Been busy the last couple of days. Monday I was in the home office, but unable to blog as I wanted. And yesterday, I was at a jobsite all day preventing me from blogging. So I’ll try to catch up today giving you some linkage.
I also hope to finally get to that review of World Cup coverage that I promised on Sunday. I have some things to say about ESPN’s coverage plus Univision. Keep your RSS feeds updated.
Starting with Michael Hiestand of USA Today, he feels it’s time to end the nonsense and put all of the top college football teams in one super conference.
Michael notes that the World Cup got off to a good start in the ratings, but says there have been some scheduling quirks.
Wayne Friedman of Mediapost says that while ESPN is pushing the 3 screen approach (TV, online and mobile), the Alleged Worldwide Leader knows that TV is really the king of media usage.
Lisa Baertein and Ben Klayman of Reuters note that online and mobile viewing of the World Cup has not cut into ESPN’s ratings.
The lovely Gail Sideman at Sports Networker says the Vuvuzela is the publicity winner of the World Cup.
Fox Sports.com’s Brian Lowry reviews ESPN’s latest 30 for 30 effort on a date that lives on in sports history.
Alan Sepinwall of Hitfix raves about tonight’s 30 for 30 documentary.
John Eggerton of Multichannel News writes that Cox is going to make San Diego Padres games available to its competitors including DirecTV and Dish Network.
Mike Reynolds of Multichannel says ESPN/ABC did well in the ratings with the first 8 matches of the World Cup.
CNBC’s Darren Rovell says ESPN will do its best to keep the sounds of the Vuvuzelas down during World Cup matches.
Darren says losing Nebraska and Colorado actually helped to save the Big 12.
Chip Brown of the now-famous Orangebloods.com explains how the Big 12 was saved from destruction by TV money.
David Lariviere at Forbes writes that the Big 12’s survival makes ESPN very happy.
Jeff Latzke from the Associated Press reports that the Oklahoma Sooners are looking to start their own TV network.
The lovely Lacey Rose of Forbes talks with ESPN’s Captain Blowhard about the 30 for 30 series.
A couple of good columns from the Indiana University National Sports Journalism Center. First, Eric Deggans of the St. Petersburg Times looks at how ESPN and cable TV changed the way we watched sports.
And Jason Fry looks at the rollout of various local blogging sites by SB Nation including those in Boston, New York, Washington, Detroit and other cities.
Milton Kent of Fanhouse says the World Cup is big for ESPN.
Rich Schapiro of the New York Daily News says the host broadcaster responsible for the world feed of the World Cup is attempting to filter out the loud vuvuzelas from the games. To be honest, I can ignore them, they’re not a problem to me.
Pete Dougherty at the Albany Times Union has the schedule of the University of Albany’s football team on radio this season.
Ken Schott of the Schenectady Gazette says ABC got a big rating for NBA Finals Game 6 on Tuesday night.
Laura Nachman says the Philadelphia Eagles have renewed their rights agreement with the local ABC affiliate.
Phil Jasner from the Philadelphia Daily News profiles Comcast SportsNet’s Dei Lynam and her father, former 76ers coach, Jim.
Lorraine Mirabella at the Baltimore Sun looks at the demise of the very first ESPNZone restaurant.
Tim Lemke writes that World Cup sponsors are finding creative ways of getting their messages across to fans.
Jim Williams of the Washington Examiner notes that TV money saved the Big 12.
Sarah Talalay from the South Florida Sun Sentinel writes that Dunkin’ Donuts in Miami is celebrating the World Cup.
Jimmy Burch of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports that Texas hopes to launch its own TV network very soon.
Ed Sherman at Crain’s Chicago Business says local viewers didn’t get to see the Blackhawks live at Wrigley Field on Sunday night.
Phil Rosenthal of the Chicago Tribune reports that WCIU-TV has picked up the local rights to an ESPN Monday Night Football game involving the Bears.
Robert Feder learns that his former colleague at the Chicago Sun-Times, sports media columnist Jim O’Donnell has lost his job at the paper.
David Roeder of the Chicago Sun-Times wonders what happens to the memorabilia in the local ESPNZone that shuts down next week.
Austin Meek of the Topeka (KS) Capital-Journal says the Big 12 stands to make good money from Fox and ESPN when the cable and over the air packages come up for bid.
Tom Hoffarth of the Los Angeles Daily News has a look at some Father’s Day reading.
Robert Lloyd of the Los Angeles Times reviews the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary on June 17, 1994.
Bruce Dowbiggin at the Toronto Globe and Mail feels CBC should think outside the box in its World Cup coverage.
Chris Zelkovich in the Toronto Star says the World Cup is doing well for CBC.
William Houston in Truth & Rumours says a Toronto sports radio station could get a new morning host from CBC.
Bluhalo says traffic to sports websites increased by 20% last month.
The Wrap says Fox has sold out its ads for the MLB All-Star Game.
Deadspin has a former Fox Sports intern lashing out at Joe Buck and Buck giving his response.
Sports Media Watch has the weekend overnight ratings.
SMW says the ratings for last night’s Game 6 of the NBA Finals actually declined from the previous game due to the Lakers’ blowing out the Celtics.
We’re done. Enjoy the day.
