0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/24/2008
Let’s give you some links this evening. First, from Neil Best of Newsday, he has transcribed what Chris Russo of WFAN said to open the Mike & the Mad Dog show today. Russo responds to Neil’s story that Mike & the Mad Dog could split up by Labor Day. A.J. Daulerio of Deadspin says Don […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/19/2008
Just when you think it’s safe to be free from linkage, you get some more. You know that game show Wipeout ABC was promoting during the NBA Finals? The show looks like a ripoff of Ninja Warrior on G4. Well, Awful Announcing has discovered who the host will be. The one good thing is the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/18/2008
Let’s give you some links on this Wednesday. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand says the U.S. Open 18 hole playoff drew a lot of traffic to the internet. And Michael lists the TV network options for Michael Strahan who could be signed as early as one week. Neil Best of Newsday has a special bonus Wednesday […]
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Let’s give you a few links this evening. Starting with some breaking news, Michael David Smith of the AOL Fanhouse blog who reports that ESPN has suspended Jamele Hill for her stupid comments in an anti-Celtics column which made references to Hitler and the Cold War. The Big Lead says the suspension will force Hill […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/17/2008
We have a wide range of links today. Let’s start with Michael Hiestand of USA Today who looks over the ratings of selected events from the weekend. Newsday’s Neil Best feels NBC came through during its coverage of the U.S. Open. In his blog, Neil says he was impressed with one of Johnny Miller’s first-guesses […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/16/2008
Well, it was Father’s Day yesterday and it was time to take dad out for lunch. I was out of the house for most of the day which meant I could not blog yesterday, but I’m back now and let’s get to the links. Michael Hiestand of USA Today says putting the U.S. Open in […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/28/2008
My apologies for not updating the blog on Tuesday. This computer thing is getting out of hand. Yes, I’ll be getting a new computer. Yes, it will be soon. Yes, once I have the computer, the blogging schedule will be back to normal. Just bear with me. I should be back and blogging regularly next […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/22/2008
I’ll give you an evening update here. I wasn’t planning on it as I was at an event in East Greenwich, RI, but I got back earlier than expected. One observation, Marv Albert’s toupee really looks unnatural tonight. If you’re watching the NBA Western Conference Finals on TNT, you know what I mean. What is […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/5/2008
As we’re back to work, let’s give you some links on this Monday. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand says NBC Sports made the right call in not showing Eight Belles’ suffering after breaking down at the Kentucky Derby. Paul Christian of the Rochester (MN) Post-Bulletin agrees that NBC was correct in showing restraint. On the other […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/29/2008
Last night, the 29th Sports Emmy Awards were held in New York and the big winner was HBO with 8. James Brown won Best Studio Host for CBS, NBC had a clean sweep of Play-by-Play, Studio Analyst and Game Analyst. SUMMARY OF WINNERS BY NETWORK HBO (8) Lords of Flatbush ……………………………………………………………… 2 Mayweather / Hatton […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/26/2008
Let’s do our links for today. Starting with a very strange story out of ESPN.com. David Scott of Boston Sports Media Watch breaks the news that the website somehow listed the late Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle in its transactions page and inexplicably left it there for two days. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand has CBS’ spin […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/25/2008
It may be early for baseball to open the season, but there’s always something special about Opening Day. For Red Sox fans, it means hope springs eternal, but having won two Championships over the last four years, it’s a different feeling. I would have liked to have a quickie review of what ESPN2 and NESN […]
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Let’s give you some links this evening. The Sports Media Watch says College Gameday, the football version gets its earliest season premiere … in the spring. Tom Hoffarth of the Los Angeles Daily News writes in his Farther Off the Wall blog that KCBS will not be picking up the Xavier-West Virginia game this Thursday […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/24/2008
Here are a few more links for you today. Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch says no matter what you think of CBS’ Billy Packer, he always has an opinion. And Richard has usual studs and duds in his weekly Monday column. CNBC’s Darren Rovell has been blogging like crazy today. First, he’s in Day Eleven of […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/21/2008
Time for the Friday media links once again. Glad to be here. The NCAA Tournament will be the subject of discussion in many of the media columns today. First round action will conclude Friday, then 2nd round action will start with a quadrupleheader on Saturday on CBS and a triple decker jones on Easter Sunday. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/26/2008
I’m finally finished with the proposal and now I can move on to other stuff including the links. There’s been quite a flurry of trades in the last two hours in the NHL. The biggest surprise, the Montreal Canadiens sending goaltender Cristobal Huet to the Washington Capitals for a second round draft pick. Earlier in […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/18/2008
It’s a holiday for some of you. I’m at work right now dealing with an employee who never shuts up, but I’ll try to get this post in before he starts talking again. From Michael Hiestand of USA Today, he writes that the Fox crew at Daytona was not short of enthusiasm during the last […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/30/2008
Time to give you an update after all that blogging during Super Bowl Media Day. CNBC’s Darren Rovell hands out his first annual awards to the best Super Bowl appetizers. They do look tasty. The Sports Media Watch Blog looks at the ratings from the weekend. Jim Carlisle of the Ventura County Star has a […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/19/2008
Let’s give you some links today. Just to let you know, there will be no posts on Sunday. I will be attending the 12th TARCon in New York to meet some of my fellow Amazing Race fans plus I have learned there will be a few racers there as well. Most of the teams will […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/15/2008
I’ll give you some more links today and then wrap it up for the day. First, Bruce Allen of the Boston Sports Media Watch has the numbers from Saturday’s Jaguars-Patriots game for Boston and nationally, plus some other TV notes for the Pats and Celtics. Neil Best of Newsday writes in his blog that an […]
