFL season starting, NFL Network’s RedZone has quadrupled its affiliate base from last season. Mike writes that America is truly a football nation. The Associated Press reports that CBS NFL Today […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/9/2010
Well, the morning of NFL regular season opener is like Christmas. You’ve been waiting all night to unwrap the presents and you’re high in anticipation. And when the kickoff occurs, it’s like getting that toy or game you’ve been wanting for months. It’s like that with the NFL. The Super Bowl ends, then there’s the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/10/2010
I’ve been pondering this question for the past few days. I know why I dislike Chris Berman. I’ve grown tired of his “Back! Back! Back! Back!” calls, as well as his silly catchphrases like, “Stumblin… Bumblin… Rumblin” or “He! Could! Go! All! The! Way!” which is an homage to Howard Cosell. It’s the same act […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/2/2010
ESPN will air the Pro Football Hall of Fame ceremonies this Saturday. Seven men are part of the Class of 2010 and the acceptance speeches will be aired in their entirety throughout the night. As usual, the Hall of Fame ceremonies in essence kick off the NFL season as the first preseason game will be […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/14/2010
ESPN’s Chris Berman will receive the Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award from the Pro Football Hall of Fame this year. Why he gets it over more deserving possibilities such as Gil Santos of the New England Patriots, the late Tom Brookshier, Brent Musburger, Bob Costas, Howard Cosell, Al Michaels, Dick Ebersol, Howard David, Jack Whitaker, Al […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/25/2010
Time for more megalinks. National First, several media writers are amused by the war of words between CBS and ESPN over the most viewed broadband event ever. ESPN claimed 1.1 million people went online to watch the USA-Algeria World Cup match on Wednesday. CBS jumped in by saying, “Not so fast!” It sent out a […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/20/2010
Time for some linkage on this Thursday. Trying to get this in before I have to get some work done today. I’ll do as many links as I can. USA Today picks up a story from Ronald Blum of the Associated Press in which Fox Sports Ele Jefe del Mundo David Hill expects a big […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/18/2010
Been busy at work today and expecting a busy late afternoon and evening. I’m squeezing in some linkage while I can. First, USA Today’s Michael Hiestand briefly discusses the impending ESPN/ACC deal plus looks at the ratings for some of the weekend sports events. Brian Steinberg of Advertising Age says at the network upfront presentations […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/19/2010
In February, we heard about NFL Network and DirecTV overtures to lure Chris Berman away from ESPN. Then late last month, the Big Lead learned that Berman would remain at ESPN. Now, we have the official word from the Mothership that Berman has signed a contract extension. Details of the contract have not been released, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/30/2010
Got word of these media moves on Tuesday. Both broken by the writers of the stories and giving credit where credit is due. First, Mike McCarthy over at USA Today breaks news that Joe Buck has signed a four year contract with Fox to remain the lead voice of MLB and the NFL. And it […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/8/2010
Interesting news surfacing tonight. The Big Lead and SportsbyBrooks are reporting that ESPN Original Chris Berman is being highly courted by two companies. Jason McIntyre of The Big Lead says Berman is being sought by the NFL Network. SportsbyBrooks says DirecTV is also actively seeking Berman’s services to be part of a new sports channel […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/13/2009
I’ve been going crazy following two different stories today, one being the Chris Russo Firing Stunt and the other the launch of a new video feature on WEEI.com. Lots of stuff going on for what is supposed to be a slow sports day. Let’s give you links and go from there. First, let me plug […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/23/2009
This is going to be a long post. Get ready to scroll for a while. Let’s do this without further delay. Starting with NBCSports.com, it will be streaming Wimbledon live at its website, which is a good thing. “LIVE AT WIMBLEDON” STREAMING COVERAGE ANNOUNCED BY NBC SPORTS & ALL ENGLAND LAWN TENNIS CLUB First-Ever Widely […]
