0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/13/2014
One of ESPN’s signature events since its inception has been the College World Series. It will air all of the games from Omaha, Nebraska either on ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU starting Saturday. Karl Ravech and Jon Sciambi will be the announcers throughout the 10-11 days of competition. The analysts will include Kyle Peterson and Aaron […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/13/2013
For the 34th consecutive year, the networks of ESPN will air the College World Series from Omaha, NE. The eight college baseball teams left in the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship will vie for the opportunity to play in the Best 2 out of 3 College World Series Finals. Games begin live from TD Ameritrade […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/25/2012
Let’s do some links on a rainy Monday in Southern New England. Michael Hiestand of USA Today looks at NFL Network’s new morning show. Michael says ESPN has not confirmed whether Chris Berman will call a Monday Night Football game on the opening weekend of the season. John Ourand of Sports Business Journal reports that […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/31/2012
Starting this weekend, the ESPN Family of Networks will begin airing the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship. In total, 83 games will be aired over ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3. It begins with the regionals this weekend, then the Super Regionals the following weekend and one of college sports’ greatest events, the College World Series […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
Here to provide some links for you today. Looks like I’ll be out on Friday so posting may be scarce, but we’ll cross that bridge when we get to it. In the meantime, I have some links for you now. This week, CBSSports.com Deputy Managing Editor Craig Stanke passed away at the age of 56. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/14/2012
In its increased commitment to the NCAA, the ESPN Family of Networks will have extensive coverage of the NCAA Division I Softball Championship including every game of the Women’s College World Series. There will be coverage of up to 62 games from the regionals to the Super Regional games, all the way to the Women’s […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/15/2011
The networks continue to lock in long-terms agreements and today, we receive this press release from ESPN regarding the NCAA Championships. With this agreement, the ESPN networks will air championships in sports including Football, Women’s Basketball, Hockey, Soccer, Volleyball, Track & Field, Gymnastics, Lacrosse, Softball and Baseball. The championships will be aired on all ESPN […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/4/2011
Let’s provide some linkage on this 4th of July holiday. I hope you’re having a great day wherever you are. Aaron Couch of the Hollywood Reporter writes about ESPN taking over the Wimbledon TV contract after a 43 year association with NBC. Richard Sandomir of the New York Times says NBC wanted to use Versus […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/1/2011
Received this blurb from Bristol, CT in regards to the increased viewership for both ESPN and ESPN2 during the College World Series. In addition, the two game Championship Series saw significant increases from the previous year. ESPN & ESPN2’s College World Series Presentation Posts Audience Growth ESPN’s Two-Game Finals Series Shows Significant Increase ESPN and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/22/2011
On this rainy Wednesday in Southern New England, let me do some links. I hope the weather where you are is dry and sunny. I’ll start today off with John Ourand of the Sports Business Journal who says Comcast may have appeared to have overbid for the Olympics, but it may pay off in the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/21/2011
Time for the links on this Tuesday. Lots of good stuff to get to. Matthew Futterman of the Wall Street Journal looks at MLB Commissioner Bud Selig rejecting the Los Angeles Dodgers’ deal with Fox which now throws Frank McCourt’s ownership of the team into jeopardy. In Sports Business Journal, Broadcasting & Cable Editor-in-Chief Ben […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/15/2011
The networks of ESPN will carry college baseball’s signature event, the College World Series in Omaha, NE. This year, the event takes place at a new venue, TD Ameritrade Park after retiring Rosenblatt Stadium in 2010. Mike Patrick, Orel Hershiser and Robin Ventura will be the main announcing team. The Wednesday Night Baseball team of […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/4/2011
Didn’t have time to do megalinks during the day as I was trying to get some end of the month/beginning of the month stuff done at the office. Time to get linkage in while I can. The Weekend Viewing Picks are chockful of sports action and some primetime programming. Now to the linkage. National Jessica […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/2/2011
Time for some linkage on this very warm Thursday. I hope you all take a moment and say a prayer for the people of Western Massachusetts who head to deal with tornadoes yesterday. Four people are confirmed dead. It was quite devastating to see last night. Let’s hope the area can recover quickly. To your […]
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 5/31/2011
The 2011 NCAA Women’s College World Series will be aired live on the networks of ESPN starting on Thursday. Pam Ward and Beth Mowins will share play-by-play duties. Michele Smith and Jessica Mendoza will provide the analysis. Holly Rowe will be the field reporter. We have the schedule of games plus what ESPNU is doing […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/25/2011
This happening today. In a tweet this morning, ESPN sexpot Jenn Brown announced that she’ll be working the College World Series in Omaha, NE next month. This gig was previously Erin Andrews’. In fact, Erin had worked the event for quite some time. This will mark the first year that Jenn will be on the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/2/2010
Let’s finish up the Megalinks. National Sports Media Watch says the Travelers Championship drew a mixed bag for CBS last week. SMW notes that the World Cup Round of 16 including USA-Ghana garnered great ratings for ESPN/ABC. SMW adds that the College World Series on ESPN outrated Stephen Strasburg’s appearance on Monday Night Baseball on […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/17/2010
Since ESPN’s inception in 1979, one of the events it has covered every year has been the College World Series in Omaha, NE. It’s always a fun event to watch and with this being the final year it’s being played in the venerable Rosenblatt Stadium, it’s a bit melancholy as well. Next year, the event […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/3/2010
You want to talk about multiplatform coverage, then you’ve come to the right place. The ESPN family of networks will be all over the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship which leads right to the College World Series which marks the final year at its long time home of Rosenblatt Stadium before moving to a spanking […]
