0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/6/2014
ESPN has a big weekend in store. It begins with Sunday NFL Countdown in a new studio that is located in the new 100 square mile wide Death Star Building (kidding about the square mileage … maybe not). The NFL programming including Sunday NFL Countdown and Monday Night Countdown will be produced in the new […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/30/2014
ESPN’s broadcast day from New York is beginning with Mike and Mike on ESPN2/ESPN Radio. As the hype to Super Bowl XLVIII really ramps up, the celebrity A-listers start to seep out of the woodwork and into the ESPN Family of Networks. New York resident Jerry Seinfeld makes an appearance on Mike and Mike today […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/28/2014
As ESPN begins its broadcast day in covering Super Bowl XLVIII in New Yawk, plenty of guests will be paraded in and out of its various studios in Herald Square, Times Square and Bryant Park. In addition, Media Day will take place at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ meaning both the Denver Broncos and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/27/2014
Starting now as a matter of fact, ESPN begins its 5,341,093 hours coverage of Super Bowl XLVIII from New York. It begins at 6 a.m. ET with Mike & Mike from Super Bowl Boulevard in Herald Square near Macy’s Department Store. Then it continues from ABC’s Times Square Studios and from Bryant Park all day […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/1/2012
I’ll do a few links on this Thursday. Can you believe it’s November already? Michael Hiestand of USA Today says the NBA’s television partners are still setting their lineups as the season begins. Hiestand reports that the Mitt Romney campaign is throwing a monkey wrench at ESPN in its attempts to get the GOP Presidential […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/9/2012
It’s an ESPN twinbill for the Sports Media Weekly podcast. Nice to be able to speak to a Friend of the Podcast and a new guest on this edition. As usual, Keith Thibault of Sports Media Journal and I go into the news of the week and it’s a brief segment. We talk about TBS’ […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/6/2012
Just as NFL Network announced its extensive programming for the NFL season, ESPN has done the same today. There are a bunch of NFL shows including a new series, Mike and Mike’s Best of the NFL which has ESPN Radio’s Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic reviewing the highlights of the week. NFL 32 returns with […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/10/2012
My apologies for the lack of updates on Wednesday. I was away from a computer for most of the day and unable to update the site as much as I would have liked. I hope Thursday won’t be as crazy as I have a few things to post for you. I do have some sports […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/30/2012
ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN Radio will be back at it at Pan Am Plaza in Indianapolis from its indoor studio. We have the details of its programming for tomorrow. Check it out. ESPN and ESPN Radio Super Bowl XLV Programs Originating Live from Pan Am Plaza in Indianapolis – Tuesday, Jan. 31 ESPN’s multimedia coverage […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/19/2012
With “Jim Rome is Burning” leaving the ESPN2 lineup on January 27, the network has announced a revamped lineup with shows sliding over a half-hour to fill the hole left by Rome’s departure for CBS Sports. Shows like “Numbers Never Lie” hosted by Charissa Thompson and “Dan LeBatard is Extremely Crazy Highly Questionable” move from […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/20/2011
If you watch Mike & Mike in the Morning on ESPN2, you’ll know that Reischea Canidate gets up early to do the SportsCenter updates. And she does them quite well. You may not have known that Reischea is a very good singer. In one of their bits, Mike & Mike had Reischea sing and this […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/12/2011
I was trying to post links last night and was making really good progress when, you guessed it, I fell asleep with the computer on again. That’s not good. So I’ll combine the full set of links that I found last night with this edition so you have a pretty good set of stories to […]
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 3/10/2011
Let’s do the Thursday links. Been up since 4 a.m. and I’m already dragging, but you don’t care. You want links so let’s provide them. USA Today’s Mike McCarthy has ESPN’s Mel Kiper really down on NFL quarterback prospect Cam Newton. Mike says ESPN and Sunday NFL Countdown analyst Cris Carter are negotiating a new […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/17/2010
It’s almost a year since Tiger Woods became quite notorious for the incident at his house that eventually led to the discovery of 1,000 mistresses, a divorce, his joining Twitter as of today and tomorrow, he’ll go on ESPN Radio’s Mike and Mike program for an extensive interview. It will be on not just radio, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/9/2010
It’s been crazy at work dealing with clients and crazy architects. Now let me see if I can squeeze in some linkage for you. We’re dealing with the aftermath of ESPN letting go its Sunday Night Baseball team of Jon Miller and Joe Morgan. No matter what you think of Joe Morgan and most of […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/29/2010
Time to do the megalinkage on this Friday. Lots of things going on today into this evening and let’s get cracking. Of course, we have the Weekend Viewing Picks. Now let’s do the links. National USA Today’s Michael McCarthy wants to know who’s your favorite NFL announcer. Mike says this year’s World Series ratings are […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/27/2010
Shuffling between offices again today and I could be called back to the home office so I’m trying to squeeze linkage in right now. Last night, I appealed for sports media questions and comments and I still would more queries before doing a mailbag post. As I said in the original post, if you have […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/26/2010
ESPN has made the official announcement that Brad Nessler and up and coming analyst Trent Dilfer will be the announcing team for the 2nd Monday Night Football game for the Opening Weekend doubleheader on September 13. It’s a good move as Nessler has called the NFL in the past for CBS. Dilfer impressed me during […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/26/2010
I’m watching curling as we get ready to close the Olympics and get back to watching college basketball and prepare for baseball. To be honest, I never thought I would enjoy curling, but I’ve really gotten into the sport this year. Plus, it’s been on at some convenient times to watch so I’ll NBC some […]
