0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/30/2013
Starting Wednesday, NBC Sports Group will begin coverage of Kentucky Derby Week leading to the actual Run for the Roses on Saturday. NBC Sports Network will carry the Kentucky Derby Draw on Wednesday as well as the Kentucky Oaks on Friday. NBC will have the actual race after 6:30 p.m. ET and we’ll see which […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/29/2013
Once again, NBC Sports Group will provide blanket coverage of the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs. The networks of NBC will have every game of the playoffs. NBC, NBC Sports Network, CNBC and NHL Network will be involved in the first two rounds of the playoffs. Then NBC and NBC Sports Network will combine for the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/17/2013
In a Hollywood-style production in New York on Tuesday, NBC announced its coverage plans for the English Premier League starting this August. NBC says it will carry all 380 games of the 2013-14 season on the NBC Sports Group. Most will be carried on NBC Sports Network with others being carried on CNBC, USA and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/26/2013
If you’ve watched ESPN’s international soccer coverage over the past few years, then you’ve probably seen Rebecca Lowe on its Women’s World Cup and UEFA Euro Cup studio programming. If you’ve lived in the UK over the past several years, then you’ve seen a lot of her. Coming in August, Stateside fans will see Rebecca […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/21/2013
NBC received a total of 58 nominations for the 34th annual Sports Emmy Awards. The NBC Sports Group consisting of NBC, NBC Sports Network, Golf Channel, Bravo, CNBC, MSNBC and NBCOlympics.com received the most nominations of any sports media group over ESPN, Fox Sports Media Group, CBS and Turner Sports. Of course, NBC is coming […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/20/2013
Just received this from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the full press release of the nominations for the 34th Annual Sports Emmy Awards. NBC Sports Group received the most nominations with 58 followed by ESPN with 43 and Turner in third with 27. Bob Costas was nominated yet again for Outstanding Studio […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/13/2013
This Saturday, NBC and NBC Sports Network will combine to provide 10 hours of live MLS coverage. This will include the airing of three complete games and for the first time, whiparound coverage of four other games. It’s an unprecedented day for MLS and something that will give soccer aficionados some one stop destination when […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/12/2013
This week, NBC Sports Network will begin its first Formula 1 season with the first race in Australia. It will also get ready for another season of IndyCar later this month. NBC Sports Network will be the home for the Formula 1 season while providing four races to NBC (Monaco, Canada, Austin and Brazil) and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/22/2013
Just a half-year after helping to launch the Sports on Earth site, Joe Posnanski has left the joint venture between MLB and USA Today Sports to join the NBC Sports Group and become its national columnist. Previously, Posnanski has worked for Sports Illustrated, the Kansas City Star and the Cincinnati Post. He’ll have a weekly […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/20/2013
Starting at noon, the WGC Match Play Championships will tee off from the Dove Mountain Resort in Marana, AZ. Golf Channel and NBC Sports will team up to air more than 60 hours of coverage through Sunday. This includes 29 hours of live tournament action. And with weather expected to have an impact on play, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/17/2013
As the late Bob Johnson used to say, “It’s a great day for hockey.” As it’s cold in the Northeast and it snowed in Southern New England, it’s certainly is a great day for hockey. And to celebrate the sport, the NBC Sports Group, the NHL and USA Hockey have declared today as Hockey Day […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/22/2013
It may not have the Big Game this year, but that is not stopping the NBC Sports Group from having live programming during Super Bowl Week in New Orleans. Thanks to the Dan Patrick Show and the launch of its new Michelle Beadle-driven show, “The Crossover,” NBC Sports Network will have a live presence in […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/13/2013
We have the NHL on NBC Sports Network schedule for the truncated 2013 season. Overall, 55 games on NBC Sports Network starting on Sunday, January 19. NBCSN will have games from Sunday through Wednesday with exclusive games on Wednesday nights. Overall, the network will have 26 exclusive windows on 24 nights. I’ll first post the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/6/2013
Nobody won. Really, nobody. The fans lost because they were left hanging and lost a half-season including the Winter Classic at the Big House in Michigan. NBC Sports Network whose ratings fell into abyss with no NHL games from October through now has been “The Biggest Loser” through all this. Regional sports networks across the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/2/2013
Starting on Friday , the PGA Tour returns to action with the Tournament of Champions live from Kapalua, Maui in Hawaii. The Tournament of Champions will only feature the men who won in 2012 on the PGA Tour. Golf Channel will carry most of the action, however, NBC will air third round action on Sunday. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/9/2012
Announced just before Sunday Night Football, Yahoo and NBC Sports have formed a digital partnership that would include editorial content, original videos, talent sharing, live event streaming and fantasy sports. Yahoo will link to NBC Sports Live Extra content including Sunday Night Football, the NHL, Notre Dame Football and other content the Peacock will stream. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/28/2012
Let’s do some linkage for you as we hit mid-week. Once again, a shameless plug. Here are some Quick Wednesday Sports Media Thoughts which were written very early this morning. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand talks with former ESPN’er Dana Jacobsen who will be part of CBS Sports Radio’s morning show when the network launches in […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/13/2012
One of the worst-kept secrets in the TV business since the London Olympics was the bumping of Jim Bell as Executive Producer of the Today Show at NBC News to Executive Producer of the Olympics at NBC Sports. Bell began his career with NBC Sports and now returns to run the Olympics full-time. With NBC […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/3/2012
Let’s take a look at the NBC Sports Group college football games on this Saturday. NBC Sports Network has a CAA game while NBC has a Notre Dame game. By the way, Dan Hicks is in for Tom Hammond’s who’s on horse racing duty. NO. 3 NOTRE DAME HOSTS PITTSBURGH AT 3:30 P.M. ET ON […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/1/2012
I’ll do a few links on this Thursday. Can you believe it’s November already? Michael Hiestand of USA Today says the NBA’s television partners are still setting their lineups as the season begins. Hiestand reports that the Mitt Romney campaign is throwing a monkey wrench at ESPN in its attempts to get the GOP Presidential […]
