0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/29/2007
College Gameday (live from the University of Oregon) – ESPN, 10 a.m.Notre Dame at Purdue – ESPN, noonLSU at Tulane – ESPN2, noonTemple at Army – ESPNU, noon Indiana at Iowa – Big Ten Network, noon (DirecTV channel 218/Dish Network channel 440)Michigan at Northwestern – Big Ten Network, noon (DirecTV channel 219/Dish Network channel 441)Penn […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/28/2007
Let’s not waste any time and get to the links. The theme of the day for the media writers across the country is TBS airing the MLB postseason for the first time. We’ll start with USA Today’s Michael Hiestand who writes about FSN’s Sports Science series which premieres this Sunday and the talk about the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/25/2007
Time for some new links today. CBS Sports is crowing about its college football ratings. The South Carolina-LSU game on Saturday was way up from last year at the same time. Michael Hiestand of USA Today looks at the ratings of selected events from the weekend. Looking at the weekend overnight ratings listed by the […]
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Let’s give you some links. Bob Wolfley of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel writes that CBS’ Jim Nantz lost sight of the big picture in the Chargers-Packers game on Sunday. Neil Best of Newsday writes about TBS coming into the MLB postseason game and he mentions the strange exchange between Mike Patrick and Todd Blackledge on […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/24/2007
Been involved with too much work today. Yes, work getting in the way of blogging. Horrible, isn’t it? Ok, let’s get to the stuff for today. Starting with Michael Hiestand of USA Today, he recaps the TV sporting weekend including the reaction to Donovan McNabb and Mike Patrick’s strangely-timed question about Britney Spears during the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/23/2007
Good morning. Let’s get ready for some football and give you some links before Week 3 gets underway. Jim Williams of the Examiner writes in his Watch This! blog that Fox’ Troy Aikman likes the development of Redskins QB Jason Campbell. Over to the New York Post where Phil Mushnick criticizes Donovan McNabb for bringing […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/22/2007
College Gameday (live from Tuscaloosa, AL) – ESPN, 10 a.m.East Carolina at West Virginia – ESPN2, noonGeorgia Tech at Virginia – ESPNU, noonIllinois at Indiana – Big Ten Network, noon (national coverage)Army at Boston College – ESPN Classic, 1 p.m.Duke at Navy – CSTV, 1 p.m.Michigan State at Notre Dame – NBC, 3:30 p.m.South Carolina […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/21/2007
Let’s give you some links before the weekend officially arrives. Randell Mell of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel says the Big Ten Network chose the right year to launch. Scott Pierce of the Deseret (UT) News says TV is a major reason for a conference to expand and it’s not a good enough reason for the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/19/2007
Let’s do some links for you. Neil Best of Newsday blogs that former New York Giants coach Jim Fassel is not happy over comments made by current coach Tom Coughlin. Mike Reynolds of Multichannel News writes that ESPN won the primetime cable ratings race last week thanks to Monday Night Football, Yankees-Red Sox and college […]
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The links are here. Let’s get to them. Newsday’s Neil Best has a short review of the Boomer and Carton in the Morning show on WFAN. And he says he prefers ESPN Sunday NFL Countdown. ESPN’s Chris Mortensen reports that the NFL is investigating how Fox got hold of the Patriots’ spy tape from Week […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/18/2007
I went to a jobsite today so I wasn’t in during the morning. Time to do some links now. Let’s look at the ratings from the weekend. First, Michael Hiestand of USA Today looks at the ratings for selected events. Second, Paulsen with the Sports Media Watch blog has more of an in-depth look. After […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/17/2007
Let’s give you some links on this Monday afternoon. Starting with the Capital Times from Wisconsin, Jeff Richgels writes that DirecTV is going to add the High Definition feeds of the Big Ten Network, NFL Network and FSN Wisconsin by the end of this year. The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that ESPN2 will pick up […]
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Well, this is college football season so why not give you some old college football opens from the various networks? It’s always fun when you get rivalry games. The networks treat them with respect and seem to work overtime on the opens. So let’s see how they’ve evolved over the years. CBS started to broadcast […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/14/2007
All Times Eastern College Gameday – ESPN, 10 a.m.Pittsburgh at Michigan State – ESPN, noonIllinois at Syracuse – ESPNU, noonBuffalo at Penn State – Big Ten Network, noon (DirecTV channel 218/Dish Network channel 440)Akron at Indiana – Big Ten Network, noon (DirecTV channel 219/Dish Network channel 441)The Citadel at Wisconsin – Big Ten Network, noon […]
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If it’s Friday, it means a whole slew of sports media stories from all over the country. Let’s get started without any further delay. Some media writers took yesterday off for Rosh Hashanah so the links might be a bit lighter, but we still have a lot of links today. Starting with Michael Hiestand of […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/11/2007
I’ll give you a few links this afternoon. First, an excellent entry by Paulsen from the Sports Media Watch blog on the 6th Anniversary of 9/11 and its impact on sports. In his Morning Buzz blog, John Ryan of the San Jose Mercury News reviews the ESPN Mike Greenberg/Mike Golic/Mike Ditka team that did the […]
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Tuesday morning and I’m trying to get some links in from home before heading to a meeting at 10 a.m. Checking the sports weekend ratings, Michael Hiestand of USA Today has his take on some of the events. Paulsen of the Sports Media Watch has an in-depth look at the ratings. A couple of things […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/8/2007
Big shout out to Matt’s College Sports on TV Website for the info. West Virginia at Marshall – ESPN2, 11 a.m.Miami (FL) at Oklahoma – ABC, noonNebraska at Wake Forest, ESPN, noonBowling Green at Michigan State – Big Ten Network, noon (DirecTV channel 218)Nevada at Northwestern – Big Ten Network, noon (DirecTV channel 219)Akron at […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/7/2007
It’s Friday and it’s the day when the contracts for WEEI’s John Dennis and Gerry Callahan expire. So what happens now? Today, it was Bob Halloran and Steve Burton co-hosting in D&C’s place. Will Dennis and Callahan return on Monday in time for the first regular season Patriots Monday? Or will we hear another rotation […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/6/2007
Here are some more links for you. Jim Williams in his Watch This! blog at Examiner.com has highlights of a conference call conducted by the NBC Sunday Night Football crew. Maury Brown of the Biz of Football website has an interview with CNBC’s Darren Rovell. Darren has a story on the NFL’s two most marketable […]
