0 comments by Joe Webb on 1/23/2019
The MLS season may be over, but soccer fans in the US still have a lot to celebrate. After all, this MLS season was one of the most exciting ever and had some fantastic moments. Fans who like to bet on soccer had a thrilling final match between Atlanta and Portland in which the favored […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/5/2015
A day after Major League Soccer announced a new collective bargaining agreement with its players association avoiding labor strife, Fox Sports has told us who will be calling the league’s games as part of a new TV contract that takes effect this season. Fox Sports 1 will have games on Sunday nights throughout the season […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/4/2015
As we hit mid-week, let’s do another edition of the notebook. NEWS CBS announced on Tuesday that it has hired former Colorado, Washington and UCLA football coach Rick Neuheisel as a studio analyst. He’ll join the cast of College Football Today before SEC games and Inside College Football on CBS Sports Network. Neuheisel had been […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/3/2015
Back to do a sports media notebook for you. Let’s get to it. NEWS NASCAR beat reporter Jim Utter of the Charlotte Observer notes that Sunday’s Sprint Cup race in Atlanta did well for Fox and was up from last year’s second race which was held in Phoenix. That along with increased viewership for the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/1/2015
It’s been more than ten days since you had a notebook. Things have gone rather haywire and I’ve been quite busy dealing with issues at home, but you don’t have to be bogged down with what I’m going through. You want content so here it is. NEWS With Monday being the NHL Trade Deadline, fans […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/1/2015
With today being Super Bowl Sunday and a new month to boot, let’s provide you with a new edition of the notebook. I have a lot of linkage to provide you plus a few pieces for News You Can Use. During the Super Bowl, I’ll do my annual grades of the ads during each quarter, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/8/2015
Let’s do a notebook on this Thursday morning. SHAMELESS PLUG Your humble blogger was interviewed by BBC Sportshour which is aired Saturdays on the BBC World Service. Host Caroline Barker talked with yours truly about ESPN’s Stuart Scott and his legacy. The program will be heard at 10 a.m. in the UK which means 5 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/31/2014
It’s that time of year once again to look back at the stories that made the Big Dozen list. If you’re new here and wonder why it’s called the Big Dozen? It’s a tribute to where I used to work, WPRI-TV on the border of East Providence, RI and Seekonk, MA. My good friend, John […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/12/2014
After a three absence, Fox Sports returns as a partner to Major League Soccer in 2015. It will air games through 2022 and run concurrent with its World Cup contract. Fox will air as many as 34 regular season games on Fox Sports 1 at 7 p.m. on Sunday nights and bring back its “Soccer […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
ESPN has officially announced its new eight-year deal with Major League Soccer. ESPN has been partners with MLS since Day 1 of the league. ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN3 will carry at least 34 regular season games. ESPN Deportes will simulcast all games on ESPN and ESPN2. ESPN3 will stream over 200 out-of-market games that were […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
The official announcement won’t come until later today, but we’re already learning details of the new eight-year TV deal that gives Major League Soccer some much needed cash and more consistent TV exposure. Starting in 2015 and lasting until 2022 (which will run concurrent with Fox’s FIFA World Cup contract), ESPN, Fox and Univision will […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/13/2014
Here are a couple of notes that you may have missed from the last couple of weeks: Right at the start of the new year, the Philadelphia Phillies and Comcast SportsNet announced a new 25-year agreement that keeps the team on the RSN well past the current agreement that expires in 2015. Sports Business Daily […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/11/2013
Let’s combine a couple of soccer notes here. First, the MLS Cup on Saturday was a hit on UniMás. It drew an average of 514,000 viewers on Univision’s secondary network. And it did better than ESPN’s airing of the same event at the same time by 14%. In addition, UniMás’ telecast did better in adults […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/4/2013
This Saturday, ESPN will air Major League Soccer’s MLS Cup live from Kansas City at 4 p.m. ET. You may think that time is interesting as it’s also the same time as the SEC Championship on CBS. Odd timing for the MLS Cup, but in the past, it had been played on Sunday nights opposite […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/19/2013
After a whirlwind in the sports media world, things have been slowing down and maybe that’s a good thing. So in lieu of constantly posting press releases, I provide some linkage on this Tuesday. Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch looks at NBC’s approach for the Sunday night game between Denver and New England. In Sports Business […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/6/2013
My apologies for not doing what was the bread-and-butter of this site and that has been the linkage. A change of schedules in the morning have prevented me from gathering links and they have hurt the content. I hope to get back to a normal publishing schedule. Here is what we have today. Tripp Mickle […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/23/2013
After a week’s absence, it’s time for The Week Ahead to return. With the season turning to fall, baseball points towards the postseason, college football has some decent games in Week 5 after some horrible games this past weekend, the English Premier League speeds on with more good matches and the NFL heads to London. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/8/2013
Well, let’s take a look at what’s ahead in the sports media for the upcoming week. It’s another busy week and we’ll preview it for you right now. TELEVISION NFL Premieres The NFL continues to dominate the week. Monday has the annual Week 1 doubleheader on ESPN with Philadelphia taking on the DC NFL Team […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/2/2013
Lots of things happening in sports media this week. The NFL returns in the next seven days. College Football goes into its second week. Baseball heads into its final month of the regular season. Soccer goes into World Cup qualifying. The PGA Tour takes the week off and we bid adieu to Fox Soccer. TELEVISION […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/25/2013
We’ve survived the first full week of Fox Sports One and the premiere of new shows. We have another premiere this week, but this one on ESPN2. In addition, we get the first full week of college football as the new season begins in earnest on Thursday. Not only that, the U.S. Open gets underway […]
