0 comments by Marcelo Villa on 4/5/2021
The NBA is a star driven league. More than any other sport, one player can make a heavy impact on the outcome of a basketball game since there are only five players on the court at one time and NBA teams have only 12 active players on their roster. That means that having the best […]
0 comments by Joe Webb on 5/15/2019
That have been a number of franchises within the NBA who have had some incredible success over the years. Whether it be the likes of the Chicago Bulls and of course the Boston Celtics. So where do these sides sit within the top five? As we look ahead to the NBA finals, in which betting […]
0 comments by Joe Webb on 5/1/2019
This season’s race is the closest in years, but a look back at the history of the award reveals what really matters to MVP voters. The NBA’s MVP should be awarded to the best player in the league. Unless it’s the most important player for the league’s best team. Or the star with the most impressive […]
0 comments by Joe Webb on 8/13/2018
The BIG3’s ratings are down this season, and league co-founder Ice Cube is doing whatever he can to get them back up again. That includes reaching out to one of the greatest players in NBA history, in hopes of recruiting the Lakers legend to play in the league. Rumors are swirling on basketball blogs and […]
0 comments by Ted Winters on 2/8/2018
It’s no secret that Avery Bradley is on the trade block, as he doesn’t really fit into the style of play the Clippers run.Bradley has seen a serious dropoff in his production this season, as he’s averaging only 14.8 points and 2.1 assists per game. He was more involved offensively as a member of the […]
0 comments by Steve Crawford on 11/12/2015
Handicapping basketball can be a fun and profitable venture. But like betting on football or any other sport, there are some key numbers that handicappers need to understand if they want to use them for their benefit. And while key numbers are most prevalent in betting on football, where a high percentage of games land […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/14/2015
Let’s do some thoughts for you on this Friday. It’s all about providing you with fresh content. So without further delay, here’s the column: Earlier this week, Al Michaels broke some news on the Dan Patrick Show. Unfortunately, this interview is not available on the show’s YouTube page, but the audio is on his website […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/18/2015
To the notebook: NEWS The big sports media news from Wednesday came from a feature on HBO in this week’s Hollywood Reporter. In discussing the new era of HBO with its HBO Now over the top service was a line that the network is looking at luring soon-to-be ex-ESPN’er Bill Simmons. On June 21, HBO […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/17/2015
The NBA Finals gave ABC great numbers in both ratings and viewership. The six game series averaged a viewership of 19.9 million and the rating ended up at an impressive 11.6. Both of those numbers were up 30% and 26% respectively from the 2014 Finals between the Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs. The viewership […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
Ok, let’s do this. NEWS The 2015 NHL Stanley Cup Final ended up being the second most-watched series on record just below the most-watched 2013 SCF between Boston and Chicago. This year’s series averaged 5.551 million viewers which is just off from 2013 which averaged 5.753 million. For Game 6 on Monday, the series-clincher for […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/15/2015
Disney officials have to be happy as the current NBA contract with ESPN is ending and a new one is set to begin in 2016. The ESPN-produced 2015 Finals airing on ABC is setting records all over the place. Game 5 between Cleveland and Golden State averaged the highest viewership of the series with over […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
To the notebook now. Lots of things to get to. NEWS The Women’s World Cup is still scoring for Fox. After the U.S. Women’s team’s debut last week vs. Australia which drew 3.331 million viewers on Fox Sports 1, Friday’s game against Sweden and the US’ former coach Pia Sundhage averaged 4.5 million viewers. That […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/12/2015
Despite a blowout win by Golden State that assures the NBA Finals will go at least 6 games, last night’s Game 4 drew the highest ratings for a such contest in over ten years. Thursday’s game averaged a 13.9 overnight rating which is 31% better than last year’s 10.6 for Game 4 of Miami-San Antonio. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/11/2015
Let’s do another notebook for you on this Thursday. NEWS The NBA Finals are breaking records. Through three games, the series between the Cleveland Cavs and Golden State Warriors is averaging almost 18.5 million viewers and a 10.8 rating which is slaughtering all programming on broadcast and cable. Game 3 drew an 11.1 rating on […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/10/2015
ESPN officials are crowing about the ratings for the NBA Finals on ABC. Game 3 between the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers set the record for highest rating for an NBA Final Game 3 on the American Broadcasting Company. The overnight rating was 13.7 which is 33% higher than last year’s Game 3 between […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
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 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 2/18/2015
Time for another edition of the notebook. Let’s do this. NEWS NBC Sports has announced it will pick up radio coverage of horse racing’s Triple Crown. Over the past few years, radio coverage of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes has been piecemeal with various syndicators producing the races. Now, NBC which has […]
