I briefly checked WEEI this morning to listen to Dan Patrick and he was good as usual. Teamed with Tom Curran of NBC Sports.com and unfortunately, Jon Meterperel, Dan was very good interacting with callers and his co-hosts. Only one week removed from leaving ESPN Radio, there certainly is no rust on Dan. He’s a consummate professional and probably too good for WEEI to work there full-time. Still no word on the Dennis & Callahan front and I don’t care. But if anything changes, I’ll let you know.
Let’s go to the linkage.
Susan Bickelhaupt of the Boston Globe wonders if ESPN’s Doug Flutie can be objective when he’s in the booth for college football games involving his alma mater, Boston Collge.
David Scott from Boston Sports Media Watch.com talks with Marc Spear, the new NBA beat writer for the Boston Globe.
Andrew Neff of the Bangor (ME) Daily News says Time Warner Cable is apologizing for inserting a local commercial during a key moment in ESPN2’s Yankees-Angels game on Monday night.
USA Today has the college football national TV schedule for this season. Michael Hiestand of the Nation’s Newspaper talks about Keith Olbermann who returns to sports broadcasting this Sunday on NBC and might work on ESPN Radio’s MLB postseason broadcasts.
The New York Times’ Richard Sandomir talks about the debut of a new Nike ad which will feature women athletes.
Over to the New York Daily News where Bob Raissman says the talk about Michael Vick should not end after Monday’s plea in court.
Phil Mushnick of the New York Post says NBC’s Tiki Barber was asked to express an opinion last Sunday night and did. Also in the Post, Justin Terranova talks with CBS’ Patrick McEnroe about the US Open which begins on USA Network on Monday.
Newsday’s Neil Best has held to his promise not to post on his blog while on vacation and he’s sticking to it.
The Bucks County Courier-Times’ Laura Nachman says Comcast SportsNet has hired Bob Salmi to do 76ers games.
Doug Nye of The State says former Philadelphia Eagle Duce Staley will be on the sidelines for South Carolina football broadcasts.
In the Orlando Sentinel, Dave Darling wonders if Roger Federer’s dominance in men’s tennis is good for the sport and thus, the ratings of the US Open.
Barry Jackson in the Miami Herald talks about the city’s sports radio wars heating up.
From the Houston Chronicle, David Barron talks with Jim Rome on Michael Vick and H-Town’s blowing up in the Jungle (don’t think I don’t listen to Romey).
Teddy Greenstein in the Chicago Tribune says the Big Ten Network is proceeding without a deal with Comcast.
George M. Thomas in the Akron Beacon Journal talks about Keith Olbermann’s Countdown special broadcast on Sunday and his return to sports broadcasting.
In the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Bob Wolfey writes about Tiki Barber’s candor in NBC’s studio show.
Judd Zulgad of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune also has a story on the Big Ten Network/Comcast battle.
Heading to the West Coast, Jay Posner of the San Diego Union-Tribune wonders why Padres fans are so negative on sports talk radio even with the team leading the National League Wild Card race.
The North County Times’ John Maffei says ESPN’s 25 hour pregame show for next week’s LSU-Mississippi State game is overkill.
Jim Carlisle in the Ventura County Star says there are many changes for football broadcasts in the pros and college this season.
In the LA Daily News, Tom Hoffarth says the media has been right on target in the Michael Vick case. Hoffarth writes that the LA Galaxy forced the Dodgers to change Spanish language radio stations. And Hoffarth gives us a truly expanded media notes entry in his “Farther Off the Wall” blog.
Larry Stewart of the LA Times writes about DirecTV’s expanded coverage of the US Open to compliment USA Network.
That will do your links for the morning. I’ll be back later today with more.
