0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/12/2014
After a three absence, Fox Sports returns as a partner to Major League Soccer in 2015. It will air games through 2022 and run concurrent with its World Cup contract. Fox will air as many as 34 regular season games on Fox Sports 1 at 7 p.m. on Sunday nights and bring back its “Soccer […]
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The official announcement won’t come until later today, but we’re already learning details of the new eight-year TV deal that gives Major League Soccer some much needed cash and more consistent TV exposure. Starting in 2015 and lasting until 2022 (which will run concurrent with Fox’s FIFA World Cup contract), ESPN, Fox and Univision will […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/3/2014
When 24 was airing regularly on Fox, Fox Sports would be a big supporter of the show with promos during the World Series, countdown clocks during “The O.T.” before season premieres and plenty of in-game mentions during the NFL and NASCAR. As 24: Live Another Day is about to premiere on Monday, Fox Sports is […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/28/2014
Reported by Richard Deitsch in his latest SI.com Media Circus column, Fox Sports 1 has canceled Crowd Goes Wild, the daily afternoon panel show once fronted by Regis Philbin. The last show will air in May. Fox Sports issued a statement to Deitsch: “As the channel evolves so must our programing commitments. Fox Sports wants […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/5/2014
Time for a long overdue sports media post. You get three columns-in-one. Nice concept for you. If you don’t know the name Sandy Grossman in the pantheon of sports television, you should. He was the “A” director on the NFL on CBS and Fox, the NBA on CBS, the NHL on Fox and directed two […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/3/2014
Just one guest on this week’s edition of the podcast. Jay Onrait of Fox Sports Live is the lone interview this week. Among the topics discussed: Jay getting indoctrinated to Los Angeles with his first earthquake; The transition of moving from Canada to Southern California; What lured him and his on-air partner, Dan O’Toole and […]
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This broken by Steve Lepore at Awful Announcing today, Fox Sports Executive Producer John Entz has confirmed that Fox Sports 1 will air on League Championship Series in its entirety this season. TBS will air the other LCS. It means that the League Championship Series just like the League Division Series and the Wild Card […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/27/2014
Back with another edition of the Fang’s Bites podcast. Onto the second set of ten and heading into the teens with the 11th episode. In this podcast, the guests are Erin Sharoni of CBS Sports and Mike Hill of Fox Sports 1. Erin talks about the following: Entering sports broadcasting after working on Wall Street; […]
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 3/17/2014
A new evening show will premiere on Fox Sports 1 in the 6 p.m. ET timeslot on April 7. It’ll be called “America’s Pregame” and according to Fox, it will set up the evening’s viewing for sports fan. “America’s Pregame” will take the place of “Fox Football Daily” which has been in the 6 p.m. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/14/2014
All Times Eastern Men’s Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports on TV Women’s Schedule courtesy of Eye on Sky and Air Sports Friday, March 14 Men’s Studio and Pregame Shows Inside College Basketball: Bracket Week — CBS Sports Network, 3:30 p.m. Big Ten Tip-Off Show 2014 — Big Ten Network, 6 p.m. Inside College Basketball: […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/12/2014
“I toad ya that I wude be back awn TV. I’m back in a big way. When YES announced it wude drop me, I toldya I would have a new deel and I do. “Stahting on Mahch 24 … that’s a Mondey, if you must know, ok? I’ll be on Fawx Spawts 1 from one […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/11/2014
Fox Sports 1 will air two college tournaments this week, the Big East and the Pac-12. Fox Sports 1 will carry every single game of the Big East Tournament from Madison Square Garden in New York. Gus Johnson, Bill Raftery and Erin Andrews will be on the primetime games as well as the semifinals and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/10/2014
A week after announcing that Joe Buck, Harold Reynolds and Tom Verducci are the “A” MLB on Fox team, we have this stating that MLB Network stalwarts Matt Vasgersian and John Smoltz are another team. They would be likely the “B” team for Fox. They’ll call games on both Fox and Fox Sports 1. Vasgersian […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/7/2014
All Times Eastern Men’s Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports Men’s Announcing Assignments and Women’s Schedule courtesy of Eye on Sky and Air Sports Saturday, March 8 Men’s Studio and Pregame Shows College GameDay live from Durham, NC — ESPNU, 10 a.m./ESPN, 11 a.m. Fox College Hoops Tip-Off — Fox Sports 1, 11 a.m. Fox […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/28/2014
All Times Eastern Men’s Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports on TV Men’s Announcing Assignments & Women’s Schedule courtesy of Eye on Sky and Air Sports Saturday, March 1 Men’s Studio and Pregame Shows College GameDay live from Stillwater, OK — ESPNU, 10 a.m./ESPN, 11 a.m. NCAA Men of March: Shaka Smart — CBS, 1 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/27/2014
One of the reasons why Fox launched Fox Sports 1 last year was to air baseball in bulk. Fox Sports 1 will air 40 games this season including 10 exclusive Saturday doubleheaders and an additional 10 doubleheaders split with Fox. In addition, Fox Sports 1 will occasional games during the week including its first MLB […]
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0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/21/2014
All Times Eastern Men’s Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports on TV Men’s Announcing Schedule and Women’s Schedule plus announcers courtesy of Eye on Sky and Air Sports Saturday, February 22 Men’s Studio and Pregame Shows College GameDay live from Boulder, CO — ESPNU, 10 a.m./ESPN, 11 a.m. Big Ten Tip-Off Show 2014 — Big […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/13/2014
Today is the day when the new NASCAR season gets underway with the Daytona 500 Media Day. It begins Speedweeks which will run for two weeks and continue through Sunday, February 23 when the Daytona 500 is run. Starting at 10 a.m. ET, Fox Sports 1 will have live coverage of Media Day. Then at […]
