0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/3/2007
I was going to go to bed, but there are a couple of items that caught my eye so instead of waiting until the morning, I figured I would give them to you now. The Sports Media Watch reports that the NL Wild Card Playoff game got a pretty decent rating for TBS Monday night, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/2/2007
Let’s give you a few more links before I head out. First, Darren Rovell of CNBC has a few things in one entry including a blurb on GoDaddy.com which is about to hire a new spokesperson who looks like this woman (Olympic swimmer Amanda Beard), not that I object. The Sports Media Watch blog says […]
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Time for your links. Internet access was down earlier today, but it’s back and it’s time for linkage. Starting with Neil Best of Newsday, he writes in his regular Tuesday column that during the game, Mets announcers Gary Cohen, Ron Darling and Keith Hernandez were on top of the season finale that capped off the […]
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Leave it to MLB and TBS to announce the starting times just as I leave the office today. I had been waiting for almost two hours when the times were finally made public. Thanks, guys. Of course, all times are Eastern and the games are to be carried on TBS except where denoted. I’ll do […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/1/2007
We’re past 4 p.m. on the East Coast and there’s still no announcement for the times of the League Division Series. I know that someone from Major League Baseball has visited this site today. My request? Let us know the times! And when you say announcement will be made at 3 p.m., make sure you […]
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What a sporting weekend. Major League Baseball could not have asked for a better final weekend to the regular season You had the clinching of the American League East by the Red Sox. There was the complete collapse of the New York Mets and the charge by the Philadelphia Phillies to take the National League […]
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A few links to provide tonight. First, Tim Tucker of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution has the last words of Skip Carey on the final Atlanta Braves broadcast on TBS. Rodney Ho of the AJC talks about what will replace the local feed of TBS for Atlanta viewers. David Sweet of MSNBC talks about TBS moving into […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/30/2007
For those of you just getting up this morning, the USA soccer controversy did not prevent the Women’s Soccer team from blasting Norway, 4-1 in the 3rd place match at the Women’s World Cup in China today. Brazil and Germany are scoreless at the time of this post. I’ll give you a few links this […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/29/2007
Going into the links for you tonight. I’ve been out all day, but I’m getting ready to watch some baseball, college football and boxing. Starting with baseball, TBS.com has relaunched its MLB section and it looks much better than last week. Sports Media Watch has the schedules and times for the Division, Championship and World […]
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As I celebrate the Red Sox winning the American League East, Friday night was truly a great night of baseball. The Chicago Cubs clinched the National League Central, but they had to wait until Milwaukee lost to San Diego to celebrate. The Arizona Diamondbacks clinched a playoff spot, but didn’t find out until manager Bob […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/28/2007
Let’s not waste any time and get to the links. The theme of the day for the media writers across the country is TBS airing the MLB postseason for the first time. We’ll start with USA Today’s Michael Hiestand who writes about FSN’s Sports Science series which premieres this Sunday and the talk about the […]
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Let’s give a few links tonight. First, if you’re a subscriber to XM Satellite Radio and an NHL fan, you’re in luck because it will carry every game of the season. This is the first year of a long term agreement. The NHL had been with Sirius up until last season. Orbitcast has that story. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/27/2007
I’ll give you a few links here and then head for home. I may have an update tonight. Not sure. First, Tom Hoffarth of the LA Daily News reports in his Farther Off the Wall blog that KLAC has made a change in its morning show, blowing out Fred Roggin, TJ. Simers and Tracy Simers […]
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Hello, time for some links. Pretty busy morning at work so I’m trying to squeeze in some information for you in between tasks. First, ESPN Radio has made its announcer assignments for the MLB postseason. While ESPN TV no longer has the rights to the League Division Series as it once did, ESPN Radio will […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/26/2007
Time for some more links for you on this Wednesday afternoon. Neil Best has been blogging like crazy today in his Newsday Watchdog blog. He breaks news that TBS will assign Chip Carey and Tony Gwynn to the Yankees’ American League Division Series no matter who or where they play. And Best says the New […]
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Back to work on this Hump Day. Time for the links. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand writes about the South Carolina-Lee Corso “feud”. I put feud in quotation marks because its something Gamecock boosters are using to get fans motivated. And Corso’s co-hosts on College Gameday are using it to poke fun at him. John Ryan […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/25/2007
Let’s give you some links. Bob Wolfley of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel writes that CBS’ Jim Nantz lost sight of the big picture in the Chargers-Packers game on Sunday. Neil Best of Newsday writes about TBS coming into the MLB postseason game and he mentions the strange exchange between Mike Patrick and Todd Blackledge on […]
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I just finished watching the second installment of Ken Burn’s The War on PBS. Just like The Civil War, Baseball, Jazz, Mark Twain, Empire of the Air, and The West, this epic is excellent. I saw bits and pieces of the first installment on Sunday and all of tonight’s and Ken Burns’ storytelling is second […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/24/2007
Remember back in July when ESPN was punished by MLB for breaking the embargo on the All Star game announcements? The announcements were supposed to be made by TBS on its own exclusive program and ESPN was to wait until everything was done, but instead, the Alleged Worldwide Leader made them as the TBS program […]
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Been involved with too much work today. Yes, work getting in the way of blogging. Horrible, isn’t it? Ok, let’s get to the stuff for today. Starting with Michael Hiestand of USA Today, he recaps the TV sporting weekend including the reaction to Donovan McNabb and Mike Patrick’s strangely-timed question about Britney Spears during the […]
