0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/7/2009
These don’t fit into any particular category. They just go into one particular pile. This one. Let’s go. ESPN Films’ documentary, The Lost Son of Havana, a film on former Red Sox pitcher Luis Tiant’s return to Cuba airs on ESPN Deportes on Sunday and ESPN on Monday. I have an advanced copy and I […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/28/2009
We have a bunch of links this evening and let’s get to them before I start watching Weeds on Showtime. Chad Finn of the Boston Globe gives his impressions on NESN’s Jim Rice who finally got into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Neil Best of Newsday notes that Mets GM Omar Minaya called out a […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/13/2009
I have what I believe will be the first part of two or three press release posts. It’s all good stuff. Starting with the CBC, the network has made take Game 7 of Anaheim-Detroit on Thursday, giving one of its Conference Final games to TSN. Had CBC not stepped up, TSN would have had a […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/24/2008
Here are some links for you this evening. Tom Van Riper of Forbes looks at how the financial crunch will affect sports sponsorships. In an editorial, the Winston-Salem (NC) Journal says women sports journalists owe a debt of gratitude to the late Mary Garber. Barry Jacobs writes for WRAL.com that Mary Garber was definitely a […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/28/2008
Back to the work grind today. Not totally happy to be here, but gotta earn a living. Let’s give you some links. First, David Scott of the Boston Sports Media Watch has more on the Gordon Edes Boston Globe buyout saga, plus an offensive blog post at Yahoo! Sports that stayed up for at least […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/27/2008
On this Sunday, I’ll give you some more links because linkage never takes the weekend off. First, I’d like to thank Will Leitch of Deadspin for linking over to Fang’s Bites this weekend. Will was doing his week in review and linked to my post listing the rundown for Costas Now this Tuesday. It’s much […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/22/2008
As I’m trying to wrap a few loose ends before calling it a day, let me give you a few links. Newsday’s Neil Best after not blogging on Monday returns to blogging on Tuesday. He has a couple of ESPN-related posts. One is on the ESPN Films unit that produced four sports documentaries that will […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/15/2008
I’ll give you some links here this evening. First, Ombudsman Le Anne Schreiber praises ESPN for tackling race issues head on. Pete Dougherty of the Albany Times Union notes that the ratings for The Masters were down slightly on CBS Sunday. Neil Best of Newsday says ratings for The Masters on ESPN set a record […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/3/2008
I’ll give you some linkage this evening. Earlier today, I was listening to the Red Sox-A’s game through MLB Gameday Audio and noticed that Joe Castiglione was broadcasting solo for the first two innings. Because partner Dave O’Brien was working the Blue Jays-Yankees game for ESPN2, this was one of the games where the Shaw’s […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/29/2008
Time to give you some Saturday links. Just because it’s the weekend, it doesn’t mean that people aren’t writing about the sports media. So let’s get to it. Dan Caesar of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch writes that Cardinals pitching coach Dave Duncan is considering legal action against a sports radio station that he says put […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/8/2008
Let me give you a Friday night update before shutting down. The Sports Media Watch is not happy over ESPN/ABC’s choice for opening musical act for its NBA games. And the SMW has some quick ratings blurbs including the sinking ship that is known as the NHL on NBC. Paul Gough of the Hollywood Reporter […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/7/2008
Time to do the megalinks. Before I get started, I want to announce that Fang’s Bites and Boston Sports Media Watch will be teaming up. Every Friday, I’ll be doing a similar service for BSMW. I’ll do the links here first and then I’ll be sending them over to BSMW. Bruce Allen has been doing […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/5/2008
Let’s give you some links tonight before I head to bed. I’ve been watching the primary coverage on the news channels tonight and been syncing my new iPod Touch so that has taken my time, but I’ll give you some more stuff before calling it a night. From Pete Dougherty of the Albany Times Union, […]
