Let’s give you some links here before giving you the Weekend Viewing Choices. I will be out all day tomorrow so the next time I update the blog after the viewing picks will be Sunday morning.
Since I couldn’t do it this afternoon, Neil Best of Newsday recaps the final hour of Dan Patrick’s show on ESPN Radio. And Best says he’ll be shutting down his blog for now and probably won’t be making as many entries when he returns from vacation. But Bob Glauber thinks Best will crack and post during his vacay. I love this give and take, but then again, it might be a Newsday thing to get readers to go to both blogs.
The Sports Media Watch also recaps Patrick’s final show and looks towards the future (thanks for the link, Paulsen). Sports Media Watch also goes in-depth into the sinking ratings for MLB on Fox over the last 7 weeks.
CNBC’s Darren Rovell wonders why the Tribune Company approved the Cubs signing Carlos Zambrano when they’re trying to sell the team, Wrigley Field and flagship stations, WGN-TV and WGN-AM.
Mark Alesia of the Indianapolis Star says it may be a while before Indiana sees the Big Ten Network. In the Bloomington (IN) Pentagraph, Mark Tupper says BTN and the cable companies are still in the negotiation stage and there’s no resolution in sight. The Dayton Daily News says while fans of the Big Ten won’t be able to see their team, they’ll be able to see plenty of the Olympics. Randy Petersen of the Des Moines Register writes that Mediacom and BTN are mulling proposals to have the channel on Iowa TV’s in time for the August 30 launch.
I am always willing to give ESPN its due when it does something right and it won an Investigative Journalism award for its coverage of the Pat Tillman friendly fire story. ESPN was right in the forefront of the story and has done excellent coverage on Outside the Lines and on SportsCenter.
Brent Trowbridge in the Towanda Daily Review says ESPN wants to bring higher production values to NASCAR.
That’s it. Weekend Viewing Picks coming up.
