The SEC football season opens in a big way this weekend and Fox Sports South and other affiliates in the conference footprint will be all over live football. And also premiering this week is SEC Gridiron Live that was popular...
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Monthly Archives: August 2010
31Aug
We have plenty of stuff to warrant another set of links this evening. Lots of good stuff. Let’s begin with the main topic of the sports media day and that is the Mike Wise suspension by the Washington Post. WaPo...
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Every Fox Sports property is teamed with a major charity and cause. The 2010 NFL on Fox season is no exception and this year, Fox Sports is teaming up with a very worthwhile cause, St. Jude Children’s Hospital in Memphis,...
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Coming up in September, the Smithsonian Channel will air a documentary on a Maine high school football rivalry. Cameras followed two communities for an entire season as they go for the state championship. The premise is quite interesting. AN AMERICAN...
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We have a combined press release from Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic and Philadelphia. It involves the shuffling of talent from Mid-Atlantic to Philadelphia and also some in-house shuffling among the two CSN affiliates. It’s also good to see former SNY and...
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Our latest ESPN press release deals with college football and the network’s analysts discussing the winners for the BCS conferences as well as for the BCS itself. Take a look. ESPN College Football Analysts Ruminate on Conference Winners, BCS Champion...
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After being away from the office for most of the morning, it’s time to give you linkage while I can. We start off with Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk who notes that Washington Post writer Mike Wise has been...
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The Big Ten Network which has grown by leaps and bounds in the last couple of years gives us some more programming this fall and we have 13 new episodes of “Big Ten’s Greatest Games”. Here’s the press release. Big...
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FIBA World ChampionshipCanada vs. France – NBA TV, 11:30 a.m. MLBAmerican LeagueRed Sox at Baltimore – NESN/MASN, 7 p.m.Chicago White Sox at Cleveland – Comcast SportsNet Chicago/STO, 7 p.m.Oakland at New York Yankees – Comcast SportsNet California/YES, 7 p.m.Toronto at...
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NBC’s NFL announcing crews were part of a media conference call on Monday to preview the upcoming season. As usual, Al Michaels tries too hard to get that witty one-liner in. Highlights are below. MICHAELS, COLLINSWORTH, DUNGY, HARRISON, GAUDELLI PREVIEW...
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We have a couple of issues today and we go over them in this post. Earlier today, Mike Wise of the Washington Post thought it would be a good idea to put some fake news on Twitter just to see...
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CBS Sports will air coverage of the US Open from Flushing Meadow in New York over the next two weekends. It marks 43 consecutive tournaments for the Tiffany Network and it according to John Ourand of the Sports Business Journal,...
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As we’re getting ready for college football, let’s post what Comcast SportsNet affiliates in New England and Philadelphia will air this season. For New England, CSN New England will re-air most Boston College games in addition to Colonial Athletic Association...
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College football begins on Thursday with two games on ESPN and three games on ESPN3.com, then a whole bunch of games during the weekend. Let’s take a gander at the the press release. 2010 College Football Season Kicks off Thursday...
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NFL season is coming fast upon us and next week, the latest installment from the America’s Game documentary series on Super Bowl winners will premiere. It’ll focus on the New Orleans Saints and it will be narrated by actor Brad...
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It’s Monday and already some breaking news occurred. We learned that Awful Announcing is back up and running which is a good thing. I hope it’ll remain. So with that in our back pocket, let’s do some linkage. Starting with...
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30Aug
After being gone for quite some time, the sports media blog, Awful Announcing, has relaunched. Brian Powell who created the site in 2006, had stopped blogging in April and took his account off Twitter around that time. Many of us...
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FIBA World Championships Australia vs. Germany – NBA TV, noonBrazil vs. USA – ESPN, 2:30 p.m. MLBAmerican LeagueChicago White Sox at Cleveland – WGN America/STO, 7 p.m.Oakland at New York Yankees – Comcast SportsNet California/YES, 7 p.m.Toronto at Tampa Bay...
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On this night where Mad Men deservedly won the Emmy once again for Outstanding Drama Series, we have one of the best episodes of the season, and perhaps of the entire run. The episode titled “Waldorf Stories” has Don spiraling...
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Ok, I’ve received some very good questions from you. I do need a few more. About three to four more so if you have sports media questions, preferably regarding the NFL, send them along to kzf1@fangsbites.com. I hope to get...
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This in from ESPN. The critically acclaimed 30 for 30 documentary, “The Two Escobars” will come out on DVD and Blu-Ray in November. It will have some added features. Here’s the announcement. Following an Unprecedented Film Festival Run, ESPN Films’...
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29Aug
Looks like I don’t have to be anywhere today so it means I can blog at my leisure. Let’s do some linkage for you. Sam Schechner of the Wall Street Journal says Time Warner Cable and Disney have made “significant...
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We have some preseason quotage from CBS Sports from tonight’s Dallas-Houston game. Nice to have. Let’s get to it. THE NFL ON CBS lead analyst Phil Simms made his predictions for the upcoming NFL season during CBS Sports’ pre-season game,...
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Just found out my day has been planned for me again so I’m going to post as many Saturday links here before heading out. Milton Kent at Fanhouse says a revamped ESPNews will debut on Monday. SportsNewser gives you a...
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On ESPN’s Baseball Tonight earlier this week, Curt Schilling said Washington Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg would require arm tendon surgery, better known as Tommy John Surgery, if not now, certainly down the road. This was before the announcement was made...
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On Monday, tennis fan Chris Russo will be live from the National Tennis Center in New York, the site of the US Open. He’ll do the entire “Mad Dog Unleashed” program for Sirius XM Radio. Here’s the release. *** ALERT...
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Let’s give you the games you’ll see on MLB Network next week. NL East First-Place Atlanta Braves Host New York Mets on Thursday Night Baseball ON September 2, CALLED BY MLB NETWORK’S bob costas and john smoltz Three First-Place Teams...
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Let’s review the games you’ll be seeing on national TV this weekend. Fox is covering two games and with Joe Buck on NFL duty on Sunday, it means you don’t have him nor Tim McCarver on MLB this Saturday. He...
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We have less than a month to go in summer and with our Labor Day weekend coming next week, we all know that September means school, end of vacations and the like. It also means football in earnest. Where I’m...
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27Aug
Saturday, August 28 English Premier LeagueBlackburn vs. Arsenal – ESPN2, 7:30 a.m.Chelsea vs. Stoke City – Fox Soccer Plus, 9:55 a.m. Tottenham Hotspur vs. Wigan – Fox Soccer Channel, 10 a.m.Manchester United vs. West Ham – Fox Soccer Channel, 12:30...
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