Last night, I was so tired that I didn’t even bother to crack open the laptop and just watched “The American Experience” on my local PBS channel. Since there was no NHL or MLB and NFL Network was doing its usual “NFL Replay” programming, I decided that I would go to bed early and not bother blogging. Sometimes, taking a break from everything is the best way to recharge the batteries.
Let’s give you some links.
First, Neil Best of Newsday writes that Chris Russo’s Sirius XM radio show is now available online at Sirius.com. Neil marks the 20th anniversary of WFAN moving from 1050 AM to its current location of 660 AM and thus, making the station a 50,000 watt powerhouse. And Neil finds it weird that the New York Islanders don’t have a pregame show on MSG+.
CNBC’s Darren Rovell wonders with the financial crunch, will there be a team that declares bankruptcy?
Richard Sandomir of the New York Times looks at the history of Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, the home of the Tampa Bay Rays.
Keith Groller of the Allentown (PA) Morning Call writes in his blog that a local reporter gets some national exposure on ESPNews covering the Phillies-Dodgers NLCS.
Jim Williams of the DC Examiner helps you in finding the League Championship Series on TV.
Catching up with the Los Angeles Daily News’ Tom Hoffarth. This story caused some ripples in the sports blogosphere yesterday. Tim McCarver in the Philadelphia Inquirer lashing out at Manny Ramirez wearing out his welcome in Boston. And Tom has Fox Sports’ Eric Karros agreeing with McCarver. Tom has comments from former American League umpire and wrestler Ken Kaiser on Fox Sports Radio explaining the controversial out call on Jason Varitek’s tag on Reggie Willits during Game 4 of the ALDS on Monday. Tom reviews “The Express”, the movie on the late Ernie Davis. In his blog, Tom has the video of E:60’s report on the homeless basketball league that aired on this week’s program.
A few things from Maury Brown’s great Biz of Baseball blog. Maury reports that the ratings for the League Division Series were down 27% from last season, but they still steered TBS to a cable primetime ratings win. Interesting sports business story from Maury, MLB Properties is now updating its hologram on products to prevent counterfeiting. And Maury reviews Tim McCarver’s comments about Manny Ramirez. Here are the comments Maury refers to (courtesy ESPN’s Outside the Lines).
Mike Flaherty of Variety also delves into the LDS ratings drop on TBS.
The Sports Media Watch says the MLB on Fox set a ratings low for the second straight year. And the blog notes that college football beat all other sports offerings last Saturday.
Barry Horn of the Dallas Morning News says the College Gameday crew will spend half of its show inside the Cotton Bowl then the other half inside this Saturday for the Red River Shootout.
Christopher Byrne’s Eye on Sports Media blog notices that the time of college football games are shorter this season.
Pete Dougherty of the Albany Times Union says there’s a change in plans for the NFL Week 6 on TV in the Capital Region.
DC Native James Brown of CBS Sports held a chat with Washingtonpost.com readers today.
Bryan Chu of the San Antonio Express-News has comments from NFL Commish Roger Goodell about a few topics including the NFL Network.
Ken McMillan of the Hudson Valley Times Herald-Record says the Marist women’s basketball team could have an appearance on ESPN in February.
Bob Wolfley of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has comments from former Marquette and current Indiana basketball coach Tom Crean from Fox Sports Radio.
The Wichita (KS) Eagle says both the Wichita State and Kansas sports programs will showcase their sports on a local cable outlet.
Bill Shea of Crain’s Detroit Business writes that FSN Detroit has signed a major sponsorship deal with locally owned Belle Tire.
William Houston of the Toronto Globe and Mail reviews Matt Devlin’s performance on his first night as Raptors TV voice.
Jonathan Huntington of the Edmonton Sun says TSN has been successful in convincing the Canadian Football League to move its playoff games to Saturdays in an attempt to increase ratings.
Canada’s Rogers Sportsnet looks back at 10 years of operation. And Sportsnet has a timeline from its birth to now.
Scott Radley of the Hamilton Spectator talks to the head of Rogers Sportsnet.
Diego Vasquez of
Media Life Magazine talks with the president of a research group on the impact of televised sports.
That’s going to do it for now.
