0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/11/2012
On this NCAA Tournament Selection Sunday, it’s time to present some sports media thoughts and as usual, they come in bullet form. With college basketball’s conference tournaments wrapping up and we get ready for three awesome weeks of the NCAA Tournament, ESPN’s coverage of Championship Week (11 days in reality) has been nothing short of […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/23/2012
I’ll do some links that I’ve gathered over the day. You deserve some. Michael Hiestand of USA Today discusses the monster ratings for Championship Sunday in the NFL. Michael says with NBC reacquiring the rights to the Breeders Cup, ESPN has gotten out of the horse racing business. And Michael discusses Jim Rome’s CBS debut […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/16/2012
Let’s do some linkage on this MLK Day, a holiday for some of you. We’ll begin with a story from an unusual source, Newsweek/The Daily Beast. Nick Summers of Newsweek writes about how ESPN’s subscriber fees could force cable providers to place the network on pay tiers. Michael Hiestand at USA Today reports that CBS […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/6/2011
We have some linkage for you. It’s a bit late, but better late than never. First, Mike McCarthy at USA Today writes that former NBC Football Night in America analyst Tiki Barber is reportedly “devastated” that no NFL team called him to inquire about his comeback. Sports lllustrated’s Richard Deitsch provides his annual NFL broadcasting […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/11/2011
For some reason, I’ve been out of the office a couple of times today and it’s pissing me off. Anyway, I’m back in the office now and barring an unforeseen interruption, I should be able to give you linkage here. Sports Business Journal’s John Ourand has the local MLB TV ratings for the first half […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/7/2011
Been a busy day at work once again. Doing these late and I’ll try to put forth as many links as I can before being told to leave the office. Sports Business Daily takes a look at the one year anniversary of the infamous “The Decision” that made LeBron James a pariah in Cleveland and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/6/2011
This year’s recipient of the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Pete Rozelle Television-Radio Award is CBS’ main NFL voice Jim Nantz. This is a much better choice than last year’s honoree, ESPN’s Chris Berman. Now Jim has called the NFL dating back to his early days with CBS in the mid-1980’s, calling Sunday Night Football […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/10/2011
Ok, it’s getting late and in the work day and I need to get these megalinks done. I’ve traveled to the MA office and now back in RI. Let’s get this done so I can watch the Bruins tonight. All of your Weekend Viewing Picks are right here. National USA Today’s Michael Hiestand reviews the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/4/2011
Legendary CBS Sports golf producer Frank Chirkinian died in March at the age of 84. On Monday, he’ll be posthumously inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame. His impact on golf and on sports television really can’t be measured. Some of his innovations, the blimp shot, microphones strategically placed around the golf course, golf […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/5/2011
I have news slogans in my head today, so I’m using “Live & Local” in the title. Let’s do your linkage. Lots to get to. John Ourand at Sports Business Daily notes that CBS received a decent 13.3 overnight rating for the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship, but it was down from last year. USA Today’s […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/4/2011
After a crazy period from 6:30 p.m. Friday until Sunday morning, when my new server host verified my account, I really didn’t have a blogging home to speak of. After Web Hub Hosting decided to remove my site from its servers following a Denial of Service attack that had apparently targeted Fang’s Bites. After discussing […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/31/2011
Just received this from the CBS/Turner collaborative regarding this Saturday’s Final Four®. This is the first year that Turner will have a hand in the coverage and an extensive pregame show will be aired on truTV before CBS’ coverage starts at 4 p.m. Eastern. Then the games will air, Butler-VCU at 6:09 p.m. then Kentucky-UConn […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/22/2011
CBS Sports had its lion share of Sports Emmy nominations today including for Outstanding Studio Host (James Brown), Outstanding Play-by-Play (last year’s winner Jim Nantz and Verne Lundquist), Outstanding Game Analyst (Phil Simms) among others. We have the entire list of CBS nods below. JIM NANTZ, VERNE LUNDQUIST, JAMES BROWN AND PHIL SIMMS LEAD CBS […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
The Sports Emmy Nominations are out. Just released by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The awards will be handed on May 2 at Lincoln Center in New York. Our list of nominees is below. Best Play-by-play has the usual suspects, last year’s winner Jim Nantz, Al Michaels, Joe Buck, even Bob Costas, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/14/2011
CBS may have added TNT’s Charles Barkley and Kenny “The Jet” Smith to its NCAA Tournament Selection Show, unveiled a new set, new graphics and a jazzed up theme, but it was the same old, same old when it came to unveiling the teams for the expanded 68 team tourney. We had an energized Greg […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/12/2011
There have been articles written by various sports media critics regarding the way the NCAA Tournament will be handled by CBS Sports and new partner Turner Sports starting this year. Some are salivating over all of the games being aired nationally. Others are lamenting the end of the old way CBS aired the tournament, cutting […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/22/2011
Let’s do some linkage for you. I haven’t done any since Wednesday, I believe. Still working on bringing archives here, but I’m not as stressed as I was last night. Thanks to my friends over at Radio Insight for giving me some great ideas on how to bring the archives over. I’d say about 90% […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/5/2011
With another regular season over, it’s time to hand out my awards for the best and worst in NFL TV. Lots of hardware to hand out. If you want to see past awards, you can check the inaugural, 2nd and 3rd annual awards. Best Play by Play: I’m going to go Against the Grain this […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/4/2011
I hope to get these links done without interruption. I hate working from the RI main office because I get bogged down, but that’s what happens when you don’t have a car like I do. I have to depend on others to get me where I’m going and I can’t get to my MA office […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/14/2010
Hard to believe that Jim Nantz has been at CBS for 25 years. He started in the mid-1980’s when CBS had the NFL, NBA, college basketball and football, the PGA and the Tour de France. He stayed when CBS lost the NFL and NBA and had little to air. Through it all, he’s been loyal […]
