Yesterday, I was in New York to support Taiwan’s entry into the United Nations. Before I get into the links, let me thank the Taiwanese-American Association of New York and New Jersey for organizing the rally in Dag Hammerskold Plaza at the UN, then the New York Police Department for helping us out during our march from the Plaza all the way to the West Side Highway. They stopped traffic and did a tremendous job in keeping us on time. It was a very emotional time. I’m not going to get political in a sports blog, but it was quite the time to see so many people support the resolution to get Taiwan into the UN.
I will be focusing on DirecTV’s Supercast service today. Last week, many subscribers including myself could not log on. Today, I’ll try at 1:01 p.m. ET to see if the problems DirecTV has promised to fix indeed have been. Check back with me later.
Let’s get to the links.
Richard Sandomir of the New York Times says NBC will talk about Cameragate during tonight’s Chargers-Patriots, but not make it the main focus. And Sandomir criticizes the Golf Channel for playing off taped coverage of the 2nd Round of the Tour Championship as live.
Dan Caesar of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch says NBC affiliate KSDK will show more golf today after the Cubs-Cards game, but it could be knocked out altogether.
The Dallas Morning News’ Barry Horn talks with Pat Summerall who gets to spout off for the first time with his new radio show.
Phil Mushnick of the New York Post and CBS’s Phil Simms both say the Quarterback ratings used by the NFL are misleading.
Bob Raissman in today’s New York Daily News writes that the lawsuit against New York Knicks coach Isiah Thomas is not only costing him, but also costing Madison Square Garden. And Best expands on his story in his blog.
Newsday’s Neil Best has his regular Sunday column and today he talks with WFAN’s Chris Carlin who seems to be doing quite well.
CNBC’s Darren Rovell talks about the FedEx Cup prize, the Barry Bonds home run ball and Gillette’s blunder putting in Thierry Henry in an ad featuring Tiger Woods and Roger Federer.
The Sports Media Watch blog has its weekend TV rating predictions.
From the Dubuque (IA) Telegraph Herald, Rob Kunderth writes that Iowa fans are adapting to finding their games on the Big Ten Network without Mediacom’s help. The same paper is asking BTN and Mediacom to settle their dispute. Ray Stein of the Columbus Dispatch answering letters from readers says the cable companies are obviously serving themselves and not their customers. Todd Finkelmeyer of the Capital Times (WI) says fans are the losers in this dispute. Meanwhile, Lesley Stedman Weidenbener of the Louisville Courier-Journal says customers of Insight Cable who have access to BTN aren’t happy having to pay to extra to get it. And Kyle Nagel of the Dayton Daily News talks to Ohio State fans who can’t watch BTN.
The Winston-Salem Journal’s Mike Mulhern (who has a rather scary picture) writes that interpreting NASCAR’s TV ratings can be confusing.
Marc Narducci of the Philadelphia Inquirer talks with ESPN’s Ron Jaworski who will do his first Monday Night Football game in Philly tomorrow.
Todd Porter in the Canton (OH) Repository writes about a new venture by ESPN’s Lee Corso, lending his voice to a video game.
For my Toronto readers, here’s the Maple Leafs TV schedule.
I’m logging into DirecTV’s Supercast and I’m in. I can watch Fox NFL Sunday and the NFL Today. Much better than last week. This is what I can see:
Much better. I couldn’t even see that last week. If there are any problems, you’ll be sure to hear about them. That’s it for now.
