0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/19/2011
John Ourand of Sports Business Journal was all over this story starting from Monday when he reported that Fox and Turner had dropped out of the bidding. Then this morning, he broke the story that NBC/Versus had won the the US rights for the National Hockey League. This will be a ten year/$2 billion deal. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/15/2011
Last week, I could not do the megalinks as I was traveling in between two offices. Yesterday, I seemed to get that out of the way so it appears that I’m free to do the megalinks today. I hope I can give you a full set. As usual, there’s a full set of Weekend Viewing […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/13/2011
Doing the linkage now after being all over the place this morning and tomorrow will be much worse as I’ll be out of the office for most of the day so don’t expect too many posts on Thursday. But before that, I can provide the linkage for today. We’ll begin with Sports Business Journal’s John […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/12/2011
With the NHL Playoffs starting on Wednesday, NHL Network will have special pregame and postgame programming. In addition, NHL Network’s signature NHL on the Fly will have live cut-ins to games and highlights throughout the night. And there will be special editions of NHL Live at 4 p.m. Eastern Time. So lots of stuff from […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/10/2011
After not being able to bring you the Friday megalinks or even Saturday linkage, I have some time to provide the Sunday linkage. Some good stuff here and don’t forget to read my Sunday thoughts. USA Today’s Mike McCarthy breaks news that former co-host of Versus’ The Daily Line, Jenn Sterger will give her first […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/28/2011
It’s been quite a while since the last mailbag, October of last year to be precise and I’ve been meaning to do one. Let’s do one now since we have a few questions stockpiled. Thanks to you for sending questions and if you want to have one answered for the next mailbag later in the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/27/2011
This is the first of what I hope will be weekly Sunday posts. I’ll provide three or four thoughts into one post and I hope you enjoy them. Consider this to be a throwback to when sports media writers would write a lengthy column in the Sunday newspapers. As I mentioned, I hope to make […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/2/2011
Here are some Wednesday links today. Maury Brown from the Biz of Sports Network writes in Forbes about a Federal judge ruling in favor of the NFL Players Association in its fight to prevent the league’s owners from taking TV rights fees as lockout insurance. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand says ESPN will be unveiling a […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/24/2011
As I continue to be in a holding pattern on whether this site will stay on its current server or have to make another move, I’ll keep doing what I do and that’s provide the best in sports media information to you. Let’s do your links while I can. Starting with USA Today’s Michael Hiestand, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/22/2011
Let’s do some linkage for you. I haven’t done any since Wednesday, I believe. Still working on bringing archives here, but I’m not as stressed as I was last night. Thanks to my friends over at Radio Insight for giving me some great ideas on how to bring the archives over. I’d say about 90% […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/11/2011
Let’s do the linkage and get it all done so you get on with your workday. That also goes for me as well. Here goes. From USA Today, Mike McCarthy talks with a Frito-Lay executive on whether Brent Musburger was following orders on saying “This is for all the Tostitos” just before the winning kick […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/10/2011
I’ll add some links to the ones I provided earlier today. Let’s do this while the BCS National Championship Game is on. R. Thomas Umstead of Multichannel News says ESPN will commemorate Martin Luther King’s Birthday with a live, Town Hall Meeting. Anthony Crupi of Mediaweek notes that Fox and NBC scored in the ratings […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/23/2010
Yes, we all know the classic Seinfeld episode, “The Strike” which introduced the holiday of Festivus. As this is December 23, it’s the day to celebrate Festivus and what better way to do so by taking out the proverbial Festivus Pole and start the Airing of Grievances. Since I’m writing a passage here, I really […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/22/2010
Ok, got interrupted today, but let’s finish up the linkage for this mid-week. Lots of good stuff out there. USA Today’s Mike McCarthy catches up with NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman to discuss the Winter Classic and the league’s TV rights. Sports Business Journal lists some of the best sports tweets from athletes and journalists. Sports […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/21/2010
It may not be the NHL which he sorely misses, but Gary Thorne will be back rinkside, this time in Buffalo for the IIHF World Junior Championships. Last year, Thorne was slated to call the Championships, but had to back out at the last second and was replaced by JP Dellacamera who got to call […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/13/2010
I’m at a FedEx office in Cambridge, MA using its free wi-fi and taking every advantage of its LapNet Station. I could go all out and start using the copiers and printers, but free wi-fi is enough for me. I’m a happy blogger when I can connect from outside the office. It means you deserve […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
Starting this Sunday, NHL Network will air CBC’s live schedule of AHL games and it will continue throughout the 2010-11 season. CBC/NHL Network will air a total of 10 contests, mostly involving the Toronto Marlies and the Hamilton Bulldogs with a couple of appearances from the Manitoba Moose thrown in. We have the NHL Network […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/9/2010
Let’s do a few links. Sorry about not doing a full Friday megalinks, but after starting work Thursday night and never finishing until Friday afternoon, I never could get started. I’ll try to do better next week. Let’s do some linkage now. At Fanhouse, former attorney Clay Travis tells us what the legal ramifications are […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/4/2010
Received this from NHL Network today and I’m happy to get this. We have the complete 78 live game schedule for the NHL Network. These games will be seen on the US version of the channel. NHL Network in Canada has a different schedule due to broadcast rights and restrictions. So let’s take a look […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
I didn’t do links all weekend. It’s rare when that happens, but as I went to a Tweet Up of Red Sox fans at Jerry Remy’s Sports Bar & Grill in Boston on Saturday and then did a long day of posting on Sunday. Twelve posts in all! Sunday is turning out to be a […]
