0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/2/2013
Lots of things happening in sports media this week. The NFL returns in the next seven days. College Football goes into its second week. Baseball heads into its final month of the regular season. Soccer goes into World Cup qualifying. The PGA Tour takes the week off and we bid adieu to Fox Soccer. TELEVISION […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/18/2013
After watching the debuts of Fox Sports 1’s and NBC Sports Group’s big day on Saturday, I have a few thoughts. They come in bullet form. NBC Sports Group could not have asked for a better debut with the English Premier League. NBCSN began with Premier League Live at 7 a.m. ET with host Rebecca […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/11/2013
This is the week sports media observers have been waiting for. It’s going to be a rather busy seven days and it all culminates on Saturday, August 17 when the English Premier League starts its first season on NBC Sports Group. This is what all of us have been waiting for. No? Oh, you’re expecting […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/4/2013
Time for your look ahead in the week in sports media. It’s going to be a busy seven days. GOLF The final Major of the year in the PGA Tour takes place at the Oak Hill Country Hill East Course in Rochester, NY. TNT and CBS will team up for coverage. Here’s how it will […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/25/2013
It’s Thursday already? My goodness, the time flies. Lots of links to get to, so little time. Let’s not delay any further. Jon Weisman at Variety recaps Keith Olbermann’s appearance at the TV Critics Association Tour and notes that his famous “Worst Person in the World” feature from Countdown will move to his new ESPN2 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/19/2012
Let’s do some linkage now. Fifth straight day! This is a record! Michael Florek at USA Today’s Game On blog notes that Time Magazine will have six separate covers in four regions for its Olympic preview issue. For the U.S., guys will have Lolo Jones to gawk at, women get Ryan Lochte. Gymnast Gabby Douglas […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/20/2012
After saying goodbye to SportsNation last month and then making a splash while on vacation in the Virgin Islands, Michelle Beadle makes her NBC Sports debut this weekend during the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials. According to Michael Hiestand of USA Today, Michelle will be seen hosting features and filing reports during the action […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/25/2011
I hope you survived the Black Friday experience if you went out today. If you decided to shop online, better to do that than wait outside in the cold especially in the Northeast where the temperatures dropped below freezing overnight. No fun. Anyway, I’ll provide the links. The Weekend Viewing Picks are here. To the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/8/2011
This weekend, both CBS Sports Network and the CBS Sports mothership combine to air the NCAA Men’s and Women’s Division I Track & Field Championships from Drake Stadium in Des Moines, IA. CBS Sports Network airs primetime coverage on Friday. CBS has the coverage Saturday afternoon. Ian Eagle will have the call and he’ll be […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/4/2011
Didn’t have time to do megalinks during the day as I was trying to get some end of the month/beginning of the month stuff done at the office. Time to get linkage in while I can. The Weekend Viewing Picks are chockful of sports action and some primetime programming. Now to the linkage. National Jessica […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/27/2011
You probably didn’t see this since you were probably at work or if you were at home, may not have access to Universal Sports. Well, Usain Bolt was on the track in Rome on Thursday for the IAAF Diamond League Golden Gala. It was Bolt’s first 100 meters race of the year and the first […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/13/2011
Now that I’ve learned that I don’t have to travel in between two offices today, I’ll do some megalinks for you. You can check out the Weekend Sports and Primetime Viewing Picks here. Now to your links. National Michael Hiestand of USA Today talks with TNT’s Steve Kerr on the similarities he sees between the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/5/2010
Got a revised press release from Universal Sports that two of the world’s fastest sprinters will be in Stockholm, Sweden on Friday instead of three. Don’t worry, Usain Bolt of Jamaica and Tyson Gay of the US will still be in the 100 meters. Asafa Powell of Jamaica had to pull out. So here’s the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/4/2010
On Friday, Universal Sports will have coverage of the IAAF meet in Stockholm Sweden. There, Universal will carry the 100 meters sprint which includes world record holder Usain Bolt, Tyson Gay and Asafa Powell. The meet will be shown live via subscription on Universal Sports’ website, but the only the sprint will be shown live […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/6/2010
For the 16 people who have Universal Sports either through cable or your secondary over the air NBC affiliate channel, you’ll be able to see two track & field meets, one in Switzerland and the other in England. Both will be shown on delay in primetime. If you have Universal Sports and you’re into track, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/3/2010
Ok, I’m going to group a whole bunch of press releases together. You can look and see what captures your fancy this weekend. First, CBS is all over the AT&T National this weekend. TIGER WOODS AIMS TO DEFEND TITLE IN “AT&T NATIONAL” ON FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND, JULY 3-4 ON CBS SPORTS The world’s […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/12/2010
I haven’t grouped press releases in a while so here goes. Starting with NBC Sports which shows Track & Field and a couple of other events this weekend. Live Coverage from Randall’s Island in New York City Begins Saturday at 4 p.m. ET Motocross (LIVE), Ironman World Championship and World of Adventure Sports Round Out […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/21/2009
I’m running behind today so Megalinks might be up tonight. I still have a couple of things to do before I get cracking on other stuff. Here are releases from Thursday that I didn’t post last night. Let’s get cracking. This is from NBC Sports which will have live coverage of the concluding weekend of […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/14/2009
Ok, I have a whole slew of press releases to post. Get ready to scroll for a while. CBS Sports which gets busy this month after four months of quiet, previews the college football season on Saturday. CBS SPORTS PREVIEWS 2009 COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON ON “NCAA FOOTBALL PREVIEW SHOW“ ON SATURDAY, AUG. 15 CBS Sports […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/26/2009
Here are some press releases for you to go over. NBC Sports goes over its schedule for Wimbledon starting this weekend and into next week. FEDERER SEEKS RECORD 15TH GRAND SLAM AS NBC SPORTS PRESENTS 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF BREAKFAST AT WIMBLEDON“Only a few months ago people were writing him off.” – NBC’s McEnroe on Federer […]
