Lots of stuff to get to. Let’s not waste time.
Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch reports on ESPN’s signing of four of its NFL insiders to long-term contracts.
SI’s Tom Verducci gives us some myths and truths about the MLB All-Star Game.
Tim Kenneally of The Wrap says the All-Star Game won the night for Fox in overall ratings and younger demographics.
At the Biz of Baseball, Maury Brown notes how surprised he is about the MLB All-Star Game’s overnight ratings seeing an increase from last year despite being a blowout.
Michael Hiestand of USA Today writes about the All-Star Game’s increased overnight ratings from last year.
To the Daily Beast where Howard Kurtz says NBC is betting that you’ll watch the Olympics despite not knowing anything about the sports inside the Games.
Andy Fixmer and Alex Sherman at Bloomberg Businessweek note that NBC expects to draw many cable viewers to watch the Olympics online.
Meg Carter at Co-Create notes how BBC is attempting to build the very first social Olympic Games.
Radio World says Fox Sports Radio will have a big presence at the London Olympics.
The Big Lead continues to break sports media stories this year. First, it breaks news that Fox and possibly NBC are interested in hiring ESPN Sunday Night Baseball voice Dan Shulman.
And then Jason McIntyre of TBL reports that CBS is making overtures at ESPN Radio’s Doug Gottlieb to work on its new radio network, become a college basketball analyst and host a show on its cable network.
Brian Clapp at Sports TV Jobs wonders if the competition is out for blood in poaching ESPN’s talent.
Barstool Sports in Boston somehow got its hands on a video featuring New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft making an audition tape with his 30 year old aspiring actress girlfriend, Ricki Noel Linder.
The video has gone viral and Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio says Kraft has issued a statement on that video going public.
Isaac Rauch of Deadspin has an interesting story on how ESPN.com entertainment writer Lynn Hoppes has apparently lifted several passages from Wikipedia either verbatim or with very few changes and inserted them into his features.
Patrick Burns of Deadspin sees what subjects ESPN is devoting its time covering on SportsCenter.
Glenn Davis from SportsGrid has video of Fox & Friends criticizing the U.S. Olympic team’s Opening Ceremony attire as looking too French. Seriously?
Ed Sherman at The Sherman Report is still suffering from Ozzie Guillen Fatigue and isn’t enthused about tonight’s Showtime premiere of “The Franchise: A Season with the Miami Marlins.”
Ken Kerschbaumer of Sports Video Group looks at MLB International delivering the All-Star Game to a worldwide audience.
Brian Stelter of the New York Times reports on the NBC and Facebook partnership for the 2012 Olympics.
Jerry Barmash at Fishbowl NY says WPIX in New York will pick up an NFL Network Thursday Night Football game involving the defending Super Bowl champs, the New York Football Giants, in September.
Bob’s Blitz notes that ESPN Radio NY despite a new powerful FM signal fell further behind WFAN in the June Arbitron ratings period.
Ken Schott at the Schenectady Gazette looks at Fox’s ratings increase for this year’s MLB All-Star Game.
Pete Dougherty of the Albany Times Union says a local college will be part of ESPN’s College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon in November.
Keith Groller from the Allentown (PA) Morning Call says a local cable sports channel will be all over a Minor League Baseball All-Star Game this week.
David Barron at the Houston Chronicle says a former Texas native is coming home to work in the local market as a TV sportscaster.
Mel Bracht of The Oklahoman looks at the local weekend ratings.
Mark Alesia and Phil Richards of the Indianapolis Star write that the Colts will adhere to the old NFL TV blackout rules and will not have games air in the local market unless a game is totally sold out. The NFL relaxed the rules to 85% this season.
Bob Wolfley of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel writes that CBS’ Lesley Visser gets her chance to run in the Miller Park Sausage Race on Friday.
Jordan Kobritz of the Prescott (AZ) Daily Courier looks at the MLB TV rights negotiations.
Bruce Dowbiggin from the Toronto Globe and Mail explores a popular English-language sports radio station in Montreal flipping to French leaving many fans in the cold.
Pat Hickey of the Montreal Gazette says English speaking sports fans have lost a voice to vent.
The Canadian Sports Media Blog says the Home Run Derby had a big audience in Canada.
Sports Media Watch notes that the MLB All-Star Game had its second lowest overnight rating ever.
Joe Favorito looks at a very unique way a New York soccer team found a sponsor.
At the Broadcast Booth, Dave Kohl explores the reasons why the NFL slightly relaxed its TV blackout rules.
And that’s going to do it for today.
