Ok, I wasn’t able to get to do linkage during the day so in lieu of a Friday post, I’ll make this a weekend post so you can go through these at your leisure. So while I watch some Australian Rules Football, I’ll do a nice links post for you.
Let’s begin with John Ourand at Sports Business Daily. He notes that the move of NBC Sports to Stamford, CT is just about complete.
John writes that NBC has almost reached the Sunday Night Football ad sales revenue levels from last year.
Erik Sherman at AOL Jobs speaks with former ESPN researcher Howie Schwab who was laid off this week.
To another Sherman, Ed in The Sherman Report says ESPN did not show any loyalty to Schwab, a 26 year employee.
Tim Baysinger of Broadcasting & Cable writes that Game 4 of the NBA Finals paced ABC to a big primtime ratings win.
Jeff Baumgartner of Multichannel News looks at the hundreds of miles of fiber laid by NBC and Golf Channel to cover this week’s U.S. Open.
Mike Reynolds from Multichannel reviews the NBA TV documentary on Julius “Doctor J” Erving.
Ryan Berenz of Channel Guide Magazine looks at ESPN’s coverage of the FIFA Confederations Cup that begins this weekend.
Andrew Beaujon at Poynter reports on the Chicago Tribune’s strange decision to take back part of its Boston tribute to the city’s sports teams following the Marathon bombing.
The Tampa Bay Times’ Eric Deggans writing for the Indiana University National Sports Journalism Center says ESPN 3D was a waste of money and time.
Kyle Wagner of Gizmodo says with the decision to kill ESPN 3D later this year, 3-D TV is pretty much dead.
Ken Kerschbaumer of Sports Video Group also rings the death knell for 3-D.
Ken says NBC’s coverage of the U.S. Open at Merion Golf Club is crane-free this week.
John Koblin at Deadspin notes that Tennis Channel CEO Ken Solomon had a poor choice of words when he wrote an angry internal e-mail regarding an FCC decision that went against the network.
Classic Sports TV and Media explores the TV coverage of the U.S. Open dating back to 1954.
To Sports Media Watch where Paulsen tells us that MLB on Fox dropped below a 2.0 rating last week.
Freelance writer David Purdum has an interesting look at his attempts to find and interview Twitter personality Incarcerated Bob. It’s like another version of Sarah Phillips.
Matt Yoder at Awful Announcing notes that Captain Blowhard is whining once again.
In a related story, Jason McIntyre of The Big Lead says Stephen A. “A is for Asinine” Smith wants to be on NBA Countdown should Captain Blowhard decide to leave after this season.
Chad Finn of the Boston Globe writes that the New England Patriots could make a big change to its preseason game telecasts.
Kenneth R. Gosselin in the Hartford Courant says in the wake of this week’s layoffs, ESPN has also canceled two programs.
Phil Mushnick of the New York Post hates everything again.
Justin Terranova of the Post looks at Bill Simmons’ whining about his employer.
Justin has five questions for NBC/Golf Channel analyst Peter Jacobsen regarding the U.S. Open.
Phil D’Abbraccio in the Albany (NY) Times Union says a Capital Region radio station has flipped to an all-sports format.
Pete Dougherty of the Times Union writes that horse races from Saratoga will be simulcast live in the Capital Region for the first time.
Ken McMillan of the Middletown (NY) Times Herald-Record writes that a local minor league baseball team has a new radio voice.
Keith Groller of the Allentown (PA) Morning Call says the Philly ABC affiliate will air its share of early Eagles games this season.
David Zurawik of the Baltimore Sun writes that two Ravens Monday Night Football games will be picked up by the local NBC station.
In Press Box, DCRTV’s Dave Hughes notes the deal by the local NBC station to air the Ravens MNF games.
As the Washington Examiner ceases publication after 8 years, Jim Williams writes his farewell sports media column for the paper.
But have no fear, Jim is writing sports media stories for Sports Talk Florida!
Eric Deggans in the Tampa Bay Times tells us that the Buccaneers have a new preseason flagship TV station.
Rodney Ho of the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports that the Hawks have a new flagship radio station.
Barry Horn of the Dallas Morning News talks with HBO’s Jim Lampley about his broadcasting debut as a sideline reporter for ABC Sports some 39 years ago.
David Barron of the Houston Chronicle looks at the local sports radio ratings.
Mel Bracht of The Oklahoman says Oklahoma and Tulsa will be featured in Fox Sports 1’s college football debut season.
In the Chicago Tribune, Ed Sherman talks with Blackhawks radio voice John Wiedeman who has called two consecutive multiple overtime games.
Paul M. Banks at Chicago Sports Media Watch says don’t think Comcast SportsNet is an independent voice when it airs the Blackhawks.
Dan Caesar of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch says Cardinals TV voice Dan McLaughlin had to work solo earlier this week when his partner had to tend to a family emergency.
Dan has a story on why Cardinals analyst Rick Horton had to leave the booth.
Dan writes that St. Louis radio needs its own reality show.
In the Los Angeles Daily News, Tom Hoffarth explores the ESPN cutbacks.
Tom has a few items that didn’t make his column.
The Canadian Sports Media Blog notes that TSN/RDS have re-upped with Rugby Canada for several international events a year.
And that’s going to do it. Lots of good links for you to peruse.
