0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/17/2015
Ok, let’s do this. NEWS The 2015 NHL Stanley Cup Final ended up being the second most-watched series on record just below the most-watched 2013 SCF between Boston and Chicago. This year’s series averaged 5.551 million viewers which is just off from 2013 which averaged 5.753 million. For Game 6 on Monday, the series-clincher for […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/4/2015
As we hit mid-week, let’s do another edition of the notebook. NEWS CBS announced on Tuesday that it has hired former Colorado, Washington and UCLA football coach Rick Neuheisel as a studio analyst. He’ll join the cast of College Football Today before SEC games and Inside College Football on CBS Sports Network. Neuheisel had been […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/3/2015
Back to do a sports media notebook for you. Let’s get to it. NEWS NASCAR beat reporter Jim Utter of the Charlotte Observer notes that Sunday’s Sprint Cup race in Atlanta did well for Fox and was up from last year’s second race which was held in Phoenix. That along with increased viewership for the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/18/2015
Time for another edition of the notebook. Let’s do this. NEWS NBC Sports has announced it will pick up radio coverage of horse racing’s Triple Crown. Over the past few years, radio coverage of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes has been piecemeal with various syndicators producing the races. Now, NBC which has […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/30/2015
We did the news segment in the first part. Let’s do the linkage and News You Can Use here. LINKAGE Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch talks with Phil and Chris Simms about being television analysts after their playing careers. Deitsch has a preview of what NBC has in store for its Super Bowl XLIX production. Reuters […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/7/2015
Let’s do our notebook for this hump day. We begin with some late news that came out on Tuesday. NEWS It appears that new Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh will be involved in ESPN’s coverage of next Monday’s College Football Playoff National Championship Game. Mark Snyder of the Detroit Free Press has the story. Fox Sports […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/30/2014
Just a week after Joe Buck and Greg Norman were officially announced as the lead broadcast team for the U.S. Open starting next year, we get word that Fox Sports has signed another golf event and naturally, it’s associated with Norman. It’s the Shark Shootout that had previously been aired on CBS and NBC/Golf Channel […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/26/2014
The nominees are out. A few interesting developments for this year’s Emmys. In the play-by-play category, Al Michaels is noticeably absent. Marv Albert, Mike Breen, Joe Buck, Bob Costas (?) and Mike Emrick are nominees. I guess the Academy decided to put Bob in this category in addition to his customary Studio Host nomination. For […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/22/2014
Golf Channel will be busy starting early this morning through Sunday as it air live golf action from Qatar, the Bahamas and continue the PGA’s West Coast Swing from Southern California. Overall, it will have three live tournaments involving the European PGA Tour, the PGA Tour and the start of the 2014 LPGA Tour. Early […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/15/2014
Golf Channel will have coverage of three tournaments this week. The PGA Tour begins the West Coast Swing as it hits Southern California with the Humana Challenge. The European PGA Tour will be in Abu Dhabi for the HSBC Golf Championship. Phil Mickelson is there and will try to win an event in the Middle […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/9/2014
As we go into the second weekend of the New Year, the new wraparound of the PGA Tour continues in Hawaii with the Sony Open at the Waialae Country Club in Honolulu on the island of Oahu in Hawaii. This is the first full-field tournament of 2014. Among those expected to play are Adam Scott, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/1/2014
On Thursday, the PGA Tour resumes with the Tournament of Champions from Maui. It means some primetime golf and that’s always fun to watch. I’m serious. No sarcasm there. Golf Channel will provide live four round coverage with a rare wraparound weekend coverage beginning Friday and ending on Monday night. The event starts with the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/8/2013
Well, let’s take a look at what’s ahead in the sports media for the upcoming week. It’s another busy week and we’ll preview it for you right now. TELEVISION NFL Premieres The NFL continues to dominate the week. Monday has the annual Week 1 doubleheader on ESPN with Philadelphia taking on the DC NFL Team […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/25/2013
We’ve survived the first full week of Fox Sports One and the premiere of new shows. We have another premiere this week, but this one on ESPN2. In addition, we get the first full week of college football as the new season begins in earnest on Thursday. Not only that, the U.S. Open gets underway […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/19/2013
Once again, it’s another busy week. Lots of premieres of various studio programs begin this week as Fox Sports 1’s launch continues. In addition, there are plenty of live games as we speed towards the beginning of college football next week and the NFL in September. Let’s get started. TELEVISION We have a lot of […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/11/2013
This is the week sports media observers have been waiting for. It’s going to be a rather busy seven days and it all culminates on Saturday, August 17 when the English Premier League starts its first season on NBC Sports Group. This is what all of us have been waiting for. No? Oh, you’re expecting […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/29/2013
I’ve been meaning to start a regular Monday feature and since Richard Deitsch has a weekly Monday column at SI.com and Tom Hoffarth has his Southern California Sports Calendar, I figured I would preview the upcoming week in the sports media. With a little luck, this will be a signature post on Fang’s Bites. Give […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/29/2013
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
Just announced today, the PGA Tour and DirecTV have announced a new rights agreement that allows the satellite provider to air extensive in-depth coverage of several tournaments. This is similar to the expanded coverage DirecTV provides for the Masters, U.S. Open, Open Championship and PGA Championship where extra channels are provided in addition to the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/17/2013
We get word on this Friday night that one of the legends of golf, both on the course and in the broadcast booth, Ken Venturi has died at the age of 82. Just less than two weeks ago, Venturi was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame, but was unable to attend due to […]
