0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/26/2008
With it raining heavily here in the Northeast, nothing much is going on, so it’s time to give you your regular Friday megalinks. As usual, we go over your Weekend Viewing Picks. Baseball’s last weekend of the regular season is going down to the wire with pennant and wild card races. ESPN has the Cubs-Brewers […]
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Let me provide you with a few links here. I’ll provide a bigger update later tonight. Bruce Allen of the Boston Sports Media Watch blasts the Boston Globe’s Tony Massarotti for twisting Bill Belichick’s record. David Scott of Boston Sports Media Watch says Providence Journal Red Sox beat writer Sean McAdam is leaving to go […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/25/2008
Three press releases hit my inbox this morning. I figured I would provide them here for you. First, HBO will air a special Costas Now featuring Hank Aaron and Willie Mays. This interview took place after the Baseball town hall aired live on July 16. SPECIAL EDITION OF HBO SPORTS’ COSTAS NOW, DEBUTING SEPT. 30, […]
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Just as I’m about to open the wraps on a new set of links, Jerry Remy of NESN (who by the way will be working Saturday’s Yankees-Red Sox game on Fox) spills the beans that his partner Don Orsillo will work one of the American League Division Series for TBS. Jerry noted that Don was […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/24/2008
Last October in its first year of airing the MLB playoffs, TBS tried something new by supplying online content to compliment its postseason coverage. The result was a studio show, called “Hot Corner” co-hosted by the always lovely Heather Catlin, tool Matt D’Agostino and the equally lovely Kelly Cross. It was quite popular garnering over […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/19/2008
As we speed into the Fall season (it begins on Monday), this is our last official Megalink session of the Summer. Yes, our mindset of Summer is gone, but officially, Fall begins on Monday. We have a lot of good links for you today so let’s get cracking, but first, we have our Weekend Viewing […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/18/2008
Time for some more links. As we get closer to baseball’s postseason, we’re getting closer to TBS’ extensive coverage of the playoffs. For the second straight year, TBS has tapped Bon Jovi to promote the League Division Series. I hope to have some more information about TBS’ coverage sometime tomorrow and when I do, I’ll […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/14/2008
I can’t think of a better way than to wake up listening to The Beatles on a Sunday morning. Sirius Satellite Radio has picked up Breakfast with the Beatles and has placed it on the Underground Garage channel (ch. 25) starting today. Starting at 9 a.m. ET/6 a.m. PT, it’s the best way to slowly […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/12/2008
I have to be honest with you. I’m a bit slow in getting the megalinks up to you today because of various issues. Yes work is one of them, but another is just being slow to get to the blog. Another issue was piecing together the premiere episode of The Amazing Race Asia 3 of […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/1/2008
Before I have to head out to the office (again, my day has been planned for me), I’ll provide you with some linkage. Ken McMillan of the Hudson Valley Times Herald-Record liked the work of ESPN’s Eric Collins and Shaun King in Friday’s Army-Temple game. Joe Favorito looks at the athletic background of Republican Vice […]
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After being out most of the day and having a very late dinner, I’m catching up on a couple of episodes from today’s Season 2 marathon of Mad Men that I had recorded on DVR. Let me give you some links while I’m watching last week’s episode. I’ll start with Newsday’s Neil Best who has […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/6/2008
Now that I’ve had some sashimi for dinner and totally satisfied, it’s time for me to give you some linkage this Tuesday night. Be prepared for an NSFW link, but that comes at the end of the post. Let’s do some regular sports media linkage now. The Sports Media Watch has the final weekend ratings. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/5/2008
Time for some linkage on this Monday night. Newsday’s Neil Best tells us that YES Network has picked up three Yale University football games this fall. As the great Tom Lehrer sang in “Fight Fiercely, Harvard“, “Hurl that spheroid down the field!” Of course, once I find the lyrics to that song, I have to […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/3/2008
If you’re on my main page, if you scroll below, you can take a look at the three part Videos of the Week which have videos from the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympic Games and also the promos for the 2008 Olympics which as we know from the promos are just five days away. They […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/1/2008
My apologies for not posting after my Thursday entry. I was called away to the home office which has only one dial-up internet connection and could not post to the blog. And then I was at the Reality Fan Forum last night helping to update the Big Brother Head of Household competition so blogging last […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/15/2008
As I was watching ESPN’s coverage of the Home Run Derby through MLB.com, two quick observations. Chris Berman is just plain awful. And during one commercial break, Chris asked his producer during a blimp shot, “Is that the Empire State Building?” Had that been me, I would have replied, “Um, what the hell do you […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/14/2008
As we get ready for the All-Star Game tomorrow, let’s give you some links. Newsday’s Neil Best, back from vacation, writes about Billy Packer’s departure from CBS. Roger Van Der Horst in the Charlotte News & Observer says Packer was prepared for this day. Reid Cherner and Tom Weir of the USA Today Game On! […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/4/2008
We’re here with the Friday megalinks. I hope your 4th is going well wherever you are. Starting with your weekend viewing then we’ll see how many media columns we actually have on this holiday 4th. Weekend Viewing Picks Breakfast at Wimbledon and Red Sox-Yankees dominate the national viewing this weekend. NBC has its traditional Breakfast […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/3/2008
Well, I leave my office for several hours and then all hell breaks loose. We start off with Awful Announcing which goes off on Fox Sports’ Joe Buck. Buck was on the Colin Cowherd show on ESPN Radio this morning and said he doesn’t watch sports during the week and no longer enjoys doing baseball […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/1/2008
Here’s the press release from MLB.com: TBS announces MLB analysts Harold Reynolds and Dennis Eckersley to join MLB All-Star Game Selection Show presented by Chevy 07/01/2008 3:05 PM ET MLB.com TBS announced today the addition of two-time All-Star Harold Reynolds and six-time All-Star and 2004 Hall of Fame inductee Dennis Eckersley to its studio team […]
