0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/27/2008
Time for our Friday megalinks. Before we get to the links, we look at the weekend viewing. Weekend Viewing Picks This weekend is quite busy for the sports calendar. There’s interleague play in baseball as the natural rivalries come into play in New York, Chicago, Washington-Baltimore, Los Angeles and the Bay Area. Wimbledon goes into […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/9/2008
I can give you a few more links today. Starting with David Scott of Boston Sports Media Watch where he updates us on the John Tomase situation at the Boston Herald. Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch writes about Jim McKay’s death and the impact of his work on his fellow sportscasters and at the 1972 Munich […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/19/2008
Let’s give you the links for this back to work Monday. By the way, I’ve added two new sites to my blogroll. One is called “Lina in Lancaster” and the other is “The Traveling Food Critic“. Both are run by my cousin so I ask that you click on the links, visit both sites and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/12/2008
Time to give you some links on this Monday. USA Today’s Michael McCarthy says Versus is interested in tracking pucks during NHL coverage next season. Richard Sandomir of the New York Times has details of the ESPN/Tennis Channel contract with the US Open. John Ourand and Daniel Kaplan of Sports Business Journal have a story […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/6/2008
I’ll give you some linkage here as I watch the Red Sox-Tigers game. Richard Deitsch of Sports Illustrated has his media power rankings for April and he has some thoughts on the Costas Now muscle-tuscle between author Buzz Bissinger and Deadspin’s Will Leitch. Three links to the Sports Media Watch. First, the SMW says Game […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/3/2008
I’ll give you some quick late night links as we head into the weekend. The Schenectady Gazette’s Ken Schott writes in his blog that Versus is beginning to reap the benefits of having the NHL Playoffs. NBC Sports talks about covering Game 5 of the New York Rangers-Pittsburgh Penguins series this Sunday. Newsday’s Neil Best […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/29/2008
Last night, the 29th Sports Emmy Awards were held in New York and the big winner was HBO with 8. James Brown won Best Studio Host for CBS, NBC had a clean sweep of Play-by-Play, Studio Analyst and Game Analyst. SUMMARY OF WINNERS BY NETWORK HBO (8) Lords of Flatbush ……………………………………………………………… 2 Mayweather / Hatton […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/28/2008
Back to the work grind today. Not totally happy to be here, but gotta earn a living. Let’s give you some links. First, David Scott of the Boston Sports Media Watch has more on the Gordon Edes Boston Globe buyout saga, plus an offensive blog post at Yahoo! Sports that stayed up for at least […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/24/2008
Time to do the links on this Thursday. Newsday’s Neil Best has breaking news for us. Former ESPN MLB analyst Harold Reynolds has been hired as a part-time studio analyst at SNY. Pete Dougherty of the Albany Times Union says H.R. will continue to be an analyst at MLB.com. Maury Brown of the Biz of […]
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 4/7/2008
Ok, the internet access at my work is back. Verizon told me it would be down for the rest of the day, but viola! It’s back! So here we go with the links today. Michael Hiestand of USA Today says Billy Packer’s declaration that the Kansas-North Carolina game was over early in the first half […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/6/2008
I’m going to give you some quick links because my day has again been planned for me. I hate working in a family business. Anyway, let’s get to it. Neil Best of Newsday has his Sunday column and he talks about TBS Sports’ new national baseball package. From the New York Post, Phil Mushnick, who […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/5/2008
Time to give you some links this evening. Neil Best of Newsday reports that Stephen A. Smith will end his ESPN Radio show next Thursday. Neil says that Earl “The Pearl” Monroe will join Mike Breen and Walt “Clyde” Frazier on Knicks game broadcasts. And one blog post from earlier this week, Neil says Fox […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/3/2008
Let’s give you some links for Thursday. Newsday’s Neil Best says new New York Knicks Donnie Walsh did his best to schmooze the media during his introductory press conference on Wednesday. And in his blog, Neil says a new era between the Knicks and the media began with free sandwiches and cookies. Richard Sandomir and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/2/2008
It’s been a big week for media layoffs and buyouts. As someone who follows the sports media, it seems like every week, a local news or reporter is bought out or has had his/her contract terminated as part of cost cutting. It’s happening in newspapers, TV and radio. But this week, the bloodletting has cut […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/28/2008
Yes, it’s Friday, I have a dentist appointment and it’s time for me to do some links. Let’s get started. This weekend, the NCAA Tournament continues as the Sweet Sixteen will be reduced to the Elite Eight tonight. And after Sunday, we’ll have the Final Four. CBS has your coverage of the Mens’ NCAA Tournament […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
Let’s have a late night helping of links, shall we? From Justin Terranova of the New York Post, he says SNY’s Ron Darling will have another go with TBS on its Sunday afternoon MLB package. The Sports Media Watch blog notes that NBC will premiere a Mixed Martial Arts show of its own on April […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/27/2008
Before I start, I’ll say I’ll have news on a sports talk show host whom I talked about earlier this week. I’ll even identify him, Andy Gresh, formerly of the Score in Providence was seen in New York last week. I should find out more about what’s next with him either today or tomorrow. Keep […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/18/2008
I’m dragging today and not in the mood to blog, but blog I will because I serve you. So it’s time to give you some links. Let’s start off with ESPN Ombudsman Le Anne Schreiber who says in reviewing ten days of SportsCenter, she was actually pleased to see fewer gimmicks and more highlights. The […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/7/2008
Time to do the megalinks. Before I get started, I want to announce that Fang’s Bites and Boston Sports Media Watch will be teaming up. Every Friday, I’ll be doing a similar service for BSMW. I’ll do the links here first and then I’ll be sending them over to BSMW. Bruce Allen has been doing […]
