0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/20/2008
Let’s give you some linkage this evening. From Neil Best of Newsday, he reports that WFAN’s Yankees beat reporter Sweeny Murti is doubling as Yankees beat reporter for SNY. And Neil has the NHL on NBC flex game for March 2. Pete Dougherty of the Albany Times Union says the game NBC passed over will […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/16/2008
I’ve been searching for stuff tonight and found a few things I can give you. From TV Week, Julianne Smolinski says DirecTV will offer its NASCAR Hot Pass PPV service in high definition. And Sergio Ibarra has the national sports TV ratings for the week ending February 10. Mike Reynolds of Multichannel News says the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/9/2008
Let’s give you a few links on this Saturday. Ed Sherman of the Chicago Tribune reports that veteran Chicago radio talk show host Chet Coppock has been suspended by ESPN Radio 1000 for making an anti-Semetic remark last week. Remember that Chris Berman video that surfaced from 8 years ago? Well the person who added […]
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 2/2/2008
I’ve been out running errands on the day before the Super Bowl. I am monitoring the Prof Football Hall of Fame announcements on the NFL Network as well and when they’re up, I’ll post them on the blog. First, Newsday’s Neil Best writes that NFL Films President Steve Sabol is another person who’s been to […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/31/2008
Let’s give you a few links before we close out the office for the day. First, ESPN has announced its announcing team for MLS and Euro 2008. The new main announcing team will be J.P. Dellacamera and John Harkes. The previous main team of Dave O’Brien and Eric Wynalda has been split up. Wynalda is […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/28/2008
It’s already been a long morning and as I’m multitasking, doing links and some paperwork at the same time, I provide some links while I can. First, Michael David Smith of the AOL Fanhouse Blog chronicles the return of Dana Jacobsen to ESPN’s First Take today. However, the Christian Defense Coalition will not let the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/23/2008
A few links to give you tonight. Justin Terranova of the New York Post’s TV Sports blog says CBS’ Jim Nantz made good on a deal last week. The Sports Media Watch has the ratings from the weekend. The Los Angeles Daily News’ Tom Hoffarth looks inside the numbers of the AFC and NFC Championship […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/17/2008
Trying to get these out while my talkative employee is out. He just won’t shut up. Anyway, let’s get you the links. First, Bill Doyle of the Worcester Telegram & Gazette says the analysts calling the AFC and NFC Championship games feel the cold weather will play a factor in both games. The lovely Joanne […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/15/2008
Let’s do some links now. One of my employees who just doesn’t shut up has now left so I can do some work in peace. From the New York Times, Richard Sandomir writes about the precautions TV production crews have to take in the cold weather during NFL playoff games. Bob Raissman of the New […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/14/2008
Let’s give you some more Monday links before I start working on Amazing Race episode recaps. First, Neil Best of Newsday writes in his blog that the Giants-Cowboys game was a ratings winner for Fox. Neil feels that CBS’ Dan Dierdorf should have questioned the Tony Dungy decision not to go for a figgy instead […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
It’s snowing in New England. Luckily, I waited to go into work today so the roads were clear coming into work, but when I leave in about an hour, I’m sure there will be more people on the highways. The last time it snowed in this area in December, there will delays of more than […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/8/2008
It’s Tuesday and time for some links. We have reaction to the Roger Clemens press conference and the breaking news in which Joe Gibbs suddenly resigned as coach and President of the Washington Redskins. First, we have Richard Sandomir of the New York Times who says in just a short 24 hour period, we saw […]
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As I’m watching the BCS Championship Game and burning a DVD so I can do the Amazing Race Asia Episode 7 recap, I’ll give you some links this evening. First, the Sports Media Watch blog tells us that there were some slight declines in the ratings for the NFL Wild Card playoff games. Paulsen says […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/3/2008
Let’s give you some links this afternoon. Kevin McGran and Chris Zelkovich of the Toronto Star team up on a story about the good ratings for the NHL Winter Classic. Broadcasting & Cable says the ratings for the Winter Classic are the best for a regular season NHL game in more than a decade. A […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/21/2007
Back from the jobsite, I’m now at home so I’m going to give you the Friday megalinks. Starting with Michael Hiestand of USA Today, who says it’s ok for Bill Parcells to be essentially a Rent-An-Analyst for ESPN. But on the other hand, Michael McCarthy says it’s not ok. Let’s start with the South this […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/15/2007
Here are a few more links for you today. Chris Pursell of TV Week in his Pressbox blog has the NFL Week 15 announcing assignments for CBS and Fox. Jim Williams of the DC/Baltimore Examiner blogs that sports radio talk show hosts and callers have the cure for the Ravens’ ills this season. Deadspin has […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/4/2007
Time for an update this afternoon. Starting with Barry Horn of the Dallas Morning News, we find that last Thursday’s Packers-Cowboys set a viewing record for the NFL Network. Mike Cassidy of Undertone Networks writes for Online Video Insider about his experiences watching the NFL.com Live webcast for last Thursday’s game. The Cumberland (MD) Times-News […]
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The Patriots managed to hold on to beat the Ravens last night. Crazy game, but it marked the first time I really paid attention to a Monday Night Football telecast since ESPN took over last year. To be honest as an announcer, Tony Kornheiser is a very good writer. That means he shouldn’t quit his […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/30/2007
While watching the NFL Network’s broadcast of the Green Bay-Dallas game, I’ll provide some links. As I start this latest entry, the score is 27-23, Dallas in the 3rd quarter and Brett Favre is out of the game with a swollen elbow, but backup Aaron Rogers has led the Packers to two consecutive scores. We’ve […]
