0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/19/2011
I’m blogging from an anti-Asian bar in East Providence, RI. Just in from CBC. Don Cherry will return for at least one more season of Coach’s Corner on Hockey Night in Canada on CBC. CBC ANNOUNCES RENEWAL OF DON CHERRY ON HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA Toronto, February 19, 2011—CBC today announced that hockey’s best-known personality […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/26/2010
I hope your holiday went well for you and Santa brought you the presents you desired. We’re back with linkage today. Let’s get to it on this snowy Sunday. On the USA Olympic site, noted Olympics writer Alan Abrahamson remembers great Olympics filmmaker Bud Greenspan who died yesterday. The films of Bud Greenspan made me […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/4/2010
I didn’t do links all weekend. It’s rare when that happens, but as I went to a Tweet Up of Red Sox fans at Jerry Remy’s Sports Bar & Grill in Boston on Saturday and then did a long day of posting on Sunday. Twelve posts in all! Sunday is turning out to be a […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/1/2010
Got busy plus shuffling between two offices prevented me from doing linkage. I’ll do it now as I try to find a cool place in my house to blog. The humidity is killing me tonight. Anyway, let’s get to the links. Jason Fry at the Indiana University National Sports Journalism Center writes that the New […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/31/2010
On this holiday for those people aren’t working, I wish you the best Memorial Day possible and don’t forget to remember those who have given their lives in service to their country. For those of who worked the entire holiday weekend including myself, I hope you get some time off down the road. I won’t […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/28/2010
Let’s give you the Friday megalinks while I can. Not as many links as the usual Friday, but the Memorial Day weekend has a lot to do with that. I’ll give you what I can. Getting ready for the three day weekend and you can find the sports and the entertainment viewing for Saturday and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/1/2010
Due to the clean up to from the Great Flood of 2010, I wasn’t able to give you linkage on Tuesday and Wednesday, plus I had to postpone the recording of this week’s edition of the Sports Media Weekly Podcast. Things are slowly getting back to normal, but I’m going to be applying for disaster […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/26/2010
Ok, it’s time for the Friday megalinks. Wasn’t able to do them last week and now it’s time to bring them to you while I can. There’s a new look here and I’m experimenting with the template and colors. Let me know what you think either via a comment here or through a quick e-mail. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/15/2010
Let’s do some linkage for you as many of us are back to work today. Starting with the Sports Business Journal, we have the nominees for the publication’s 2010 Sports Business Awards. On The DL’s Dan Levy breaks down CBS’ announcing teams and assignments in the Sporting Blog. Greg Risling of the Associated Press says […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/11/2010
Here are a couple of releases. They do not pertain to any one particular subject. They’re being posted for the good of the blog and for the good of you, my loyal readers. So, here is a press release from Fox Sports regarding last week’s incident at the Atlanta NASCAR race that led to probation […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/26/2010
I’m watching curling as we get ready to close the Olympics and get back to watching college basketball and prepare for baseball. To be honest, I never thought I would enjoy curling, but I’ve really gotten into the sport this year. Plus, it’s been on at some convenient times to watch so I’ll NBC some […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/31/2010
Last week, I took a break from doing the Videos of the Week and the look back at previous Winter Olympics. Time to do it again, this week, we look back at NBC’s first Winter Olympics since Sapporo, Japan in 1972. Back then, Curt Gowdy was the overall host for NBC. In 2002, it was […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/14/2010
Let’s do our links for today. I think this is the earliest I’m getting the links this week. About time as well. First, the Sports Business Daily has opened up its Morning Buzz section today and it includes news on the NFL rookie wage scale and a new advertiser in the Super Bowl. Bradford Wernle […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/13/2010
I had to leave the office today and head into Boston, but now that I’m back, I’ll do some links for you. CNBC’s Darren Rovell doesn’t think the American Needle v. NFL Supreme Court case is all that is cracked up to be. The Sports Business Journal’s Michael Smith writing in sister publication the Sporting […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/12/2010
Let’s do the links. Got a late start to the day and I’m still trying to catch up. We start with Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch who gives us his Media Power Rankings for December. The Sports Business Daily has the media roundup and reaction to the Bob Costas interview of Mark McGwire on MLB Network […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/31/2009
I keep saying each press release post is the last of the year until I find another time sensitive release. This really is the last press release post. This deals with the NHL Winter Classic and this time from CBC. Unfortunately, Don Cherry didn’t make it down to Boston as he was supposed to be […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/15/2009
Let’s do the linkage for today. From the Sports Business Journal, John Ourand has some predictions for sports television in 2010. Monday’s Sports Business Daily explores whether Tiger Woods’ brand is completely damaged from the news of his various dalliances. Today’s Sports Business Daily has comments from former CBS Sports president Neil Pilson saying 2010 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/14/2009
Ok, let’s do the linkage without any further delay. Lots of stuff to get to. First, the Sports Business Journal has a special section today on the 50 Most Influential People in Sports Business and there are many familiar names on the list. You can check out those from 41- 50, 31 – 40, 21 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/10/2009
The announcement was made on NESN right before tonight’s Toronto-Boston game. CBC’s Don Cherry who will be in Boston for the NHL Winter Classic will make a special appearance on NESN on December 30 as the Bruins honor their former coach. In addition, Cherry will do a special edition of Coach’s Corner with Mike Milbury […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/9/2009
Let’s give you some links right now. Starting with the Sports Business Journal, we have a few links today. John Ourand writes that sports TV industry insiders wonder if there will ever be a challenger to sports behemoth ESPN. Jon Show reports that in 2010, the U.S. Open will return to a primetime finish as […]
