0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/29/2008
As we head into a three day weekend, it’s time to give you your Friday megalinks. As always, we go into the Weekend Viewing Picks first. College football has already begun with some games played on Thursday. Among the highlights for Saturday, USC takes on Virginia, Michigan hosts Utah, Appalachian State visits LSU and Alabama […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/23/2008
Woke up late after I struggled to stay up to watch the US-Japan bronze medal game in baseball online and the Argentina-Nigeria men’s soccer gold medal match. I fell asleep and missed the endings of both games. But I was awake long enough to discover that Barack Obama had chosen Delaware Senator Joe Biden as […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/8/2008
I’ve been very busy at work in fact, it’s 5:30 p.m. ET as I write this and I’m still at the office and I’ll probably be here burning the midnight oil, but I’ll still provide you with some links today. Starting with Richard Sandomir of the New York Times, he writes about Dan Patrick and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/7/2008
The announcement of Dan Patrick joining NBC Sports came rather unexpectedly. NBC put out a press release about “a major Football Night in America talent announcement” and during the conference call, there was NBC Sports Emperor Dick Ebersol giving word that Dan Patrick was indeed joining Football Night in America. Last year when Dan left […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
In an announcement being made as I write this, NBC Sports Emperor Dick Ebersol has announced that Dan Patrick will join the cast of Football Night in America this season. Ebersol says Patrick will be re-united with former ESPN co-anchor Keith Olbermann. Patrick says he was interested in going back to TV and approached Bob […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/20/2008
I was out at a jobsite earlier today, but I’m back now. Let’s get to the links. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand looks at the ratings of some of the weekend events. Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch says Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby is one of the reasons why the NHL’s ratings are up significantly this season. Bob Raissman […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/15/2008
I’m here. And the fallout from the John Tomase/Boston Herald/New England Patriots/Spygate story continues as fans wait to hear the explanation from Tomase as to why he chose to run his story the day before the Super Bowl. David Scott of Boston Sports Media Watch who’s been doing a great job in covering this from […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/29/2007
Just as I did the 1st Annual Fang’s Bites College Football TV Awards earlier this year, it’s time to do the NFL TV Awards as we go into the final weekend of the 2007 regular season. No quirky nicknames, just the awards, Best and Worst. Best Play-by-Play – Al Michaels, NBC. He’s still among the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/15/2007
Well, it’s been a long day. And “It’s a Wonderful Life” is on NBC. I shouldn’t be watching it because the ending gets me every time, but it’s a classic and unlike the 1980’s when it used to be on every single channel, it’s only on once a year. Anyway, it’ll be background noise as […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/3/2007
Let’s give you some links today. USA Today’s Michael McCarthy discusses Kirk Herbstreit’s inaccurate report on LSU coach Les Miles this past weekend. In his blog, Newsday’s Neil Best has more on his Sunday column with Keith Olbermann. Ray Frager of the Baltimore Sun writes in his Medium Well blog about the NFL Today crew […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/2/2007
Got a late start plus my computer decided to go down so this is late, but better late than never. Starting with Neil Best of Newsday, his Sunday column is about NBC’s Keith Olbermann who is hitting his stride with Football Night in America. Phil Mushnick of the New York Post flings some barbs at […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/18/2007
I went to a jobsite today so I wasn’t in during the morning. Time to do some links now. Let’s look at the ratings from the weekend. First, Michael Hiestand of USA Today looks at the ratings for selected events. Second, Paulsen with the Sports Media Watch blog has more of an in-depth look. After […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/17/2007
Let’s give you some links on this Monday afternoon. Starting with the Capital Times from Wisconsin, Jeff Richgels writes that DirecTV is going to add the High Definition feeds of the Big Ten Network, NFL Network and FSN Wisconsin by the end of this year. The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that ESPN2 will pick up […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/10/2007
You had a feeling that we would hear the return of John Dennis & Gerry Callahan on WEEI today and that’s exactly what happened. Usually, I don’t have WEEI on my clock radio first thing, but I made sure it was on just to make sure I would be able to hear them. Lo and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/26/2007
Time to give some links today from the morning papers. Starting with Jim Williams in his Examiner blog, he writes about Keith Olbermann’s return to sports TV broadcasting with his Countdown show and subsequent appearance on Football Night in America. In the New York Times, Richard Sandomir writes about a New Era Yankees cap that […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/24/2007
My computer has been slow as molasses this afternoon and this is despite rebooting it several times. So this update may be short and I’ll give a full-fledged update tonight. Let’s start with some press releases from CBS Sports. First, the network televises its final NFL exhibition game tonight (New England at Carolina) and in […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/23/2007
Some interesting stuff happening tonight. Let’s start with some news other than the sports media. Patriots QB Tom Brady is welcoming a son into the world. Former girlfriend Bridget Moynahan gave birth tonight. Brady left practice today and flew out to Los Angeles to be with Moynahan. It’s not known if he made it in […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/21/2007
Here are some links for you today. Even though the Big Ten Conference is having trouble launching its channel, other college conferences are looking into launching channels of their own. Michael Smith and John Ourand of the Sports Business Journal report that the Southeastern Conference may forge ahead with plans to launch a channel and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/20/2007
Lots of stuff to give you. First, Michael Vick has agreed to a plea agreement and possible prison time. The Feds had recommended he serve 18 – 36 months in a Federal penitentiary, but Vick’s attorneys wanted that reduced to under a year. According to CNN, he’s expected to plead guilty at U.S. District Court […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/8/2007
Greetings from my steaming office. Air conditioning is still down, but I’m dealing. Wanted to thank Darren Rovell of CNBC.com who sent me a very kind e-mail the other day. If you’re a regular reader, you’ll know that I link to his blog quite often and it was nice of him to send me a […]
