0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/23/2014
Ok, this was released yesterday, but Fox Sports never sent this to me so I had to cull it off its website. Bad job, Fox. Gotta send these to me in order to get them posted here. First, the studio show has been revamped. With Erin Andrews promoted to the NFL on Fox “A” team […]
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Beginning tonight and lasting into mid-August, Fox Sports 1 and the Fox Mothership will air 14 soccer games which will give us a hint of how the division will be covering the beautiful game over the next few years. With a series of Club Friendlies and the International Champions Cup that is being played among […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/17/2014
Last week, word surfaced that Morning Drive co-host Holly Sonders was leaving Golf Channel and would join Fox Sports after contract talks with NBC broke down. Sonders joined Golf Channel back in 2011 to launch Morning Drive with her now-husband Erik Kuselias and Gary Williams. While everything was reported and Golf Channel confirmed her departure, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/16/2014
As much as we pick on the MLB All-Star Game for what’s wrong, we may finally be seeing something right about the exhibition game that counts for something (we can debate that until the cows come home). For the second straight year, the All-Star Game saw its viewership increase. In 2014, Fox garnered an average […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/14/2014
Now that the World Cup is over, it appears the networks have decided to make moves in anticipation of the NFL and other sports. A flood of sports media news is coming into the Fang’s Bites inbox and this is one of the bigger stories to happen over the last couple of months. Sports Illustrated’s […]
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As we wrap up the World Cup, it’s time to hand out the awards for soccer’s ultimate event. As you know, this is the last year for ESPN and Univision before they hand off to Fox and Telemundo. Both ESPN and Univision are coming off record ratings and viewership giving their successors some numbers that […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/25/2014
In a move that no one saw coming, former SEC on CBS studio host Tim Brando will be joining Fox Sports this September to call college football and college basketball. It was thought that with Brando’s ties to the SEC that he would go to ESPN’s SEC Network in some capacity, but instead, he opted […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/19/2014
Noted college football and basketball writer Stewart Mandel will be joining Fox Sports.com as a national columnist. Mandel who has gained a very good reputation as a reporter and writer. He joins “Free” Bruce Feldman and Clay Travis on the FoxSports.com team and will make appearances on Fox Sports 1 and other network platforms. He’s […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/12/2014
As I get back into sports media mode after spending five days in California for my cousin’s wedding, let’s provide some news that you may have missed over the last couple of days. I’m still a bit on West Coast time and I totally understand what Tony Bennett meant when he sang “I Left My […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/28/2014
Former New York Football Giants offensive lineman David Diehl makes the leap from the field to the broadcast booth and takes a coveted analyst position. He was hired and takes a spot that was left open when Fox chose not to renew Brian Billick after last season. Diehl played his entire career with the Giants […]
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 5/6/2014
Here’s the listing of the 35th Annual Sports Emmy Awards. They were handed out in New York tonight to an appreciative audience at the Frederick P. Rose Hall at the Time Warner Center. Overall, NBC led all networks with six Emmy Awards, Fox/HBO Sports/MLB Network won 5 and ESPN received four. In an upset, Bob […]
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 4/30/2014
Just a week after Joe Buck and Greg Norman were officially announced as the lead broadcast team for the U.S. Open starting next year, we get word that Fox Sports has signed another golf event and naturally, it’s associated with Norman. It’s the Shark Shootout that had previously been aired on CBS and NBC/Golf Channel […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/23/2014
We wrap up the night with the NFL on Fox slate for 2014-15. Fox is scheduled to air 97 games this season, but could increase with flexed games into the 4:25 p.m. window. The flex begins in Week 5 and can only done twice by shifting an afternoon game into primetime through Week 10, but […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/15/2014
Reported by John Ourand at Sports Business Daily reports that Fox will name Joe Buck and Greg Norman as the lead broadcast team for the U.S. Open when the network takes over broadcasting golf’s second major of the season in 2015. Fox signed a 12-year contract, over $1 billion contract with the United States Golf […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/9/2014
The National Football League has released the preseason game schedule for August 2014. We expect the regular season to be announced sometime next week. In the meantime, this will hold us over. CBS, ESPN, Fox and NBC will each televise two preseason games. This is a break from the past when ESPN would air four […]
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
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 […]
