Well, with the entire fam getting together for the first time since Christmas time, I won’t be around much today so I’m trying to sneak a blog post in.
Just a reminder that there is some breaking news on the Boston sports radio front and head to the Fang’s Bites page at Boston Sports Media Watch.
Starting with Neil Best of Newsday (and those webmasters have got to get an RSS feed going for his blog), he writes that SNY’s announcers have had to deal with a pretty bad Mets team this season.
Neil writes that last week was a bad week in the sports media.
Neil did a podcast interview with the Fanhouse’s Ryan Wilson.
Richard Sandomir of the New York Times spent some time with former broadcaster Tony Kubek who’s being inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame today.
Richard says the Hall often has to undergo scavenger hunts to find items related to their inductees.
Bob Raissman of the New York Daily News writes that Kubek is deserving to go into the Hall. I’ll agree with that.
The New York Post’s Phil Mushnick gets on the NFL and the Kansas City Chiefs for something, my eyes glazed over.
Ken McMillan of the Hudson Valley Times Herald-Record says Versus is close to finalizing a pretty decent college football schedule.
John Steigerwald writing in the Tarentum Valley (PA) Dispatch wonders what if the Ben Roethlisberger story is true.
Jim Williams of the Washington Examiner says the Baseball Hall of Fame ceremonies and soccer are among the highlights for viewing this weekend.
Jim talks with the ESPN NASCAR announcing team about today’s Brickyard 400.
The Greensboro (NC) News-Record talks with ACC Commissioner John Swofford in advance of the conference Media Days.
Tom Jones of the St. Petersburg Times talks about the backlash over the Erin Andrews and Ben Roethlisberger stories for ESPN.
George Robinson of the Clarksville (TN) Leaf Chronicle says African American athletes will wonder if they will get the same protection from ESPN after what the network did for Ben Roethlisberger last week.
Barry Horn from the Dallas Morning News says Cowboys WR Patrick Clayton is an unlikely media star for ESPN.
Mark J. Konkol of the Chicago Sun-Times writes that the investors into the now-defunct Windy City internet sports radio station are now suing the owner based on his alleged faulty business practices.
Todd A. Mayes of the Los Angeles Canyon News feels ESPN’s coverage of the Open Championship was under par.
Artie Gigantino from the San Francisco Examiner is sickened by the whole Erin Andrews affair.
Nick Peters of the Sacramento Bee profiles former Bee writer Nick Peters who goes into the Sportswriters Wing of the Baseball Hall of Fame today.
USA Today picks up an AP story about former Kansas City Chiefs RB Priest Holmes who is now going into a second career as a broadcaster.
Joe Favorito writes about Nathan’s building its brand thanks to the annual Competitive Eating contest.
The Sports Media Watch looks at who could be the successor to Erin Andrews. The SMW has its weekend ratings predictions.
Ray Frager in the Sports Media Journal has one of the more reasonable takes on the Erin Andrews saga.
The Rookies blog noticed that Shaun Phillips was actually looking for the Erin Andrews tape. Not smart. Thanks to The Big Lead for the link.
No matter what you think of MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann’s politics, one cannot dispute his love for baseball. He’s in Cooperstown for the Baseball Hall of Fame ceremonies today and he’s writing about his experience in his MLB.com blog.
That’s going to do it for now.
