0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/15/2011
I’m going to post as many links as I can. It’s part of the day where I could be leaving at any time. Let’s do this. From USA Today, Tom Weir writes that the National Hockey League has issued a new social media policy to take effect immediately. Michael Malone of Broadcasting & Cable looks […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/11/2011
I wasn’t able to link yesterday due to some personal commitments. I’ll be doing some today. Mike McCarthy of USA Today says ESPN yanked teams with anti-Semitic names from its fantasy football leagues. Daniel Riley of GQ speaks with the best baseball announcer of all-time, Vin Scully about his greatest calls. John Eggerton of Broadcasting […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/8/2011
I was in between offices yesterday and could not do the links as I had wanted. Let’s provide some now while I can. Nate Davis at USA Today writes about ESPN extending the rights to air Monday Night Football and keep the series on cable through 2021. The Hollywood Reporter notes that tonight’s Presidential jobs […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/6/2011
The Showtime/NFL Films series Inside the NFL returns Wednesday for its 33rd season. The cast of James Brown, Phil Simms, Warren Sapp, Cris Collinsworth and Mike Lombardi are all back and so are the highlights from NFL Films. For the season premiere, the cast will preview the upcoming season and look into its collective crystal […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/2/2011
Let’s get these megalinks done as I hope to give you a weekend full of posts for the three day holiday. That’s my plan, at least. They could get changed due to family or weather. You never know. I have the sports and entertainment programming in the Weekend Viewing Picks. Let’s get to the linkage […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/31/2011
I’m going to try to do some Wednesday linkage here. Also have a lot of end of the month/beginning of the month crap to do at work some I’m balancing the two off. Here are the links that I have for now. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand looks at NBC’s plans to provide live online coverage […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/30/2011
On Wednesday, HBO will air a retrospective looking back at 10 years of “Hard Knocks”, the reality show produced by NFL Films that looks inside various training camps. The show debuted in 2001 with NFL Films going into the Baltimore Ravens training camp with then-coach Brian Billick and linebacker Ray Lewis. The show has evolved […]
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Yesterday about 2 p.m., I got the power back at the Fang’s Bites abode and after walking around the neighborhood, I saw that I was quite lucky in not getting any tree limbs falling on my house or any leaks in the basement. So while Hurricane Irene was quite deadly and caused major damage up […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/29/2011
In September, NFL Films will air a two-part documentary focusing on New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick. Throughout the 2009 season, NFL Films was given full-season access to Belichick, wiring him for sound. This made Belichick the very first coach to ever be followed by NFL Films for an entire season. NFL Films says it […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/23/2011
CBS Sports, Showtime, NFL Films and NFL Media have jointly announced the renewal of Inside The NFL for a fourth season on Showtime. Ever since HBO canceled the show, Showtime stepped up and brought it back. And the cast of James Brown, Cris Collinsworth, Phil Simms, Warren Sapp and Michael Lombardi all return for the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/22/2011
If you saw the San Diego Chargers-Dallas Cowboys NFL preseason game on NBC last night and stayed through halftime, then you might have caught a promo for a new show on Versus premiering Thursday, September 15 at 10 p.m. NFL Films will produce the program and focus on two games from the previous week, giving […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/21/2011
Time for some Sunday links. I’ll also attempt some Sunday thoughts later. Todd Spangler of Multichannel News writes that Comcast has dropped a lawsuit against DirecTV over its NFL Sunday Ticket ad campaign. Tom Weir of USA Today explains how ESPN’s Dick Vitale got so angry at a sports radio talk show that he hung […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/17/2011
As usual, the new episode of America’s Game, NFL Network’s documentary series on the Super Bowl champions premieres the night before the season opener which coincidentally features the defending champions Green Bay Packers hosting the New Orleans Saints. America’s Game: 2010 Green Bay Packers will feature quarterback Aaron Rodgers, cornerback Charles Woodson and coach Mike […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/5/2011
Ok, seeing some good stories on this Friday and it appears that I’m staying in the office today so I can give you a full set and not have to leave for another site. Let’s git ‘er done! We start as always with the Weekend Viewing Picks which are getting busier with each passing weekend […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/30/2011
Both HBO Sports and NFL Films announced that due to the NFL lockout, there won’t be a Hard Knocks series for this season, but to help fans get their reality training camp fix, both companies have said that there will be a 10th anniversary show that will air in August. The show has featured the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/29/2011
I’m hoping to get this entire Megalink session finished in one sitting. It’s been a crazy day thus far. Of course, all of your weekend sport and entertainment programming are featured in the Weekend Viewing Picks. Let’s get to the linkage now. National Michael Hiestand of USA Today speaks with noted baseball announcing author Curt […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/26/2011
Today was just too busy as I was in between two offices and had to run errands for most of the day. I apologize for not bringing these links earlier, but I do have time now so let’s get to them. Steve Wieberg of USA Today writes that the NCAA is now looking into the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/18/2011
As the rain continues to fall in the Northeast and the sun remains behind the clouds for one more day, I’ll provide some links for you. Trying to finish work before doing links and I’d like to provide these earlier, but sometimes, it can’t be helped. Anyway, here are the sports business and media stories […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/12/2011
Time for the linkage here on this Thursday getting a late charge out of the gate as I’ve had to visit a jobsite and then had to run a couple of office errands, but we’re back inside ready to give you some linkage. Lots of stuff to get to now. We begin with some sad […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/3/2011
From NFL Films, we learn that the organization takes home another five Emmys. Most of them were combined with work done for HBO and the other for NFL Network. We look at the NFL Films press release. NFL FILMS’ “HARD KNOCKS” LEADS NFL MEDIA TO FIVE SPORTS EMMY AWARDS “HARD KNOCKS” WINS RECORD THREE EMMYS […]
