I’ll do a few links on this Thursday. Can you believe it’s November already? Michael Hiestand of USA Today says the NBA’s television partners are still setting their lineups as the season begins. Hiestand reports that the Mitt Romney campaign...
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It’s an ESPN twinbill for the Sports Media Weekly podcast. Nice to be able to speak to a Friend of the Podcast and a new guest on this edition. As usual, Keith Thibault of Sports Media Journal and I go...
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Just as NFL Network announced its extensive programming for the NFL season, ESPN has done the same today. There are a bunch of NFL shows including a new series, Mike and Mike’s Best of the NFL which has ESPN Radio’s...
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My apologies for the lack of updates on Wednesday. I was away from a computer for most of the day and unable to update the site as much as I would have liked. I hope Thursday won’t be as crazy...
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ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN Radio will be back at it at Pan Am Plaza in Indianapolis from its indoor studio. We have the details of its programming for tomorrow. Check it out. ESPN and ESPN Radio Super Bowl XLV Programs...
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With “Jim Rome is Burning” leaving the ESPN2 lineup on January 27, the network has announced a revamped lineup with shows sliding over a half-hour to fill the hole left by Rome’s departure for CBS Sports. Shows like “Numbers Never...
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If you watch Mike & Mike in the Morning on ESPN2, you’ll know that Reischea Canidate gets up early to do the SportsCenter updates. And she does them quite well. You may not have known that Reischea is a very...
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I was trying to post links last night and was making really good progress when, you guessed it, I fell asleep with the computer on again. That’s not good. So I’ll combine the full set of links that I found...
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I have news slogans in my head today, so I’m using “Live & Local” in the title. Let’s do your linkage. Lots to get to. John Ourand at Sports Business Daily notes that CBS received a decent 13.3 overnight rating...
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Let’s do the Thursday links. Been up since 4 a.m. and I’m already dragging, but you don’t care. You want links so let’s provide them. USA Today’s Mike McCarthy has ESPN’s Mel Kiper really down on NFL quarterback prospect Cam...
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It’s almost a year since Tiger Woods became quite notorious for the incident at his house that eventually led to the discovery of 1,000 mistresses, a divorce, his joining Twitter as of today and tomorrow, he’ll go on ESPN Radio’s...
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It’s been crazy at work dealing with clients and crazy architects. Now let me see if I can squeeze in some linkage for you. We’re dealing with the aftermath of ESPN letting go its Sunday Night Baseball team of Jon...
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Time to do the megalinkage on this Friday. Lots of things going on today into this evening and let’s get cracking. Of course, we have the Weekend Viewing Picks. Now let’s do the links. National USA Today’s Michael McCarthy wants...
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Shuffling between offices again today and I could be called back to the home office so I’m trying to squeeze linkage in right now. Last night, I appealed for sports media questions and comments and I still would more queries...
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ESPN has made the official announcement that Brad Nessler and up and coming analyst Trent Dilfer will be the announcing team for the 2nd Monday Night Football game for the Opening Weekend doubleheader on September 13. It’s a good move...
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I’m watching curling as we get ready to close the Olympics and get back to watching college basketball and prepare for baseball. To be honest, I never thought I would enjoy curling, but I’ve really gotten into the sport this...
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Let’s give you some linkage this evening. I’m going to weed out the Tiger Woods previews so this may not be as extensive as past editions. Your Weekend Viewing Picks has your sports viewing including college basketball and Olympic viewing...
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On this Monday which is extremely slim pickings for sports and primetime TV, we get ready for the World Series on Wednesday which will be big for this week. Also, I expect to do the 1st ever Fang’s Bites Baseball...
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Ok, we have almost caught up with the releases. I’m going to give you some stuff that doesn’t fit any particular category. As usual, most of them have to do with ESPN. They just keep sending the releases. Not that...
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The TV networks public relations departments want to get out early so they keep churning out the releases just before they close for the 4th of July weekend. So I’ll give you these and I think they should close out...
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Here’s the second part of the Wednesday press releases. It’s all-ESPN here. First, ESPN Radio debuts the Scott Van Pelt show next week. Scott Van Pelt Show Debuts July 6 2-4 p.m. ET on ESPN Radio; 3-4 p.m. ESPN2 Simulcast...
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Ok, with a lot going on today especially with Plaxico Burress, I’ll provide you with linkage. There’s a lot today. Let’s start with Newsday’s Neil Best who tried to live blog Chris Russo on Sirius XM Radio today and quickly...
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I’ll provide some press releases for you on this Thanksgiving Eve. First, HBO previews the third installment of De La Hoya/Pacquaio 24/7. DE LA HOYA/PACQUIAO 24/7 NOV. 30 EPISODE Episode #3 Debut date: SUNDAY, NOV. 30 (8:30-9:00 p.m. ET/PT) Both...
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Doing paperwork is not fun and I have to get out of the office before 3 p.m. as Foxboro will get crowded with tailgaters for tonight’s Jets-Patriots game. I’ll give you some links today. Le Anne Schreiber, ESPN’s Ombudsman has...
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It’s officially Fall in the US today. I still hope to have some nice days before it gets really cold in the next couple of months, but as the mornings are chilly when I get up, it’s a sign that...
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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...
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After a few glitches involving my computer, I think I’m ready to bring you some links this morning. Starting off with Neil Best of Newsday, he writes a column about father and son broadcasters, Joe Castiglione, voice of the Red...
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After being at a jobsite for the afternoon and spending time away from a computer in the early evening, it’s time to provide some links now. Neil Best of Newsday will be listening to WFAN’s Mike Francesa on Friday just...
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Ok, I didn’t expect to get to the second part of the megalinks so late. I had a lot of work to do plus I got sidetracked. Anyway, let’s finish up the megalinks and get them up. We left off...
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Last night, my computer went on the fritz again, but I have it back for now, but I wonder just for how long? I’m backing it up on Carbonite, but it’s a rather long process. I just hope I can...
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