In the midst of finishing a proposal at work. Also at the home office so it’s tough for me to blog today. I will give you some links of note today. I’ll add more if I can.
John Ourand and Michael Smith of Sports Business Journal break news that CBS and Turner are planning a joint bid for the NCAA Tournament if the college sports governing body opts out of its current contract with CBS and expands the field to 96 teams.
John teams up with Terry Lefton on an article trying to explain why the NFL’s TV ratings are setting records while the trend on the networks is going in the opposite direction.
John writes that Fox is looking at brisk ad sales for NASCAR despite bad ratings last year.
Claire Atkinson of Broadcasting & Cable reports that CBS has sold out its ad inventory for the Super Bowl.
Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch has his media power rankings for January.
The Nielsen Ratings Wire blog says most of us will watch the Super Bowl at home.
Writing for the Indiana University National Sports Journalism Center, Jason Fry tells you how different writing for the web is different than writing for a publication.
CNBC’s Darren Rovell wonders if being inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame as a Montreal Expo will hurt Andre Dawson’s marketability.
USA Today’s Mike McCarthy says the media coverage over Indianapolis Colts defensive end Dwight Freeney’s ankle is sure to grow during Super Bowl week.
Ken Belson and Richard Sandomir of the New York Times look at how companies are taking out insurance on athlete scandals.
Bill Conlin of the Philadelphia Daily News mourns the loss of former Eagle and CBS NFL analyst Tom Brookshier.
Here are the calling hours for Brookie if you’re in the Philly area.
Jim Williams in the Washington Examiner was impressed by President Obama’s commentary during Saturday’s Duke-Georgetown game on CBS.
Jaquetta White of the New Orleans Times-Picayune says the NFL is backing off its claims that it owns the trademark on the famous phrase “Who Dat”.
Steve Lepore of Puck The Media has the overnight ratings for Sunday’s NHL on NBC Game of the Week.
More links later.
