0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/14/2008
Back to the work grind. Not fun, but gotta do it. And it also means some more links for you today. I’ve updated the NHL Playoff Series post through today. The NHL has not updated times for the upcoming weekend as Games Five and Six would be played for the first round series. Once they […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/3/2008
I’ll give you some linkage this evening. Earlier today, I was listening to the Red Sox-A’s game through MLB Gameday Audio and noticed that Joe Castiglione was broadcasting solo for the first two innings. Because partner Dave O’Brien was working the Blue Jays-Yankees game for ESPN2, this was one of the games where the Shaw’s […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/16/2008
This is my real time review of Real Sports on that originally aired Monday night, March 10, 2008 at 10 p.m. ET. I am watching a recording off my DVD. I’ll review the show as if I’m watching it for the first time (which I am). Segment #1 – Bruce Almighty This segment is reported […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/13/2008
The nominees for the 29th Sports Emmy Awards have been announced. HBO leads the list with 31 nominations with 5 for Real Sports and 5 for Inside the NFL. ESPN is next with 27 (although I’m sure ESPN will have a press release stating that combined with ESPN2, ESPN Classic and ABC, it leads the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/8/2008
Time for some Saturday links. Once again, thanks to Bruce Allen of Boston Sports Media Watch for bringing me into his site to do the Friday media links. You’ll always see them first here, but it’s a chance to bring the megalinks to a wider readership. For those of you coming over from BSMW, I […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/12/2008
This is a real time review of the newest Real Sports which debuts on a Monday night. Segment #1 – Super Dario Reported by Mary Carillo, this is a profile of Indy Car Series driver Dario Franchitti, the Scotsman with the Italian name. He’s married to the gorgeous Ashley Judd. They’ve been married 7 years […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/11/2008
Time to give you some more stuff. In his Farther Off the Wall blog, Tom Hoffarth of the Los Angeles Daily News previews the comments by Bryant Gumbel at the end of tonight’s Real Sports program on HBO (of which I’ll have a real time review). The Sports Media Watch notes that the Pro Bowl […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/23/2008
The first Real Sports program of the year gives us three new stories and an update on streaker Mark Roberts. This is the best sports magazine on television, bar none and it’s won numerous Emmy Awards for Best Journalism, all of them much deserved. It’s also our first real time review of the program for […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/22/2008
Still recovering from TARCon 12, but we’re now in working mode, so we’ll give you a quickie update thing now. Let’s get started. Richard Sandomir of the New York Times reviews the Fox production of the NFC Championship including counting the number of Tom Coughlin reaction shots during the game. The perpetually angry Bob Raissman […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/8/2007
A bit of snow covering the ground this morning. Not much as we got enough snow to wreak havoc on the afternoon commute on Friday, but as I look out my window, the snow actually leaves a pretty picture. Perhaps I’ll take one and post it here later. But first, time to give you some […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/23/2007
Let’s start by saying it’s already been a crazy start to Black Friday in Massachusetts. For some strange reason, the Wrentham Mall Outlets decided to open at 12:01 a.m. today and at 4 a.m., traffic was stalled on Route 495. Really. All of the lanes going both ways were stopped. Why? For a couple of […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/21/2007
Here is our real time review of the latest edition of Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel. Included in tonight’s edition are a story on George Karl and his son, both of whom had to deal with cancer at the same time, a story on oil billionaire Boone Pickens who has given a ton of money […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/24/2007
Today, Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel will offer its four usual segments, but one that comes in just under the wire is Bob Costas‘ interview with former Yankees manager Joe Torre. Here is our real time review as it aired tonight. Usually airing at 10 p.m., tonight’s program is on at 9. Feels a bit […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/23/2007
Well, I found some linkage for this afternoon. Let’s get to them. Good friend, LC of the anti-Glenn Geffner blog, 38 Cliches, has the news that regular listeners of the Red Sox Radio Network outside of Boston won’t be able to hear Goofner during the World Series unless they log on the internet. ESPN Radio […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/23/2007
Good morning. Let’s get ready for some football and give you some links before Week 3 gets underway. Jim Williams of the Examiner writes in his Watch This! blog that Fox’ Troy Aikman likes the development of Redskins QB Jason Campbell. Over to the New York Post where Phil Mushnick criticizes Donovan McNabb for bringing […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/20/2007
Finished my work over at the jobsite so it’s time to provide you with some links. Over to the SOX & Dawgs site which has a petition seeking to have Glenn Geffner removed from the Red Sox Radio booth. CNBC’s Darren Rovell has a story on Dale Earnhardt, Jr. who yesterday announced his new number […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/19/2007
Time for my real-time review of Real Sports tonight. Segment #1 – Still Alive This is about the members of an Uruguayan rugby team that survived a horrific plane crash in the Chilean Andes Mountains in 1972. How they survived is a totally amazing story. The Old Christians rugby club was flying from Uruguay to […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/18/2007
I went to a jobsite today so I wasn’t in during the morning. Time to do some links now. Let’s look at the ratings from the weekend. First, Michael Hiestand of USA Today looks at the ratings for selected events. Second, Paulsen with the Sports Media Watch blog has more of an in-depth look. After […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/15/2007
Here’s the review of Real Sports that aired on HBO tonight. Segment #1 – Banned Bryant Gumbel interviewed Adam “Pacman” Jones, currently on suspension from the NFL. Jones denies any involvement in the Las Vegas strip club shooting that took place during NBA All Star Weekend in February. Jones has had a record of trouble […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/18/2007
This edition of Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel has the controverial interview with Gary Sheffield, but also has three other stories, one on former Detroit Pistons Nasty Boys, McFilthy and McNasty, Bill Laimbeer and Rick Mahorn, who are now coaching the Detroit Shock of the WNBA, another on a five year old golf prodigy and […]
