A Few Quick Afternoon Links

I wasn’t expecting to do a linkfest this afternoon, but with my work finished early, I have some extra time to do some links for you.

CNBC’s Darren Rovell looks into whether Tiger Woods can return to his old form.

Darren says the PGA Tour’s website has gone through a redesign and it doesn’t include Tiger, but apparently that had nothing to do with the November 27 Tiger Slam into a fire hydrant.

Alan Pergament of the Buffalo News says ABC News’ Barbara Walters gave some interesting advice to Tiger while appearing on Late Show with David Letterman last night.

Jim Williams of the Washington Examiner writes that NHL Network will air some of Alexander Ovechkin’s greatest goals tonight.

Francisco Alvarado of Miami Now looks at ESPN holding the premiere of its 30 for 30 documentary, “The U” at a movie theater last night.

Jim O’Donnell of the Chicago Sun-Times talks about the coverage of the Notre Dame coaching search, Tiger Woods and the Bulls.

Chris Kuc of the Chicago Tribune says the Blackhawks set a ratings record for Comcast SportsNet Chicago on Wednesday.

Tom Hoffarth from the Los Angeles Daily News has highlights of a roundtable discussion by golf journalists on the coverage of the Tiger Woods story.

Golf.com has the entire roundtable discussion.

Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk reports that this Sunday’s Miami-Jacksonville game has been blacked out.

Michael David Smith of PFT says the Kansas City Chiefs have been given until Friday to sell out their game with the Bills otherwise risk a local blackout.

Ken Berger at CBSSports.com reports that NBA ticket revenues are down across the board by over 7% this year.

Chris Zelkovich of the Toronto Star writes that the Olympics Broadcasting Consortium will be putting all 17 days of the Winter Olympics in several movie theaters across Canada.

Steve Lepore at Puck The Media wonders what’s all the fuss about ESPN covering the NHL Winter Classic. I agree.

Ok, that will do it for the links. Tonight, I have more press releases to post. Back later. I’m leaving work for home.

About Ken Fang

Ken has been covering the sports media in earnest at his own site, Fang's Bites since May 2007 and at Awful Announcing since March 2013. He provides a unique perspective having been an award-winning radio news reporter in Providence and having worked in local television. Fang celebrates the three Boston Red Sox World Championships in the 21st Century, but continues to be a long-suffering Cleveland Browns fan.

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