It’s a holiday for some of you. I’m at work right now dealing with an employee who never shuts up, but I’ll try to get this post in before he starts talking again.
From Michael Hiestand of USA Today, he writes that the Fox crew at Daytona was not short of enthusiasm during the last 35 laps of the race.
Phil Mushnick of the New York Post has some random thoughts on this Monday.
The Albany Times Union’s Pete Dougherty in his Best Seat in My House blog says the NASCAR Hot Pass feature on DirecTV is worth the money.
Newsday’s Neil Best admits that his latest post in his blog is self-indulgent.
The Toronto Star’s Chris Zelkovich says there was a lot of fractured syntax during Fox Sports’ coverage of the Daytona 500.
David Barron of the Houston Chronicle gives his reaction to the NBA All Star Game and Daytona 500 broadcasts on Sunday.
Tom Hoffarth of the Los Angeles Daily News has a blog post on the “backboard slideout” graphic that premiered during the TNT telecast of the NBA All Star Game.
Ed Sherman of the Chicago Tribune writes about the Chris Berman videos that surfaced on YouTube and communicates with the person who put them up.
Chris Iluminati of the Bucks County Courier Times talks with Deadspin’s Will Leitch about his new book.
College Basketball writer extraordinare Kevin McNamara of the Providence Journal has an excellent feature on Big East coaches having not only to deal with Big Monday on ESPN, but Headache Sunday as ESPN schedules their games on short notice.
The Sports Curmudgeon at SportsFan Magazine has his review of football announcers both college and pro.
Bob Wolfley of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel doesn’t understand why Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter is getting involved in the NFL’s business.
R. Thomas Umstead of Multichannel News talks with HBO Sports President Ross Greenburg about the decision to drop Inside the NFL. Alan Pergament of the Buffalo News says Inside the NFL proved its worth to HBO. Bill Gloede of Mediaweek writes about HBO’s decision to can INFL (scroll down).
Mediaweek says ESPN.com has launched a new channel dedicated to humor and offbeat news.
That will do it for now.
