0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/16/2013
Let me get these some links out to you. Won’t give out a full set, but this ties you over as I’m all over the place today. Nicole Auerbach at USA Today writes about the late Jessica Ghawi a.k.a. Jessica Redfield, the aspiring sports journalist who was killed in the Aurora, CO movie theater shootings […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/15/2013
Golf Channel loves “Big Break.” Actually, I do too. It’s shot well and the co-hosts Tom Abbott and Stephanie Sparks make every shot sound so dramatic. And when a shot goes awry, Abbott even scolds the golfer for making a bad shot (“Oh what is he doing? That’s such a bad shot!”). Well, the new […]
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ESPN has unveiled some new football shows that will premiere over the next couple of months. For starters, NFL Insiders which will be co-hosted by Chris Mortensen and Adam Schefter launches on Monday, August 5 at 3 p.m. ET on ESPN. This will replace the horrid NFL32 which never really caught on. On Sunday mornings […]
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Trying to get back into the swing of things after a bad couple of weeks for this site. Been quite busy on the personal front. I hope to provide more original content for you from this point on. Some links for you as a token of appreciation for your patience. Let’s begin with John Ourand […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/27/2013
Time for some sports media thoughts on this Thursday. As usual, they come in bullet form. Well, the hires at Fox Sports 1 just continue to grow. Jason McIntyre of The Big Lead broke some news this week about one of the sports blogosphere’s most popular stars: Not a huge surprise, but the very pretty
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/17/2013
In a move that was first reported by Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch, former Kansas City Chiefs General Manager and New England Patriots Director of Player Personnel, Scott Pioli will be moving to the Dark Side. He’ll be an analyst for NBC’s Football Night in America starting in September. According to the press release, Pioli will […]
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Lots of stuff to get to and so little time. Here’s the linkage. Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch has his regular Monday sports media column in which he discusses a new hire for NBC’s Football Night in America, ESPN’s World Cup plans and Bill Simmons’ future in the NBA studio. USA Today reports that former Kansas […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/16/2013
Time for another sports media post. All done in bullet form. Check it out The big sports media story on Friday was Bill Simmons whining on Twitter that a joke that he made about Dwayne Wade for a segment on SportsCenter got cut. He then tweeted that being in the studio for the NBA over […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/15/2013
Ok, I wasn’t able to get to do linkage during the day so in lieu of a Friday post, I’ll make this a weekend post so you can go through these at your leisure. So while I watch some Australian Rules Football, I’ll do a nice links post for you. Let’s begin with John Ourand […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/4/2013
As the sports world continues to mourn the passing of the great Deacon Jones at the age of 74, it leaves the great Roosevelt “Rosey” Grier as the lone remaining survivor of the Los Angeles Rams’ Fearsome Foursome. The others, Merlin Olsen and Lamar Lundy have already moved on. Tonight, Grier went on NFL Network’s […]
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The National Football League and Verizon announced a multi-year extension of their agreement that allows streaming on mobile phones. Verizon currently has the rights to stream NBC’s Sunday Night Football, ESPN’s Monday Night Football and NFL Network’s Thursday Night Football games over its wireless network to smartphones. NFL Network and NFL RedZone are also part […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/3/2013
Let’s do some linkage on this rainy Monday in Southern New England. It may not be raining where you are, but where I am, it’s Ark Building Time. Starting with Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch, we learn that ESPN’s NBA Countdown crew is expanding its reach when the NBA Finals get underway. Richard also breaks news […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/31/2013
Ok, lots of things to get to. Let’s do some Friday links. From Anthony CrupiCrupiCrupi of Adweek, a Disney executive downplays any threat from Fox Sports 1 to ESPN. From Variety, Rick Kissell says NBC Sports Network saw stellar ratings for the NHL Conference Semifinals. R. Thomas Umstead from Multichannel News says the next Floyd […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/30/2013
Trying to provide two consecutive days of linkage, something I haven’t done in quite some time. Here we go. Pete Iacobelli of the Associated Press writes that Fox is still investigating the incident that caused a rope supporting its overhead camera to snap at the Coca-Cola 600. Tim Baysinger of Multichannel News writes that Fox […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/29/2013
This is from Dial Global Sports, the national radio partner of the National Football League. In the wake of this week’s announcement from ESPN Radio that it will begin to air a NFL Sunday afternoon doubleheader, Dial Global says not only will it carry a Sunday afternoon doubleheader, but its partner, Compass Media Networks will […]
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I’ve been neglecting a couple of things that have been staples of this site, linkage and sports media thoughts. I’m taking care of linkage today. I hope to have a sports media thoughts post this week. It’s all about managing time. Let’s go. Richard Deitsch of Sports lllustrated has his usual weekly media column. He […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/28/2013
ESPN Radio joins Compass Media, Dial Global and Sports USA in airing Sunday afternoon NFL games across the country. Unlike the primetime and postseason games which are exclusive to Dial Global, the National Football League allows Sunday afternoon games to be syndicated nationally on radio. ESPN Radio has signed the exclusive out-of-market radio rights to […]
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For the first time, the NFL Draft will be held in May. The NFL is citing a scheduling conflict at Radio City Music City, the home of the Draft, however, the league has been wanting to move the draft to May for quite some time. Not only is May a month later, but it’s also […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/23/2013
NBC has another reason to crow. Its ratings for Sunday Night Football has topped all network primetime programs for the 2012-13 season. This marks the second straight year that SNF has topped all primetime shows in overall viewers as well as all key adult and male demographics. As far as viewership, Sunday Night Football averaged […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/14/2013
Announced at the ESPN Upfronts in New York today, the network will unveil a new NFL studio show in August, “NFL Insiders” to be hosted by Suzy Kolber. ESPN’s NFL insiders, Adam Schefter and Chris Mortensen will be part of the show. Former NFL general manager Bill Polian will also take part. Other ESPN’ers who […]
