0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/12/2013
I have too many tabs slowing down my browsers, so that means I should do some linkage for you. Here goes. Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch has his weekly Monday column which includes a talk with ESPN’s Jay Bilas and a look into NBC’s English Premier League coverage which kicks off in earnest this Saturday. Deitsch […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/6/2013
Well, ESPN continues to respond to Fox Sports. After Fox Sports announced a three hour Saturday morning college football pregame show to be hosted by College GameDay alum Erin Andrews, ESPN has announced that it will expand College GameDay to a full three hours on the Mothership. College GameDay had been three hours with the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/31/2013
This from ESPN. As we approach college football season in August, we learn that the ESPN Family of Networks will air an amazing number of 69 weeknight and weekday games. The bulk of those games will be played on Thursday and Friday nights, but there will be a handful of games played on Tuesday and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/26/2013
Ok, time for some linkage on a Friday. Let’s get to this. Matt Yoder of Awful Announcing reports that NBC Sports Network, formerly Versus, also known as OLN, and once the Outdoor Life Network, will undergo yet another rebranding. Douglas Alden Warshaw at Fortune/CNN Money says the ESPN hiring of Nate Silver could transform sports […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/25/2013
ESPN Radio or ESPN Audio as it’s known has announced its college football schedule for the 2013 season. It’s a 25 game slate which includes games from the ACC, Big Ten, Pac-12 and SEC conferences. It all culminates on Saturday, December 7 when ESPN Radio offers coverage of both the ACC and Pac-12 Championship Games. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/24/2013
Pac-12 Networks has formed four announcing teams for the 2013 college football season. Ted Robinson and Glenn Parker will be the lead team. Kevin Calabro/Yogi Roth, Roxy Bernstein/Anthony Herron and JB Long/Jeremy Bloom form the other three teams. We also have the preliminary schedule for the Pac-12 Networks with announcing assignments for the first five […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/22/2013
This just in and happening now. Fox Sports and Fox Sports 1 have unveiled the studio and game announcers for college football coverage this fall. Games will be seen on Fox Sports and Fox Sports 1. Fox will have a primetime game on Saturday nights. Fox Sports 1 will have games on Thursday and Saturday […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/18/2013
It’s Thursday already? Man, this week is flying by fast. Let’s do some linkage. We begin with Richard Deitsch of Sports Illustrated who says Keith Olbermann was contrite when his return to ESPN2 was announced. Jason McIntyre of The Big Lead breaks news that Olbermann may make some more buzz for ESPN by hosting a […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/17/2013
This in from the Big Ten Network. Now in its 7th year of covering Big Ten football, BTN has announced its talent lineup for games this season. Host Dave Revsine will be joined in the studio by analysts Gerry DiNardo and Howard Griffith once again and they’ll guide viewers through both regional and national coverage. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
Let’s do some linkage while I can. We’ll begin with Anthony CrupiCrupiCrupi who has some classic lines in his story on Keith Olbermann’s return to ESPN2. So funny. In the Sherman Report, Ed Sherman is amazed that the napalmed bridges at ESPN have been repaired for Olbermann to come back. I wrote two stories about […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/11/2013
This coming from the Yankees Entertainment and Sports Network. Through its new minority owner Fox Sports, YES Network will pick up a package of ACC and Big East games. The deal will allow YES to air as many as 10 ACC football games and 23 conference basketball games. In addition, the Fox syndication contract gives […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/27/2013
This from ESPN. We learn that college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit has signed a nine year contract extension with ESPN to continue calling games and remain on the show that brought him fame and fortune, College GameDay. Herbstreit joined ESPN’s College GameDay in 1995, replacing Craig James, to form the best pregame show panel in […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/18/2013
Let’s do some links today. Brian Steinberg of Variety reports that Fox Sports is bundling Fox Sports 1 to potential Super Bowl XLVIII advertisers. That’s one way to get ads on the new network. Brian Lowry of Variety says Tennis Channel is crying foul at Comcast in trying to gain carriage on the cable provider’s […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/15/2013
Ok, I wasn’t able to get to do linkage during the day so in lieu of a Friday post, I’ll make this a weekend post so you can go through these at your leisure. So while I watch some Australian Rules Football, I’ll do a nice links post for you. Let’s begin with John Ourand […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/12/2013
Now with Fox Sports 1 set to premiere in August, Fox Sports has a lot of platforms to air college football. So combined with Fox Sports, Fox Sports 1, Fox Sports Net and Fox College Sports, the Fox Sports Media Group will carry nearly 100 games across its platforms. Fox Sports 1 will kick off […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/30/2013
Trying to provide two consecutive days of linkage, something I haven’t done in quite some time. Here we go. Pete Iacobelli of the Associated Press writes that Fox is still investigating the incident that caused a rope supporting its overhead camera to snap at the Coca-Cola 600. Tim Baysinger of Multichannel News writes that Fox […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/29/2013
This coming directly from the Pac-12 Conference. This is an aggregate TV schedule of the football games that will be carried on the CBS Sports Network, ESPN Family of Networks, Fox/Fox Sports 1, NBC and the Pac-12 Networks. NBC will air the USC at Notre Dame game live from South Bend, IN. ESPN and Fox […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/23/2013
One of the bigger names in sports radio is joining ESPN. Paul Finebaum whose radio show was syndicated throughout the South and heard on SiriusXM, will taking his Birmingham, AL-based program to Charlotte, NC where it will be part of the new SEC Network. Finebaum’s show will be heard beginning this August and seen on […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/22/2013
CBS has released its college football schedule for 2013 SEC season. Its 16 game season spanning 13 weeks begins on Saturday, September 14 with Alabama at Texas A&M. In addition to the SEC, CBS will air two service academy games including Air Force at Navy as well as Army vs. Navy. Other announced SEC games […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/12/2013
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