0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/18/2014
We’re now down to four teams in the NFL postseason tournament. Only two will go to the Super Bowl in New Jersey. Denver or New England will represent the AFC and either San Francisco or Seattle will play for the NFC. NFL Network will be on the case with a whopping eight hours of pregame […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/22/2013
Time for the Sunday NFL pregame previews. As usual, I’ll post the previews from all of the NFL’s TV partners. As usual, I’ll begin with NFL Network which has the earliest of the live pregames beginning at 7 a.m. with NFL GameDay First and then NFL GameDay Morning. Take a look at what’s in store […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/25/2013
It’s Thursday already? My goodness, the time flies. Lots of links to get to, so little time. Let’s not delay any further. Jon Weisman at Variety recaps Keith Olbermann’s appearance at the TV Critics Association Tour and notes that his famous “Worst Person in the World” feature from Countdown will move to his new ESPN2 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/17/2013
Let’s do some linkage while I can. We’ll begin with Anthony CrupiCrupiCrupi who has some classic lines in his story on Keith Olbermann’s return to ESPN2. So funny. In the Sherman Report, Ed Sherman is amazed that the napalmed bridges at ESPN have been repaired for Olbermann to come back. I wrote two stories about […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/5/2012
ESPN has sent its schedule for the college football bowls as well as the Bowl Championship Series. In addition, we have the announcing assignments for all of the games on the ESPN platforms. Most of the games will air on ESPN, some on ESPN2. ESPN Radio also carries a series of games including the entire […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/30/2012
Schedule Courtesy of Matt’s College Sports Pregame & Studio Shows College GameDay live from the SEC Championship, Atlanta, GA — ESPNU, 9 a.m./ESPN, 10 a.m. This Week in SEC Football — CBS Sports Network, 1 p.m. College Football Countdown — ABC, 3 p.m. College Football Championship Saturday — CBS, 3 p.m. College Football Scoreboard — […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/28/2012
This week marks for all intents and purposes, the final week of conference play in college football. There are conference championships in the ACC, Big Ten, C-USA, MAC, Pac-12 and SEC. ESPN platforms will carry four of them either through TV or radio. The ESPN family of networks also will air the regular season finales […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/2/2012
Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports Pregame & Studio Shows College GameDay live from Baton Rouge, LA — ESPNU, 9 a.m./ESPN, 10 a.m. BTN Football Pregame — Big Ten Network, 11 a.m. Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 11:30 a.m. ACC Blitz — ACC Network, noon Fox College Football Saturday — Fox, 2 p.m. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/12/2012
Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports Pregame & Studio Shows College GameDay live from South Bend, IN — ESPNU, 9 a.m./ESPN, 10 a.m. BTN Football Pregame — Big Ten Network, 11 a.m. ACC Blitz — ACC Network, noon College Football Uncut-Auburn — CBS, 2 p.m. College Football Uncut-South Carolina — CBS, 2:30 p.m. Fox College […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/6/2012
For the upcoming college football season, ESPN has made a few changes to its announcing teams. The main team of Brent Musburger and Kirk Herbstreit for ABC’s Saturday Night Football will remain the same, however, there’s still no official replacement for Erin Andrews who left for Fox. The Big Lead has reported it will be […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/26/2012
Time for some sports media thoughts. These have been percolating in my head all day Monday. It’s fine time to pour them out and have you peruse through them. As always, they’re in bullet form. Monday’s announcement from NFL Network regarding its new morning show could be a game changer for sports television. If “NFL […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/25/2012
Let’s do some links on a rainy Monday in Southern New England. Michael Hiestand of USA Today looks at NFL Network’s new morning show. Michael says ESPN has not confirmed whether Chris Berman will call a Monday Night Football game on the opening weekend of the season. John Ourand of Sports Business Journal reports that […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/2/2011
Let’s provide some mid-week linkage for you. Sports Business Daily recaps how ESPN’s SportsCenter handled NBA highlights on what should have been the Opening Night of the regular season. SBD also looks at Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt’s agreement to sell the team at auction. Paul Thomasch with Reuters says MLB is looking to […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/20/2011
I’ll give you some linkage. Won’t be able to give you a whole set, but I’ll give you what I can as I have to do the Friday features, Primetime & Late Night Viewing Picks, College Football Viewing Picks, NFL Viewing Picks and Weekend Viewing Picks tonight. I won’t be able to blog extensively on […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/30/2011
Let’s do some Friday linkage for you. MLB Postseason starts up really in earnest with four games on Saturday. College Football in full swing and the NFL completes its first month of games on Sunday. Your Weekend Viewing Picks have everything you need to know in sports and primetime programming. To the linkage. National Michael […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/28/2011
Lots of stuff going on here and it’s prevented me from providing links. I’ll do some now while I can. Anthony Crupi of Adweek reports that the NFL has put the kybosh on a new Thursday Night Football package until next season. Michael Smith and John Ourand of the Sports Business Journal report that with […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/27/2011
I’ll provide a few links now, then as I’m watching Catching Hell on ESPN, I’ll attempt a few more links to complete the set. Earlier today, I wrote a recap of Blogs with Balls 4. Check it out. One of the stars of BWB4 was Bomani Jones of BomaniJones.com. He wrote why he feels there’s […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/20/2011
With so many college football games not just on Saturdays, but on Thursdays, Fridays and sometimes even Tuesdays, ESPN needs a lot of announcing teams on its networks. You have 22 announcing teams that span ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN 3D, ESPN Radio, ESPN Regional Television, Big East Network and SEC Network. That’s a lot […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/2/2011
Ever since this whole Brett Favre sexting incident, Jenn Sterger has been trying to find her niche. Her show at Versus was canceled. Then she’s been doing various freelance gigs plus an interview with Good Morning, America, but really hasn’t found that signature role that she call her own. Then I happen to find through […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/25/2011
This happening today. In a tweet this morning, ESPN sexpot Jenn Brown announced that she’ll be working the College World Series in Omaha, NE next month. This gig was previously Erin Andrews’. In fact, Erin had worked the event for quite some time. This will mark the first year that Jenn will be on the […]
