0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/12/2014
This Saturday, Fox Sports 1 airs another edition of UFC Fight Night, this one taking place in Jaragua do Sul, Brazil. The featured fight will be a middleweight fight scheduled for five rounds between former light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida and former Strikeforce champ Gegard Mousasi. Jon Anik and Kenny Florian will call the match […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/10/2014
Starting on Thursday, Fox begins coverage of its 14th season of NASCAR. And as usual, Fox will start its portion of the NASCAR season with the Daytona 500. Fox starts with Speedweeks coverage on Thursday and then qualifying plus the Camping World Truck Series kickoff and a whole lot more. For the first time, the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/8/2014
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, February 7 Studio and Pregame Shows College GameDay live from Memphis, TN — ESPNU 10 a.m./ESPN, 11 a.m. NCAA Men of March: Tom Izzo — CBS, 12:30 p.m. Fox College […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/6/2014
Continuing what it started in 2012, Fox Sports has sent a heavy contingent to Sochi to cover the 2014 Winter Games. Anchoring the coverage will be Fox Sports Live’s Jay Onrait and Dan O’Toole. Both have experience as Olympic hosts as Onrait co-hosted CTV’s morning coverage in Vancouver in 2010 and both co-hosted TSN’s SportsCentre’s […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/1/2014
All Times Eastern Men’s Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports on TV Men’s Announcing Assignments and Women’s Schedule courtesy of Eye on Sky and Air Sports Saturday, February 1 Studio and Pregame Shows College GameDay live from Syracuse, NY — ESPNU, 10 a.m./ESPN, 11 a.m. Fox College Hoops Extra — Fox Sports 1, 2:30 p.m. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/30/2014
All Times Eastern Studio and Pregame Shows NFL Matchup — ESPN, 6:30 a.m. NFL GameDay First — NFL Network, 7 a.m. That Other Pregame Show — CBS, 9 a.m. NFL GameDay Morning live from New Jersey — NFL Network, 9 a.m. Sunday NFL Countdown live from New York — ESPN, 10 a.m.Fox Super Bowl Kick-Off […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/25/2014
Time to do a quick notebook for you on this early Saturday morning. They’ll be bullet form. Fox has increased its stake in the YES Network. In late 2012, it purchased a 49% share in the regional sports network. On Friday through a press release from parent company 21st Century Fox, YES will become a […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/24/2014
All Times Eastern Men’s Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports on TV Men’s Announcing Assignments and Women’s Schedule/Announcing Assignments courtesy of Eye on Sky and Air Sports Saturday, January 25 Men’s Studio and Pregame Shows College GameDay live from East Lansing, MI — ESPNU, 10 a.m./ESPN, 11 a.m. Big Ten Tip-Off Show — Big Ten […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/21/2014
Fox Sports 1’s contract with the Jockey Club to air mostly races for older horses begins this year and it will encompass nine telecasts this year. The first races will be seen on Sunday, February 9 from Gulfstream Park in Florida with the Donn Handicap. Some of the races will feature younger horses including the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/17/2014
All Times Eastern Men’s Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports Men’s Announcing Assignments courtesy of Eye on Sky and Air Sports Women’s Schedule and Announcing Assignments courtesy of Eye on Sky and Air Sports Saturday, January 18 Men’s Studio and Pregame Shows College GameDay live from The Palestra, Philadelphia, PA — ESPNU, 10 a.m./ESPN, 11 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/14/2014
This is the last of four posts regarding Fox and Super Bowl XLVIII. While Fox Sports 1 made a big splash when it launched on August 19 of last year, it hasn’t been making ripples in the sports media pond since. It will during Super Bowl Week when it goes all out to air shoulder […]
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Ok. This is the first of four Fox/Fox Sports/Fox Sports 1 Super Bowl XLVIII-centric posts. Yesterday, the Fang’s Bites inbox received the Fox Super Bowl press bundle and four announcements were attached. Those for announcements will be posted here. The first announcement deals with the promotional campaign the Fox TV networks on both broadcast and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/13/2014
Here are a couple of notes that you may have missed from the last couple of weeks: Right at the start of the new year, the Philadelphia Phillies and Comcast SportsNet announced a new 25-year agreement that keeps the team on the RSN well past the current agreement that expires in 2015. Sports Business Daily […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/10/2014
All Times Eastern Men’s Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports Men’s Announcing Assignments courtesy of Eye on Sky and Air Sports Women’s Schedule courtesy of Eye on Sky and Air Sports Saturday, January 11 Men’s Studio and Pregame Shows College GameDay — ESPN2, 10 a.m./ESPNU, 11 a.m. Big Ten Tip-Off Show — Big Ten Network, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/6/2014
These are a week late. I was hoping to have these up for Week 17, but so many things got in the way. Getting them up now. I vow to get the 8th Annual Awards posted by the New Year of 2015. That’s my hope anyway. Well, with another NFL season wrapping up, it’s time […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/3/2014
All Times Eastern Men’s Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports Announcing Assignments courtesy of Eye on Sky and Air Sports Women’s Schedule and Announcing Assignments courtesy of Eye on Sky and Air Sports Saturday, January 4 Men’s noon Pittsburgh at North Carolina — ACC Network (Mike Hogewood/Cory Alexander) Nebraska at Ohio State — Big Ten […]
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This being the third consecutive Fox Sports-centric post this morning. We have this regarding England’s domestic soccer tournament, the FA Cup. It also marks the return of several English Premier League clubs to Fox Sports after losing the rights to NBC last year. Fox’s platforms on broadcast and cable will air games throughout the weekend […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/2/2014
Ok, I’ll write the Awards tonight, but in the interim, here are the nominees for the seventh annual incarnation of my NFL TV Awards. The Pat Summerall Award for Best Play-by-Play: Kenny Albert (Fox), Kevin Burkhardt (Fox), Ian Eagle (CBS), Al Michaels (NBC), Brad Nessler (NFL Network), Mike Tirico (ESPN) Best Game Analyst: Cris Collinsworth […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/31/2013
It’s time to look back at the Year in Sports Media. Once again, it was a rather busy year in covering sports media. Since beginning this site in 2007, covering sports media has grown to a 24/7 beat. It’s never enough to cull stories to 10. That’s why I have “The Big Dozen.” Why is […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/28/2013
All Times Eastern Men’s schedule courtesy Matt’s College Sports Women’s schedule courtesy of Eye on Sky and Air Sports Announcing Assignments courtesy of Eye on Sky and Air Sports Saturday, December 28 Studio and Pregame Shows NCAA Men of March: Rick Pitino — CBS, 1 p.m. NCAA Men of March: John Calipari — CBS, 1:30 […]
