Let’s provide the links on this very Spring-like Thursday. The sun is out in Southern New England after the April showers of this week. Nice to see the skies bright instead of being gray and drab as like the last few days.
We begin with Kelly McBride of the Poynter Institute writing in her role as ESPN Ombudsman. She says the new ESPN guidelines on endorsements are a good start, but still don’t go far enough.
Sofia M. Fernandez from the Hollywood Reporter says despite a $30 million loan from Fox and hopes of a 20 year contract with Fox Sports Net to solve money troubles, Major League Baseball still stepped in and took over control of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
TMZ reports that Fox is not interested in repurchasing the Dodgers.
CNBC’s Darren Rovell says despite MLB taking over the Dodgers, we haven’t heard the last from owner Frank McCourt.
Darren wonders if Major League Baseball is having an attendance problem.
Darren finds in what sports Americans like to participate.
Mike Reynolds of Multichannel News says World Fishing Network has struck a deal with the National Cable TV Cooperative.
David Kiefaber of Adweek looks at a new outdoor ad campaign featuring Mike Tyson. Yes, Mike Tyson.
Carolyn Braff of Sports Video Group says Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia was kept on its toes last Saturday as it had to scramble through weather issues to cover four teams.
Marcus Vanderberg at SportsNewser has the latest addition to the ESPN.com/Captain Blowhard project.
At ESPN Front Row, Kevin Ota explains how ESPN wants to make the digital media experience more personal for users.
Michael S. Schmidt and Richard Sandomir of the New York Times take a look at MLB taking control of the Dodgers.
Bob Fernandez of the Philadelphia Inquirer explores Comcast SportsNet Bay Area’s move to produce live sportscasts for NBC’s KNTV and if it could happen in Philly.
Frank Seravalli of the Inquirer says the NHL and NBC could very well choose the Flyers for the Winter Classic on January 2, 2012.
From the Washington Post’s DC Sports Bog, Dan Steinberg has the radio call of last night’s game winning goal in the 2nd overtime of Game 4 of Caps-Rangers.
The Naples (FL) Daily News says a minor league baseball team will have selected games on the local ESPN Radio affiliate.
Mel Bracht from the Daily Oklahoman has quotes from ESPN’s Jon Gruden about the NFL Draft and yes, there are several “this guy” references.
John Kiesewetter of the Cincinnati Enquirer notes that today’s Arizona-Reds game will be aired on MLB Network, but there’s one interesting caveat.
Bob Wolfley of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel also has some thoughts from Gruden about a Wisconsin draft prospect.
Ed Sherman from Crain’s Chicago Business says tonight is going to be a big night for the local Comcast SportsNet affiliate.
The Reno (NV) Gazette Journal notes that ESPN2’s Friday Night Boxing series is coming to town.
In the Tucson (AZ) Citizen, Victor Rodriguez talks with NBC’s Andrea Kremer about covering the NFL in the locker room.
Bill Plaschke of the Los Angeles Times couldn’t be happier to see MLB step in and take control of the Dodgers away from Frank McCourt.
Bill Shakin of the Times writes that the Dodgers could be in legal limbo for the foreseeable future.
The Los Angeles Daily News has a timeline of the tumultuous McCourt ownership of the Dodgers.
Alan Brettman of The Oregonian says unlike ESPN, other TV networks are not publishing a list of endorsement deals by their announcers.
Ferd Lewis at the Honolulu Advertiser says ESPN’s networks will air three Hawaii football games this fall.
Ferd says Hawaiians don’t understand why they’re being blacked out of San Francisco Giants games.
Julie DiCaro from Aerys Sports says MLB continues to drop the ball when it comes to catering to female fans.
Terrence Henderson from the T Dog Media Blog looks at the NBC Sports Group deal with the NHL.
Sports Media Watch says MLB on Fox’s ratings are up for the first two weeks of the season.
SMW says NASCAR on Fox’s ratings for the last two races are a mixed bag.
Steve Lepore of Puck The Media says last night in the NHL was made for the new NBC/Versus deal, but we won’t see it until next year.
Steve also has five suggestions to make the Black Friday NHL game on NBC into a special event.
Friend of Fang’s Bites Jason Clinkscales of A Sports Scribe talks about starting up a new podcast and another Friend of Fang’s Bites will be his guest.
Matt Yoder of Awful Announcing lists the Top 13 Craziest calls by NESN’s Jack Edwards.
And we’re done for today with the links.
