Time to give you some midweek linkage.
Starting with USA Today, Michael Hiestand writes that The Masters has reached the digital age with live streaming video on cell phones.
Judd Zulgad of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune says ESPN promises not to go overboard when it airs The Masters starting today.
Stan Awtrey in a story picked up by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch writes about The Masters Par 3 Contest being televised for the first time ever.
Steve Uhles of the Augusta (GA) Chronicle says the Par 3 Contest will be a family affair.
Del Milligan of The Ledger (FL) looks forward to watching The Masters this week.
CNBC’s Darren Rovell says despite what’s being reported, he feels the Olympic torch run will continue as planned.
David Scott from Boston Sports Media Watch has the post-mortem from Memphis following the NCAA Men’s Tournament.
David Barron of the Houston Chronicle talks about the ratings for the Final Four.
Awful Announcing feels it’s time for Billy Packer to go. And the blog has the Yankees upset at ESPN’s scheduling.
Justin Terranova of the New York Post blogs that SNY plans to continue with phone calls during Mets games during blowouts and rain delays.
Richard Sandomir of the New York Times talks about SNY hiring Darryl Strawberry as a studio analyst for Mets games.
The New York Daily News’ Bob Raissman also writes about the Darryl Strawberry hire.
Neil Best of Newsday also talks about Strawberry joining former teammates Keith Hernandez, Ron Darling and Lee Mazzilli as an analyst for SNY. In his blog, Neil has some additional items that did not make his column. And Neil reports that WCBS-TV has cut its Sunday sports wrap-up show as a result of the wave of cuts by the parent company.
Teddy Greenstein of the Chicago Tribune writes about some technical difficulties that plagued WGN’s broadcast of Monday’s Cubs-Pirates game.
Jim Williams of the DC/Baltimore Examiner talks with the voice of the Washington Capitals, Steve Kolbe about the Caps-Penguins series.
From the Rocky Mountain News, Aaron Lopez has seven questions for ESPN NHL analyst Barry Melrose.
The Consumerist blog looks into why Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia is not on DirecTV.
William Houston of the Toronto Globe and Mail writes about TSN’s Chris Cuthbert climbing Mount Kilimanjaro earlier this year.
Roger Van Der Horst of the Raleigh News & Observer writes that while Time Warner Cable will now be able to see the Charlotte Bobcats on FSN South, they still cannot watch Orioles and Nationals games on MASN.
Robert W. Dalton of the Spartanburg (SC) Herald-Journal says a South Carolina House subcommittee refused to take up the NFL Network vs. cable dispute.
The Columbus (OH) Dispatch reports that the Big Ten Network will show Ohio State’s spring football game on tape delay.
That’s going to do it for today.
