Back To The Sunday Linkage

After a couple of days without linkage, it’s time to give bring it back and do what you have come to expect from Fang’s Bites.

Mike Reynolds from Multichannel News says Bright House and Time Warner Cable subscribers will have access to ESPN Deportes’ syndicated coverage of Dominican League baseball games starting today.

Thomas Umstead of Multichannel writes that HBO will go to social media and buy ads on NFL games to promote the Manny Pacquaio-Antonio Margarito fight on pay per view.

Chip Brown of Orangebloods.com, the man who broke the Texas not going to the Pac 10/12, now breaks the story that Texas will sign with ESPN to form its own sports television network. Thanks to Marcus Vanderberg of SportsNewser for the link.

Bob Raissman of the New York Daily News proclaims New York as the center of the TV ratings universe.

Phil Mushnick of the New York Post wishes more baseball players would serve in the military and baseball games be shot in black and white.

Pete Dougherty in the Albany Times Union notes that Siena College has signed with Time Warner Cable to air a series of basketball games this season.

At the Washington Post’s DC Sports Bog, Dan Steinberg notes that Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic has taken over the signage at one Washington Metro stop.

Jim Williams from the Washington Examiner talks with ESPN NASCAR analyst Rusty Wallace about the last three races in the Sprint Cup season.

Barry Horn of the Dallas Morning News says the Cowboys are still primetime darlings despite having a 1-6 record.

John Kiesewetter of the Cincinnati Enquirer has a viewing guide for the Monday Night Football game in the Queen City tomorrow.

The lovely Amanda Bruno of Batter-up with Bruno recaps her appearance speaking to a Boston University journalism class last week.

Sports Media Watch has its Weekend Ratings Predictions.

SMW notes that the NFL on Fox saw a ratings decline in Week 8.

SMW says CBS is seeing higher numbers for its NFL coverage.

Awful Announcing is fed up with ESPN Radio hack Colon Cowherd.

I have a recap of yesterday’s Boston Sports Blogapalooza II event at my Boston Sports Media Watch page.

I’m going to end it there for now. I’ve been interrupted too many times since I started this at 9 this morning.

About Ken Fang

Ken has been covering the sports media in earnest at his own site, Fang's Bites since May 2007 and at Awful Announcing since March 2013. He provides a unique perspective having been an award-winning radio news reporter in Providence and having worked in local television. Fang celebrates the three Boston Red Sox World Championships in the 21st Century, but continues to be a long-suffering Cleveland Browns fan.

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