It’s another edition of the Sports Media Weekly Podcast and the guest is Jason McIntyre, editor of The Big Lead. Jason is on for the entire podcast and Keith Thibault of Sports Media Journal and I ask him about how...
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Monthly Archives: June 2010
In a move that is applauded here at Fang’s Bites, it’s good to see the NFL Network pick up a slate of Canadian Football games starting Thursday night. Overall, NFL Network will air 14 games in July, September and October....
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I’ll have more on this in a bit, but starting tomorrow night, NFL Network will have a slate of 14 regular season Canadian Football League games. Add this to the Arena Football League game it carries on Friday and the...
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30Jun
Let’s do a few links on this Hump Day. Starting with Michael Hiestand of USA Today, he looks at former NFL Director of Officiating Mike Pereira joining Fox Sports this fall. Sean Leahy at USA Today’s The Huddle blog notes...
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There had been speculation earlier this year that one of the more popular NFL pregame shows, NFL Matchup would end after the league announced it would no longer seek sponsorships for the show. After negotiations between ESPN and NFL Films,...
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I owe my good friends at the National Geographic Channel some love. They send press releases, but sometimes I get bogged down and forget to post them. Well, I’m making sure this particular programming note gets mentioned. One program I...
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MLBAmerican LeagueDetroit at Minnesota – Fox Sports Detroit/Fox Sports North, 1 p.m.Oakland at Baltimore – Comcast SportsNet California/MASN, 7 p.m.Seattle at New York Yankees – FSN Northwest/YES, 7 p.m.Tampa Bay at Red Sox – Sun Sports/NESN, 7 p.m.Toronto at Cleveland...
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I haven’t been able to do a good set of linkage due to shuffling in between two offices over the last couple of days. I hope to be able to do some on Wednesday. However, I’ll give you a brief...
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Starting on Thursday and running into August, HBO Sports will air six of its critically acclaimed documentaries, all of which are part of its “Sports in the 20th Century” series. I’ve seen four of them and I’ve liked all of...
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It seems that ESPN is holding conference calls on the World Cup every few days. This one was held last week. During the call, Jed Drake, executive producer of World Cup coverage, made news saying Martin Tyler would do play-by-play...
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With the Tour de France about to start, Versus gets out of NHL mode and into cycling mode. In addition, Lance Armstrong alleges that this will be his last Tour and we’ll all believe it when we see it. But...
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As we approach another holiday weekend, the cable networks prepare marathons for you. It’s easy programming. Just run all the installments of one series one after another and you don’t have to worry about running original shows. So NFL Network...
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This Sunday, TBS makes the announcements for the MLB All-Star Game rosters. Both American and National League rosters will be unveiled. This year, Matt Winer from NBA TV comes over to host the show. Ernie Johnson, Jr. had been the...
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This just in. Westwood One Radio has named Kevin Harlan as the new voice of Monday Night Football for this upcoming season. It’s a natural choice as Kevin worked most of the Monday Night Football games last season. If you...
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This year appears to be the year of remembering the late Green Bay Packers and Washington NFL team coach Vince Lombardi. HBO and NFL Films will team up for a new documentary that will air in December. In addition, there’s...
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One of the best segments on NFL Network’s Total Access during the week was the rules explanation with Mike Pereira. He would be at the NFL offices in New York with a clicker and Rich Eisen would be at the...
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Expecting both Duke and North Carolina to be really good in college basketball this upcoming season, CBS has decided to put the game in primetime on a Saturday night. ESPN has done this before scheduling them in primetime whenever they...
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Despite having a hurky jerky schedule due to the World Cup last week, people apparently were watching Wimbledon on ESPN2. In addition, plenty of interest thanks to the marathon John Isner-Nicolas Mahut match which played mostly on ESPNU. Here’s the...
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We have the games MLB Network will air this week including in both the major and minor leagues. Check it out. AL Central First-Place Minnesota Twins Take on Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday Night Baseball During MLB Network’s Game Schedule...
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After Doug Collins left TNT to go to the Philadelphia 76ers, the network needed someone to replace him. Well, here comes Steve Kerr after he left his General Manager’s position with the Phoenix Suns. It’s not like Steve doesn’t have...
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College World SeriesChampionship SeriesGame 2/UCLA vs. South Carolina – ESPN, 7:30 p.m. MLBAmerican LeagueOakland at Baltimore – Comcast SportsNet California/MASN, 7 pm.Seattle at New York Yankees – FSN Northwest/WWOR, 7 p.m.Tampa Bay at Red Sox – Sun Sports/NESN, 7 p.m.Toronto...
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Word is developing that Erin Andrews could be staying at ESPN. The Sports Business Journal’s John Ourand tweeted tonight that the co-author of a new book on the Alleged Worldwide Leader, Jim Miller, is reporting that Erin is remaining at...
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John Isner who certainly made a name for himself last week with his long match with Nicolas Mahut at Wimbledon gets some fruits of his labor tonight appearing on the Late Show with David Letterman on CBS to present the...
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College World Series Championship Series Game 1/South Carolina vs. UCLA – ESPN, 7:30 p.m. MLBAmerican League Toronto at Cleveland – Rogers Sportsnet/STO, 7 p.m.Chicago White Sox at Kansas City – WCIU/Fox Sports Kansas City, 8 p.m.Detroit at Minnesota – Fox...
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Our last press release on this Sunday night/early Monday morning on the East Coast is from Turner Sports and quotage from the NASCAR Sprint Cup race that took place in Loudon, NH. You have the quotage from pre-race, race and...
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This week, Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia will have coverage of the AT&T National PGA Tour stop which is being held at nearby Newtown Square, PA. Coverage begins Monday and live shows start on Wednesday. For those subscribers to cable in the...
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Here’s another press release for you. We have Golf Channel’s original programming schedule through next Sunday. This does not include the golf tournaments it would air. Coming up on Golf Channel…June 28 – July 4 Rivalries Blossom on Big Break...
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Received this press release today and I haven’t been able to post it as I have been taking care of some family commitments. Saturday’s USA-Ghana Round of 16 match in the World Cup received a whopping 8.2 rating (very good...
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Now that I’m done with the Best/Worst Sports TV Themes, it’s time to move to another topic and this one is perfect now that we’re in the summer season. Baseball is a sport that lends itself to radio and warm...
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26Jun
I’ve already given you some press release action today, so it’s time to give you some linkage. Let’s do it now. Geoffrey A. Bishop of the Wall Street Journal says Facebook has become a integral part of the World Cup...
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