Giving you some links today.
USA Today’s Michael Hiestand says the now-retired Bob Knight might have a future on TV. One piece of trivia. CBS wanted to hire Bob Knight when it first purchased the rights to the NCAA Tournament in 1981, and he was going to take the job, but he decided to stay at Indiana.
The New York Times’ Richard Sandomir talks with ESPN’s Dick Vitale who returns to work tonight! John Ryan of the San Jose Mercury News also caught up with Vitale. Robyn Norwood of the Los Angeles Times discusses Vitale’s return. Mic Huber of the Sarasota (FL) Herald-Tribune says Dickie V is ready and raring to go. John Dell of the Winston-Salem (NC) Journal writes that Vitale will have a custom-made dry-erase board for his use. Tim Lemke of the Washington Times says Vitale is excited about coming back tonight. Wendell Barnhouse of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram has the transcript of the ESPN conference call with Vitale. Bob Molinaro of the Virginian-Pilot says Dickie V, however, won’t be seen or heard in the ACC region tonight.
Bill Novak of the Capital (WI) Times says the Big Ten Network has granted permission to have next week’s Wisconsin-Indiana game on big screens at the Kohl Center.
Richard Huff of the New York Daily News says it was a mistake of WPIX-TV not to air the New York Giants victory parade.
Tom Hoffarth of the Los Angeles Daily News talks about the record viewership for the Super Bowl in his Farther Off the Wall blog.
Don Walker of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel likes the NFL Network’s replay of the Super Bowl. Also from the Journal Sentinel, Bob Wolfley says the ratings for the Super Bowl in Milwaukee were the highest for the game in 20 years.
Ray Frager of the Baltimore Sun writes in his Medium Well blog that Fox believes Ryan Seacrest was the reason why the ratings for the Super Bowl pregame show were up this year.
Mike Nahrstedt of the Sporting News went inside the Fox broadcast booth for the Super Bowl.
Pete Dougherty of the Albany Times Union writes in his Best Seat in My House blog that Marv Albert has signed a long term extension with TNT to call the NBA. John Eggerton of the Broadcasting & Cable says Marv will call games on TNT through the 2015-16 season. Jon Lafayette of TV Week says the new contract allows Marv to call games on the Turner Sports-run NBA TV.
The Sports Media Watch blog looks at the ratings from the weekend.
The Tacoma (WA) News-Tribune reports all 150 Seattle Mariners games on FSN Northwest will be aired in high def.
Rick Dean of the Topeka (KS) Capital-Journal writes that long-time radio host Greg Sharpe is leaving the area to call the football and baseball games for the University of Nebraska.
Scott Powers of the Orlando Sentinel writes that despite the steroid allegations against Roger Clemens, he’ll still be part of ESPN the Weekend at Disney World later this month.
Philip Hersh of the Chicago Tribune has the story about NBC Sports bringing the 2009 World Figure Skating Championships into its fold.
That’s it for now.
