Let me get these some links out to you. Won’t give out a full set, but this ties you over as I’m all over the place today.
Nicole Auerbach at USA Today writes about the late Jessica Ghawi a.k.a. Jessica Redfield, the aspiring sports journalist who was killed in the Aurora, CO movie theater shootings one year ago this Saturday.
R. Thomas Umstead at Multichannel News says fans may not like the cost of their cable bills, but put up with it due to the desire to have live sports.
Cynopsis Sports has its Tuesday media roundup.
Jason Dachman of Sports Video Group looks at how ESPN was able to track the distance of each long ball hit in last night’s MLB All-Star Home Run Derby.
Clay Travis at Outkick the Coverage announces that Clay Travis is joining Fox Sports 1 where Clay Travis will join Erin Andrews and Eddie George plus three analysts to be named later on a new college football pregame show. I hope you have your fill of Clay Travis news from Clay Travis now.
Former New York Times baseball writer Murray Chass declares his hatred for soccer coverage in his old newspaper.
I wrote a piece at Awful Announcing on the problems that Fox Sports 1 is experiencing with some of the major cable and satellite providers.
Advertising Age’s Mike McCarthy looks at two expanded ads that ran or will run during this MLB All-Star festivities.
At the Sherman Report, Ed Sherman notes that former Boston Herald, New York Daily News and AOL Fanhouse columnist Lisa Olson declined to participate in tonight’s ESPN Nine for IX documentary on the struggle of female reporters. Olson dealt with harassment on the job as a Patriots beat reporter for the Herald.
Pete Dougherty at the Albany Times Union writes that the Home Run Derby had increased overnight numbers from last year.
Bob Fernandez at the Philadelphia Inquirer says channels like ESPN would cost a whole lot more if wasn’t bundled with other channels and sold separately to consumers.
Mark Maske and Dan Steinberg of the Washington Post says former DC NFL team tight end Chris Cooley is retiring to become a radio analyst.
Paul M. Banks of Chicago Sports Media Watch says Bears QB Jay Cutler showed a softer side with Michelle Beadle on Access Hollywood this week.
Sean O’Leary at Scribblings has some thoughts on Erin Andrews as a studio host.
Sports Media Watch has some ratings news and notes.
Steve Lepore at SB Nation’s Puck the Media looks at Regis Philbin’s new Fox Sports 1 show.
And we’re done.
