Quickie Thursday Night Links

I’m going to try to give you some links in between segments of Lost. Here we go.

Ted Hearn of Multichannel News reports that FCC Chairman Kevin Martin will not adopt any special rules to help the NFL Network in its fight against Comcast.

Newsday’s Neil Best says YES Yankees analyst John Flaherty is looking like a genius early in the season.

Awful Announcing has the MLB announcing schedule for this weekend.

Maury Brown has a follow-up on MLB.com’s Indiana Jones promotion in the Biz of Baseball blog.

Maury writes in the Biz of Basketball blog that the entire NBA on TNT studio crew will go barefoot on Sunday to raise awareness.

The Sports Media Watch says the NBA is scoring well for ESPN and ABC. And the SMW says the ratings for the NHL on Versus are up significantly this postseason.

CNBC’s Darren Rovell likes the Gillette Zamboni promotion at the TD Banknorth Garden in Boston.

Tom Hoffarth of the Los Angeles Daily News writes in his Farther Off the Wall blog that E! will have a True Hollywood Story on cheerleading. No word of a lie.

Ken Schott of the Schenectady Gazette says the Union College women’s lacrosse team will be heard locally this weekend.

The Boston Sports Media Watch’s daily approval ratings focuses on the man who tried to break the Super Bowl tape story only to see it blow up in his face, the Boston Herald’s John Tomase.

ESPN previews what it will show on Tuesday’s E:60 newsmagazine program.

I think that will do it for tonight. Friday megalinks will be up around midday. Watch for them.

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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