0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/14/2011
Let’s do some links on this Wednesday. It’s going to be busy for me later on and I’ll be away from internet access for a bit this afternoon so I’m going to the links now. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand looks at the circuitous path NFL Network RedZone host Scott Hanson took to getting to getting […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/8/2011
During today’s conference call held jointly by the National Football League and ESPN announcing the new eight year Monday Night Football deal, we received a tidbit of news regarding the other NFL packages. It’s been speculated that the NFL would soon award a package of 8 Thursday Night Football games to a new cable partner, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/8/2011
This past weekend was spent preparing for my sister’s baby shower and then grilling for those in attendance so I was very busy after posting last Friday’s megalinks. My apologies for not being able to blog as I wanted this past weekend, but I do appreciate your patience. Let’s get to the linkage as we […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/25/2011
Our last of the three NFL primetime packages to be posted, this is this season’s eight game Thursday Night Football schedule for NFL Network. NFL Network 2011 Thursday Night Football Schedule Week 10: Thursday, November 10 at 8:00 PM ET Oakland Raiders at San Diego Chargers Week 11: Thursday, November 17 at 8:00 PM ET […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/11/2011
For some reason, I’ve been out of the office a couple of times today and it’s pissing me off. Anyway, I’m back in the office now and barring an unforeseen interruption, I should be able to give you linkage here. Sports Business Journal’s John Ourand has the local MLB TV ratings for the first half […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/4/2011
As we learned last week, the NFL is shopping around the first half of a Thursday Night Football package that would begin in time for the 2012 season. The games would come from the Sunday afternoon games from CBS and Fox and be aired during Weeks 2 — 9 of the regular season. NFL Network […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/28/2011
Let’s go for your links today. Starting with Richard Deitsch of Sports Illustrated, he explores whether the Women’s World Cup can find an audience and he also scolds Pierre McGuire. Steve Weiberg of USA Today says a group of former college athletes is suing ESPN and CBS plus other networks for using their likenesses on […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/27/2011
Let’s do the Monday linkage. Some interesting stories out there already. I’ll start with some housekeeping from the weekend in regards to Saturday’s passing of Nick Charles. Sports Illustrated’s Joe Posnanski who wrote a wonderful and poignant article in March on Nick’s coming to peace with his cancer and how he attempted to make every […]
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As the two sides in the NFL lockout reportedly get closer to a labor agreement (let us certainly hope this is the case), one development that has come from the talks is the compromise over a proposed 18 game season. As the players did not want two extra games citing injuries and increased meaningless late […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/22/2011
On this rainy Wednesday in Southern New England, let me do some links. I hope the weather where you are is dry and sunny. I’ll start today off with John Ourand of the Sports Business Journal who says Comcast may have appeared to have overbid for the Olympics, but it may pay off in the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/6/2011
With me not having to drive in between two offices, I’m able to provide you with the Friday megalinks during the day. And with things planned for me during the day for Saturday, it’s best to get these in now so it can tie you over while I’m gone. The Weekend Viewing Picks provide your […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/5/2011
Ok starting the linkage off late again today, but I hope get a full set in before leaving work later. Sports Business Daily notes some shuffling of personnel with the NFL TV partners. Preston Bounds of Sports Business Daily talks about Brad Nessler saying his college football schedule with ESPN/ABC won’t be affected by his […]
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The upheaval in the NFL Network Thursday Night Football booth has been well documented. Now that Brad Nessler and Mike Mayock are officially the new announcing team, we look at the people NFL Network have assembled over the years. Let’s hope that this team can remain in place through the end of the current NFL […]
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I sent an e-mail to NFL Network seeking confirmation of Richard Deitsch’s story in SI.com about Brad Nessler and Mike Mayock coming into the Thursday Night Football booth, but when you get a press release, you can’t get better confirmation than that. Also, the NFL posted the story at its website so this is a […]
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Well, this is certainly a surprise. The last we heard about the NFL Network Thursday Night Football team was that Mike Mayock would replace Joe Theismann and Matt Millen and he would be teamed with either incumbent play-by-play man Bob Papa or Gus Johnson. Well, Richard Deitsch of Sports Illustrated has learned that Mayock is […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/19/2011
NFL Network has the late season schedule with 9 games mostly on Thursday nights and one on Saturday night. Here’s the schedule. NFL Network 2011 Thursday Night Football Schedule Week 10: Thursday, November 10 at 8:00 PM ET Oakland Raiders at San Diego Chargers Week 11: Thursday, November 17 at 8:00 PM ET New York […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/5/2011
With another regular season over, it’s time to hand out my awards for the best and worst in NFL TV. Lots of hardware to hand out. If you want to see past awards, you can check the inaugural, 2nd and 3rd annual awards. Best Play by Play: I’m going to go Against the Grain this […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/28/2010
With the digging out from the Great Northeast Blizzard yesterday, plus having to finish some year-end work, I wasn’t able to provide linkage, but now with things slowly getting back to normal, it’s time to give you the sports media links once again. The great Richard Deitsch of Sports lllustrated lists his best and worst […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/27/2010
Thanks to increased distribution, NFL Network got its highest audience for a Christmas night NFL game, reaching an average of 7.8 million, getting a peak of 10.2 million. This is strictly cable-only and doesn’t include the over the air audience in Dallas and Phoenix. In addition, the game was the most watched program in the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/23/2010
Ok, we have the quotage from tonight’s Thursday Night Kickoff pregame show from NFL Network. As it worked out, I missed the show once again, but that was due to me shopping for Christmas Dinner. Don’t get me started on that. But here’s the quotage. Thursday Night Football Notes Carolina Panthers vs. Pittsburgh Steelers Dec. […]
