I’m about to start the links, however, I’m listening to the Howard Stern and Miss Howard TV for September is so annoying and is such a plugwhore that I’ve been trying to call in to tell him to get her off the air. I like someone who is organic and won’t be so forceful in trying to plug her website or MySpace or failed projects. This girl (and I won’t even mention her name because she keeps plugging her site 10 to 12 times in every sentence) needs to shut up. I never say this because I usually respect women, but when someone annoys me like this, it’s best to put a muzzle on her to keep her quiet.
On to the links.
USA Today’s Michael Hiestand says ESPN is about to announce its plans to hype the final game played at Yankee Stadium on Sunday.
Henry Schulman from the San Francisco Chronicle writes that Giants voice Jon Miller will call the final game at the Stadium for ESPN.
Richard Sandomir of the New York Times says the farewells to Yankee and Shea Stadia have yet to be finalized. Richard also looks at Tony Kornheiser’s apology during MNF.
Newsday’s Neil Best adds his comments to Mike Francesa’s rant on Chris Russo.
Richard Huff from the New York Daily News wonders if WNBC-TV’s selling its nightly sportscast to Verizon is the opening of a Pandora’s Box.
Jeffrey Flanagan of the Kansas City Star says Chiefs fans should fear not that former coach Marty Schottenheimer is now supporting the Raiders.
John Ryan of the San Jose Mercury News talks about Monday Night Football’s ratings going through the roof so far this season.
Pete Dougherty in the Albany Times Union provides the Capital Region with the NFL TV schedule for Week 3.
The Sports Media Watch has the NFL TV ratings roundup for Week 2. And the SMW has the final ratings from the weekend.
Leonard Shapiro of the Washington Post says Cris Collinsworth is glad to have Inside the NFL back and glad to be back on the show.
Christopher Byrne from the Eye on Sports Media blog wonders why sexpot Jenn Brown was hired for Inside the NFL. And Chris asks if anyone should be paying for Sports Illustrated anymore. Good question.
Bob Wolfley from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel writes that NBC’s Johnny Miller likes Wisconsin native Steve Stricker’s game for the Ryder Cup.
Tom Hoffarth of the Los Angeles Daily News says ESPN will have plenty of Ryder Cup coverage thanks to its trade with NBC allowing Al Michaels to join Sunday Night Football in 2006 in exchange for Oswald the Rabbit.
Jim Kirk of the Chicago Tribune says the paper will not be hiring former Sun-Times contrarian Jay Mariotti after talks between the two sides stalled. Michael Miner of the Chicago Reader says Tribune employees are thrilled that Mariotti won’t be joining their staff.
Mike Baldwin of the Daily Oklahoman says the new Oklahoma City Thunder of the NBA will name its new TV play-by-play voice today. Jenni Carlson of the Oklahoman writes that the new TV broadcasting team for the Thunder will go a long way in establishing the team’s identity in its new home.
From the Biz of Basketball, Maury Brown says Snapple is facetiously offering MSG’s Knicks reporter Jill Martin a job after she failed to answer trivia questions on her own team.
Jon Willing of the Ottawa Sun reports that Fox Sports has ponied up for using the music of a Canadian independent band without permission during its Super Bowl pregame show.
In a move that had been expected once Jim Hughson signed a new contract with CBC, William Houston says Hughson will replace long-time Hockey Night in Canada lead announcer Bob Cole this season.
Mark Zeisberger of the Toronto Sun says Cole’s former broadcast partner Harry Neale would not be surprised if the reports of Hughson replacing him are true.
So far, no confirmation of this at the CBC Sports website.
And that will do it for now. This took longer than I expected. I’ll be back later with primetime and late night viewing picks.
