0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/10/2009
On this Good Friday, it’s time to look back 25 years ago at one of the greatest hockey fights ever. It’s the Good Friday Brawl that took place at the old Montreal Forum between the Montreal Canadiens and the old Quebec Nordiques in the NHL Adams Division semifinals. Until Gary Bettman corrected the Divisional playoff […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/4/2009
Let’s do some linkage as it’s still early on NHL Trade Deadline day. Usually the trades don’t start happening until sometime after noon, then it’s a flurry to the finish, although Ottawa and Columbus made the first trade of the day just before 10 a.m., forward Antoine Vermette goes to the Blue Jackets for goaltender […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/21/2009
Let’s give you some links on this Saturday. I have some work to do, but I’ll get the linkage out of the way first. Rarely do I start the links with Barry Horn, but I’m going to today. He writes in his weekly column that the NFL is back with the Scouting Combine, all of […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/12/2009
Let’s give you linkage today. Plenty of things going on including the live streaming of the Baseball Hall of Fame Announcements which I may live blog. Let’s do some links while I can. USA Today’s Michael McCarthy picks apart the NFL prognosticators’ playoff predictions. CNBC’s Darren Rovell doesn’t like the new Blackberry spot. And Darren […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/17/2008
Now that we have the first part of the Friday megalinks out of the way, let’s give you the rest. First, I have some leftovers from the National links, then the East and Mid-Atlantic region and then I’ll do the Midwest, West and Canada from there. National (cont.) John Eggerton of Broadcasting & Cable writes […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/13/2008
I’m here to give you your links for this morning. Let’s get to them. Starting with Michael Hiestand of USA Today, he has the ratings of selected events from the weekend. CNBC’s Darren Rovell talks with Coca-Cola about why it chose Kobe Bryant to endorse Vitaminwater. David Bauder, TV writer for the Associated Press, says […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/11/2008
I hope you’re treating your mom to a nice lunch or dinner today. As we get to our links, don’t forget who helped to put you into this world. Of course, we’ll remember dad next month too. He had a role as well. Getting to our links, Bob Raissman of the New York Daily News […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/9/2008
Let’s give you the Friday media links. It’s another busy weekend for both viewing and awards as the New England Emmy Awards will be handed out on Saturday. I’ll have a list as soon as it’s made available. In the meantime, let’s go over your viewing weekend. Weekend Viewing Picks One of the bigger events […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/8/2008
I’ll give you some additional links on this late Thursday afternoon here on the East Coast. First, Newsday’s Neil Best says last week’s Game 4 of the Pittsburgh-New York Rangers series was the highest-rated and most watched NHL contest ever on Versus. Neil also looks at whether the sports blogosphere is a happy, chummy place. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/7/2008
I’ll give you a Tuesday night update here as I flip between the Red Sox-Tigers game and the coverage of the Indiana and North Carolina primaries. Newsday’s Neil Best previews tonight’s “YESterdays” program on the YES Network which focuses on Alex Rodriguez. And Neil talks with 1050 ESPN Radio’s/YES Network’s Michael Kay about his criticism […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/6/2008
I don’t have anything cute to write as an introduction this morning. Let’s just get to the links. Matthew Futterman and Suzanne Vranica of the Wall Street Journal report that NBC plans to charge $3 million per 30 second spot for Super Bowl XLII. Neil Best of Newsday has a column today about the opening […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/29/2008
After the Sports Emmy Awards post, I had to go to a meeting so the Tuesday links are delayed, but I’m ready to give them to you now. Starting with Richard Sandomir of the New York Times, he talks about athletes and coaches who move in-between the broadcast booth to the bench and back. Bob […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/28/2008
Yes, it’s Friday, I have a dentist appointment and it’s time for me to do some links. Let’s get started. This weekend, the NCAA Tournament continues as the Sweet Sixteen will be reduced to the Elite Eight tonight. And after Sunday, we’ll have the Final Four. CBS has your coverage of the Mens’ NCAA Tournament […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
Let’s have a late night helping of links, shall we? From Justin Terranova of the New York Post, he says SNY’s Ron Darling will have another go with TBS on its Sunday afternoon MLB package. The Sports Media Watch blog notes that NBC will premiere a Mixed Martial Arts show of its own on April […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/8/2008
I’m back from the jobsite and time to give you the rest of the megalinks for today. I left off in the Midwest and now time for the West Coast. West John Maffei of the North County Times writes about the new coordinating producer of MLB on ESPN who’s leaving his job as producer of […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/25/2007
We have a few links for you today. I know this blog won’t be visited all that much today, but I’ll still provide with some fresh linkage. Under the voice of Howard Cosell, Richard Sandomir writes about the NFL vs. Cable dispute. Sandomir has Cosell down pat. Speaking of the NFL Network, it plans a […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/3/2007
Ok, as I’m about to listen to MLB Gameday Audio for the playoffs while I’m here at work, I’m still sad MLB won’t allow us to watch the games online. I believe there is a backdoor way, but I’m not going to put it here. I will say the TBS Hot Corner is streaming a […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/8/2007
On this Friday which for some reason seems to be dominated by Paris Hilton news, let’s provide some more links for you. Out to LA, not for the latest on Paris Hilton, but from Tom Hoffarth of the LA Daily News who has a review of the Ruffian movie that will air on ABC tomorrow […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/7/2007
Time for some links today. This is the day when the MLB Draft is televised for the first time. ESPN2 gets the honors so the Alleged Worldwide Leader will have the drafts of the NFL, NBA and MLB in its fold. Today’s draft is being held at Disney’s Wide World of Sports complex Josh Robbins […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/5/2007
Last night, the Ottawa Senators lost Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Finals putting the Anaheim Ducks on the verge of clinching their first ever championship. But also, the game marked the US debut of Don Cherry on NBC. It was quite the teaming up with Cherry advocating fighting with NBC analyst Brett Hull and […]
