Ok, I won’t be in all day on Tuesday, although I will have my iPad and I’ll try to post any breaking news from a conference in Taunton, MA tomorrow. But while I’m in the office now, it’s time for some linkage.
Starting with Sports Business Daily, we learn that Game 4 of the World Series soundly beat Sunday Night Football, but the rating was still the lowest Game 4 overnight ever.
SBD talks with ESPN’s Michael Wilbon about working ten years on “Pardon The Interruption”.
To SBD’s sister publication, Sports Business Journal and John Ourand who looks at NBC Sports’ move to pack up its operations and move to Connecticut.
Joe Posnanski of Sports Illustrated says Tim McCarver is no longer useful as an analyst. I totally agree.
Michael Hiestand of USA Today says a unique four-way trade between three networks allowed CBS to air the November 5th LSU-Alabama game in primetime.
Soccer writer extraordinaire Grant Wahl of Sports Illustrated has some thoughts and concerns on Fox’s winning bid for the FIFA World Cups from 2015 through 2022.
Anthony Crupi of Adweek writes that Fox’s and Telemundo’s winning World Cup bids definitely upset the soccer TV apple cart.
Bill Cromwell from Media Life Magazine says Fox’s and Telemundo’s bids show soccer has truly arrived on the big stage in the United States.
Multichannel News looks at MLB Network’s offseason studio show schedule.
Maury Brown of the Biz of Baseball looks at the final ratings for Game 4 of the World Series on Fox.
A couple of media moves.
Congratulations to Timothy Burke, the owner of the 30fps.Mocksession and Gifulmation sites. He becomes the Video/Assignment Editor for Deadspin. Timothy had been with SportsGrid.
And a heartfelt congrats to Kristi Dosh, the Sports Biz Miss, who now becomes ESPN’s Sports Business reporter. Kristi’s site which she founded, the Business of College Sports will be headed up now by Alicia Jessop.
CNBC’s Darren Rovell wonders why Tim Tebow has so many haters.
Keith Thibault from Sports Media Journal feels the Red Sox media coverage during the postseason is a teaching moment for journalism students.
Sheldon Spencer of ESPN’s Front Row PR blog looks at the 200 head gear picks Lee Corso has made on ESPN College GameDay.
The New York Post’s Phil Mushnick wishes he can listen to the World Series on radio.
Newsday’s Neil Best looks at the World Series ratings.
Pete Dougherty of the Albany Times Union explores the CBS move of LSU-Alabama into primetime.
Ken McMillan of the Middletown (NY) Times Herald-Record says Army-Air Force now gets a network TV timeslot.
Jim Williams of the Washington Examiner asks if the Big 12 will poach other conferences in order to survive.
Tom Jones in the St. Petersburg Times has a look back at the weekend in sports television.
Barry Horn of the Dallas Morning News says World Series Game 4 outrated the Cowboys in the Metroplex on Sunday.
David Barron at the Houston Chronicle says the Texans are receiving praise from the national media.
John Kiesewetter of the Cincinnati Enquirer writes that Carson Palmer’s debut for the Raiders did well locally, but not enough to make the KC-Oakland game #1 in the market.
John says HBO’s Boxing After Dark will be in town next month.
Bob Wofley of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has Fox’s Jimmy Johnson warning the Packers about a couple of tough games coming up.
Dan Caesar of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch feels ESPN should have given Albert Pujols historic night more play over the Michigan State Hail Mary pass.
Dusty Saunders at the Denver Post says Broncos QB Tim Tebow remains under the national media’s microscope.
Tom Hoffarth of the Los Angeles Times has your sports calendar for this week.
Raju Mudhar from the Toronto Star feels the NHL has a chance to gain some ground on the NBA during the league’s extended lockout.
The Canadian Sports Media Blog has some Monday thoughts.
Sports Media Watch says ratings were flat for the only Chase for the Sprint Cup NASCAR race on network television.
Steve Lepore at Puck The Media speaks with ESPN’s John Buccigross.
Bob’s Blitz has the video of ESPN’s Hannah Storm helping out Josina Anderson during a live spot during Sunday’s SportsCenter.
Robert Littal of Black Sports Online has the video of CBS’ Greg Gumbel dissing wrestler Hulk Hogan for his diss of Broncos QB Tim Tebow. Man, Tim Tebow is such a lightning rod.
And that’s where I’ll end it for today.
