0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/26/2014
The nominees are out. A few interesting developments for this year’s Emmys. In the play-by-play category, Al Michaels is noticeably absent. Marv Albert, Mike Breen, Joe Buck, Bob Costas (?) and Mike Emrick are nominees. I guess the Academy decided to put Bob in this category in addition to his customary Studio Host nomination. For […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/19/2014
The networks of ESPN will air all 63 games of the NCAA Women’s Tournament starting this Saturday. ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, WatchESPN and ESPN Full Court will all be utilized during the three week tourney that culminates with the Women’s Final Four in Nashville, TN on Sunday, April 6 and the National Championship Game on Tuesday, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/31/2012
ESPN has begun its three month-long recognition of Title IX. It has already launched a dedicated microsite and begun some programming initiatives. ESPN’s networks will be all over the 40th anniversary weekend in June with documentaries, espnW features and a whole host of women’s sports. Let’s see what ESPN has planned for June 23. ESPN […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/26/2012
Today, espnW, the Alleged Worldwide Leader’s site on women’s sports, launches a new microsite on dedicated to Title IX. In today’s launch, there’s an interview with President Obama on the impact of Title IX on women’s sports. The site will have all types of features and stories on the influence Title IX has had with […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/13/2012
Starting this month and running through June, ESPN will mark the 40th anniversary of the landmark Title IX law that gave women equal opportunity in college sports. When the legislation was introduced in Congress, sports was hardly mentioned, but when the bill became law in 1972, colleges applied it to athletic programs and 40 years […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/28/2011
Lots of stuff going on here and it’s prevented me from providing links. I’ll do some now while I can. Anthony Crupi of Adweek reports that the NFL has put the kybosh on a new Thursday Night Football package until next season. Michael Smith and John Ourand of the Sports Business Journal report that with […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/11/2011
For some reason, I’ve been out of the office a couple of times today and it’s pissing me off. Anyway, I’m back in the office now and barring an unforeseen interruption, I should be able to give you linkage here. Sports Business Journal’s John Ourand has the local MLB TV ratings for the first half […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/21/2011
ESPN has announced that legendary women’s soccer star Mia Hamm will be joining espnW as an analyst for the Women’s World Cup and she will appear on selected ESPN telecasts. Her main duties will be writing blog posts and conducting interviews for ESPN’s women’s sports website. She becomes the 3rd member of the 1999 Women’s […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/1/2011
If you’ve been visiting the blog throughout the morning, you may have noticed a couple of theme changes and then the return of the current theme. I’ve been trying to make a few cosmetic changes, but I screwed them up so I had to delete the theme and then reinstall it. If you were visiting […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/17/2011
Debuting on both ESPN2 and espnW, the network that brought us the critically acclaimed 30 for 30 series, will do it again with six short films on women and how soccer shaped their lives. HERoics will be a series of six documentaries from six different directors. It will premiere on ESPN2 on June 25 on […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/27/2011
Let’s do some linkage. Before I get into the stories of the day, you may have noticed that I have instituted a comment system using Intense Debate. If you were with me at my old Blogger site, you will know I used it over there, but then got rid of it as it was slowing […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/25/2011
ESPN’s website geared towards women, espnW, is about to launch the second phase of its operation with an enhanced site. This will feature more articles, videos and provide cleaner navigation. espnW launched in December of 2010 and hopes to gain a foothold in women’s sports coverage. The site has Amanda Rykoff, Sarah Spain and Julie […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/16/2010
I’ll provide some linkage for you today. This has nothing to do with sports media, just a very well written article by Sports Illustrated’s Joe Posnanski who shares his thoughts on Bob Feller who passed away Wednesday night at the age of 92. At the Wall Street Journal, Jason Gay facetiously writes that ESPN will […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/12/2010
Ok, been a crazy morning. Now that everything with New York Giants-Minnesota has been worked out, I can move on to other things. Let’s do your linkage. At ESPN.com, Greg Garber looks back at NBC’s experiment of an announcerless NFL game 30 years ago. Tim Graham at ESPN.com also has a story on the experiment. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/10/2010
At least early for me. Hoping to get these done to free myself for the evening. Lots of stuff to get to. Your Weekend Viewing Picks give you sports and entertainment viewing suggestions. Let’s do your links now. National USA Today’s Michael Hiestand talks with NFL Films president Steve Sabol about the new HBO Sports […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/7/2010
Let’s do some additional linkage since I had to cut the regular Tuesday links short earlier today. Bill Krueger of the Poynter Institute looks at how Yahoo! Sports has made a name for itself in sports investigations. Jason Humphries of Reuters has International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge hopeful that the US TV rights for […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
Been all over the place today and I have a free moment to do some links for you. Let’s get to them. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand remembers the late Don Meredith. Mike also looks at some of the ratings from the weekend. The Baseball Writers Association of America has announced that Philadelphia Daily News writer […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/6/2010
I’ll do a few Monday links. Can’t believe how quickly this day is moving. I’ve already been to three places today. It’s been quite crazy. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand writes about this season’s BCS not being all that sexy. Rupal Parekh and Brian Steinberg from Advertising Age discuss the logjam of auto advertisers in Super […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
The new ESPN site devoted to women’s sports, espnW is now live. It launched this morning and there are several columns written by women for women. I think this can work if marketed right. Even among women, there was heavy debate over the concept, but ESPN forged ahead and let’s see if this will be […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/23/2010
Time to provide some linkage on this Saturday. Lots of stuff going on. Tom Van Riper of Forbes.com notes that Cablevision and Fox are now acting like spoiled little children. John Simon from Bloomberg reviews the Broadway play, “Lombardi”. At the Indiana University National Sports Journalism Center, Dave Kindred wants to see the wall of […]
