0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/8/2010
It was supposed to run an hour. It went over by 13 minutes. Every single second of the 73 minutes was excruciating to watch. I don’t want to make this totally negative so let me at least start with a positive. The commercials were done well. But after that, Stuart Scott as host was practically […]
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Thanks to carrying ESPN Radio, subscribers will hear the simulcast of “The Decision”, a.k.a. The LeBronathon tonight. Here’s the release. SIRIUS XM RADIO TO CARRY LEBRON JAMES’ ANNOUNCEMENT LIVE ON ESPN Listeners nationwide can hear James reveal his future team on ESPN Radio, SIRIUS channel 120 and XM channel 140 SIRIUS XM Radio will offer […]
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Ok, we have the LeBronathon coming up tonight. Lots of stories ragging on “The Decision” so let’s get to them. Why wait? USA Today’s Mike Lopresti is sick of LeBron and ESPN. Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch who appeared on the Dan Patrick Show this morning has his take on the whole LeBronathon. Sports business writer […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/7/2010
Pretty soon, we’ll find out that ESPN will have a specially made theme for “The Decision” which as you should know by now airs on Thursday night at 9 East/6 West. The one hour LeBron James infomercial special will tell us which team he’s going to play for and as Norby Williamson of ESPN told […]
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ESPN has announced details of the LeBron James one hour dog and pony show. There’s not much more for me to write about it. Note the particulars, Stuart Scott hosts, Michael Wilbon and Jon Barry will be analysts and former ESPN’er Jim Gray returns to the Mothership to conduct the first interview with James. It’s […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/16/2010
I’m a member of a program from ABC called Insider Access and every once in a while I receive e-mails about network programming that for the most part doesn’t interest me, I got an e-mail that caught my eye. Normally, I pay no attention to “The View“, however, ABC Insider Access mentioned that men will […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/27/2010
Started hearing about this tonight on Twitter and it appears to be confirmed that MLB.com has ordered its beat writers to stop tweeting non-baseball issues on their accounts. I don’t know if this has anything to do with what Peter Gammons has been tweeting in regards
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/8/2010
I’ll stray from the sports media to talk a bit about the Oscars. First, glad to see Hurt Locker win for Best Picture and Best Director. Kathyrn Bigelow made a movie that really hit home for many people. I’m not sure that Sandra Bullock deserved Best Actress. In my opinion, she’s a horrible actress and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/22/2010
By airing Tiger Woods’ apology on multiple platforms, ESPN got a high audience for its various networks, whether it was on cable, radio or online. Millions Tune into Tiger Woods’ Statement on ESPN Media Platforms Millions of viewers, readers and listeners tuned into breaking news and analysis of Tiger Woods’ statement to the press live […]
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I’ll do some linkage for you. Been busy all day, but I have a nice window here and I’ll get to links after I discuss last night’s hockey action. I’m still coming down from the USA win over Canada last night in men’s hockey. Now, there are many things that could be said about NBC […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/21/2010
Over the last two days, Tiger Woods has been the talk of CBS’ coverage at the Match Play Championship. Today, Jim Nantz talked with PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem. THIS JUST IN… …FROM CBS SPORTS CBS Sports’ Jim Nantz interviewed PGA TOUR Commissioner Tim Finchem during the Network’s broadcast of the WGC Accenture Match […]
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Let’s do some linkage. Didn’t do any yesterday so it’s time to do some today. Richard Deitsch of Sports Illustrated has your Olympics Viewing Guide for Sunday. The Nielsen Wire blog notes that skiing is topping Olympic viewership (not figure skating?) while hockey is the most discussed Olympic sport online. Nielsen also states that 13% […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/20/2010
CBS Sports is all over the WGC-Match Play Championships in Arizona this weekend. I admit, I really don’t pay attention to this tournament, but there are people who do so here is what CBS is saying about it. OGILVY, WESTWOOD, FURYK, McILROY, POULTER, GARCIA, ELS AMONG FIELDAT “WORLD GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS: ACCENTURE MATCH PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP” THIS […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/19/2010
Let’s give you some linkage this evening. I’m going to weed out the Tiger Woods previews so this may not be as extensive as past editions. Your Weekend Viewing Picks has your sports viewing including college basketball and Olympic viewing guide. Let’s get to the links. National USA Today’s Michael Hiestand tells NBC it’s time […]
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Several media columns are out in advance of the Tiger Woods announcement so as I’ll be doing the Megalinks later today, these will be out of date once Woods makes his announcement so I’ll give you these then do other stuff as the day progresses. The always lovely Christine Brennan of USA Today feels Tiger […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/18/2010
I love the comments and e-mails I’m getting from those defending NBC’s coverage. Look, NBC has its reasons for holding events, but if it’s going to do that, it should at least allow us to watch it live online and then cut it up as much as they want in primetime. It really is an […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/17/2010
Earlier today, we learned that Tiger Woods will make some kind of announcement, an apology, admission, something on Friday. It’ll be at the PGA Tour headquarters and the media will be all over it. The problem is that Woods will not take questions and only three reporters with a photographer will be on hand. As […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/13/2010
Last night, I got on Cardi’s Furniture and NBC Providence affiliate for running what was supposed to be a humorous ad during the Vancouver Winter Olympics. The animation ad which showed the three owners of the furniture store chain crashing their bobsled and going over the track hit too close to home especially after a […]
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As NBC goes into its 9th Olympics since 1988, it has a tried and true formula for the Opening Ceremony. Give a background on the host city and country, show plenty of glamor shots of the countryside, pretty mountains and city skyline, and also use Bob Costas to set the scene. Usually, there’s no mention […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/12/2010
As I was watching the beginning of NBC’s Olympic coverage, the network did a very good job on the death of luge athlete, Nodar Kumaritashvili from the Republic of Georgia. It covered the story from all sides using NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams, featuring interviews with luge analyst Duncan Kennedy and bobsled analyst John […]
