0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/16/2014
On Sunday, ABC will show Game 1 of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals featuring the rematch of last year’s ECF. The Indiana Pacers hope to be able to get past the Miami Heat this time around. Games 1 and 2 will be played Sunday, May 18 and Tuesday, May 20 and then there will be […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/6/2014
As we move into the NBA Playoffs Conference Semifinal Round, TNT began things with a doubleheader on Monday. It will continue with twinbills on Tuesday and Wednesday and then again with a single game on Sunday Sunday and another doubleheader on Monday. It’ll give way to ESPN/ESPN2/ABC on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday afternoon. You’ll […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/4/2014
And the Games 7 keep on coming in the NBA. Falling one series short of a record for Games 7 in the first round, we have two added to the three we had on Saturday. Today, ABC has an afternoon twinbill of Games 7 starting with Brooklyn at Toronto at 1 p.m. with Mike Tirico, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/3/2014
When 24 was airing regularly on Fox, Fox Sports would be a big supporter of the show with promos during the World Series, countdown clocks during “The O.T.” before season premieres and plenty of in-game mentions during the NFL and NASCAR. As 24: Live Another Day is about to premiere on Monday, Fox Sports is […]
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You can’t get any better than having three Games 7 on one network like today. The NBA’s Network of Record, TNT has all three Conference Quarterfinal Games 7 starting at 5:30 p.m. ET and action will last through early Sunday morning on the East Coast. It all begins with Atlanta at Indiana followed by Memphis […]
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The woman who brought down Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling was interviewed on ABC News’ 20/20. On Friday, Barbara Walters spoke with Stiviano without her crazy visor and was supposed to speak with Sterling as well, but he backed out at the last minute. Stiviano told Walters that she’s Sterling’s “right hand arm … […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/1/2014
ESPN gets back in the NBA Playoffs act on Friday and Sunday. ESPN and ESPN2 will combine for three Games 6 on Friday and then ABC will air a scheduled doubleheader on Sunday. The takeaway on this is that Michelle Beadle will host NBA Countdown on both days as Sage Steele as a prior commitment. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/30/2014
On Tuesday, your humble blogger appeared on a Google+ hangout with Sunny Cadwallader of CadChica Sports to discuss sports media and the Donald Sterling story which came to a head with the Adam Silver press conference announcing a lifetime ban of the Los Angeles Clippers owner. We also discussed the emergence of TMZ in sports […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/28/2014
He was known to a generation of ESPN Radio listeners and Miami Heat fans as an analyst, but for old school NBA fans, Dr. Jack Ramsay was a great coach and a purveyor of team basketball. He died today at the age of 89 from cancer. His passion for teaching the team concept as the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/18/2014
NBA TV will be in the act of carrying playoff games once again. It will be the overflow channel when TNT cannot air games and will have a third game when the network carries a doubleheader. As it did last year, NBA TV will produce its own games instead of depending on home feeds which […]
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As the 2014 NBA Playoffs get set to begin this weekend, TNT prepares once again to be the league’s Network of Record as it airs more than 40 playoff games from the first round all the way to the Western Conference Finals. TNT begins with three games this Sunday with Dallas at San Antonio at […]
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The NBA Playoffs begin this weekend and ESPN/ABC will kick off things with a combined quadrupleheader on Saturday and a single game on Sunday. It all tips off on Saturday at 12:30 p.m. ET on ESPN when the Brooklyn Nets take on the Toronto Raptors from the Air Canada Centre with Dave Pasch, Jon Barry […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/5/2014
Time for a long overdue sports media post. You get three columns-in-one. Nice concept for you. If you don’t know the name Sandy Grossman in the pantheon of sports television, you should. He was the “A” director on the NFL on CBS and Fox, the NBA on CBS, the NHL on Fox and directed two […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/13/2014
In a move that Americans are trying to wrap their proverbial heads arounds, news broke Wednesday night that the largest U.S. cable provider, Comcast, has entered into an agreement to purchase the second largest, Time Warner Cable. According to CNBC (owned by Comcast), this megadeal is worth $159 per share or somewhere in the neighborhood […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/11/2014
As it has dating back to the 1990’s ESPN Radio will have complete coverage of NBA All-Star Weekend in New Orleans. It will begin with the Rising Stars Challenge on Friday, February 14, then the All-Star Saturday Night featuring the Skills Competition and it all culminates with the All-Star Game on Sunday. Kevin Calabro will […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/30/2014
Outgoing NBA Commissioner David Stern will conduct one of his final interviews as the Leader of the Association this Friday. NBA on TNT host Ernie Johnson interviews Stern on “David Stern: 30 Years” which airs on NBA TV at 7 p.m. ET. In the one-hour program looks at the Stern’s past history with the league […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/28/2014
On Wednesday, Communist China sympathizer David Stern presents the Top Ten List on Late Night with David Letterman. The show airs on the CBS Television Network at 11:35 p.m. ET/PT. NBA COMMISSIONER DAVID STERN TO PRESENT THE TOP TEN LIST ON CBS’ “LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN,” WEDNESDAY, JAN. 29 NEW YORK, Jan. 27 – […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/23/2014
Just one guest today on the Fang’s Bites podcast and it’s James Andrew Miller, the co-author of Those Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN. The subjects discussed: Brent Musburger being replaced as Voice of College Football Management Changes at ESPN The Grantland story on Dr. V, the transgender woman who committed […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/22/2014
TNT, the NBA’s Network of Record dating back to the 1990’s, will be on the case Thursday with the announcement of the All-Star Game starting lineups. The announcement will be made during a one-hour edition of NBA Tip-Off at 7 p.m. ET just before its weekly Thursday night doubleheader. Starting at 8 p.m. ET, TNT […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/19/2014
NBA TV says a massively weakened Boston Celtics will take on the Miami Heat on Tuesday as part of its Fan Night. Apparently the fans want to see if the Celtics are truly tanking for the season to get into the Draft Lottery. This is what NBA TV is saying about Fan Night. Fans Select […]
