The YES App is taking a swing at bringing back the era of Saturday morning cartoons. The Yankees’ flagship network announced Thursday morning that its digital arm is launching “HexClad Presents Bronx Buds” on Saturday, Aug. 17. “We’re always looking for strategic opportunities to reach younger fans,” Jason Feneque, the Senior Director of Distribution & Special … Read more
The Subway Series rivalry might be carrying over to the broadcast booth. During his Tuesday afternoon edition of “The Michael Kay Show,” which airs on ESPN Radio and is simulcast on YES Network, host and Yankees television broadcaster Michael Kay took issue with an advertisement by neighboring TV station SNY. “What I’m going to say … Read more
There were no handouts. Gracie Cashman, the daughter of Yankees GM Brian Cashman, made that clear while explaining why she’s in a unique position as YES Network’s newest host of “The Story of My Number,” an interview series featuring Yankees greats Aaron Boone, Don Mattingly, Andy Pettitte, CC Sabathia, Tino Martinez and Nick Swisher, which … Read more
The Paley Center for Media and YES Network are partnering on an event to celebrate a new YES app series about Yankees greats. The Paley Museum will host “The Story of My Number: An Evening with New York Yankees Legends” on Monday, May 6 to commemorate the series premiere, an episode dedicated to Aaron Boone, the Yankees manager who … Read more
Yankees manager Aaron Boone seemed to be prepared for everything during spring training, except for the fact that YES broadcaster Michael Kay was growing a beard. The longtime Yankees play-by-play man caught the skipper off guard during the postgame news conference after their 9-2 Grapefruit League win over the Twins at Steinbrenner Field on Monday. … Read more
The reason bills don’t arrive scented with perfume is because they’re bills. You could soak them in Aunt Ida’s Sweet Syrup and they’d still stink. Nothing nice about them beyond, perhaps, the word “please,” as in “please remit.” And that’s why Thursday’s lengthy dual-network announcement that YES and MSG will partner in all-their-local-sports streaming ventures … Read more
YES and MSG Network are partnering on a new venture that eventually could lead to a direct-to-consumer streaming service that offers the Yankees, Knicks, Rangers, Nets, Devils and Islanders on one platform. The two sides are not there just yet, but announced on Thursday the creation of Gotham Advanced Media and Entertainment, which is a … Read more
Vinsanity is coming to YES for a handful of Nets games, The Post has learned. Vince Carter, who was let go by ESPN this summer, will analyze a small package of games this season. Sarah Kustok and Richard Jefferson will remain the analysts on the bulk of Nets’ telecasts. The Nets will have more regional … Read more
Michael Kay had a feisty exchange with a Yankees fan who accused him of going soft on Brian Cashman as the team has struggled to open the season. Twitter user @PlayoffBader DM’ed Kay, received a lengthy response from the Yankees’ play-by-play broadcaster and opted to publicize it. “You watch every game, right?” the Twitter user … Read more
In his 31 years as a Yankees’ broadcaster, Michael Kay has created for himself a steady dilemma. He has painted himself into a corner that his fame and fortune cannot escape or reconcile. On one hand, he wants to be respected, admired and most of all cherished by local sports fans despite his obvious, admitted … Read more
Michael Kay caught some heat this week for his comments about a bat boy during the Yankees-Guardians game and he’s not too happy about it. Monday night in Cleveland, Kay critiqued the appearance of the bat boy in the Yankees’ dugout, saying it went against former Yankees owner George Steinbrenner‘s “Neatness Counts” policy that was … Read more
YES Network is still hoping to have a direct-to-consumer Yankees product by Opening Day on Thursday, The Post has learned. If YES DTC can’t launch by Thursday’s Yankees-Giants first pitch, then the plan is to have it ready shortly after with the expectation for it to be available by sometime in April at the latest. … Read more
John Sterling will be 85 in July, and is not going anywhere as the Yankees’ radio play-by-player. WFAN and the team expect him to do most, but not all, of the games this upcoming season. This is why Justin Shackil is on the verge of what one day could become a very big job, The … Read more