0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/3/2012
Fox ends its NASCAR season today at the famed Dover International Speedway for the FedEx 400. Next week, TNT will start its summer season with six Sprint Cup races before ESPN takes the final 17 including the Chase for the Sprint Cup. However, before we go to the last 23 races of the season, Fox […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/1/2012
Time for your weekly look at what Fox is doing on Saturday for its MLB package. It’s the third straight week in primetime and lo and behold, Joe Buck is back on the case meaning he’ll have worked 7 out of 9 possible weeks for Fox. I think this is a record for this point […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/31/2012
Here to provide some links for you today. Looks like I’ll be out on Friday so posting may be scarce, but we’ll cross that bridge when we get to it. In the meantime, I have some links for you now. This week, CBSSports.com Deputy Managing Editor Craig Stanke passed away at the age of 56. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/27/2012
It’s the Coca-Cola 600 in primetime tonight. Starting at 5:30 p.m., the season’s longest race takes place at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. Mike Joy, Larry McReynolds and Darrell Waltrip will call the race high above trackside. Chris Myers, DW and Michael Waltrip will be live from the Hollywood Hotel for preace coverage. Of course, there […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/25/2012
Fox’s foray into primetime baseball is in its second week and Fox will spread five games across the country. As it was last week, Fox Saturday Baseball Pregame will hit the air at 7 p.m. ET and then the games will start about 7:15 p.m. Joe Buck will be back again this week meaning he’ll […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/24/2012
Before the day is through, let’s do some linkage for you. Steve Berkowitz from USA Today looks at the Pac-12’s TV contract which is the richest in college sports (for now). Speaking of USA Today, Ed Sherman of The Sherman Report says the newspaper is restructuring its sports department and about a dozen staffers have […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
Last night in New York, industry publications Sports Business Journal and Sports Business Daily handed the annual Sports Business Awards. They go to leaders in various categories such as Sports Executive, Sports Team, Sports League, Best in Sports Media, Best in Sports Television, Best in Digital Sports Media, etc. Fox Sports, ESPN and Major League […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/18/2012
Tomorrow, Fox Sports airs the UEFA Champions League Final live from Munich, Germany. For the first time in CL history, a finalist gets to play in its home stadium as is the case with Bayern Munich. Both teams got to the final after beating various clubs from leagues all over Europe. Bayern Munich coming over […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
In what could be a harbinger of things to come for Fox, it’s the first of eight straight weeks of primetime baseball. Should the ratings do well and with Fox making more of a foray into primetime sports on Saturdays, this could become permanent. We shall see. In any event, five games will be sent […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/16/2012
Combined with ESPN2, Fox Sports English and Spanish-language platforms, a total of 1.3 million people watched the final day of the English Premier League on Sunday. According to Fox Sports, ESPN2 had the most viewers with 600,000 for the dramatic Manchester City-Queens Park Rangers game which saw ManCity eke out a win with two goals […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/15/2012
I’ve accumulated a lot of links. They’re slowing down my browser so let’s clear them so I can let my computer get back some memory. Lots of stuff going on. Let’s start with ESPN stuff as it dominated the news today with its network upfront presentation to advertisers and also confirmed personnel moves. First, Sports […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/13/2012
Happy Mother’s Day. It’s been quite the day in sports already. A few thoughts in bullet form. Fox promised us unprecedented coverage on the last day of the English Premier League season and it delivered. Using FX, Fox Sports Net, Fuel and Speed in addition to its Fox Soccer, Fox Soccer Plus on online platforms, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/11/2012
After a week back at 4 p.m. ET, Fox Saturday Baseball is back to 1 p.m. Fox has a NASCAR race in primetime thus the early start time for MLB. Once again three games being sent all over the country. Most of the nation will see Anaheim at Texas. Others will see the Chicago Cubs […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
Let’s do some Friday megalinks. You’ve been owed some and I haven’t been able to do links for most of the week. Of course, you have the Weekend Viewing Picks which provide plenty of college sports, soccer, baseball and the NBA and NHL postseason action. Now let’s do your links. National Michael Hiestand of USA […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
Thursday turned out to be quite the crazy day for those of us who follow the sports media beat. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. On any given day, you just don’t know when sports media news will break. We had two stories throw us for a loop. I’ll do the thoughts […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/10/2012
Coming next Saturday, Fox Sports and Fox Deportes will air the UEFA Champions League Final live from Munich, Germany. Bayern Munich from Germany’s Bundesliga and Chelsea from the English Premier League face off in the Final to be played at Bayern’s home field, the first time that’s ever happened in CL history. Fox Sports will […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/9/2012
I’ll do a common theme in this particular sports media thoughts post. This will deal with college sports. The thoughts will be in bullet forms, of course. With the Big 12 about to sign the next Mega Millions TV deal, it leaves just the Big East’s media rights in doubt. We know the ACC will […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/8/2012
With teams fighting to stave off relegation to the lower Football League, Sunday is going to be a very interesting day in the English Premier League. We already know that Blackburn and Wolverhampton are going to be out of the EPL next season. Queens Park Rangers and the Bolton Wanderers are fighting for that last […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/7/2012
You’re owed some sports media thoughts. I actually have some writer’s block thinking of material, but I’m forcing myself to put some thoughts down otherwise I’ll keep dragging this out. As usual, the thoughts come in bullet form. First, why is MLB taking so long on deciding for a rights holder for its Wild Card […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/4/2012
This Sunday, NASCAR on Fox goes back to its regular day after being in primetime last week and will air live from the famed Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama. The Aaron’s 499 starts at noon ET on Fox. Chris Myers will be in the Fox Hollywood Hotel along with the brothers Waltrip, Darrell and Michael. Then […]
