Let’s do the megalinks today.
Starting with USA Today, we get the weekend viewing picks.
We’ll do the links from East to West today.
Nancy Marrapese-Burrell of the Boston Globe says Patriots fans got a huge holiday season present on Saturday.
A couple of stories from the Boston Herald. The lovely Jessica Heslam writes that the ratings winner among WBZ, WCVB and WHDH for tomorrow night’s Patriots-Giants game will depend on which local pre-game show viewers prefer to watch. Jessica and Jay Fitzgerald report that WCVB is in talks with the NFL about losing its exclusive rights to the game.
From the New York Post, Phil Mushnick rips the NFL Network. Also from the Post, Justin Terranova has five questions for ESPN’s Lee Corso. Terranova talks to the NFL Today’s Bill Cowher about the Giants.
Newsday’s Neil Best talks about Giants fans selling their tickets for tomorrow’s game to Patriots fans. And Neil says in his blog that his scheduled appearance on MSNBC today was pre-empted due to coverage of the Benazir Bhutto funeral in Pakistan.
Richard Sandomir of the New York Times says the move by the NFL to put Saturday’s Patriots-Giants game on CBS and NBC was a lesson in humility for the league.
Brian Heyman of the White Plains (NY) Journal News writes that WWOR is still fuming over losing exclusive over the air New York rights for the Patriots-Giants game.
Laura Nachman has the Philadelphia Sports Media Year in Review.
From the Baltimore Sun, Ray Frager says the three way simulcast on Saturday is a win for fans. Bill Ordine of the Sun praises Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter for looking out for fans.
Jon Solomon of the Birmingham News says the ratings for the Papajohns.com Bowl were up for ESPN.
Doug Nye of The State has his Best Bet for viewing this weekend.
Dave Darling from the Orlando Sentinel has his Top 10 Sports Media stories of 2007.
Keeping up with that theme, Barry Jackson has his Best and Worst of Sports Radio and TV for the Miami Herald.
From the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Ray Buck writes about Fox Sports’ Grumpy Old Coaches, Jimmy Johnson and Barry Switzer.
Marc Katz of the Dayton Daily News says the NFL and the NHL will be the viewing picks for this holiday weekend.
Judd Zulgad of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune says the NFL served its own interests by putting tomorrow’s Patriots-Giants game on CBS and NBC.
Paul Christian from the Rochester (MN) Post-Bulletin talks about the NHL Winter Classic on New Year’s Day being telecast on NBC.
Phil Rosenthal of the Chicago Tribune says the NFL took a sack for this weekend.
Scott D. Pierce of the Deseret (UT) Morning News says the fans win out with the Patriots-Giants being on three outlets.
Over to the San Diego Union-Tribune and Jay Posner says look up “caved” in the dictionary and the NFL’s picture will be there. Here are the ratings from last week in San Diego.
John Maffei of the North County Times says it’s tough to predict the NFL Wild Card playoff picture for next weekend.
Jim Carlisle in today’s Ventura County Star says NBC is trying to sell the NHL’s Winter Classic as a special event.
In the Los Angeles Times, Christine Daniels in her Sound and Vision column says football will be the viewing choice this weekend. Also from the Times, Greg Johnson writes that advertisers get one stop shopping with Fox Sports for the Bowl Championship Series.
Tom Hoffarth in the Los Angeles Daily News talks about the late Stu Nahan’s movie cameos. And Hoffarth talks about NBC’s preparation for the NHL Winter Classic. And in his Farther Off the Wall blog, Hoffarth has his extensive weekly media notes.
Chris Zelkovich of the Toronto Star has his Best and Worst in Canadian and U.S. Sports Media for 2007.
Tony Gallagher of the Vancouver Province says the NHL Network is great for American hockey fans.
The Sports Media Watch talks about the lowest ratings ever for network primetime NFL games this season. And Paulsen has some ratings news and notes.
Jon Friedman of Marketwatch.com says don’t confuse the NFL with Santa Claus on the Patriots-Giants issue.
Maury Brown of the Biz of Baseball website shoots down the rumors that Fox Sports’ MLB Insider Ken Rosenthal is lea
ving to go to ESPN.
Phil Swann of TVPredictions.com reports about ESPNews’ HDTV plans. And Swann says DirecTV has added Tennis Channel and CSTV in HD today.
Lot of links today. That will do it. I’ll be back later.
