Let’s do some linkage while I have some time. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand notes NBC’s hiring of Tiger Woods pal Notah Begay to its golf team. He replaces Dottie Pepper who went to the PGA of America. Sports Business Journal’s...
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27Feb
Category: Brent Musburger
16Jan
I keep getting bogged down with family stuff. I’m going to try and provide some linkage now. Deadspin’s Timothy Burke and Jack Dickey have the story of the day exposing the inspirational Manti Te’o’s girlfriend story as one huge hoax....
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It’s been way too long since you’ve seen linkage on this site. This has been the main mission of Fang’s Bites since the beginning, but too often, I get roped into doing family stuff and it prevents me from getting...
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Schedule Courtesy of Matt’s College Sports Pregame & Studio Shows College GameDay live from the SEC Championship, Atlanta, GA — ESPNU, 9 a.m./ESPN, 10 a.m. This Week in SEC Football — CBS Sports Network, 1 p.m. College Football Countdown —...
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This week marks for all intents and purposes, the final week of conference play in college football. There are conference championships in the ACC, Big Ten, C-USA, MAC, Pac-12 and SEC. ESPN platforms will carry four of them either through...
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Schedule Courtesy of Matt’s College Sports Friday, November 23 Pregame & Studio Shows Best of College Football 2012 — CBS, 1:30 p.m. Fox College Football Saturday — Fox, 3 p.m. 11 a.m. Syracuse at Temple — ESPN2 (Tom Hart/John Congemi)...
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Schedule Courtesy of Matt’s College Sports Pregame & Studio Shows College GameDay live from Eugene, OR — ESPNU, 9 a.m./ESPN, 10 a.m. BTN Football Pregame — Big Ten Network, 11 a.m. ACC Blitz — ACC Network, noon College Football Uncut:...
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Schedule Courtesy of Matt’s College Sports Pregame & Studio Shows College GameDay live on board the USS San Diego — ESPNU, 9 a.m./ESPN, 10 a.m. BTN Football Pregame — Big Ten Network, 11 a.m. ACC Blitz — ACC Network, noon...
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Let’s take a look at the announcers ESPN will utilize for college basketball this season. Dan Shulman and Dick Vitale remain the top team as they’ll major ACC and Saturday primetime games together. Dave O’Brien gets an upgrade as he’ll...
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Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports Pregame & Studio Shows College GameDay live from Baton Rouge, LA — ESPNU, 9 a.m./ESPN, 10 a.m. BTN Football Pregame — Big Ten Network, 11 a.m. Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 11:30...
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Schedule courtesy Matt’s College Sports Pregame & Studio Shows College GameDay live from Norman, OK — ESPNU, 9 a.m./ESPN, 10 a.m. Big Ten Football Pregame — Big Ten Network, 11 a.m. Fox College Football Preview Show — Fox Sports Net,...
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Schedule courtesy Matt’s College Sports Pregame & Studio Shows College GameDay live from Gainesville, FL — ESPNU, 9 a.m./ESPN, 10 a.m. BTN Football Pregame — Big Ten Network, 11 a.m. ACC Blitz — ACC Network, noon College Football Today —...
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Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports Pregame & Studio Shows College GameDay live from South Bend, IN — ESPNU, 9 a.m./ESPN, 10 a.m. BTN Football Pregame — Big Ten Network, 11 a.m. ACC Blitz — ACC Network, noon College Football...
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Schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports Pregame & Studio Shows College GameDay live from Columbia, SC — ESPNU, 9 a.m./ESPN, 10 a.m. BTN Football Pregame — Big Ten Network, 11 a.m. Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 11 a.m....
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A mere 73 years young, Brent Musbuger has signed a new deal with ESPN that will keep him as ESPN/ABC’s main college football play-by-play man for at least two more seasons. Under the new contract, he and Kirk Herbstreit will...
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For the upcoming college football season, ESPN has made a few changes to its announcing teams. The main team of Brent Musburger and Kirk Herbstreit for ABC’s Saturday Night Football will remain the same, however, there’s still no official replacement...
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Yesterday, I provided two overdue sports media thoughts. Today, it’s time to do some more. As always, they’re in bullet form. I like what the NBC Sports Group has done on the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs. Covering all the games...
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This is some amazing stuff. I don’t know who uploaded these to YouTube, but this is some pretty video showing entire editions of The NFL Today on CBS. This is from Week 13 in 1979. Brent Musburger is the host...
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I haven’t written a sports media thoughts post in quite some time. I owe you one do let’s do this without further delay. As always, they come in bullet form. Last night’s BCS National Championship Game between Alabama and LSU...
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08Jan
I’m going to provide a few links for you since they’ve been lacking here over the last few days. We begin with Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deistch who talked with ESPN’s Brent Musburger who will call Monday’s BCS National Championship Game....
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02Oct
Well, the blog is blowing up thanks to my latest edition of the Five Women Who Can Make Me Stop The Remote. CNBC’s Darren Rovell linked to the post as Erin Sharoni of his show “CNBC SportsBiz: Game On” is...
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16Aug
Well, yesterday I was two jobsites. Today, I forgot to bring my computer AC adapter and my phone so for several hours, I was without any communication to the outside world. Ok, that’s an exaggeration, but it certainly felt strange...
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Luckily, this had a happy ending so we can joke about it. This all started when Molly E. Sullivan, a radio and TV broadcaster in Las Vegas tweeted this APB about Brent Musburger who was supposed to make an appearance...
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With so many college football games not just on Saturdays, but on Thursdays, Fridays and sometimes even Tuesdays, ESPN needs a lot of announcing teams on its networks. You have 22 announcing teams that span ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN...
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Time for the Sunday links. Quite a few to get to. Dennis Dodd from CBSSports.com looks at the increasing rights fees for college football. Erick Smith of USA Today says the University of Miami is in talks with ESPN about...
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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...
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Let’s do the linkage and get it all done so you get on with your workday. That also goes for me as well. Here goes. From USA Today, Mike McCarthy talks with a Frito-Lay executive on whether Brent Musburger was...
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ESPN’s production of the first cable-exclusive BCS National Championship Game between Auburn and Oregon was a mixed bag. The pictures and replays for the most part were quite good especially for Michael Dyer’s run late in the 4th quarter which...
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10Jan
I owe you linkage since last Thursday so let’s do some. Michael Hiestand of USA Today has ESPN’s Brent Musburger saying he’ll talk less than normal during tonight’s BCS National Championship Game. Rupal Parekh of Advertising Age notes that social...
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07Oct
Ok, lets provide some more linkage. Crazy day today. Well, the long-awaited Brett Favre schlong pics are out including those voicemails to Jenn Sterger that may or may not have come from the quarterback. Deadspin has them all and you...
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