Let’s give you a few links this evening.
Starting with some breaking news, Michael David Smith of the AOL Fanhouse blog who reports that ESPN has suspended Jamele Hill for her stupid comments in an anti-Celtics column which made references to Hitler and the Cold War. The Big Lead says the suspension will force Hill off TV and .com for an unspecified amount of time.
Ken Schott of the Schenectady Gazette, he writes that the Monday afternoon 18 hole playoff at the U.S. Open rated well for both ESPN and NBC.
Michael Learmonth of Silicon Valley Insider tells us that NBC Sports.com and USOpen.com received record traffic for streaming online coverage of the 18 hole playoff on Monday.
From the Sports Media Watch, we find that the NBA Finals are not doing as well as expected in the ratings, but ABC has been winning each night that the games are on. SMW reports that TNT’s second NASCAR race of the season was the most watched program on cable last week. And we have the final weekend ratings.
ESPN says the U.S. Open playoff was the most watched golf program on cable ever.
Broadcasting & Cable tells us about some promotions at CBS Sports.
Rick Kissel of Variety says the NBA Finals steered ABC to a primetime win last week and stopped Fox’s winning streak.
From Bloodhorse.com, we find that ESPN will have seven horse racing programs this summer.
DirecTV says it will provide interactive coverage of ESPN2’s airing of Wimbledon later this month.
The Editor & Publisher website reports that the bombastic Jay Mariotti has re-signed with the Chicago Sun-Times through 2011.
Scott Sonner of the Associated Press writes that NBC Sports is trying to make Brett Favre keep a commitment to the Celebrity Golf Championship in Lake Tahoe, NV next month. Favre is trying to back out.
Charles Campbell of The Tyee.com blog chronicles how CBC lost the Hockey Theme to CTV.
TSN prepares to exclusively televise the CFL in the first year of a five year contract with the league.
My battery on my computer is running down so I’ll end this for now. See you on Wednesday.
