0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/3/2011
At the Sports Emmy Awards, CBS Sports bagged six Sports Emmy Awards including a new trophy for Outstanding Playoff Coverage for the NCAA Tournament. Two features from CBS’ Super Bowl XLIV coverage also received Emmys. CBS SPORTS WINS SIX EMMY AWARDS NCAA Tournament, Super Bowl XLIV, Golf and U.S. Open Tennis Championships Garner Honors for […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/2/2011
I’ll be posting the Sports Emmy Awards as they’re being handed out. I’m not there, but thanks to live tweets from ESPN public relations maven Josh Krulewitz and Sports Business Journal’s John Ourand, I’ll be posting the awards as I get them. As I begin this post, some awards have already been handed out including […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/15/2010
Now back at 100%, it’s now time to give you some linkage. Glad to be over a 36 hour bug that was bothering me. A couple of things that I confirmed from being sick. One, ginger ale was amazing medicinal qualities in settling upset stomachs. Two, sleeping 13 hours can be very good. And three, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/14/2010
Yesterday was not the day to get sick. So many things happened last night, Jets owner Woody Johnson apologizing to Azteca TV reporter Ines Sainz, Monday Night Football doubleheader, US Open men’s final moving from CBS to ESPN2 and then cutting out for Monday Night Football, Jay Mariotti getting charged on domestic violence against his […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/12/2010
For the third straight year, rain has wreaked havoc with the U.S. Open schedule and forced the men’s final to be played on Monday afternoon. As usual, CBS won’t put it in primetime, so the final between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic will be scheduled for 4 p.m. New York time and the network will […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/11/2010
The last part of the US Open is tomorrow with the Women’s Doubles Final on ESPN2 at 1 p.m., then the Men’s Final starting at 4 p.m. I’d like to say CBS had a good US Open, but I haven’t seen any of their coverage having worked all last weekend, and missing Friday’s women’s semifinals […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/10/2010
One of these days, the US Open will come to its senses and change this silly scheduling of having the finals played the day after the semifinals. It’s the only Grand Slam tournament that does this. But it’s all for CBS and you have Super Saturday, the men’s semifinals in the afternoon followed by the […]
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On Friday, CBS Sports airs the women’s semifinals at the US Open, the last tennis Grand Slam tournament of the year. The lone American hope is Venus Williams and she’ll be taking on Kim Clijsters. Here’s CBS’ press release. WOMEN’S SEMI-FINALS HIGHLIGHT CBS SPORTS’ COVERAGE OF OPEN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 CBS Sports’ […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/9/2010
Well, the morning of NFL regular season opener is like Christmas. You’ve been waiting all night to unwrap the presents and you’re high in anticipation. And when the kickoff occurs, it’s like getting that toy or game you’ve been wanting for months. It’s like that with the NFL. The Super Bowl ends, then there’s the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/6/2010
When CBS started its coverage of the US Open this morning, it reported that Patrick McEnroe would resign as U.S. Davis Cup Captain later this year. Host Ian Eagle asked analyst Jim Courier if he would be interested in taking over the U.S. squad. CBS SPORTS’ JIM COURIER INTERESTED IN DAVIS CUP CAPTAINCY CBS Sports […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/5/2010
I haven’t been able to watch any of the coverage because I’ve been working all weekend, but I hear what CBS done at the US Open has been very good. Wish I could have watched. Anyway, here’s what CBS has in mind for Labor Day Monday, of which I’ll probably have to work again. CBS […]
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Let’s give you some linkage on this Sunday of the Labor Day holiday weekend for most of you. I’ve been working so I don’t know what it’s like to have this off. Anyway, here’s linkage. SportsGrid has the video of WGN sports anchor Pat Tomasulo dunking on a five year old boy, the same kid […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/4/2010
As the US Open will wrap up its first week on Sunday, CBS Sports will be there for all of the action during the day session starting at 11 a.m. ET. CBS SPORTS’ 2010 U.S. OPEN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS COVERAGE HIGHLIGHTED BY DEFENDING CHAMPION KIM CLIJSTERS, VENUS WILLIAMS AND RAFAEL NADAL ON SUNDAY, SEPT. 5 CBS […]
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Let’s give you a few Saturday links. Hurricane Earl turned out to be a bust in the Northeast and it’s turned out to be a lovely weekend here in Southern New England. Let’s give you some linkage today. Starting with Mike Reynolds of Multichannel News which states that CBS College Sports kicks off its Division […]
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It seems as if the US Open has been running for seven weeks. Maybe it’s me. CBS begins its coverage in earnest starting today and running through Labor Day, then again on Friday with the women’s singles semifinals to the women’s and men’s finals. Dick Enberg returns to CBS to call the tennis and he’ll […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/2/2010
I’ll give you some Thursday linkage while I can. Waiting on an appointment, but while I’m free I’ll do the links for you. Lots of stuff to get to so let’s not keep you waiting. Jack Carey of USA Today notes that ESPN was a major factor in Brigham Young University declaring independence from the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/30/2010
CBS Sports will air coverage of the US Open from Flushing Meadow in New York over the next two weekends. It marks 43 consecutive tournaments for the Tiffany Network and it according to John Ourand of the Sports Business Journal, CBS will be back for another round of coverage starting next year. I hope to […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/29/2010
Looks like I don’t have to be anywhere today so it means I can blog at my leisure. Let’s do some linkage for you. Sam Schechner of the Wall Street Journal says Time Warner Cable and Disney have made “significant progress” in their talks meaning ESPN might be safe after all. Mike Reynolds from Multichannel […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/27/2010
We have less than a month to go in summer and with our Labor Day weekend coming next week, we all know that September means school, end of vacations and the like. It also means football in earnest. Where I’m going with this thought I don’t know, but I’m feeling melancholy that the summer is […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/23/2010
We’re combining two releases here. First, ESPN2’s announcement. ESPN & the 2010 US Open: Multi-Platform, Worldwide Coverage Brackets Announced on ESPN2 August 26; 100 Hours on ESPN2 HD, Nearly 400 on ESPN3.com ’30 for 30’ Documentary Unmatched Sept. 14 – Intimate Portrait of Evert-Navratilova Rivalry ESPN will present unprecedented multi-platform and worldwide coverage throughout the […]
