Time for the Sunday links. Quite a few to get to.
Dennis Dodd from CBSSports.com looks at the increasing rights fees for college football.
Erick Smith of USA Today says the University of Miami is in talks with ESPN about a “Hard Knocks”-type reality show for its football team.
Mike Reynolds from Multichannel News says Sportsman Channel and World Fishing Network have been picked up by Comcast systems in Philadelphia.
The Inside Track girls at the Boston Herald tells us that another non-sports show premiered on NESN last night.
Phil Mushnick of the New York Post actually praises YES for using replays properly and advises Yankees radio analyst Suzyn Waldman to not cover for John Sterling’s shortcomings on play-by-play.
The Albany Times Union notes that Red Sox fans in the Capital Region can start asking for NESN National.
Kevin Cowherd from the Baltimore Sun talks with former CNN Sports Tonight co-anchor Nick Charles who is trying to hang on despite a vicious bout with cancer.
Jim Williams of the Washington Examiner notes that four networks are covering the NBA playoffs.
Scott Ferrall of the Shreveport (LA) Times talks about how ESPN changed the date for this year’s Independence Bowl making it hard for fans to attend.
Kevin Kelly of the Cincinnati Enquirer talks with ESPN/ABC’s Brent Musburger about his upcoming Sportscasting Hall of Fame honor.
Michael C. Lewis in the Salt Lake Tribune says Utah’s move to the Pac 12 could end up being financially beneficial to the school thanks to its new TV contract.
Diane Pucin of the Los Angeles Times says TNT and ESPN have different approaches to producing NBA games.
Sports Media Watch has some various ratings news and notes.
Steve Lepore at Puck The Media has Versus’ ratings for Night 2 of the NHL Playoffs.
And that’s going to be it. Not too many links today, but it’s all about quality, not quantity.
