0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/30/2011
Trying to squeeze linkage in while I can. This won’t be a full set of links. I will do the megalinks tomorrow, but today will be a quickie links day. Michael Hiestand of USA Today reports that the ratings for the USA-North Korea game in the Women’s World Cup drew decently for ESPN. Todd Spangler […]
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If you’re a regular reader, you know my thoughts on NBC’s tape delay practices at both Wimbledon and the Olympics. In fact, I’ve written about this time and time and time again over this subject There was a lot of anger over NBC’s decision to tape delay the Wimbledon women’s semifinals today. Interestingly enough, the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/27/2011
If you’re a tennis fan, then you know that ESPN2’s Wimbledon schedule has to air around NBC’s tape delayed shenanigans this week. ESPN2 begins its coverage at 7 a.m. through Friday, then stop at 10 a.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday, then resumes at 1 p.m. and then on Thursday and Friday, ESPN2 will be on […]
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Let’s do the Monday linkage. Some interesting stories out there already. I’ll start with some housekeeping from the weekend in regards to Saturday’s passing of Nick Charles. Sports Illustrated’s Joe Posnanski who wrote a wonderful and poignant article in March on Nick’s coming to peace with his cancer and how he attempted to make every […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/23/2011
Yup, it’ll have nine days of coverage starting on Saturday. And during the weekday coverage, plenty of tape delayed shenanigans as next Monday through Wednesday, coverage begins at 10 a.m. in all time zones, then the semifinals on Thursday and Friday will begin at noon in all time zones. So people in the Central through […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/22/2011
On this rainy Wednesday in Southern New England, let me do some links. I hope the weather where you are is dry and sunny. I’ll start today off with John Ourand of the Sports Business Journal who says Comcast may have appeared to have overbid for the Olympics, but it may pay off in the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/20/2011
I’m at home today waiting for workers to finish doing some renovations at the office so I’ll take the opportunity to do some blogging. Wasn’t able to do the megalinks on Friday or do what I wanted to do over the weekend so while I have the chance, I’ll bring you linkage. Michael Hiestand of […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/16/2011
Even though I didn’t links on Wednesday, it feels I haven’t done them in ages. You’re owed a chunk of them. Here goes. Nathan Vardi of Forbes reports that ESPN basketball writer Chris Sheridan is suing New York Post basketball chameleon Peter Vecsey for libel. Interesting. Thanks to The Big Lead for the link. David […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/14/2011
It’s been a busy day for me as I’ve been working on the story on NBC approving plans for a Stanley Cup Final Viewing Party at TD Garden in Boston. Amazing how things fall into place on a story like that. But still working to confirm on the Bruins and Garden end of the story. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/13/2011
Starting next Monday, June 20, ESPN2 starts its coverage of the fortnight that is known as The Championships Wimbledon. As the official US cable rightsholder, ESPN2 gets to air matches live throughout the tournament through the Men’s and Women’s semifinals. Throughout the first week of coverage, ESPN2 will take the air at 7 a.m. and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/2/2011
Time for some linkage on this very warm Thursday. I hope you all take a moment and say a prayer for the people of Western Massachusetts who head to deal with tornadoes yesterday. Four people are confirmed dead. It was quite devastating to see last night. Let’s hope the area can recover quickly. To your […]
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 3/8/2011
Let’s bring you some linkage before my plate gets too full today. Lots of things to go over. First, this story broke last night and we’re all hoping for the best for NFL Films President Steve Sabol who suffered a seizure Saturday night while in Kansas City. Greg Rosenthal of Pro Football Talk says Sabol […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/7/2011
Ok, time to get cracking on the linkage. Haven’t done any since Thursday and the weekend was busy for me as I was out of the house for most of Saturday and Sunday so it didn’t make for conducive blogging conditions. We have a lot of stuff to get to today and a couple of […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/10/2010
Yesterday’s computer problems led to the omission of the Friday megalinks. I’ll try to throw in a few Friday media links into today’s linkage. But at least my computer is back online and I can work on my links. Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch says ESPN’s production of “The Decision” was bad TV all around. USA […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/7/2010
Another day, another scorcher. It’s hot. But you know that. It’s summer. It gets hot. Nothing more need be said about it. Let’s get to linkage. Robert Klemko of USA Today has the ratings of some of the weekend TV events. Even before ESPN announced that LeBron James would make an announcement on where he […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/2/2010
NBC screws up Wimbledon with its silly tape delays throughout the week, but tries to make up for it with live coverage of the women’s and men’s finals during the weekend and that’s what we’ll have Saturday and Sunday. We have highlights of a conference call conducted with the NBC tennis crew from earlier in […]
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Let’s finish up the Megalinks. National Sports Media Watch says the Travelers Championship drew a mixed bag for CBS last week. SMW notes that the World Cup Round of 16 including USA-Ghana garnered great ratings for ESPN/ABC. SMW adds that the College World Series on ESPN outrated Stephen Strasburg’s appearance on Monday Night Baseball on […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/25/2010
Ok, I haven’t done Friday megalinks in a while and you’re owed them so I’ll do them in two parts, one now and the other tonight. I’ll do as many as I can here. Of course, you can find the Weekend Viewing Picks right here. National First, Daniel Kaplan of the Sports Business Daily says […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/24/2010
Again, apologies for the herky jerky schedule for linkage. Haven’t been able to sit down and do them as I’ve been busy. I’ll do some for you now. The Nielsen Wire blog says the ratings for the World Cup in the US has increased by 68% over the 2006 event and a combined 8.6 million […]
