Time for some links on this Thursday. Starting with the Associated Press which states that the American Sportscasters Association has named Lesley Visser as the top female sportscaster. Here’s the release from the American Sportscasters Association and those who are...
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By my clock, TNT signed off its live coverage from the Open Championship at 2:39 p.m. ET. And here is it is at 3:25 p.m. ET getting the quotage. This is very impressive. The people at Turner Sports are very...
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Time for some linkage today. Since we burned up our server with yesterday’s picture of ESPN’s Erin Andrews in a hot dress (thank you, Jimmy Traina of Sports Illustrated), we have an entire gallery of Erin in hot dresses as...
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I’ve noticed that people are looking to find places to watch this week’s Open Championship online as it starts early for the U.S. fans. I’m happy to tell you that there’s free online coverage at PGA.com. Today and Friday, it...
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Let’s do some linkage this evening. Lazy night for sports, but never a lazy night for blogging. Let’s do the links then I have some housekeeping to do later. Blog housekeeping, not house housekeeping. That’s for later. I’ll start with...
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This week, TNT will air its last Open Championship until at least 2014 when ESPN takes over for four round start-to-finish coverage next year. But until we get to July 2010, we have TNT for four round coverage this year....
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After watching a completely boring Home Run Derby tonight in which I fell asleep in the easy chair, it’s time to post some press releases before I shut off the lights and go to bed. I’ll begin with this release...
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In its final year sharing the Open Championship with TNT, ESPN on ABC will air the final two rounds of the 3rd major golf tournament of the year this weekend. Take a look at the release. ABC & ESPN to...
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Here are some releases that came into the Fang’s Bites inbox on Friday. If you scroll down to the Saturday links, you’ll know why I wasn’t linking much yesterday. Let’s go over some of the interesting releases that were e-mailed...
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Here are some press releases you should read. This is from ESPN touting the English Premier League games it will show in the UK. The start times are all UK time so subtract five hours for ET. LIVE ESPN COVERAGE...
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A whole bunch of releases are in the Fang’s Bites inbox. Let’s get started. The NFL Network has its programming set through next week. NFL NETWORK PROGRAMMING NOTES (7/8-7/14) LIONS QB MATTHEW STAFFORD IN-STUDIO ON NFL TOTAL ACCESS TUESDAY “Best...
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We have quite a few releases for you. Let’s give you stuff from CBS Sports first. It says ratings for the AT&T National won by Tiger Woods jumped by over 200% from last year when Tiger was out due to...
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Some of you may have gone back to work today. Some of you might have extended your holiday weekend today. Whatever situation you’re in, linkage doesn’t stop so we get some today. I’m in a bit of withdrawal from having...
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On the heels of last month’s landmark agreement with the Royal & Ancient Golf Club to put the Open Championship on ESPN exclusively in 2010, we find that the network will provide live coverage of the Women’s Open Championship for...
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In what became the World’s Worst Secret, ESPN has signed an eight year agreement with the Royal & Ancient Golf Club for the American TV rights to the Open Championship. ESPN will have live four round coverage, giving ABC selected...
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As I’m charging my iPod, I figured I would give you a quick update. Another busy day as we find that there was a fake edition of the New York Times published complete with fake stories and ads and a...
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As I’m sitting here at my desk listening to Sirius Octane and smiling that the channel was not cut from the newly merged Sirius XM lineup, it just hit me that ESPN may be taking ABC out of the sports...
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This comes from John Ourand of Sports Business Daily/Journal via the Big Lead. This paves the way for ESPN to become the exclusive home of the Open Championship meaning the end of ABC’s 50 year association with the Royal &...
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It’s Wednesday. The All-Star Game is over, thank goodness. I stayed up to watch every single pitch and out until 1:30 a.m. ET. What could have been another embarrassing tie ended up with the American League winning 4-3. Now that...
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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...
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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...
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Time to give you some links today. Yesterday, John Crowe over at his Crowe’s Nest blog hinted of a change in the Providence sports radio landscape. Today, he’s able to confirm that former WSKO host Scott Cordischi will be back...
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Well, I keep finding stuff and I need to pass them along to you, my loyal visitors. From Canada, there’s a shakeup for the venerable Hockey Night in Canada on CBC. The legendary Bob Cole has been signed to a...
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Good morning. Back to work on this Monday, but let’s get into the links. First, Michael Hiestand of USA Today has kind words for ESPN/ABC for coverage of the Open Championship this past weekend saying it was laid back and...
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I’ll give you a few more links before doing the Weekend Viewing Picks. Richard Sandomir of the New York Times says it’s an interesting coincidence that brings Barry Bonds to Milwaukee on the anniversary of Hank Aaron’s last home run...
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During my first linkfest, I missed these stories so here you go. Tom Hoffarth of the Los Angeles Daily News spoke to Dan Patrick about many things including setting the record straight about the WFAN morning slot, the Price is...
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Ok, back from the jobsite. I’ll give you as many links as possible today. Let’s begin with David Scott from Boston Sports Media Watch.com. He has been away for a while so he catches up with a mega-column today featuring...
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Long week and I had some internet issues this morning, but they appear to have been cleared up. As long as I have the internet connection back, I’ll do some links. Let’s go to Darren Rovell of CNBC.com who has...
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The Open Championship at Carnoustie begins Thursday at 3 a.m. ET. There are a couple of ways to see it online. One, go to PGATour.com and you’ll be able to watch three different channels. One will give you coverage of...
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Ok, here are a few more links for you today. I saw this the other day and wondered if I should link to it and after reading it, I’ll provide it today. John Ryan of the San Jose Mercury News...
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