0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/8/2011
I was in between offices yesterday and could not do the links as I had wanted. Let’s provide some now while I can. Nate Davis at USA Today writes about ESPN extending the rights to air Monday Night Football and keep the series on cable through 2021. The Hollywood Reporter notes that tonight’s Presidential jobs […]
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Last year, I wrote a column for Dan Levy’s Press Coverage site on how to fix the U.S. Open as the tournament sits in yet another weather delay. I suggested that the United States Tennis Association move the U.S. Open back a week and end the tournament on Labor Day. It makes too much sense. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/6/2011
We have some linkage for you. It’s a bit late, but better late than never. First, Mike McCarthy at USA Today writes that former NBC Football Night in America analyst Tiki Barber is reportedly “devastated” that no NFL team called him to inquire about his comeback. Sports lllustrated’s Richard Deitsch provides his annual NFL broadcasting […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/5/2011
This is an 11 minute feature that CBS aired during Sunday’s coverage of the U.S. Open celebrating the 20th anniversary of the amazing run of then-39 year old Jimmy Connors. It started with a five set, first round match against Patrick McEnroe that lasted until 1:35 a.m. and ended on Super Saturday in the men’s […]
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A nice day here in Southern New England and I’m at home watching some good sports action as we have afternoon MLB games, the U.S. Open, a little CFL and some college football later. A good sports day for the Labor Day holiday. Before I do the links, let’s go into one of the stranger […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/4/2011
Starting at 11 a.m. Monday, CBS Sports will have another 7 hours of coverage of the U.S. Open which will run until 6 p.m. Eastern time. On the docket for Labor Day, CBS will have a women’s glamor matchup between Ana Ivanovic and Serena Williams. In addition, American Mardy Fish will be in action and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/3/2011
We have CBS’ press release discussing what it will air on Sunday for its coverage of the U.S. Open. CBS takes the air at 11 a.m. just after Face The Nation on the East Coast. Coverage will last until 6 p.m. Eastern. Among those in action include Rafael Nadal and Andy Roddick. During the 7 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/2/2011
The first of three consecutive days at the U.S. Open begins Saturday at 11 a.m. Eastern time. The legendary Dick Enberg will begin calling his last Open for CBS Sports. He’ll be joined in the booth by John McEnroe and Mary Carillo. Bill Macatee and Jim Courier will call matches on the outer courts. ESPN’s […]
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On Saturday and Sunday, Tennis Channel will have live primetime coverage of the U.S. Open as ESPN2 will have NASCAR and MLB commitments on both nights. So to give its coverage an upgrade, Tennis Channel has signed John McEnroe to join Ted Robinson for the weekend. And it gives the U.S. Open a USA Network […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/31/2011
I’m going to try to do some Wednesday linkage here. Also have a lot of end of the month/beginning of the month crap to do at work some I’m balancing the two off. Here are the links that I have for now. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand looks at NBC’s plans to provide live online coverage […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/30/2011
Yesterday about 2 p.m., I got the power back at the Fang’s Bites abode and after walking around the neighborhood, I saw that I was quite lucky in not getting any tree limbs falling on my house or any leaks in the basement. So while Hurricane Irene was quite deadly and caused major damage up […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/29/2011
Yesterday at 8:30 a.m., I lost power at my house and as of this post, I still don’t have it. The northern part of my town has power, but I live in the southern part and there’s nothing. That’s not good. And RI did not get hit that hard by Irene so I don’t know […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/24/2011
The last couple of days have been tough to provide links as I was out of the office. Glad to be back linking again, although you never know if I’ll be called away again. I’ll try to do what I can. Mike McCarthy of USA Today attended the NFL on CBS media day on Tuesday […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/23/2011
CBS Sports will offer 3-D TV coverage of matches its airs from both Arthur Ashe and Louis Armstong stadiums during the same time as its airing the contests in HDTV during Labor Day Weekend and Championship Weekend of the U.S. Open from Flushing Meadow. This marks the second year that CBS will offer coverage in […]
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Tennis Channel’s partnership with ESPN2 continues with the final Grand Slam tournament of the year in the U.S. Open. Tennis Channel will open its coverage at 11 a.m. each day starting Monday, August 29 and continuing through Thursday, September 8. It will mostly carry daytime coverage starting with the first match on Arthur Ashe Stadium, […]
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Next week, the U.S. Open gets underway in Flushing Meadow at the National Tennis Center in New York. Three networks will cover the event, CBS will have Labor Day Weekend and Championship Weekend coverage and it’ll mark the last time Dick Enberg will call the event. Tennis Channel will have daytime coverage from the outer […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/10/2011
Any time I put “Quick” in the title, it appears I find more linkage than I set out to. Nothing wrong with that. Again, I ended up being outside of the office for an extended time and it looks like that will happen again tomorrow. Don’t know work is so crazy all of a sudden. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/3/2011
Was out of the office again earlier today so I’m getting to these rather late. Let’s look at what we have today. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand says the new CBS Sports/Showtime documentary on this year’s Army-Navy football game will have touches of reality TV. Mike McCarthy of USA Today notes that TNT’s Shaquille O’Neal and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/23/2011
Time for another mailbag and let’s answer the sports media questions that have landed in the Fang’s Bites inbox over the last week or so. Thanks to all who sent e-mails and left comments. I’ll do my best to answer as best as I can. And don’t forget, I have two $50 Nike.com gift cards. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/12/2011
In a very good move and a natural one, Tennis Channel has signed Mary Carillo for the French and U.S. Opens. In addition to analysis and some play-by-play, Mary will be seen at the host desk to conduct interviews and do features. Of course, Mary left ESPN2 during the U.S. Open for some undisclosed dispute. […]
