I did the Primetime & Late Night Viewing Picks early because I thought I didn’t have enough links to warrant an update, but apparently I do.
First, Tom Hoffarth of the Los Angeles Daily News writes in his Farther Off the Wall blog the football viewing menu for this weekend, plus he has a tidbit that Versus will have a one hour documentary on the 20th anniversary of “The Play”, the multi-lateral kickoff return in the 1982 Cal-Stanford game. Last night marked that anniversary and apparently, ESPN Classic aired it last night without much fanfare. I really think ESPN is going to relaunch that channel because there hasn’t been much promotion for the programming asides the Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini documentary last week.
From the 38Cliches blog, LC talks about an interview that Red Sox broadcaster Joe Castiglione did with Sports Media Guide.
Maury Brown in the Biz of Baseball reports that MLB owners are being rewarded for their investment in MLB Advanced Media, the online arm of Major League Baseball and the most successful of the four major leagues internet operations.
CNBC’s Darren Rovell says it’s just a matter of time before New York Knicks coach Isiah Thomas will be fired.
In a follow-up to our link on Monday over the halftime entertainment at Gate D at Giants Stadium during Jets games, David Picker of the New York Times reports that a New Jersey state senator vows to clean up the behavior displayed at halftime. By the way, the videos that were up on YouTube have now been taken down.
From the Albert Lea (MN) Tribune, Jeff Budlong talks with a representative from Charter Communications about why the company is not providing the Big Ten Network. And Jeff is part of a long line of newspapermen who are mistaken that DirecTV is owned by Rupert Murdoch. For the umpteenth time, he has sold it to Liberty Media.
Jeff Richgels of the Capital (WI) Times says the NFL Network offering cable companies an equity stake in the channel might be the carrot that brings them to the table.
Eric Kraushar of the Hutchinson (MN) Leader has details of FSN North’s Hockey Day in Minnesota broadcast coming up in February.
Coming up later, NFL Picks for Thanksgiving Day, College Football Viewing Picks for Thursday and Friday and I still have to do Videos of the Week. Keep it here.
