0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/12/2011
On this day of massive snow here in the Northeast, I’ll provide you with some linkage. Crazy day as local meteorologists first predicted 4-8 inches, then as the storm organized, the totals were revised upward and upward. Now, it appears we have more on the ground here. Not quite the perfect storm, but damn close. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/7/2010
Let’s do some additional linkage since I had to cut the regular Tuesday links short earlier today. Bill Krueger of the Poynter Institute looks at how Yahoo! Sports has made a name for itself in sports investigations. Jason Humphries of Reuters has International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge hopeful that the US TV rights for […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/13/2010
How about this? Friend of Fang’s Bites Greg Wyshynski of Yahoo’s tremendous Puck Daddy section now has its own radio show. I usually don’t lobby to be a guest on radio shows (although I am available), but this is perfect for Wyshynski and I to talk about hockey on TV. Steve Lepore of Puck The […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/14/2010
I have a little bit of time to do some linkage today. Let’s get to it. In Sports Illustrated, Andy Staples and Stewart Mandel look at the ten trends that will influence college football in this decade including how TV will be involved. At Pro Football Talk, Mike Florio says after using HBO’s Hard Knocks […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/17/2010
Let’s do some linkage for you on the day before the real action on the NCAA Tournament begins. I tried watching last night’s Arkansas-Pine Bluff vs. Wofford game, but I just couldn’t. It was tough. So I went to Lost which was a bit more exciting. To the links. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand talks to […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/6/2010
Well, I purposely didn’t do links on Thursday and on Friday, an unexpected joy fell into my lap as my Twitter Trophy Wife, Amanda Rykoff, a.k.a The OCD Chick, came up from New York for a conference, so we hung out Friday night. And while there, I caught up with baseball superwriter, Jonah Kieri and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/10/2009
I have links for you today. Trying to finish these early so I can some work done. The Associated Press has the top 15 cable programs for last week which includes some programming from ESPN. Anthony Crupi of Mediaweek writes that ESPN will finish third in the yearly cable primetime ratings. Anthony says Monday Night […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/7/2009
Let’s give you links for today. Starting with USA Today’s Michael Hiestand who looks at the ratings of Wimbledon, MLB and the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest. Here’s a story that bears watching. Beth Ann Baldry of Golfweek reports that a group of top LPGA players are calling for commissioner Carolyn Bivens to resign. CNBC’s […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/6/2009
Ok, I’m at the home office and I’ve been waiting to do a couple of things. I’ll try to sneak in a couple of links here. I’m also going to sneak in two more links from the Sports Business Journal. John Ourand writes about ESPN’s construction of their new Los Angeles headquarters. And John joins […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/15/2008
Ok, time to provide you with the Part 2 of the Friday megalinks after Part I was done this afternoon. Not only that, I can also provide you with updates from the links that I had provided earlier. But let’s pick up where we left off. Midwest Marc Katz of the Dayton Daily News talks […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/3/2008
I’ll give you some more linkage on this Sunday night. David Scott of Boston Sports Media Watch breaks his exile and has reaction to the latest dust-up between Sports Guy Bill Simmons and ESPN.com. A couple of things from Neil Best of Newsday. He breaks news that the YES Network has until Thursday to match […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/11/2008
Let’s give you some linkage tonight. David Scott of the Boston Sports Media Watch tells us that the Boston Herald is now talking with noted plagiarist Ron Borges about coming on board. Bad move if you ask me. Pete Dougherty of the Albany Times Union wonders why Bills-Jags is not being shown on the local […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/25/2008
I’ll give you some final links as I’ve been editing my awards for Olympics coverage throughout the evening. From Tripp Mickle of the Sports Business Daily/Journal’s Olympics website, he writes that NBC’s Universal Sports channel will have complete coverage of the Paralympic Games from Beijing starting September 4. Jay Weiner of the SBD/SBJ recaps the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/12/2008
Well, I’m still recovering from staying up late watching the Olympics coverage. With women’s gymnastics on tonight, expect another late night. Let’s start with Newsday’s Neil Best who has a couple of stories in today’s edition of the newspaper. The first story has reaction from NBC’s Dan Hicks and Rowdy Gaines who called the thrilling […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/11/2008
Let’s do your Monday links and somehow, I’ll try to write The Week Ahead. I am not in a position to see the new live SportsCenter that debuted at 9 a.m. ET today. However, other people are keeping track of the Josh Elliot-Hannah Storm pairing including Awful Announcing which is doing a live blog. Newsday’s […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/12/2008
Time to give you some links today. Yesterday, John Crowe over at his Crowe’s Nest blog hinted of a change in the Providence sports radio landscape. Today, he’s able to confirm that former WSKO host Scott Cordischi will be back on the airwaves, albeit on a weekly basis, on WPRO, every Saturday starting next week. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/11/2008
This blogging schedule is upside down. Friday megalinks may be sometime in the afternoon as one of my employees is expected to be in the office which means I’ll have to listen to his stories. So tough when one employee doesn’t know when to shut up. The Sports Media Watch says NASCAR on TNT topped […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/1/2008
I’ll give you a few links tonight. I’ve got to get to work, but there’s enough news to warrant a quickie update. The Sports Media Watch says the finals of Euro 2008 drew a 3.1 overnight rating for ABC on Sunday. Pretty decent for a steamy Sunday afternoon here on the East Coast. And the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/16/2008
We have a lot of links to get to so let’s get to them. Viewing Picks Interleague play in baseball and the second leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown headline the weekend viewing picks. NBC Sports will have complete coverage of the Preakness Stakes live from Baltimore starting at 4:30 on Saturday. Luckily, we won’t […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/19/2008
I’ll give you some more links today. When I started this morning, I really did not want to update things, but it ended up being quite busy, so you just never know when you start. Let’s get to the linkage. The Sports Media Watch has the final weekend ratings. Joe Favorito’s Sports Marketing and Public […]
