0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/18/2010
The web series, Mayne Street, returns for a fifth season with ESPN’s Kenny Mayne playing a fictional Kenny Mayne with a fictional ESPN producer, Sarah Morton, played by the always lovely Alison Becker featuring various real ESPN personalities playing a fictional side of themselves. You get the idea of the fictional part. Here’s the press […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/14/2010
Imagine you’re playing MLB 2K10 on your Microsoft Xbox and you wanted to compare how one of your plays compare to the real thing. Come November you can. ESPN and Microsoft have signed a deal that brings live streaming sports events to the Xbox through ESPN3.com and streaming video content from ESPN.com. You’ll have to […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/20/2010
After a week’s absence, the Sports Media Weekly Podcast returns with a vengeance with a super-sized edition. Keith Thibault of Sports Media Journal is back after a week’s vacation to discuss the latest sports media news with your humble blogger. In this edition, we talk about the record ratings for the NHL in the Conference […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/27/2010
ESPN’s networks and platforms took home seven Sports Emmys including Studio Analyst (Kirk Herbstreit), Weekly Studio Show (College Gameday), Daily Studio Show (Pardon The Interruption) and in an upset over HBO’s Real Sports which had four nominees, Outstanding Journalism for an E:60 piece fronted by Jeremy Schaap. Again, I did not receive this press release. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
Last night, I gave you some of the winners of the 31st Annual Sports Emmy Awards which were handed out in New York. I garnered the info as best as I could. We now have the complete list of winners. A press release which was put on the Sports Emmy Awards website will be posted […]
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 2/24/2010
Ok, doing some linkage today. Lots of stuff to get to. Starting with USA Today’s Michael Hiestand who says one has to take NBC’s Olympic primetime ratings with a grain of salt. Michael also writes about Tony Kornheiser’s two week suspension for his comments about Hannah Storm’s attire. From Slate, Jack Shafer says Mr. Tony […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/1/2009
In the season finale, Kenny and Adam Corolla audition for a movie based on former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach. It ends up disastrous just like many things in Mayne Street. I liked this one. It’s also the last webisode in the Los Angeles part of the series.
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/17/2009
In this webisode, Kenny and Sarah (Alison Becker) are called into a special Sunday meeting with Evan Mintz and his assistant, Robin Gibney, only to find a confrontation waiting for them. Hilarity ensues. Or maybe not. Nice to see Aubrey Plaza playing Robin once again. But overall, the real star of Mayne Street is Alison […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/16/2009
On this day when New England sports fans are talking about the Bill Belichick decision that cost the Patriots a win against the Colts, I’m enjoying the agony. Being a Browns fan, I need something to help me endure the season. And the Indianapolis Star has a picture of one of Belichick’s henchman shoving an […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/27/2009
Here we are with the season premiere of Mayne Street, the ESPN web series that has been quite fun to watch. I’ve enjoyed them for the most part. Here’s the first webisode of the new season. Here, Kenny visits the ever so pretentious Bill Simmons and the Sports Guy unveils the curtain behind his Boston […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/29/2009
Let’s finish our press releases with a mishmash of subjects. Lots of stuff to post and they all don’t fit under one particular theme. As we get closer to the start of the NHL season, ESPN tells us that analysts Barry Melrose and Matthew Barnaby will return to talk puck on SportsCenter. Barry Melrose & […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/28/2009
Let’s give you some releases this morning and then I’ll do some links in about an hour. Starting with TBS and some quotage from yesterday’s MLB On Deck pregame show. Notes from Sunday MLB on TBS – September 27, 2009 Sunday MLB on TBS concludes on Sunday, Oct. 4, with a game to be announced. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/13/2009
Ok, we have almost caught up with the releases. I’m going to give you some stuff that doesn’t fit any particular category. As usual, most of them have to do with ESPN. They just keep sending the releases. Not that I mind, of course. ESPN Radio tells us that Rescue Me star Denis Leary will […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/11/2009
Let’s move to football, both college and pro for this press release post. We’ll begin with the NFL Network and the exhibition games it will air this week. EXHIBITION SEASON WEEK 1: FIVE LIVE GAMES ON NFL NETWORK FEATURING DEBUTS OF TOP QB PICKS MATTHEW STAFFORD & MARK SANCHEZ, JAY CUTLER’S FIRST GAME WITH BEARS […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/23/2009
Well, where do I begin? There’s the Erin Andrews story which continues to pick up momentum. And we have ESPN finally acknowledging the Ben Roethlisberger civil lawsuit story two days after other media outlets have been reporting it. Personally, I found some Harry Chapin albums on iTunes and videos on YouTube so expect to see […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/14/2009
After watching a completely boring Home Run Derby tonight in which I fell asleep in the easy chair, it’s time to post some press releases before I shut off the lights and go to bed. I’ll begin with this release from MLB which states Walking Talking Conflict of Interest Bud Selig holds a Town Hall […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/30/2009
I have quite a few releases to post tonight so let’s get to them and hopefully, I won’t fall asleep with the computer on. I’ll begin with Fox Sports which says it will be Tweeting during the All-Star Game on July 14th. FOX SPORTS ALL A-TWITTER AT 80TH MLB ALL-STAR GAME MLB on FOX Plans […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/6/2009
Ok, I’m at the home office and I’ve been waiting to do a couple of things. I’ll try to sneak in a couple of links here. I’m also going to sneak in two more links from the Sports Business Journal. John Ourand writes about ESPN’s construction of their new Los Angeles headquarters. And John joins […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/4/2009
I went to work this morning, went to lunch and now I’m back at the home office. Time for some linkage before the Final Four tips off. I’m still in shock over the news that the New York Times Company is threatening to close the Boston Globe. I knew things were bad at the Globe, […]
