0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/2/2011
Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports College GameDay live from the SEC Championship, Atlanta, GA — ESPNU, 9 a.m./ESPN, 10 a.m. ACC Championship, Charlotte, NC Virginia Tech vs. Clemson — ESPN/ESPN 3D, 8 p.m. Big Ten Championship, Indianapolis, IN Wisconsin vs. Michigan State — Fox, 8 p.m. Conference USA Championship, Houston, TX Southern Mississippi at […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/1/2011
This week has been a bad one for me. Haven’t been able to provide links since last Friday and that’s not good. Been busy and it’s cutting into bringing you the latest sports media news. I’ll try to do better over the next few days. We’ll begin with Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch who speaks with […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/26/2011
I can’t wait until I can write NBC Sports Network in January. Anyway, NBC Sports and Versus will team up for 2 games today. The NBC Mothership will have the annual Bayou Classic between traditional rivals Southern University and Grambling State. The best part of the game is halftime when the two schools also fight […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/25/2011
Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports College GameDay live from Auburn, AL — ESPNU, 9 a.m./ESPN, 10 a.m. noon Ohio State at Michigan — ABC Cincinnati at Syracuse — Big East Network Michigan State at Northwestern — Big Ten Network Georgia at Georgia Tech — ESPN Rutgers at UConn — ESPN2 NCAA FCS Playoffs, 1st […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/23/2011
Let’s do a few links for you on this day before Thanksgiving. And my best to you. Be safe in your travels. We begin with John Ourand of Sports Business Daily who convenes a roundtable of fellow SBD writers to look at ESPN’s new NFL studio shows. Mason Levinson of Bloomberg News says ESPN college […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
On this Thanksgiving Week, I’ll provide a few thoughts on what has transpired so far this week. All in bullet form, of course. The announcement that ESPN Dictator George Bodenheimer will become ESPN Chairman, leaving day-to-day operations with Executive Vice President of Content John Skipper bears watching. While I have jokingly called Bodenheimer a dictator, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/20/2011
About an hour after CBC announced it was picking up Sidney Crosby’s NHL season debut for Hockey Night in Canada, Versus says it will do the same. The network was originally slated to carry Boston-Montreal at 7:30 p.m. ET, but with this new development, Versus has adjusted its schedule. Instead, NHL Live which was originally […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/18/2011
Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports College GameDay live from Houston, TX — ESPNU, 9 a.m./ESPN, 10 a.m. noon Louisville at UConn — Big East Network Big Ten Network Channel Finder Indiana at Michigan State — Big Ten Network Iowa at Purdue — Big Ten Network Minnesota at Northwestern — Big Ten Network William & […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/17/2011
I haven’t done a thoughts column in quite some time. And to boot, I’m doing this on the iPad. Not that you should care, but this will cause me to pause and think which is dangerous. Anyway, I’ll do this in bullet form. Thanks for your indulgence. The Penn State media coverage has not been […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/14/2011
After not being able to provide linkage for a few days, let’s get back to it. I probably won’t be able to do the links as I have to undergo a medical procedure. Nothing serious. I should be back on Wednesday. Let’s do your links. Sports Business Daily looks over the reviews of ESPN’s handling […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/11/2011
Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports College GameDay live from Palo Alto, CA — ESPNU, 9 a.m./ESPN, 10 a.m. noon ABC Coverage Map Oklahoma State at Texas Tech — ABC West Virginia at Cincinnati — ABC Pittsburgh at Louisville — Big East Network Big Ten Network Channel Finder Ohio State at Purdue — Big Ten […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/9/2011
I owe you some links having not been able to do them either Monday or Tuesday. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand talks about the ratings for LSU-Alabama not being as high as the previous #1 vs. #2 college football Game of the Century. The great Richard Deitsch at Sports Illustrated has his Media Power List for […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/8/2011
NFL Turning Point which premiered this season and aired Thursday nights on Versus will be moving a night earlier to Wednesdays starting this week. The move is being made so not to conflict with Thursday Night Football on NFL Network and not to be out of date since Turning Point talks about the previous week’s […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/4/2011
Versus has a Pac-12 matchup Saturday night involving 20th ranked Arizona State. Here’s the Versus press release. VERSUS CONTINUES COLLEGE FOOTBALL COVERAGE THIS SATURDAY IN PRIMETIME WITH PAC-12 MATCH-UP FEATURING #20 ARIZONA STATE AT UCLA “UCLA is fighting for their life and the life of Head Coach Rick Neuheisel right now.” – Glenn Parker “Arizona […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
Schedule Courtesy of Matt’s College Sports College GameDay live from Tuscaloosa, AL — ESPNU, 9 a.m./ ESPN, 10 a.m. noon Louisville at West Virginia — Big East Network Big Ten Network Channel Finder Indiana at Ohio State — Big Ten Network Minnesota at Michigan State — Big Ten Network Michigan at Iowa — ESPN Syracuse […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/2/2011
It’ll actually begin when the channel is still caused Versus, but the bulk of the 16 game schedule will be after the name change to NBC Sports Network on January 2. Overall, it’s a very good college hockey schedule and it will culminate with the Hockey East Tournament in March. NBC Sports Network will air […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/31/2011
Let’s do some links on this Monday. Some good stuff to get to. Michael Hiestand of USA Today writes that CBS’ Bill Cowher may make broadcasting a true second career after shooting down another coaching rumor. At Fox Sports, Brian Lowry feels for the most part, Fox got the job done during the World Series. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/25/2011
Just made official this morning, NBC Sports and the State of Connecticut have announced the network division’s move to the Nutmeg State. Some 450 jobs will be moved from NBC’s headquarters at 30 Rockefeller Center in midtown Manhattan to Stamford, CT. This affects most of NBC Sports’ operations including the main network, Versus/NBC Sports Network, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/23/2011
Let’s do some linkage on this Sunday morning. Some good stuff to get to. TVbytheNumbers says World Series Game 3 easily won the primetime ratings last night over college football and repeats on NBC. The Associated Press has an in-depth story on how Fox and Telemundo won the rights to the 2015-22 World Cups. Marisa […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/22/2011
On Saturday, NBC Sports airs the annual USC-Notre Dame game from the famed South Bend, IN campus in primetime. It headlines an NBC Sports Group college football tripleheader which begins with Versus airing an Ivy League matchup between Yale and Penn at noon ET followed by a Mountain West showdown between Boise State and Air […]
