0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/26/2014
All Times Eastern Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports on TV Announcing announcements courtesy of Eye on Sky and Air Sports Saturday, December 27 Men’s noon Georgetown vs. Indiana at New York, NY — ESPN2 (Bob Wischusen/Seth Greenburg) Maine at Seton Hall — Fox Sports 1 (Jim Davis/Jim Spanarkel) 1 p.m. North Carolina-Wilmington at Minnesota […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/19/2014
All Times Eastern Schedule courtesy Matt’s College Sports on TV Announcing Assignments courtesy Eye on Sky and Air Sports Saturday, December 20 Men’s Studio and Pregame Shows Fox Sports 1 College Hoops Tip-Off — Fox Sports 1, 11:30 a.m. Road to the Final Four — CBS, 12:30 p.m. Fox College Hoops Tip-Off — Fox, 12:30 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/12/2014
All Times Eastern Schedule courtesy Matt’s College Sports on TV Announcing Assignments courtesy Eye on Sky and Air Sports Saturday, December 13 Men’s 11 a.m. USC Upstate at Maryland — Big Ten Network (Tom Werme/Dan Bonner) noon North Carolina at Kentucky — CBS (Marv Albert/Greg Anthony) Wichita State at Detroit — ESPNU (Clay Matvick/Mark Adams) […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/5/2014
All Times Eastern Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports on TV Announcing assignments courtesy of Eye on Sky and Air Sports Saturday, December 6 Men’s Studio and Pregame Shows Big Ten Game Break — Big Ten Network, 2 p.m. Big Ten Game Break — Big Ten Network, 4:15 p.m. noon USC Upstate at Georgia Tech […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/28/2014
All Times Eastern Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports on TV Announcing assignments courtesy of Eye on Sky and Air Sports Friday, November 28 Men’s Barclays Center Classic, Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY Semifinals Rutgers vs. Vanderbilt — NBCSN, 7 p.m. LaSalle vs. Virginia — NBCSN, 9:30 p.m. Announcers: Terry Gannon/Ben Howland//Dalen Cuff Battle 4 Atlantis, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/22/2014
All Times Eastern Schedule courtesy Matt’s College Sports on TV Announcing assignments courtesy Eye on Sky and Air Sports Saturday, November 22 Men’s Battle 4 Atlantis Robert Morris at Georgetown — Fox Sports 2, noon (Scott Graham/Ron Thompson) Coaches vs. Cancer Classic, Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY Third Place Game UNLV vs. Temple — truTV, 7 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/14/2014
All Times Eastern Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports on TV Men’s and Women’s announcing assignments courtesy of Eye on Sky and Air Sports Friday, November 14 Studio and Pregame Shows Inside College Basketball — CBS Sports Network, 5:30 p.m. Pac-12 Men’s Basketball Pregame Show — Pac-12 Networks, 7:30 p.m. Inside College Basketball — CBS […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/12/2014
As we’re about to begin the 2014-15 college basketball season (yes, this week!), ESPN has unveiled its announcing teams for the year. There are several changes including to the Big Monday ACC team as Jay Bilas gets more plumb assignments this season. Brad Daugherty who had focused on NASCAR since the 2007 Sprint Cup season […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/2/2014
Two of ESPN’s standout college basketball analysts have signed new contracts this week. ESPN on-air original Dick Vitale has signed a new agreement to remain with the network through the 2016=17 season. It means that Vitale will continue to work marquee games and the NCAA Final Four for ESPN International which is seen globally except […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/24/2014
With most of the schedule dependent on the Big East, Fox Sports announces a schedule of more than 200 regular season college basketball games. The Big East constitute a big chunk of that schedule of 156 games spread over Fox, Fox Sports 1, Fox Sports 2 and Fox Sports Net. Fox will also carry Conference […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/2/2014
Former Duke and NBA standout Shane Battier joins ESPN to become a college basketball analyst. The Big Lead reported the story back in January and now it’s become true. Battier will appear on various ESPN shows discussing college basketball. His assignments will be finalized later. Here’s the announcement. Nothing much I can add to this. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/25/2014
In a move that no one saw coming, former SEC on CBS studio host Tim Brando will be joining Fox Sports this September to call college football and college basketball. It was thought that with Brando’s ties to the SEC that he would go to ESPN’s SEC Network in some capacity, but instead, he opted […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/19/2014
Noted college football and basketball writer Stewart Mandel will be joining Fox Sports.com as a national columnist. Mandel who has gained a very good reputation as a reporter and writer. He joins “Free” Bruce Feldman and Clay Travis on the FoxSports.com team and will make appearances on Fox Sports 1 and other network platforms. He’s […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/5/2014
While I’m in California attending a wedding, Fang’s Bites will present various guest columns from contributors all over the country. We begin with Nathan Brice of Birmingham, AL who presents the question, which sports work best being televised on cable and which work best on broadcast TV? It’s an interesting question and one Nathan tries […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/9/2014
ESPN says Tuesday’s NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship game between UConn and Notre Dame earned a 3.1 overnight rating. That’s the highest overnight number for a women’s basketball game on the network dating back to 2004. The Hartford-New Haven, CT market naturally was the highest local number of the night receiving a 29.3. Nashville where the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/8/2014
It’s been a tradition since 1987. We watch the end of the NCAA Championship to see the montage and it never fails to make us want more college basketball. Unfortunately, it may be the last one if what is being rumored is true, that this is the last “One Shining Moment” montage ever. We’ll try […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/6/2014
That’s the spin from CBS/Turner. What they won’t tell you is that ratings and viewership are down, but that’s because TBS, TNT and truTV don’t have the penetration that CBS does. First things first. Let’s go over Saturday’s numbers. With the Final Four airing across three Turner platforms, the two games of the Final Four […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/5/2014
Time for a long overdue sports media post. You get three columns-in-one. Nice concept for you. If you don’t know the name Sandy Grossman in the pantheon of sports television, you should. He was the “A” director on the NFL on CBS and Fox, the NBA on CBS, the NHL on Fox and directed two […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/4/2014
All Times Eastern Saturday, April 5 Men’s Studio and Pregame Shows NCAA March Madness 360 — CBS Sports Network, 1:30 p.m. Road to the Final Four — TBS, 3 p.m. College GameDay live from Fort Worth, TX — ESPN, 3:30 p.m. The Final Four Show — TBS, 4 p.m. Inside March Madness — TBS, 11:30 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/1/2014
As we know, Turner Sports will air the 2014 men’s Final Four™ in Arlington, TX. TBS will have the national feed with TNT and truTV airing localized feeds for UConn, Florida, Kentucky and Wisconsin. TBS will have Jim Nantz, Greg Anthony and Steve Kerr will call the game while Tracy Wolfson will report from courtside. […]
