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The Rainy Wednesday Links

As it continues to rain in the Northeast, time to provide some linkage for you. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand talks with Fox Sports Wisconsin’s Brian Anderson who’s been doing yeoman’s work for TBS and will call the playoffs for the network again. Brian Lowry of Fox Sports looks at the monster TV ratings for the […]

Giving You Good Saturday Links

Ok, you’re owed some linkage big time. Thursday, I got caught up with the Sports Emmy Award nominations and the NCAA Tournament. On Friday, I was out of the office and unable to do the usual features until very late at night. So after running errands this morning, it’s time to provide you with some […]

Doing Some Thursday Link Action

Let’s give you some links on this Thursday. ESPN Ombudsman Don Ohlmeyer discusses the suspension of Tony Kornheiser and the coverage of the Tiger Woods story. R. Thomas Umstead of Multichannel News says Turner Sports has launched a new iPhone app.  Katy Bachman of Mediaweek says the Chicago Bears had the biggest radio audience of […]

A Set of Monday Links

Let’s provide some linkage today. Plenty of stuff to get to. We begin with Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk who writes that the NFL Network has been approached by the Atlantic Coast Conference on carrying a package of football games. Portfolio picks up a story from Eric Fisher of the Sports Business Journal regarding […]

Quick Sunday Links

Ok, I have some time to do some linkage on this Sunday as we get ready to watch USA-Canada men’s hockey for the gold medal. TVbytheNumbers says the Olympics took the Saturday primetime ratings rather easily.  Mike Reynolds of Multichannel News says Olympics ratings for Friday on NBC were very high. Mike writes that the […]

Another Set of Friday Night Megalinks

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 year. Plus, it’s been on at some convenient times to watch so I’ll NBC some […]

Doing the Mid-Week Link Thing

Ok, doing some linkage today. Lots of stuff to get to. Starting with USA Today’s Michael Hiestand who says one has to take NBC’s Olympic primetime ratings with a grain of salt. Michael also writes about Tony Kornheiser’s two week suspension for his comments about Hannah Storm’s attire. From Slate, Jack Shafer says Mr. Tony […]

Daryn Kagan Reacts to Tony Kornheiser Suspension

Since the Tony Kornheiser suspension was handed down by ESPN earlier today, I’ve seen all types of reactions. There are those which agree with ESPN and those which don’t. There are men who are outraged, there are women who are outraged. I’m in the camp that ESPN should not suspended Kornheiser. One person who shares […]

BREAKING NEWS: Tony Kornheiser Suspended For Two Weeks

ESPN has officially handed down its suspension to Tony Kornheiser and it’s not for three days as originally reported, but for two weeks. Apparently the Powers That Be at ESPN decided that what Mr. Tony said about Hannah Storm’s wardrobe was egregious and harmful. So the suspension that apparently began yesterday will last for ten […]

Some Tuesday Linkage

Let’s do the Tuesday linkage. Had to finish some paperwork and I’ll do linkage now. From Sports Business Journal/Sports Business Daily, Olympics ratings are still up from 2006, but there’s another showdown with American Idol coming tonight. SBJ/SBD notes that NBC’s daytime ratings for the Olympics are decent as well. John Ourand from the Sports […]

ESPN Suspends Mr. Tony

I’m ready to do links and was going to incorporate this story into them, but it appears this Tony Kornheiser/Hannah Storm story is growing legs, and I’m not talking about Hannah’s although they are quite lovely. Ok, that’s disingenuous. I go on. Last week, we learned that Tony Kornheiser made some disparaging remarks on his […]

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