0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/22/2012
Yes you do. It’s overdue. I thought being on unemployment would give me more time for doing the site. Instead, I have less. I don’t know how that’s happened. Anyway, here are some links for you. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand has soon-to-be NBC’s Michelle Beadle saying even she’s sick of the coverage on where she’s […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/15/2012
I’ve accumulated a lot of links. They’re slowing down my browser so let’s clear them so I can let my computer get back some memory. Lots of stuff going on. Let’s start with ESPN stuff as it dominated the news today with its network upfront presentation to advertisers and also confirmed personnel moves. First, Sports […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/7/2012
On Sunday, ESPN2 airs the rare EPL/MLS Daily Double. Sunday is Relegation Sunday in the English Premier League and with first place on the line, ESPN2 will air the Manchester City-Queens Park Rangers game. If Manchester City wins, it will give the Citizens a rare EPL title. If Queens Park pulls the upset, then it […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/2/2012
I haven’t been able to links for a couple of days. I have a few leftover stuff since Monday, but nothing totally clogging up my browser, but I do want to give you a full set of stories today. I’ve done my best to summarize the whole bizarre Sarah Phillips/ESPN.com/Scamming people story and that’s over […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/18/2012
Time for some linkage again. Starting with Sports Business Daily which gauges media reaction to last night’s extravagant NFL regular season schedule release on both ESPN and NFL Network. Mike Reynolds from Multichannel News reviews both the Monday Night and expanded Thursday Night Football schedules. Ed Sherman at the Sherman Report has your potential hits […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/22/2012
Friday night, the Seattle Sounders host the Houston Dynamo live on NBC Sports Network at 10 ET. The former voice of the Sounders, Arlo White returns to his old stomping grounds of CenturyLink Field in Seattle to call the game for NBC Sports Network. Kyle Martino will be on the field in between the benches […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/13/2012
Got the viewership numbers from Major League Soccer’s debut on NBC Sports Network. The game on Sunday between Dallas and New York garnered only 82,000 viewers according to the Twitter account,
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I know not many of you will feel it necessary to watch tonight’s FIRST FOUR™ doubleheader of the NCAA Tournament, but I will. Yes, the Tournament doesn’t start in earnest until Thursday, but seeing some postseason college basketball one day after Selection Sunday is always welcome. Let’s do some links for you. Michael Hiestand of […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/12/2012
Let’s do our Monday linkage today. Michael Hiestand from USA Today writes that CBS/Turner’s Clark Kellogg will have a big “get” during halftime of Tuesday’s NCAA Tournament First Four game. Mike Reynolds at Multichannel News says MSG Network has a new show dedicated to the best and worst baseball trades and deals. Mike says YES […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/9/2012
Linkage has been scarce around the site this week, but I should be able to get a good set of megalinks in today as we head into NCAA Tournament Selection Sunday. You deserve the links and I thank you for your patience around some server problems this week. As usual, you can check the Weekend […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/5/2012
Just announced by NBC Sports Network, Kyle Martino who has worked as an analyst for both ESPN and most recently, Fox Soccer, will become the lead analyst for MLS games. In a unique twist, NBC will have him analyze games from the field instead of the booth high above the pitch. Martino will take a […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/10/2012
Let’s do some links on this Tuesday. Michael Hiestand from USA Today writes that a tepid LSU-Alabama rematch drew the BCS National Championship Game’s lowest overnight rating ever on ESPN. Mike McCarthy of USA Today reports that former ESPN analyst Sean Salisbury has either quit or been fired from his MTV2 Lingerie Football League gig. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/8/2012
I’m going to provide a few links for you since they’ve been lacking here over the last few days. We begin with Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deistch who talked with ESPN’s Brent Musburger who will call Monday’s BCS National Championship Game. Mike Reynolds from Multichannel News talks with ESPN’s Chris Fowler about the BCS National Championship […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/5/2012
While NBC Sports Group will show most of the MLS TV schedule, the ESPN Family of Networks is jumping in with a total of 21 regular season games, 11 on ESPN2, 9 on ESPN and one exclusively on ESPN Deportes. And while NBC Sports Network and NBC get some postseason action, ESPN will have the […]
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In the first of its three year deal with Major League Soccer, NBC Sports Group is going all out to prove that it can be the home of soccer. A total of 41 games will be aired on NBC/NBC Sports Network. All games will have wraparound pre and postgame programming. Of course, NBC Sports Network […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/30/2011
The NBC Sports Group which will air MLS starting next season will bring in another British ex-pat to call soccer games. Arlo White, the voice of the Seattle Sounders will be the main play-by-play man for NBC Sports Group’s MLS games as well as 7 US Men’s National Team games. For the last two seasons, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/25/2011
I hope you survived the Black Friday experience if you went out today. If you decided to shop online, better to do that than wait outside in the cold especially in the Northeast where the temperatures dropped below freezing overnight. No fun. Anyway, I’ll provide the links. The Weekend Viewing Picks are here. To the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/23/2011
Let’s do a few links for you on this day before Thanksgiving. And my best to you. Be safe in your travels. We begin with John Ourand of Sports Business Daily who convenes a roundtable of fellow SBD writers to look at ESPN’s new NFL studio shows. Mason Levinson of Bloomberg News says ESPN college […]
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On this Thanksgiving Week, I’ll provide a few thoughts on what has transpired so far this week. All in bullet form, of course. The announcement that ESPN Dictator George Bodenheimer will become ESPN Chairman, leaving day-to-day operations with Executive Vice President of Content John Skipper bears watching. While I have jokingly called Bodenheimer a dictator, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/21/2011
It’s the early evening on the East Coast, but I do have time to bring you some linkage. Lots of stuff to get to. We’ll begin with John Ourand of Sports Business Journal who reviews ESPN’s new NFL studio shows which came as a result of its new Monday Night Football $2 billion rights fee. […]
