Time for your links. Internet access was down earlier today, but it’s back and it’s time for linkage.
Starting with Neil Best of Newsday, he writes in his regular Tuesday column that during the game, Mets announcers Gary Cohen, Ron Darling and Keith Hernandez were on top of the season finale that capped off the team’s catastrophic collapse, but he also blasts WPIX and SNY for not giving ample postgame coverage. Best blogs that the WFAN morning show is improving. And Best says the postseason on TBS means the beginning of a new era while another era ends.
The New York Daily News’ Bob Raissman says Mets analyst Keith Hernandez was a bit punchy for the last game.
The Sports Media Watch blog has been busy. First, we have a post on low ratings for NASCAR again. Second, Paulsen talks about the momentum MLB has going into the postseason. And you have the overnight ratings from the weekend.
Michael Hiestand of USA Today looks at the ratings of some of the events over the weekend. Toni Fitzgerald of Media Life Magazine says overall viewing for the NFL is down, but not among younger viewers.
Jim Williams of the DC/Baltimore Examiner in his Watch This! blog provides information on the MLB Division Series on TBS. Williams also has his weekly edition of “Good Line/Bad Line”. Williams has a third story today in regards to Dan Patrick’s return to radio.
Richard Sandomir in the New York Times reports that the Cleveland-Yankees series will be started between 5 – 6:30 p.m. ET.
Paul Sullivan of the Chicago Tribune suggests to TBS to bring in Charles Barkley for the MLB Postseason. King Kaufman in Salon.com says TBS’ coverage of the Wild Card Playoff was bland, but unFox-like which he says is a good thing.
Mike King writes an editorial in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution stating Skip Carey and TBS helped to bring national attention to Atlanta.
Jon Hemingway of Broadcasting & Cable magazine says Comcast is adding TBS HD in Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire. To the Akron Beacon Journal where George M. Mitchell reports that Tribe fans will be able to see TBS HD thanks to Time Warner Cable. For those of you in Chicago, I have heard from one reader who said he called Comcast and was informed TBS HD will be added either Wednesday or Thursday. Nothing official from Chicago as of yet. Off the top of my head, Comcast has added TBS HD in Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore. Time Warner has added it in New York, Cleveland and San Antonio. Cablevision has also added it in its New York markets. Any updates, I’ll certainly let you know.
BREAKING NEWS – New York Knicks coach Isiah Thomas has been found of guilty of sexual harassment.
Jim Carlisle of the Ventura County Star says sometimes it’s best to be silent than to say anything at all.
The Cincinnati Post says ESPN did its homework for last night’s Monday Night Football game. And the Post says ESPN was very busy producing the game. John Kieseswetter of the Cincinnati Enquirer talks to ESPN Radio host John Seibel who would like to return to Cincy down the road. Dustin Dow of the Enquirer writes that Monday Night Football is really an all day affair for ESPN.
Ron Morris of The State newspaper in South Carolina does not like the fact that #11 ranked South Carolina is playing #8 Kentucky this coming Thursday.
Bob Wolfley of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel says Fox did not go overboard when Brett Favre broke Dan Marino’s touchdown record.
Dave Weekley of the Charleston (WV) Gazette writes that there’s going to be a lot of college football games on TV this week.
A creepy story out of South Florida has a freelance photograher for CBS Sports arrested on child solicitation charges during a sting operation.
Jeffrey Flanagan in the Kansas City Star says a CBS replay shows that Chief defensive back Tyron Brackenridge may have celebrated a TD too early.
John Paton of the Rocky Mountain News says Fox Sports’ purchase of an ownership stake in the Colorado Rockies is now paying off. On a side note, Dusty Saunders in the News says FSN’s ratings for Sunday’s game between the Rockies and Diamondbacks did do well, but not at the expense of the Broncos-Colts game.
Doug Lesmerises of the Cleveland Plain Dealer writes that Ohio State’s game against Kent State on October 13 will be picked up by the Big Ten Network. Tim May in the Columbus Dispatch writes about the Ohio State-Kent State game and points out BTN will also pick up one more Buckeye conference game down the road. Kevin Wright in Michigan Daily has the Big Ten conference schedule on BTN and ABC for October 13. Clete Campbell of the Dubuque (IA) Telegraph Herald says BTN and Mediacom are still ensconced in a
dispute.
This is like a Friday. Lots of links today. That’s it for now. Check back later.
