Let’s provide the links on this Tuesday. Lots of stuff to get to.
We begin with Eric Deggans of the St. Petersburg Times who writes for the Indiana University National Sports Journalism Center about how the Tiger Woods story is growing legs for the mainstream media and celebrity news gossip.
Bill Briggs of MSNBC.com says Tiger’s sponsors won’t abandon him now.
Mike McCarthy of USA Today talks with several crisis management experts who feel Tiger is taking the wrong approach by hiding under his desk and not talking publicly or to the police in regards to the accident.
Michael Hiestand of the Nation’s Newspaper talks about the ratings of various events from the weekend.
Michael Starr of the New York Post says Brett Favre is the magnetic pull for viewers of the NFL.
Keith Groller of the Allentown (PA) Morning Call feels Tiger should talk to stop the sharks from circling around his neck.
Laura Nachman says an Atlantic City TV sports reporter is returning to work after he was let go a few months earlier.
Laura writes that the Fox NFL “B” announcing team will be back on the Eagles beat this week.
Jim Williams of the Washington Examiner feels Tiger Woods should keep quiet, but the story will continue to boomerang if he does. I understand those who feel Tiger doesn’t owe the public anything, but when the media smells blood and when the police feel they’ve been dissed, the issue gets continuously worse. Even if I felt Tiger should keep quiet which I don’t, he now has to speak in order to stop the media speculation and the frenzy that’s going to increase with each passing day.
Barry Horn in the Dallas Morning News says the late Texas Rangers voice Mark Holtz is on the ballot for the Baseball Hall of Fame again.
Barry wonders if the Cowboys can beat the Saints later this month.
John Kiesewetter from the Cincinnati Enquirer writes that Fox’s Thom Brennaman is hopeful that the Lions-Bengals game will be seen in the Queen’s City.
Ed Sherman of Crain’s Chicago Business says people are seeing Tiger Woods differently now.
Bob Wolfley of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel tells us that the Vikings were a big attraction on Sunday as the Packers were off.
Jim Carlisle of the Ventura County Star enjoyed seeing “The Blind Side”.
Tom Hoffarth of the Los Angeles Daily News says the mainstream media is having a hard time wrapping its proverbial head around the Tiger Woods story.
Chris Foster in the Los Angeles Times’ Fabulous Forum blog writes an appreciation of the late Mike Penner.
Meg James in the Times looks at the General Electric purchase of Vivendi’s 20% stake of NBC Universal. This clears the way for Comcast to buy a majority stake in the company.
The Sports Media Watch says it appears Pats-Saints was the most viewed NFL game of Week 12.
Emmett Jones of Sports Business Digest says secondary ticket seller Stub Hub has picked up a huge client in the Big East conference.
We end with Kristine Leahy doing The Five on WEEI.com.
That’s it for now
