0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/11/2011
We have the latest press release from CBC Sports on its schedule for the first round of the NHL Playoffs. CBC will have four series including both involving Canadian teams, Boston vs. Montreal and Vancouver vs. Chicago. We have the information for you below. IT DOESN’T GET ANY BIGGER THAN THIS!! CBC’S HOCKEY NIGHT IN […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/7/2011
Ok, time to get cracking on the linkage. Haven’t done any since Thursday and the weekend was busy for me as I was out of the house for most of Saturday and Sunday so it didn’t make for conducive blogging conditions. We have a lot of stuff to get to today and a couple of […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/19/2011
I’m blogging from an anti-Asian bar in East Providence, RI. Just in from CBC. Don Cherry will return for at least one more season of Coach’s Corner on Hockey Night in Canada on CBC. CBC ANNOUNCES RENEWAL OF DON CHERRY ON HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA Toronto, February 19, 2011—CBC today announced that hockey’s best-known personality […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/16/2011
For the second time ever, Canada gets an outdoor game. Back in 2003, the first Heritage Classic took place in Edmonton and was a phenomenal success. It took until 2008 to bring the outdoor game back, but the Winter Classic is mostly an NBC property and takes place in U.S. cities. So the NHL decided […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/8/2011
CBC’s annual Hockey Day in Canada is set for this Saturday. One of hockey’s greatest days with three games involving all six Canadian teams on one day. CBC will have the entire broadcast and it will be live from Whitehorse in the Yukon Territory plus from several other locations across Canada. The last two years, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/27/2011
Waiting for Versus’ press release on this, but in the meantime, I have what Canada will be watching through CBC during NHL All-Star Weekend. CBC airs the Super Skills Competition on Saturday, then the All-Star Game itself on Sunday in Raleigh, NC. We have details from CBC. CBC’S HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA BRINGS THE NHL […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/11/2010
Let’s do some linkage on this Saturday. Trying to provide you with a full week of linkage for the first time in a while. And look for reviews of Pony Excess, the last ESPN 30 for 30 documentary, and Lombardi, HBO’s documentary on the late coach. Here are the links. Mike Demenchuk of Multichannel News […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/10/2010
At least early for me. Hoping to get these done to free myself for the evening. Lots of stuff to get to. Your Weekend Viewing Picks give you sports and entertainment viewing suggestions. Let’s do your links now. National USA Today’s Michael Hiestand talks with NFL Films president Steve Sabol about the new HBO Sports […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/8/2010
Ok, let’s do the links that I started earlier today. I’ll finish them up. Let’s do it. Milton Kent of Fanhouse feels ESPN did not do Arizona Cardinals QB Derek Anderson any favors by showing him laughing on the sideline. Mike Reynolds from Multichannel News writes that the Patriots blowout of the Jets hurt the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/2/2010
The first of two Hockey Night in Canada broadcasts in 3-D comes not this Saturday, but next Saturday when Montreal takes on Toronto at the Air Canada Centre. Plenty of hype for the first 3-D telecast by the CBC on North America’s oldest sports TV series. THE FIRST-EVER 3D BROADCAST OF CBC’S HOCKEY NIGHT IN […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/12/2010
The venerable Hockey Night in Canada drew over the magic 2 million viewer mark on Saturday with its season opener. And for its nightcap, the late night game also drew over a million viewers. This is the press release from CBC. CBC’S HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA’S SATURDAY NIGHT DEBUT DRAWS MORE THAN 2 MILLION VIEWERS […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/4/2010
I didn’t do links all weekend. It’s rare when that happens, but as I went to a Tweet Up of Red Sox fans at Jerry Remy’s Sports Bar & Grill in Boston on Saturday and then did a long day of posting on Sunday. Twelve posts in all! Sunday is turning out to be a […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/29/2010
This just in, CBC is jumping on the 3-D bandwagon in a big way. Two Hockey Night in Canada games will be produced in the format, one the traditional Montreal Canadiens-Toronto Maple Leafs rivalry on December 11 and the outdoor Heritage Classic in Calgary on February 20. We have the press release from CBC Sports. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/23/2010
Who knew that in the midst of all of the NFL news, the NHL would take over Thursday? You have the new HBO 24/7 series announced today. And CBC has announced that Hockey Night in Canada will be returning this Saturday with the first of two preseason games. I say good! Hockey is back and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/19/2010
This is going to be a wide ranging post. Unlike the last post on Best Announcers of All-Time, I will explain my reasons for choosing them. It’s quite an interesting list.10. The American Sportsman – ABC Sports (1965-1986) Hosted by Curt Gowdy, the show started from a segment in ABC’s Wide World of Sports, a […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/26/2010
Back to work for most of us today. Let me provide links for you. Starting with Michael Hiestand of USA Today who breaks news in his Monday column. He says Joe Theismann who refused to work college football games for ESPN when he was removed from Monday Night Football now willing to work Notre Dame […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/24/2010
I have a couple of CBC press releases for you. We start with an announcement which states that Canada’s public broadcaster has a new five year agreement with the Calgary Stampede. CBC AND THE CALGARY STAMPEDE ANNOUNCE FIVE-YEAR BROADCAST AGREEMENT 100th Anniversary to be celebrated on CBC in 2012 Calgary – CBC and the Calgary […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/14/2010
CBC has made its choice for the NHL Conference Finals and you know it’s going to pick Philadelphia-Montreal for its main series. It will also carry the final four games of the San Jose-Chicago series provided it goes the full seven. Kind of interesting to see the announcing assignments as Bob Cole who called the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/9/2010
This week, I’m bringing back Videos of the Week and I’m doing sports TV themes. Some themes like TSN’s Hockey Song or NBC’s Roundball Rock are as identifiable with the sports they represent. Some such as ESPN’s old Sunday Night Football theme are forgettable. But today, I’m going work in my favorite sports themes of […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/28/2010
I had to wait for the last seconds of Game 7 between Washington and Montreal to tick off before I could do this post. Man, Jaroslav Halak has stood on his head since Game 5 of the series and closed it out tonight with a 2-1 win. Ok, here is the entire schedule. I’m listing […]
