Don’t have time to provide a full set of links today so I’ll give you what I’ve culled thus far. Some good stuff here.
Some stories from this week’s Sports Business Journal.
First, John Ourand reports that ESPN and MLB could butt heads over TV Everywhere streaming rights. ESPN has its model. MLB has its silly subscription model. We’ll see where it ends.
SBJ’s Liz Mullen talks with Fox NFL Sunday’s Michael Strahan about the transition from his playing career to a broadcasting career and goes inside his day on the Fox set during NFL season.
Liz chronicles the NFL Broadcast Boot Camp held every year to give players a taste of being in front of the camera.
And SBJ lists some of the current players and coaches who could make a go at broadcasting when they decide to leave the field.
One story that bears watching. Last week, the FCC opened a review on the antiquated NFL blackout rules and Todd Shields of Bloomberg has a story on it.
Richard Sandomir of the New York Times wrote about the FCC blackout review as well.
Gary Holmes at MediaPost looks at how the NFL continues to be a ratings draw over a 40 year span.
Tennis Channel announced on its Facebook page that it’s back on Verizon Fios systems.
Mike Reynolds at Multichannel News has a story on the new Tennis Channel/Verizon agreement.
John Eggerton of Multichannel says Tennis Channel wants the FCC to force Comcast to adhere to an Administrative Law Judge ruling stating the cable provider has to offer the network to its subscribers as an equal to its own Golf Channel and NBC Sports Network.
Broadcasting & Cable’s Ben Grossman talks with NASCAR head honcho Brian France about the future of the sport on TV and how ESPN needs to improve its presentation.
Eriq Gardner of the Hollywood Reporter says a throwaway line from the Baltimore Ravens’ Terrell Suggs on Sunday Night Football back in November is now the subject of a nasty trademark dispute.
Dan Fogarty of SportsGrid has details on the budding feud between UFC’s Dana White and ESPN over a report on Outside the Lines that looked at fighter pay.
Timothy Burke’s Mocksession site has a funny error from ESPN promoting tonight’s Big Ten basketball game.
Nate Smeltz at ESPN’s Front Row PR blog provides an inside look at how a game becomes SportsCenter highlight.
Shirley Brady at Brandchannel previews some of the Super Bowl ads that will air during the Big Game.
Sports TV Jobs looks at the Ten Worst Moments in Sports TV history.
At Boston Sports Media Watch, former Comcast SportsNet New England anchor/reporter Jackie Pepper chronicles her rise from covering sports in a very small market to Boston, the 7th largest in the country.
Newsday’s Neil Best tweeted that Josh Lewin of the Lisping Lewins is a candidate to join the New York Mets radio booth.
Neil says WFAN’s Mike Francesa has a new name for his show.
Neil says Giants-Packers topped the ratings on Sunday.
Back to Richard Sandomir of the New York Times who looks at Fox Sports’ NFL Rules analyst Mike Pereira making a rare disagreement over a call during Sunday’s Giants-Packers game.
Pete Dougherty at the Albany Times Union notes a local sports reporter has been suspended for making an obscene gesture on the air.
David Zurawik of the Baltimore Sun says it appears the Ravens set a viewing record for Sunday’s game against the Texans.
Dan Steinberg of the Washington Post’s DC Sports Bog says former Maryland basketball coach Gary Williams joins a local radio station as an analyst.
David Barron of the Houston Chronicle says the Texans-Baltimore game set a local ratings record.
David says a local TV station made a tasteless report on the Detroit Pistons’ emergency landing on Monday.
Bob Wolfley of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel looks at the ratings for the Giants-Packers playoff game.
Broderick Turner of the Los Angeles Times says new TNT analyst Shaquille O’Neal is enjoying his new role on TV.
Rick Westhead of the Toronto Star says the International Olympic Committee has thrown out the joint bid by Bell Media/CBC for the 2014/2016 Games.
Mike Silva in his Sports Media Watchdog introduces Mets fans to Josh Lewin.
Steve Lepore at Puck The Media notes that NBC got a decent rating for the NHL last Saturday.
That’s going to do it.
