I’ll give you a quickie update here.
David Barron of the Houston Chronicle suggests that you get your passes for March Madness on Demand at NCAA.com before time runs out. Heather Havenstein of Computerworld reports that CBSSports.com is opening up the March Madness on Demand feature so it can be accessed from more than 200 websites.
Rob Demovsky from the Green Bay Press Gazette talks about the new College Basketball Invitation postseason tournament that joins the NCAA and NIT this season and will be aired on FSN.
It’s Day Two of the Minor League Baseball Logo Awards at Darren Rovell’s blog on CNBC.com.
Two weeks after the Tennessee-Memphis game became the most watched college basketball game ever for ESPN, the North Carolina-Duke game breaks that record as the Sports Media Watch tells us. Mike Reynolds from Multichannel News says the game got a 4.0 rating on Saturday night.
R. Thomas Umstead of Multichannel writes that the NHL becomes the first sports league to have a portal on Hulu.com.
Bruce Allen of the Boston Sports Media Watch says former Boston Globe writer Ron Borges came out swinging against his former paper in regards to its story yesterday on potential Spygate whistleblower Matt Walsh.
Tom Hoffarth from the Los Angeles Daily News talks about ESPN Deportes coming to the City of Angels.
Leonard Shapiro of the Washington Post has some reservations about Bob Knight being at ESPN and also talks with Knight foil Jeremy Schaap about the hiring.
Jody Valade of the Cleveland Plain Dealer says the Cavs’ LeBron James is one of 11 athletes on the cover of ESPN the Magazine’s 10th anniversary edition. Monica Haynes of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette says Sidney Crosby is another.
Julianne Smolinski from TV Week tells us that the NFL Network has made a new hire in its Marketing and Promotions Department.
In a story first reported by Laura Nachman, Paul Domowitch of the Philadelphia Daily News writes that NFL Films laid off 21 workers as a result of HBO canceling Inside the NFL.
The Free Lance-Star (VA) says in an editorial that fans are caught in the middle in the NFL Network vs. cable dispute.
Luis Arroyave from the Chicago Tribune says WPWR-TV will air 18 Fire MLS games this season taking over for Comcast SportsNet.
If you’re looking for a new gig, Fox College Sports is looking for two new hosts, one male and one female.
As Chris Zelkovich of the Toronto Star predicted last Friday, the CBC has won the bidding for Jim Hughson’s services. He signs for six years and will leave his position with Rogers Sportsnet calling Vancouver Canucks games after this season. For the last three seasons, he had been working for both networks. Hughson is expected to eventually become the main announcer for Hockey Night in Canada and will call Toronto Blue Jays game on the network.
I got more links than I expected, but that’s a good thing. I’ll be back tonight with my review of Real Sports.
