Let’s do some links today. Brian Steinberg of Variety reports that Fox Sports is bundling Fox Sports 1 to potential Super Bowl XLVIII advertisers. That’s one way to get ads on the new network. Brian Lowry of Variety says Tennis...
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18Jun
Category: MLB
Among the Red Sox Nation fanbase, NESN analyst Jerry Remy has become one of the most popular figures over the last twenty years. Unfortunately, his health has become an issue over the last five years. In 2008, he was diagnosed...
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Lots of stuff to get to and so little time. Here’s the linkage. Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch has his regular Monday sports media column in which he discusses a new hire for NBC’s Football Night in America, ESPN’s World Cup...
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Turner’s Sunday MLB on TBS travels to Pittsburgh. The game that will be aired nationally except in the local markets will be the Los Angeles Dodgers at the Pittsburgh Pirates. Calling the game will be Matt Devlin, John Smoltz and...
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15Jun
Ok, I wasn’t able to get to do linkage during the day so in lieu of a Friday post, I’ll make this a weekend post so you can go through these at your leisure. So while I watch some Australian...
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At the time that this post published, it was way past my bedtime. I promised some more sports media thoughts and I’ll do as I said in Friday’s post, but I’ll do them in quick hit style. Bullets, of course....
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We have the official word from Turner Sports on the main announcing teams for this year’s MLB Postseason coverage. The big news is that Keith Olbermann returns to sports television and has been named as the studio host. He replaces...
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ESPN has filled out the month for its June Sunday Night Baseball schedule. Ending the month on June 30, ESPN will air the New York Yankees at Baltimore game from Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The regular Sunday Night Baseball...
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Let’s do some linkage on this rainy Monday in Southern New England. It may not be raining where you are, but where I am, it’s Ark Building Time. Starting with Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch, we learn that ESPN’s NBA Countdown...
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31May
Ok, lots of things to get to. Let’s do some Friday links. From Anthony CrupiCrupiCrupi of Adweek, a Disney executive downplays any threat from Fox Sports 1 to ESPN. From Variety, Rick Kissell says NBC Sports Network saw stellar ratings...
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Trying to provide two consecutive days of linkage, something I haven’t done in quite some time. Here we go. Pete Iacobelli of the Associated Press writes that Fox is still investigating the incident that caused a rope supporting its overhead...
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ESPN is slowly filling out its Sunday Night Baseball schedule. It has announced that the World Series rematch between the St. Louis Cardinals and Texas Rangers will be its selection for June 23. It now means the entire month of...
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I’ve been neglecting a couple of things that have been staples of this site, linkage and sports media thoughts. I’m taking care of linkage today. I hope to have a sports media thoughts post this week. It’s all about managing...
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It’s only for one day, but the Atlanta Braves are back on TBS Sunday. They’ll host the New York Mets in the final game of their three game series. Brian Anderson will be on the call along with analysts John...
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This video was played before today’s Kansas City Royals-Boston Red Sox game. There were Boston and Watertown Police officers, FBI, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis. They all received heartfelt applause from the crowd. And there...
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ESPN has announced that it will pick today’s Pregame ceremonies at Fenway Park in Boston. The ceremonies will begin at 12:30 p.m. ET. After the ceremonies are concluded, ESPN will continue its planned programming of the X Games from Brazil.
Now that the suspect who at large in Boston all day has been taken into custody, sports in the city can get back to normal. The Red Sox and the Bruins canceled their scheduled games for Friday night knowing full...
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Fox Saturday Baseball returns for its last full season on Fox before being reduced to 12 games next year and a full 40 games on Fox Sports 1. Before it goes away, Fox has 26 games, regionalizing at least three...
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Opening Week in Major League Baseball is coming up. MLB Network will air 26 games in the opening month of the 2013 season. On Tuesday, April 2, Bob Costas, Jim Kaat and Sam Ryan will be in Los Angeles for...
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This from Major League Baseball, we learn that combined through the ESPN family of networks, Fox Sports, MLB Network and TBS, a total of 22 teams will get their fun in the sun so to speak on national television. This...
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Next week is Opening Week for Major League Baseball. ESPN and ESPN2 will combine to air seven games over a four day span. ESPN will have the Opening Night Game this Sunday night between new American League West Division rivals...
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I posted this last year and since Tim McCarver is leaving Fox at the end of this upcoming MLB season, I figured I would bring this promo back. It has him and partner Joe Buck trying to appeal to a...
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No matter what you think of Tim McCarver and judging from the reaction on social media, a lot of people are happy he’s leaving the Fox broadcast booth after this season. I was not a fan and felt he was...
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Just announced by Fox, Tim McCarver will leave the network when his contract expires after the World Series in October. McCarver has been the number one analyst on MLB dating back to his days with CBS starting in 1990. He...
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This being the last year of TBS’ current contract with MLB, we note that the first eight weeks of its 2013 schedule has been released. As usual, it’s big market team-heavy as the New York Yankees appear three times while...
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So Fox Sports 1 has been officially announced? What’s next? The launch on Saturday, August 17 which will include a NASCAR Truck Series race and a UFC card. During the event that introduced US version of Fox Sports 1 to...
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The worst kept secret in sports media finally gets pushed from behind the curtain and will be officially unveiled to advertisers and the media on Tuesday. Fox Sports officials will be at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York to...
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27Feb
Let’s do some linkage while I have some time. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand notes NBC’s hiring of Tiger Woods pal Notah Begay to its golf team. He replaces Dottie Pepper who went to the PGA of America. Sports Business Journal’s...
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Sportfolio, Bloomberg’s show on sports business, host Rick Horrow looks at the business of baseball as he talks with Major League Baseball Executive Vice President for Business Tim Brosnan about the World Baseball Classic. Plus Bloomberg’s Deidre Bolton interviews defending...
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Time to open up the Fang’s Bites Sports Media notebook as we hit midweek. Lets go over some of the stories that are circulating about the sports media. They’re in bullet form. How much is too much? The sports rights...
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