It’s getting close to the weekend and I’m always glad that the weekend is close. Let’s do your links.
Awful Announcing has a great story on Hank Williams comparing ABC’s Monday Night Football to ESPN’s Monday Night Football and Hank says there’s no comparison.
Ray Frager of the Baltimore Sun says Monday’s Eagles-Cowboys game broke last year’s Patriots-Ravens record for the most watched program on cable.
Geoff Colvin of Fortune Magazine talks with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell about a bunch of subjects including the future of TV rights to the league.
Jay G. Tate of the Montgomery (AL) Advertiser says the location for the set for ESPN’s College Gameday has been finalized at Jordan-Hare Stadium.
Rick Kaipust of the Omaha World-Herald says the University of Nebraska has benefitted from three pay-per-view football broadcasts this season.
Brian Christopherson from the Lincoln (NE) Journal Star also looks at the success of the pay per view broadcasts for Nebraska.
Don Reid of the Coldwater (MI) Daily Reporter says the town’s board of public utilities has approved the Big Ten Network for carriage.
Newsday’s Neil Best gets answers from network public relations people to questions he could not answer in his live chat yesterday.
Maury Brown in the Biz of Baseball has the TBS roster of announcers for the MLB Postseason and it includes NESN’s Don Orsillo and Dennis Eckersley.
Jim Williams of the DC Examiner says MASN plans an all-HD channel and it’s hoped that the SEC will be part of that programming.
Joe Favorito looks at a vote for the Best Minor League Baseball promotion.
Pete Dougherty of the Albany Times Union has ESPN’s coverage schedule from the Ryder Cup this weekend.
Teddy Greenstein of the Chicago Tribune looks at the Ryder Cup.
The great Christopher Byrne of the Eye on Sports Media blog warns fans that the NCAA could make some changes to its men’s basketball tournament due to the credit crunch.
Laura Nachman says the Phillies are grabbing great ratings in Philly.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Bob Wolfley recaps an appearance at Marquette University by Sports Illustrated’s Frank Deford.
Evan Weiner of the New York Sun talks about owners not just buying teams, but stakes in regional sports networks and other entertainment properties.
Chris Soghoian of CNET says ESPN is playing favorites with Internet Service Providers.
The Gloucester County (NJ) Times reports that ESPN Radio’s Mike & Mike in the Morning will broadcast live from the Battleship New Jersey this Friday.
That will do it for now.
