Monthly Archives: September 2009

College FootballHawai’i at Louisiana Tech – ESPN2, 8 p.m. MLB American LeagueChicago White Sox at Cleveland – Comcast SportsNet Chicago/STO, 4 p.m.Toronto at Red Sox – Rogers Sportsnet/NESN, 7 p.m.Baltimore at Tampa Bay – MASN2/Fox Sports Florida, 7 p.m.Kansas City...
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Let’s finish up the press releases so I can go to bed. From CBS, ten members of the New York Rangers will help David Letterman with the Top Ten List on Wednesday. THIS JUST IN… …from CBS Entertainment TEN MEMBERS...
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I’m up late. I have a presentation to give on Wednesday and I need to clear these releases out from the Fang’s Bites inbox as I won’t be able to provide links. This will involve both pro and college football,...
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For NHL fans, opening weekend is almost here. Plenty of games to watch Thursday, Friday and Saturday which is good for hockey fans like me. Unfortunately, DirecTV and Versus have not resolved their dispute and I still don’t have a...
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NBC Sports saw heavier competition on Sunday due to the season premieres of The Amazing Race on CBS and Desperate Housewives on ABC plus a less than marquee matchup between Indianapolis and Arizona along with a blowout, but still managed...
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I’ll give you some linkage today. Been busy with paperwork and getting ready for the end of the month/beginning of the month stuff so that took my time today. We begin with Michael McCarthy of USA Today who has the...
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With or without DirecTV and it appears it will be without DirecTV on Thursday, the NHL on Versus returns for its fifth season. And there will be a new addition to the network, Fang’s Bites fave Charissa Thompson who has...
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MLB American LeagueMinnesota at Detroit – MLB Network/Fox Sports North/Fox Sports Detroit, noonToronto at Red Sox – Rogers Sportsnet/NESN, 7 p.m.Baltimore at Tampa Bay – MASN2/Sun Sports, 7 p.m.Chicago White Sox at Cleveland – Comcast SportsNet Chicago/STO, 7 p.m.Kansas City...
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Let’s finish our press releases with a mishmash of subjects. Lots of stuff to post and they all don’t fit under one particular theme. As we get closer to the start of the NHL season, ESPN tells us that analysts...
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Here are three college football-themed releases, two of which are from ESPN. College Gameday will be in Boston on Saturday for the Florida State-Boston College game and to focus on BC linebacker Mark Herzlich who’s battling cancer this season. College...
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This Friday, both Universal Sports and UniversalSports.com will offer live coverage of the International Olympic Committee’s announcement of the host of the 2016 Olympic Games. Four cities are vying to be host, Chicago, IL; Madrid, Spain; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;...
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I thought with a less than glamorous matchup and a potential blowout, the ratings for Sunday Night Football would fall from last week and I was right, but even a 31-10 Colts win over the Arizona Cardinals, but even so,...
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On Sunday, I had the opportunity to watch both DirecTV’s Red Zone Channel and NFL Network’s RedZone simultaneously. As a subscriber of DirecTV, I get the Red Zone as part of the satellite service’s NFL Sunday Ticket Superfan package. And...
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MLB Network will be airing live games tonight and Tuesday as we get closer to the the end of the regular season on Sunday. The games will be produced by the local teams’ flagships. MLB NETWORK ANNOUNCES LIVE GAMES FOR...
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It feels like last week since I last did linkage. And well, it’s true. The last time I did links for you was on Thursday. My apologies. Time to do some now. From the Nation’s Newspaper, Michael Hiestand of USA...
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Let’s give you some releases this morning and then I’ll do some links in about an hour. Starting with TBS and some quotage from yesterday’s MLB On Deck pregame show. Notes from Sunday MLB on TBS – September 27, 2009...
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English Premier LeagueWest Ham United vs. Manchester City – ESPN2, 2:55 p.m. MLB American LeagueToronto at Red Sox – MLB Network/Rogers Sportsnet/NESN, 7 p.m.Baltimore at Tampa Bay – MASN2/Fox Sports Florida, 7 p.m.Chicago White Sox at Cleveland – WCIU/STO, 7...
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After a shocking elimination at the starting line, we got another elimination at the end of leg 2 in Vietnam tonight. Unfortunately, yoga instructors Eric & Lisa did not get to break in Elimination Station. They never got to leave...
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Certainly, Saturday’s matchup between Boston College and Florida State is hardly a marquee one, but Fang’s Bites has learned that College Gameday will be live from BC’s Chestnut Hill campus this Saturday morning. A cynical person can say that this...
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Oh this is not good. Right off the bat at the starting line, there is an elimination. A team will not even leave the country before being eliminated. Interesting. Take a look at the sneak peek CBS sent. In the...
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I was hoping to do some linkage today, but my car battery died so I spent a couple of hours dealing with that so the links are out of the window. I do have your Sunday pregame quotage. Let’s begin...
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Time to do a Videos of the Week and since Sirius XM does “Breakfast with The Beatles” at 9 a.m. on Underground Garage every Sunday, I figured I’d give you some of my all-time favorite songs from my all-time favorite...
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Here are some more press releases that came into the Fang’s Bites inbox on Friday. We’ll get these posted and go to bed. Busy day on Saturday. I won’t be near a computer as I’ll be in New York to...
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MLB American LeagueBaltimore at Toronto – MASN2/Rogers Sportsnet, 7 p.m.Detroit at Cleveland – Fox Sports Detroit/STO, 7 p.m.Seattle at Tampa Bay – FSN Northwest/Sun Sports, 7 p.m.Red Sox at Kansas City – NESN/Fox Sports Kansas City, 8 p.m.Minnesota at Chicago...
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Today, the fledgling United Football League announced the crew that will call its games on Versus starting next month. Of course, DirecTV subscribers won’t be able to see the games as the satellite provider continues its dispute with the channel....
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Last release before I shut the computer off. On Tuesday, MLB Network will air a game from the left coast at 10 p.m. ET. MLB NETWORK ANNOUNCES LIVE GAMES FOR TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 “Pennant Race” matchup features top American League...
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Here are three football-related press releases. Starting with NFL Network’s quotage from its NFL Gameday highlights and NFL Gameday Final shows. Week 2 (Sept. 20, 2009) – Quotable from NFL GameDay Final & NFL GameDay Highlights on NFL Network (Airs...
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