0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/31/2011
I’m not going to go too wild on this. Other sites are doing similar posts as well. I’ll provide what I feel are the best calls in Sports Broadcasting this year. The only way to do this is to post videos and that’s what I’ll do. I know I said Best and Worst earlier, but […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/30/2011
Time for the Fang’s Bites Sports Media Year in Review. The year isn’t big enough for a Top Ten, but it is big enough for a Big Dozen. Let’s get to the list and we’ll count down from 12 and also have some Honorable Mentions. 12. ESPN The Book One of the most anticipated books […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/11/2011
It’s time for me to bring back the annual College Football TV Awards. I’ve been wanting to write this for a while. Because of my schedule over the last week, I have not been able to bring it to you until now. Thanks for your patience. Let’s get this started. The College GameDay Award for […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/4/2011
I’ll be away for most of the day as my Sunday has been planned behind my back once again. I’ll have the Sunday NFL pregame quotage later in the afternoon. Let’s provide some sports media thoughts. As always, they’ll go in bullet form. In its first college football conference championship weekend, Fox Sports had a […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/2/2011
Let’s give you some linkage on this Friday. Been a busy day. You deserve some links The Weekend Viewing Picks provide your sports and entertainment TV watching. And now to your links. National USA Today’s Michael Hiestand and Mike McCarthy debate whether networks should hire ex-coaches knowing full well they could make news and leave […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/1/2011
Fox Sports gets some college football to make for a busy weekend. The Pac-12 Championship airs on Friday night from Eugene, Oregon as the UCLA Bruins take on the Oregon Ducks in the first-ever championship game for the Pac-12. Then there’s the inaugural Big Ten Championship on Saturday at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis between […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/29/2011
Fox has two conference championship games on consecutive nights, the Pac-12 Championship and Big Ten Championship, Friday and Saturday. Fox Sports Net also has one game and that will end Fox’s college football coverage for the season. Overall, it’s been great having Gus Johnson calling college football, although the quality of games weren’t great, quite […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/28/2011
While I’m away from a computer this morning, I provide these thoughts to you so you have some fresh material here. I hope you had a good Thanksgiving weekend. As usual, I’ll go in bullet form. We’re three games into NFL Network’s Thursday Night Football schedule and the duo of Brad Nessler and Mike Mayock […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/21/2011
Next weekend, Fox Sports will air the inaugural Pac-12 and Big Ten Football Championships and both games will be called by the same broadcast team on successive nights. The College Football on FX team Gus Johnson, Charles Johnson and sideline analyst Tim Brewster will first call the Pac-12 Championship on either the campus of Stanford […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/14/2011
After not being able to provide linkage for a few days, let’s get back to it. I probably won’t be able to do the links as I have to undergo a medical procedure. Nothing serious. I should be back on Wednesday. Let’s do your links. Sports Business Daily looks over the reviews of ESPN’s handling […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/26/2011
Big Ten Network, a.k.a. BTN, will air 175 college basketball games, 115 of them will be men’s contests. Gus Johnson will call about 30 games. The press release. Gus Johnson Scheduled to Call Nearly 30 Basketball Games on BTN Big Ten Digital Network to offer free, live streaming coverage of Basketball Media Day on Thursday […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/10/2011
With this being Columbus Day, it’s a holiday for some of you. Not for me, but for some. I hope you’re able to enjoy the day. Let’s do some links. Sports Business Journal has a look at some of the important women in sports business. Michael Hiestand of USA Today says former Red Sox manager […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/23/2011
Due to being at jobsites for the last few days, I haven’t been able post links like I’ve wanted to. I apologize for that. I have tried to be diligent in updating as much as I can. I have quite a bit to catch up with. I may be a blogging machine as I have […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/5/2011
A nice day here in Southern New England and I’m at home watching some good sports action as we have afternoon MLB games, the U.S. Open, a little CFL and some college football later. A good sports day for the Labor Day holiday. Before I do the links, let’s go into one of the stranger […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/31/2011
The inaugural season of Fox College Football Game of the Week kicks off Saturday on FX. Gus Johnson along with Charles Davis and Tim Brewster will be on hand for the first of 14 regular season games on the network. In addition, there will be games on other Fox networks including Fox Sports Net and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/30/2011
Yesterday about 2 p.m., I got the power back at the Fang’s Bites abode and after walking around the neighborhood, I saw that I was quite lucky in not getting any tree limbs falling on my house or any leaks in the basement. So while Hurricane Irene was quite deadly and caused major damage up […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/8/2011
Quite a few changes in the NFL on Fox lineup for the upcoming season. While the top two teams will stay the same (Joe Buck/Troy Aikman, Kenny Albert/Daryl Johnson/Tony Siragusa), there is some upheaval with the announcers from the “C” team and beyond. Tom Brennaman and Brian Billick go from the “D” team to the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/4/2011
As we learned last week, the NFL is shopping around the first half of a Thursday Night Football package that would begin in time for the 2012 season. The games would come from the Sunday afternoon games from CBS and Fox and be aired during Weeks 2 — 9 of the regular season. NFL Network […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/23/2011
This Golf Channel press release has been coming too few and far between lately. This used to come every Wednesday and I would try to post this before the golf tournaments began on Thursday. However, this release came this afternoon after two tournaments started airing. But out of loyalty to the good people at the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/23/2011
Time for another mailbag and let’s answer the sports media questions that have landed in the Fang’s Bites inbox over the last week or so. Thanks to all who sent e-mails and left comments. I’ll do my best to answer as best as I can. And don’t forget, I have two $50 Nike.com gift cards. […]
