Let’s give you some more links today.
First, Greg Bedard of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel writes in his Packers blog that the NFL Network will replay the 2003 Seattle-Green Bay overtime playoff game in which Matt Hasselbeck boldly predicted the Seahawks would get the ball and score during the coin toss only to promptly throw a pick 6 shortly afterwards.
Eric Stark of the Lancaster (PA) Newspapers says once you watch sports in HD, there’s no going back. Like this is a new concept?
The Houston Chronicle’s David Barron writes in his Four DVRs, no waiting blog that the Roger Clemens interview on 60 Minutes tonight will be shown last.
Newsday’s John Jeansonne wonders who’s telling the truth, Roger Clemens or Yankees trainer Brian McNamee?
Andrew Ratner of the Baltimore Sun asks if everything on the Internet is up for grabs, especially in the wake of Fox Sports nabbing a picture of a dog from someone’s private blog. By the way, here’s the blog entry that has been brought into Fox Sports’ attention. And here’s her latest entry on the matter which apparently the Washington Post has latched onto. I have to say having had my blog stolen from someone from Friendster, I support her in this matter. It’s not fun to have something on your blog stolen and put on national TV without credit. And the person who stole my Amazing Race Asia 2 episode recaps has taken them down after I requested him to do so. I hope Fox learns a lesson from this.
Rusty Hall of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reviews the year in tennis including more viewers for the US Open Series.
Patrick Reusse of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune says the Minnesota Golden Gophers basketball team are missing on area TV’s thanks to the Big Ten Network-cable dispute. Bob Baptist of the Columbus Dispatch says Ohio State fans are experiencing a disconnect as the Buckeyes’ next three games are on the Big Ten Network.
ESPN.com has hired yet another writer. This one is Pat Yasinskas of the Charlotte Observer and he writes his farewell column to his readers.
John Drescher of the Raleigh (NC) News & Observer rails against the use of anonymous sources in stories and cites a few examples where ESPN was steered wrong.
Roger Diez of the Nevada Appeal says ESPN Classic will show six past Daytona 500 races over the next six Mondays leading up to this year’s race.
And that will do it for the links for today.
