0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/7/2009
This week, Sirius XM’s PGA Tour Radio will air The Masters live. Check out the press release: SIRIUS XM RADIO TO BROADCAST THE 2009 MASTERS LIVE NATIONWIDE SIRIUS XM hosts will offer daily analysis throughout Masters Week NEW YORK – April 7, 2009 – SIRIUS XM Radio announced today that it will offer live hole-by-hole […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/6/2009
Our last Masters Moments post. Again, thanks to CBS Sports for posting them at YouTube. This Masters Moment looks at Jose Maria Olazabal, the second Spaniard to win two Green Jackets at The Masters. Phil Mickelson got the Major monkey off his back by winning the 2004 Masters, then solidified his place in history by […]
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Let’s give you some more Masters Moments as produced by CBS Sports and narrated by Jim Nantz. We remember Ben Crenshaw winning in 1984 and then winning again in 1995 during the same week that his teacher, Harvey Penick passed away. Jim looks at some of the notable amateurs who have played in The Masters. […]
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More Masters Moments from CBS Sports with your host Jim Nantz. Jim looks back at 1934 and the first tournament’s winner, Horton Smith. Heading back to 1961 when Gary Player became the first international golfer to win The Masters. Jim Nantz tells us about Jimmy Demaret, the first three time winner of The Masters. Your […]
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Here are more Masters Moments from CBS Sports. Jim Nantz voices them. Let’s go back to 1979 and Fuzzy Zoeller’s win in his first Masters. In 1996, Greg Norman choked away a 6 shot lead and lost to Nick Faldo. I could be really mean about this, but saying Norman choked is enough. This Masters […]
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I have to give credit to CBS for posting some video vignettes that will be shown this week during its Masters coverage. I’ll post them as they become available. I was actually looking for Amazing Race videos for Reality Fan Forum and came across these clips. Jim Nantz narrates them all. Here’s one on three […]
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Here’s a press release on CBS Sports’ coverage of The Masters. There are certain times of the calendar that are owned by one network. January usually goes to Fox and CBS for the NFL, March and early April to CBS for the NCAA Tournament and The Masters and so forth. When you hear this music, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/4/2009
I went to work this morning, went to lunch and now I’m back at the home office. Time for some linkage before the Final Four tips off. I’m still in shock over the news that the New York Times Company is threatening to close the Boston Globe. I knew things were bad at the Globe, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/4/2008
Time for some links on this Sunday morning. Starting with Newsday’s Neil Best who has a Sunday column about the best baseball announcer of all time, Hall of Famer Vin Scully, who was honored by his alma mater, Fordham University last month. From his blog, Neil has more from Vin. The New York Daily News’ […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/18/2008
Now that the Bruins have won tonight setting up another conflict with the Red Sox for NESN, most likely, the network will put the B’s on the main channel in HD and move the Sox game against Texas to NESNplus. But we’ll wait for the announcement from NESN on that. In the meantime, let’s give […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/16/2008
Let’s do your links for this Wednesday which will probably won’t as busy as yesterday, but let’s see. Starting with USA Today’s Michael Hiestand who talks about the growing popularity of the always lovely Erin Andrews. The next story broke late yesterday. ESPN and former Baseball Tonight analyst Harold Reynolds have settled his wrongful termination […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/15/2008
Let’s give you more links today. At 2 p.m. ET, the NFL will release its week-by-week schedule. Both the NFL Network and ESPN will air specials today devoted to the release of the schedule. Last year, NFL.com streamed the program, but there were so many problems, that it was not worth watching. I believe I […]
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I’ll give you some links here this evening. First, Ombudsman Le Anne Schreiber praises ESPN for tackling race issues head on. Pete Dougherty of the Albany Times Union notes that the ratings for The Masters were down slightly on CBS Sunday. Neil Best of Newsday says ratings for The Masters on ESPN set a record […]
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 4/13/2008
Last night, my computer went on the fritz again, but I have it back for now, but I wonder just for how long? I’m backing it up on Carbonite, but it’s a rather long process. I just hope I can back up everything before the computer dies for good. A personal note before we get […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/12/2008
I have my home computer back online, but I don’t know for how long. But at least I can provide you with some links. First, let’s continue on the news from late yesterday regarding Bryant Gumbel. As you might know by now, he has announced he would no longer calls games for the NFL Network. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/11/2008
I’m still having computer issues at home which are preventing me from doing an evening update. I can still blog at work, but if the computer issues still persist during the weekend, then I may not be able to give you Saturday and Sunday updates. I appreciate your patience during this time. In the meantime, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/10/2008
I was trying to be creative but with my brain fried already this morning, that’s the best I could do. Sorry. Let’s just do the links. Bill Doyle of the Worcester Telegram & Gazette says CBS Sports’ Nick Faldo is gaining on NBC’s Johnny Miller as most entertaining golf analyst on TV. Doyle also touches […]
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Some more links on this late Wednesday night. First, John Eggerton of Broadcasting & Cable writes that with Time Warner Cable’s agreement to put FSN South on its systems to provide Charlotte Bobcats games may help its argument in its arbitration case against MASN. Bruce Allen of the Boston Sports Media Watch says WBZ sports […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/9/2008
Some links for you here. From his blog, Neil Best of Newsday says “The Odd Couple” is not eligible for his “Best Sports-Themed TV Show” column. And like me, Neil is watching the Par 3 Contest at The Masters on ESPN and notes the Golf Channel’s Kelly Tilghman is caddying for Arnold Palmer. Speaking of […]
