0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/10/2015
Oh, bloody hell, it’s been a while since I’ve done a sports media notebook. We have quite a few things to provide so in lieu of me explaining why you haven’t seen one in months, let’s just get to the news, linkage and other stuff. NEWS A couple of things to lead with this morning. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/30/2014
It’s been a long time since I’ve done one of these. You deserve better from me and I apologize for the lack of posts. Life has gotten in the way. I’ve become a caregiver for my parents as they’ve gotten older. If you follow me
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/4/2014
And the Games 7 keep on coming in the NBA. Falling one series short of a record for Games 7 in the first round, we have two added to the three we had on Saturday. Today, ABC has an afternoon twinbill of Games 7 starting with Brooklyn at Toronto at 1 p.m. with Mike Tirico, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/1/2014
ESPN gets back in the NBA Playoffs act on Friday and Sunday. ESPN and ESPN2 will combine for three Games 6 on Friday and then ABC will air a scheduled doubleheader on Sunday. The takeaway on this is that Michelle Beadle will host NBA Countdown on both days as Sage Steele as a prior commitment. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/21/2014
It’s amazing how a turn of events can occur and bring you back full circle. Sometimes, you can go home again. Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch reports that Michelle Beadle will be returning to ESPN when she is let out of NBC contract in mid-March. It was back in September when Beadle appeared on the Sports […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/31/2013
It’s time to look back at the Year in Sports Media. Once again, it was a rather busy year in covering sports media. Since beginning this site in 2007, covering sports media has grown to a 24/7 beat. It’s never enough to cull stories to 10. That’s why I have “The Big Dozen.” Why is […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/27/2013
Well, this has been a wild eight days. A small podcast sets in motion a turn of events that not even the most clairvoyant medium could see. It all began last week when your humble blogger interviewed Michelle Beadle for the Sports Media Weekly podcast and she expressed frustration over not being able get network […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/25/2013
A week after Michelle Beadle went on Sports Media Weekly and lamented over the lack of promotion for her show, “The Crossover,” NBC and NBCSN have announced that the program is the odd man out of a new late afternoon schedule. Crossover went through two incarnations and suffered through numerous pre-emptions due to the Tour […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/19/2013
Back for another edition of the Sports Media Weekly podcast. It’s definitely a newsworthy edition. Keith Thibault of Sports Media Journal and I are back to talk about the current events in sports media and a guest in the world of TV and radio. As usual, we have a “Third Man In” and this week, […]
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Coming later tonight, the Sports Media Weekly podcast will be out with guests Pete Dougherty of the Albany Times Union and Michelle Beadle of NBC. During the interview with Michelle, I had the opportunity to discuss several topics including her NBCSN show, The Crossover with Michelle Beadle, hosting the Olympics and what role she would […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/16/2013
Let me get these some links out to you. Won’t give out a full set, but this ties you over as I’m all over the place today. Nicole Auerbach at USA Today writes about the late Jessica Ghawi a.k.a. Jessica Redfield, the aspiring sports journalist who was killed in the Aurora, CO movie theater shootings […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/17/2013
The Crossover with Michelle Beadle latches onto the NHL Stanley Cup Final tonight with two, count ’em, two editions. Leading up to NHL Live at 7 p.m. on NBC Sports Network, The Crossover will air a special one-hour edition at 6 p.m. ET featuring various NHL-themed segments. Then following Stanley Cup Final Game 1 and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/16/2013
This coming from Jason McIntyre at The Big Lead. Dave Briggs, co-host of NBC Sports Network’s The Crossover is being dropped and Michelle Beadle will host a revamped show solo. According to McIntyre’s post, Briggs and Beadle did not get along from the get-go when the show launched back in late January. The Crossover hasn’t […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/28/2013
We have this video from NBCUniversal with Crossover co-hosts Michelle Beadle and Dave Briggs talking about their new show which premieres tonight on NBC Sports Network. Here, Beadle and Briggs discuss what they’ll be talking about on the program, plus how much they’re looking forwards to the upcoming Super Bowl. It’s a quick clip and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
I haven’t done a thoughts post in ages. It’s fine time you’ve been provided one. Lets do this. As usual, they come in bullet form. How much is too much? When will the sports rights fee bubble burst? When will there be major blowback from a major cable or satellite provider against one of the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/24/2013
Earlier this week, NBC held a conference call with the co-hosts of the upcoming daily studio show, “The Crossover” which will premiere Monday on NBC Sports Network live from New Orleans for Super Bowl Week, then the following week, originate from the Football Night in America studios in New York weeknights at 6 p.m. ET. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/22/2013
It may not have the Big Game this year, but that is not stopping the NBC Sports Group from having live programming during Super Bowl Week in New Orleans. Thanks to the Dan Patrick Show and the launch of its new Michelle Beadle-driven show, “The Crossover,” NBC Sports Network will have a live presence in […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/14/2013
Time for some Monday links. Let’s get to them. Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch talks with CBS Evening News anchorman Scott Pelley about interviewing President Obama for the network’s Super Bowl coverage and also reviews the performances of the NFL “B” analysts during the weekend. Michael Smith and John Ourand at Sports Business Journal note that […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/7/2013
It’s been way too long since you’ve seen linkage on this site. This has been the main mission of Fang’s Bites since the beginning, but too often, I get roped into doing family stuff and it prevents me from getting on here until late. I hope to rectify that. So without further delay, here’s the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/5/2013
Sometimes, a half-hour is all you need for a pregame show. Before Fox came on the NFL scene in 1994, CBS’ The NFL Today and NBC’s NFL Live were just a half-hour. ESPN’s NFL GameDay (that’s what it was called into the 1990’s) was an hour. Then Fox changed it all with its hour-long Fox […]
