0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/11/2012
After he was dumped from Fox NFL Sunday, it appeared sports fans saw the last of Frank Caliendo. But in a strange move, ESPN has brought him back to do his comedic segments (and I use comedic loosely) on Sunday NFL Countdown. I don’t watch Sunday NFL Countdown so I’ll be able to avoid Caliendo. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/10/2012
Let’s do some links now. Austin Karp at Sports Business Daily says the MLB TV partners saw record low ratings this season. Sports lllustrated’s Richard Deitsch reviews ESPN2’s first foray into pro hockey since losing the NHL in 2005. Michael Hiestand of USA Today notes that Bob Costas is back calling postseason baseball for the […]
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As we speed into the last quarter of 2012 and prepare for what’s ahead in 2013, there is one thing that is on the horizon for US sports fans and that is the expected appearance of a new all-sports cable channel. No, it’s not NBC Sports Network, although its trials and tribulations this fall will […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/9/2012
NFL Network’s traveling road show with Thursday Night Kickoff and Thursday Night Football will head to Music City for a AFC matchup between two former division rivals, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Tennessee Titans. Rich Eisen will host the pregame show live from LP Field and he’ll be joined by analysts Marshall Faulk, the always yelling […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/8/2012
Sad story coming out from Southern California, Alex Karras, former defensive tackle for the Detroit Lions, actor in movies and TV as well as the third-ever analyst on Monday Night Football is near death. According to Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press, Karras suffered kidney failure two weeks ago and is being cared for […]
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CBS Sports had a very good fall weekend. Airing the SEC on Saturday and a NFL doubleheader on Sunday, the Tiffany Network saw rating increases in all of its windows, 3:30 p.m. Saturday, 1 p.m. Sunday and 4:25 p.m. Sunday. For the SEC on CBS, the network had LSU-Florida in which the Gators pulled off […]
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Ok, time for some links on this Columbus Day holiday for some of you. Michael Hiestand of USA Today has a bunch of news and notes in his Monday sports media column including a recap of the NFL Today interview with scab NFL referee Lance Easley. Tim Baysinger of Broadcasting & Cable says the first-ever […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/7/2012
We haven’t had a “Get off my lawn” commentary from Bob Costas since Week 1 when he lectured Cleveland Browns fans on Art Modell. This week, Bob is back on the soapbox to discuss Andrew Luck engineering an Indianapolis Colts comeback win over the Green Bay Packers. Here, Bob waxes poetic on Luck and tries […]
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We conclude the Sunday NFL pregame quotage with NBC’s Football Night in America. Lots of stuff packed into the show tonight. “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA” NOTES & QUOTES – WEEK 5 “This is the Matt Ryan that we didn’t see last year, coming back from these types of mistakes.” – Rodney Harrison on Ryan’s success […]
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Tonight, NBC will air interviews that Bob Costas conducted with San Diego Chargers tight end Antonio Gates and New Orleans Saints QB Drew Brees in anticipation of Sunday Night Football’s matchup between the Chargers and Saints. Bob asks Brees about requesting suspended coach Sean Payton to watch his potential record breaking game in which has […]
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Now we complete the early Sunday NFL pregame quotage with the NFL Today. It includes an interview James Brown conducted with scab NFL referee Lance Easley. You know about his call in the Green Bay-Seattle game in Week 3 that lead to the real referees returning to the field the following week. Here’s the partial […]
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Now it’s time for Fox NFL Sunday quotage. No videos this time. Just quotes. We’ll bring the videos for Fox NFL Sunday back next week. FOX NFL SUNDAY NOTES – 10/7/12 Bradshaw to Cutler: “Grow up young man” Johnson & Strahan Debate Which Team is League’s Best FOX NFL SUNDAY co-host Terry Bradshaw commented on […]
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Now let’s go to Sunday NFL Countdown and what was said on that three hour show that began at 10 a.m. ET. ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown Notes and Quotes: Week 5 ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown host Chris Berman and analysts Cris Carter, Mike Ditka, Tom Jackson and Keyshawn Johnson previewed today’s NFL action with Suzy Kolber, […]
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We start our Sunday NFL pregame quotage for Week 5 with NFL Network’s four-hour NFL GameDay Morning. Lots of stuff to go over. Check it out. News and Sound Bites From Week 5 Edition of NFL GAMEDAY MORNING “He is elite. He goes to work and now he’s carrying this defense all the way. He […]
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Ok, let’s go over the Viewing Guide for Week 5 in The League Where They Play For Pay. So where were you last week? Um, I forgot? Will you take that excuse? I simply forgot. Eating chicken wings and General Tso’s Chicken will do that to you. Lame excuse, but I’ll take it. So are […]
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Back in May when the NFL gave this matchup to NBC, it looked like a potential Super Bowl preview. Well, San Diego has held up its end of the bargain with a 3-0 record, but after the NFL gutted the New Orleans Saints due to Bountygate, the Saints are facing a potential 0-5 record. NBC […]
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Onwards to the NFL on Fox which will carry regional action on Sunday. Fox’s main game will be Philadelphia at Pittsburgh at 1 p.m. ET with Joe Buck, Troy Aikman and Pam Oliver. There’s also Atlanta at Washington, Matt Flynn vs. RGIII in Landover, MD. Sam Rosen and John Lynch have the call along with […]
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CBS Sports has provided its preview of Week 5, actually Denver at New England, featuring the analysts who used to be quarterbacks in the NFL, Phil Simms, Dan Fouts, Rich Gannon, Steve Beuerlein and Boomer Esiason. I guess Dan Marino was not available for this. And interestingly, we don’t have a preview of this week’s […]
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Let’s begin our previews of the Sunday NFL pregame shows with ESPN. We don’t have anything from NFL Network which is quite rare for them. So we won’t have a preview of First on the Field or NFL GameDay Morning. We’ll continue with what we have and also do a Viewing Guide which I forgot […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/5/2012
All Times Eastern NFL Viewing Maps (the506.com) Pregame & Studio Shows First on the Field — NFL Network, 7 a.m. NFL Matchup — ESPN2, 8:30 a.m. NFL GameDay Morning — NFL Network, 9 a.m. Fantasy Football Today — CBS Sports Network, 11 a.m. Fantasy Football Now — ESPN2, 11 a.m. The NFL Today — CBS, […]
