0 comments by Joe Webb on 10/12/2018
In football, there is always a massive contest in the fight to win the title among the top clubs all over the world. The stakes involved are quite high, and the only way to achieve new milestones is by consistently putting impressive results week in week out. Manchester city under the Pep Guardiola’s tenure has […]
0 comments by Joe Webb on 6/29/2018
Having added two signings to the club – one being a goalkeeper (Bernd Leno) and a defender (Stefan Lichtsteiner) – to strengthen up the team at the back. Now the Gunners might just be on their way to add more to their attack for an impressive performance next season. This special is brought to you […]
0 comments by Joe Webb on 6/1/2018
David Ornstein of the BBC reports that Arsenal are set to appoint Spainaird Unai Emery as manager, replacing the outgoing Arsene Wenger. Emery left French giants Paris Saint-Germain following the conclusion of the 2017-18 season. The 46-year-old Emery has an impressive C.V. to date. He has won 10 trophies as a manager. This has been over spells at Seville and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/10/2015
In a big win for the Peacock, NBC has retained the rights to the English Premier League for six seasons. The new contract which will take effect in the 2016-17 season will last through 2021-22. The bids to the English Premier League were due last Thursday and apparently the league reviewed all the bids from […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/7/2015
When NBCUniversal took over USA Network, it phased the channel out of sports only to air Olympics and handle other overflow stuff. But there seemed to be a change when NBC Sports Group decided to use USA for the NHL Playoffs in April and May. Now USA will be used for the Saturday 10 a.m. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/6/2015
As NBC goes into its final year of its three-year deal to air all 380 games per season. Utilizing mostly NBCSN and then NBC, CNBC and the Extra Time channels, the way the Peacock has distributed the matches plus the plethora of studio programming (Premier League Live, Goal Zone, Match of the Day) as well […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/3/2015
Back to do a sports media notebook for you. Let’s get to it. NEWS NASCAR beat reporter Jim Utter of the Charlotte Observer notes that Sunday’s Sprint Cup race in Atlanta did well for Fox and was up from last year’s second race which was held in Phoenix. That along with increased viewership for the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/18/2015
Time for another edition of the notebook. Let’s do this. NEWS NBC Sports has announced it will pick up radio coverage of horse racing’s Triple Crown. Over the past few years, radio coverage of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes has been piecemeal with various syndicators producing the races. Now, NBC which has […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/14/2015
We have quite a few things for you today. Let’s get to things without further delay. NEWS The National Football League has reason to smile after seeing the numbers for Divisional Weekend. After seeing lower ratings and viewership for Wild Card Weekend, the NFL saw significantly higher numbers this past weekend thanks to having glamor […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/6/2015
On this first Tuesday of the New Year, let’s open the notebook once again to provide you with some linkage and some news you can use. First, some thoughts which will take the place of the breaking news or news segment. OPINION As we’re over 48 hours from the time we learned of Stuart Scott’s […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/4/2015
Let’s give you some news, linkage and maybe some news you can use. Figured you could use some Sunday reading today. NEWS You’ve probably heard it already, but the College Football Playoff semifinals, the Rose and the Sugar Bowls on New Year’s Day set cable viewing records. Both games broke the previous record for cable […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/1/2015
Time for some predictions for 2015. Looking back through the archives, the last predictions post on this site was done in 2012 so it’s time to do one now. I’ll do it a little differently than in previous years. Here goes. January The first-ever College Football National Championship Game on ESPN draws a record cable […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/15/2014
We have the announcing teams for the first three days of the English Premier League. The new season begins Saturday with eight matches. NBCSN has a doubleheader beginning at 7:45 a.m. ET with Manchester United hosting Swansea City then Leicester City vs. Everton at 10 a.m. NBC has Arsenal and Crystal Palace with Arlo White […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/11/2014
After taking the World Cup by storm, the Men in Blazers will be taking their talents to NBC Sports where they will take part in NBCSN’s coverage. Michael Davies and Roger Bennett will not only take part in the soccer coverage, but they’ll get weekly shows on NBCSN on Monday’s and on NBCSports.com on Fridays. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/16/2014
In a very long press release, NBC has issued the schedule for the first three months of the English Premier League. The new season begins on Saturday, August 16 at 7:45 a.m. ET when Manchester United takes on Swansea City. Then that will be followed by five matches in the 10 a.m. ET window. One […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/15/2014
As NBC Sports Group has finished its first season as the U.S. television home of the English Premier League, it has a few milestones to celebrate. First, having aired and streamed all 380 fixtures live to the American people in 2013-14, audiences responded to the offerings. NBCUniversal says 31.5 million people watched this season’s coverage […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/12/2014
Let’s continue our soccer theme today. NBC Sports has announced that English Premier League Championship Sunday during which all 10 fixtures were aired simultaneously across the networks of NBCUniversal received a 1.56 overnight rating. Fox and ESPN went all balls-to-the-wall in 2011-12 and received a 0.87 over five Nielsen-rated networks when it began this type […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/11/2014
Ok, here we go. NBC has released the broadcast teams for all ten games that will take place this morning on the very last day of the Premier League’s season. All of the games will begin at 10 a.m. ET (3 p.m. British Summer Time if you’re interested in UK time). Two games will have […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/8/2014
Whether it’s Championship Sunday or Relegation Sunday, it’s the same. The final day of the English Premier League will be covered by 10 NBCUniversal networks. All ten games will be aired live. And as Manchester City and Liverpool fight it out for first place plus teams fight for positioning in the UEFA Champions and Europa […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/18/2014
In keeping with a tradition started by Fox Sports two years ago, the networks of NBCUniversal will be all over the final day of the English Premier League season on Sunday, May 11. Utilizing 12 networks to 10 games plus streaming online, NBCU will give fans access to all of the games which will determine […]
