Tuesday Quick Links

I’ll give you a few quick links on this late Tuesday afternoon on the U.S. East Coast.

Ken McMillan of the Hudson Valley Times Herald Record feels tonight is the Worst Sports Night of the Year. Not far off, I’m telling you.

Newsday’s Neil Best wonders if Elite XC’s days on TV are numbered. Neil transcribes Yankees GM Brian Cashman’s statements about coming back to the Yankees to show up newspaper reporters.

CNBC’s Darren Rovell wants you to write his blog for a week. Hmmm. I might go for this.

Friend of Fang’s Bites and fellow puckhead Ken Schott of the Schenectady Gazette tells us what’s in store for Versus when the NHL season opener faces off on Thursday.

Barry Horn of the Dallas Morning News says the Cowboys are 6 for 6 in the number one network TV broadcast teams doing their games this season. Barry also wonders why the Sporting News ranked Dallas-Fort Worth 3rd in its annual “Best Sports City” rankings. Boston was first if you’re wondering.

To Tom Hoffarth of the Los Angeles Daily News who has the NFL TV schedule for Week 6 for SoCal. Tom says the Dodgers are doomed after being put on the cover of this week’s Sports Illustrated. Tom adds that mixed martial arts on CBS is in jeopardy after Kimbo Slice got knocked out last Saturday. And Tom has the college football TV schedule.

Maury Brown of the Biz of Baseball explores the 20% drop in ratings for the League Division Series on TBS.

The Sports Media Watch says Ohio State and USC helped out ABC’s college football ratings on Saturday.

Christopher Byrne of the Eye on Sports Media has the CBS College Sports Division II Basketball broadcast schedule for this season.

That’s all for now.

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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