0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/8/2008
Time for me to give you the links. Sorry about the delays. Newsday’s Neil Best talks about ESPN crashing The Masters party. Neil has the winners in the sports category of the New York Emmy Awards. Neil has noticed that YES is trying to add some revenue streams during the Mike & the Mad Dog […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/7/2008
Ok, the internet access at my work is back. Verizon told me it would be down for the rest of the day, but viola! It’s back! So here we go with the links today. Michael Hiestand of USA Today says Billy Packer’s declaration that the Kansas-North Carolina game was over early in the first half […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/5/2008
Time to give you some links this evening. Neil Best of Newsday reports that Stephen A. Smith will end his ESPN Radio show next Thursday. Neil says that Earl “The Pearl” Monroe will join Mike Breen and Walt “Clyde” Frazier on Knicks game broadcasts. And one blog post from earlier this week, Neil says Fox […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/24/2008
Let’s give you some links as we get back to work after the Easter holiday. USA Today’s Michael McCarthy says CBS Sports’ analyst Seth Davis nailed the Davidson game yesterday. Phil Mushnick of the New York Post says CBS Sports went mad in its NCAA Tournament coverage. However, Dusty Saunders from the Rocky Mountain News […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/18/2008
I’m dragging today and not in the mood to blog, but blog I will because I serve you. So it’s time to give you some links. Let’s start off with ESPN Ombudsman Le Anne Schreiber who says in reviewing ten days of SportsCenter, she was actually pleased to see fewer gimmicks and more highlights. The […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/7/2008
Time to do the megalinks. Before I get started, I want to announce that Fang’s Bites and Boston Sports Media Watch will be teaming up. Every Friday, I’ll be doing a similar service for BSMW. I’ll do the links here first and then I’ll be sending them over to BSMW. Bruce Allen has been doing […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/29/2008
Let’s do our weekly Friday megalinks for today. We begin as always with Michael Hiestand of USA Today. He writes about ESPN’s hiring of Bob Knight, MMA coming to CBS and the son of one of the famous Hanson Brothers (Slap Shot) not realizing his dad’s fame until he was 13. Richard Deitsch of Sports […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/26/2008
Let’s give you some more links this evening. First, Newsday’s Neil Best notes in his blog that the WGC Accenture Match Play Championship on NBC with Tiger Woods outpaced the NBA game on ABC with Shaquille O’Neal on Sunday. Neil reports that NBC has passed on the Boston Bruins-New York Rangers tilt for its NHL […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/18/2008
Time for me to give you some more links on this Monday. The Sports Media Watch says Fox Sports has reason to crow today as the Daytona 500’s ratings jumped up 9% from last year. But Pete Dougherty of the Albany Times Union says the ratings increase was just slightly above last year’s race. Scott […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/15/2008
Have had to deal with a few work-related issues today so the Friday megalinks are late, but I’ll give them to you in one fell swoop. Starting as usual with USA Today’s Michael Hiestand, he discusses Fox Sports’ coverage of the Daytona 500 this Sunday. Let’s do the links starting in the East, then to […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/12/2008
I’ll give you a few links tonight. First, ESPN Ombudsman Le Anne Schreiber looks at Monday Night Football and feels the reduction of roles for sideline reporters Michelle Tafoya and Suzy Kolber are the least of its problems. Newsday’s Neil Best is back blogging after taking the weekend off. He writes about NBC adding Oxygen […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/9/2008
Let’s give you a few links on this Saturday. Ed Sherman of the Chicago Tribune reports that veteran Chicago radio talk show host Chet Coppock has been suspended by ESPN Radio 1000 for making an anti-Semetic remark last week. Remember that Chris Berman video that surfaced from 8 years ago? Well the person who added […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/8/2008
Since I don’t have to be at the jobsite until later today and I do have some time, I’ll give you as many links as I can before I have to leave. Starting with USA Today and Michael Hiestand, he writes about the end of HBO’s Inside the NFL. The Nation’s Newspaper lists the sports […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/7/2008
Let’s give you some links today. Bill Doyle of the Worcester Telegram & Gazette writes about Dick Vitale’s return and his use of a Massachusetts General Hospital throat specialist for his vocal cord surgery. Rhiannon Potkey of the Salt Lake Tribune also writes about the return of Dickie V. Emily Steel of the Wall Street […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/6/2008
Giving you some links today. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand says the now-retired Bob Knight might have a future on TV. One piece of trivia. CBS wanted to hire Bob Knight when it first purchased the rights to the NCAA Tournament in 1981, and he was going to take the job, but he decided to stay […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/5/2008
Now that North Carolina-Duke is coming tomorrow, I’m officially getting into college basketball mode, plus pitchers and catchers report in a couple of weeks so I’m getting out of football mode. Let’s get to some links. Jessica Heslam of the Boston Herald writes in her Messenger blog that Fox 25 in Boston garnered great ratings […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
Well, as we now wrap up the first full day of the New York Giants as Super Bowl Champions, let us put a wrap on Super Bowl stuff. First, Pete Dougherty of the Albany Times Union says MSG Network is going to carry the New York Giants victory parade through the Canyon of Heroes on […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/4/2008
Some more links to give you. Still no final overnight numbers, but the preliminary ratings from 49 of the nation’s biggest markets for the Super Bowl resulted in a 44.7 rating. The Sports Media Watch says the big numbers are not a surprise. Right now, the average rating for the game was 36.5 and a […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/2/2008
I’ve been out running errands on the day before the Super Bowl. I am monitoring the Prof Football Hall of Fame announcements on the NFL Network as well and when they’re up, I’ll post them on the blog. First, Newsday’s Neil Best writes that NFL Films President Steve Sabol is another person who’s been to […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/1/2008
Now that I’m back at work, I’ll finish the megalinks plus some other stuff. We left off in the South. Let’s now head to the Midwest. Midwest The Chicago Tribune’s Ed Sherman spoke with ESPN’s Dick Vitale about this vocal cord surgery and his return to TV next week. And here are Ed’s weekend viewing […]
