0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/29/2011
Through its contracts with IMG College and Learfield Sports, Sirius XM will be able to bring subscribers exclusive game broadcasts featuring some of the nation’s biggest conferences including the ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, Conference USA, SEC, Pac-12 and WAC. The contracts will not only include football and basketball games, but also coaches […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/24/2011
This in from NBC Sports Group, the college football schedules for Notre Dame football on NBC; Ivy League, Mountain West and Pac-12 on Versus; as well as the announcers calling the games plus various other college football programming on the networks. NBC Sports Group officially announces a new weekly college football studio show that will […]
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The last couple of days have been tough to provide links as I was out of the office. Glad to be back linking again, although you never know if I’ll be called away again. I’ll try to do what I can. Mike McCarthy of USA Today attended the NFL on CBS media day on Tuesday […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/11/2011
This has been a rather hellish day as I’ve been to two jobsites and tomorrow will probably be the same so blogging will be sparse. Gah! Anyway, here’s a press release from Fox Sports announcing its college football schedule on Fox, FX, Fox Sports Net and Fox College Sports. I admit I haven’t proofread this […]
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 8/1/2011
Lots of stuff coming out today. Rebranding news galore as we found out that Versus will undergo a name change on January 2, 2012. Then there’s Sporting News Radio changing its name to Yahoo! Sports Radio as of today. And Westwood One Radio has merged with Dial-Global today. Crazy day. Let’s do some linkage and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/31/2011
Ok, I have some free time to do some linkage now. I was hoping to get this posted in the morning, but recently, weekends have become busier than my workweek. I really don’t understand how this happened. However, with the next few hours free, I should be able to give you some good posts here. […]
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 7/27/2011
This just in from Fox Sports Media Group, the six announcing teams for college football this season. Of course, they’re led by Gus Johnson and Charles Davis on FX. Craig Bolerjack moves from CBS Sports to Fox Sports Net where he’ll inexplicably be lead Pac-12 announcer and Joel Myers will call both the Big 12 […]
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On Tuesday, I did the links in the evening, but today, the linkage is coming out early. Let’s get to them. Michael Hiestand of USA Today writes that Fox plans to use its college football sideline reporter more as an analyst on the field, rather than give injury updates. To the Wall Street Journal where […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/25/2011
Tomorrow, the coaches for the Pac-12 Conference start their second annual media tour. This started last year and it was a successful blitz that began in Los Angeles, went to New York, took a stop at ESPN in Bristol, CT then back to the West Coast. Some observers felt it paved the way for the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/2/2011
I started to do the Megalinks last night, but I fell asleep at my computer while doing them. I was out for most of the Friday so it prevented me from sitting down and pounding out the linkage yesterday. I’ll do it now to get you going for the 4th of July weekend. There’s a […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/1/2011
At 12:01 this morning on the Pacific Coast, the Pac-10 Conference officially became the Pac-12 Conference with the addition of the Universities of Colorado and Utah. The two schools were invited to join last year and after spending a lame duck season in the Big 12 and Mountain West Conferences respectively, they now join a […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/27/2011
Let’s do the Monday linkage. Some interesting stories out there already. I’ll start with some housekeeping from the weekend in regards to Saturday’s passing of Nick Charles. Sports Illustrated’s Joe Posnanski who wrote a wonderful and poignant article in March on Nick’s coming to peace with his cancer and how he attempted to make every […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/14/2011
It’s been a busy day for me as I’ve been working on the story on NBC approving plans for a Stanley Cup Final Viewing Party at TD Garden in Boston. Amazing how things fall into place on a story like that. But still working to confirm on the Bruins and Garden end of the story. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/5/2011
Let’s do some linkage on this lazy Sunday. Kari Lipschutz of Adweek writes that it’s a photo finish in the race to the US rights to the 2014/16 Olympics. Rachel Cohen of the Associated Press looks into the Olympic bidding. David Lieberman and Patrick Hipes at Deadline wonder what losing the Olympics could mean to […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/4/2011
Didn’t have time to do megalinks during the day as I was trying to get some end of the month/beginning of the month stuff done at the office. Time to get linkage in while I can. The Weekend Viewing Picks are chockful of sports action and some primetime programming. Now to the linkage. National Jessica […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/25/2011
Time for the mid-week links. Lots of stuff to get to. Michael Hiestand of USA Today looks at the ratings from some of the events held this past weekend. Michael says networks may have to scramble to fill holes if the NFL lockout extends into October and November. Brian Lowry at Fox Sports wonders if […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/16/2011
I spent the morning away from the office and after lunch, I’ve been dealing with crazy shit so I’m just getting to the links late this afternoon. I’ll put in as many as I can. This week is shaping up to be very busy so just bear with me as you may not see links […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/13/2011
Now that I’ve learned that I don’t have to travel in between two offices today, I’ll do some megalinks for you. You can check out the Weekend Sports and Primetime Viewing Picks here. Now to your links. National Michael Hiestand of USA Today talks with TNT’s Steve Kerr on the similarities he sees between the […]
