0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/29/2012
We have what’s in store for Fox Sports’ cable and broadcast networks this weekend in college football. Of course, it marks the debut of the new pregame show hosted by Erin Andrews with analysts Eddie George and Joey Harrington. Plus Fox will have primetime games throughout the season except during October when it will focus […]
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I already gave you the 2012 ESPN College Football regular season schedule earlier today. Now let’s take a look at the Week 1 schedule complete with announcing assignments. ESPN’s college football slate begins Thursday with a doubleheader beginning with an SEC matchup between South Carolina and Vanderbilt at 7 p.m. ET, followed by an intriguing […]
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Here’s something that came in last week and I’ve only been able to put this up now. This is the 450 game regular season college football schedule on the platforms of ESPN. There’s already been one change. The Texas A&M-Louisiana Tech game originally scheduled for Thursday on ESPNU has been postponed due to Tropical Storm […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/28/2012
Due to that stupid office move that prevented me from updating the site regularly over the last two two weeks, I wasn’t able to provide some regular features here. I’m slowly getting back on track. Thanks for your patience and continued readership during this period. I’ll make it up to you somehow. I’ll do some […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/27/2012
I’ll provide you with a couple of broadcast schedules for two regional sports networks, SNY and Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic. For SNY, the schedule is all Big East while Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic relies mostly on ACC and CAA games. Let’s post the CSN Mid-Atlantic sked for you first. 2012 COMCAST SPORTSNET MID-ATLANTIC NCAA FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Thursday, […]
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Give credit to CBS for giving us a college football game on the very first weekend of the regular season. Usually, CBS has had to concede the first two weekends due to U.S. Open commitments, but it found a way to bring us college football on the first Saturday of the 2012 college football season […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/20/2012
A mere 73 years young, Brent Musbuger has signed a new deal with ESPN that will keep him as ESPN/ABC’s main college football play-by-play man for at least two more seasons. Under the new contract, he and Kirk Herbstreit will call the final two BCS Championship Games before the new playoff system takes effect. Musburger […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/10/2012
Haven’t been able to provide the Friday megalinks in a while. Let’s do an edition today. Normally I include a link to the Weekend Viewing Picks, but I’ll be doing that tonight so you can find it on my site when it’s posted. If you follow me on Twitter or have an RSS feed, you’ll […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/9/2012
Let’s do the Thursday linkage. We’re doing well so far this week, knock on wood. Austin Karp of Sports Business Journal reports NBC’s overnight rating for Wednesday’s Olympic Primetime was up from Beijing. Tripp Mickle of Sports Business Journal says YouTube is looking to further strengthen its live sports portfolio after streaming Olympic content in […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/8/2012
Fox Sports has unveiled the announcing teams for the upcoming college football season. With Fox, FX, Fox Sports Net, Fox College Sports and Big Ten Network all carrying games, Fox has a lot of announcing teams. Returning are Gus Johnson and Charles Davis as the main team. They’ll be on the Fox mothership calling Big […]
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Let’s provide some mid-week linkage before I get too busy later on. Austin Karp of Sports Business Daily writes that NBC’s overnight rating for Tuesday’s Olympic primetime was up from the comparable night four years ago. Tripp Mickle of SBJ says NBC is about to set up a set of exhibition beach volleyball matches between […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/7/2012
Let’s do some linkage for you on this Tuesday. Earlier today, actually very early today, I wrote Some Tuesday Olympic Sports Media Thoughts. I hope it makes sense. Austin Karp of the Sports Business Daily says NBC saw its second drop in the overnight ratings for the 2012 Olympics. Michael Hiestand of USA Today says […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/6/2012
For the upcoming college football season, ESPN has made a few changes to its announcing teams. The main team of Brent Musburger and Kirk Herbstreit for ABC’s Saturday Night Football will remain the same, however, there’s still no official replacement for Erin Andrews who left for Fox. The Big Lead has reported it will be […]
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My apologies for not bringing you links over the last week. It’s been a crazy time for me. Some linkage now. Michael Hiestand of USA Today writes that NBC’s Rowdy Gaines doesn’t believe that Michael Phelps won’t be swimming competitively four years from now. And Hiestand reports that Matt Millen will ruin your college football […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/31/2012
I owe you some linkage and I gathered so many over the last few days that I’m slowing down by browser with so many tabs. I have to clear them so my browser can run properly. So many things to go over. Let’s do this. First at SportsGrid, Jordan Rabinowitz at SportsGrid notes that NBC […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/25/2012
This coming from the regional sports network Fox Sports Ohio. It has signed Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer for a new weekly show. It’ll premiere on Saturday, September 1 at 9:30 a.m. It will be taped at Ohio Stadium on the Ohio State University campus in Columbus. It will air on Buckeye game days […]
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This is from the Big Ten Network or BTN for short. We have the roster for the game announcers and studio teams. As usual, Dave Revsine, Gerry DiNardo and Howard Griffith will be your studio team for pregame, halftime and postgame shows. There will be three main team utilized throughout the season: Eric Collins/Derek Rackley […]
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It’ll be called Fox College Football, naturally. It’ll be hosted by Erin Andrews and joining her as analysts will be former Heisman Trophy winner Eddie George and former quarterback Joey Harrington. George has worked at Fox Sports as an analyst for the Bowl Championship Series. Harrington has been in the Fox family working on radio. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/23/2012
Some of this was announced over the weekend by Pac-12 Enterprises, but we now have the official press release which unveils some of the announcing and studio talent for the network. Some are familiar names with national experience. Others are not. For instance, Ted Robinson who seems to be the ultimate free-lancer, picks up another […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/19/2012
Let’s do some linkage now. Fifth straight day! This is a record! Michael Florek at USA Today’s Game On blog notes that Time Magazine will have six separate covers in four regions for its Olympic preview issue. For the U.S., guys will have Lolo Jones to gawk at, women get Ryan Lochte. Gymnast Gabby Douglas […]
