Quickie Monday Update

Here are a few more links for you today.

Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch says no matter what you think of CBS’ Billy Packer, he always has an opinion. And Richard has usual studs and duds in his weekly Monday column.

CNBC’s Darren Rovell has been blogging like crazy today. First, he’s in Day Eleven of the Minor League Baseball Logo contest. He has a runoff that needs your vote until 5 p.m. ET today. Darren also has the marketing winners and losers from the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament. And finally, Darren says he’s never filling out an NCAA Tournament bracket again.

John Eggerton of Broadcasting & Cable reports that only two people, 2, correctly chose the NCAA Sweet 16 in ESPN.com’s Tournament Challenge.

Peter Burrows of BusinessWeek has a column on MSNBC.com about how streaming video on the net is improving like on March Madness on Demand, but still has a ways to go.

Pete Dougherty of the Albany Times Union reviews CBS’ production of Siena-Villanova from Sunday. And Pete says NBC has chosen Chicago-Detroit for its last regular season NHL Game of the Week.

Ken Schott of the Schenectady Gazette has some local TV and radio sports news and notes in his blog.

Bruce Allen of Boston Sports Media Watch begins a new feature, the Boston Sports Media Approval Ratings and his first candidate is WEEI’s Michael Holley.

Christopher Byrne of the Eye on Sports Media blog has the schedule and sites for the NCAA Men’s Hockey Tournament.

Laura Nachman says WPEN almost followed her 2007 advice on how to improve the station.

Tom Wharton of the Salt Lake Tribune writes about ESPN’s production of NASCAR races.

Craig Kuhl of Multichannel News writes that there’s a competition brewing among cable channels for viewers of outdoor and recreational programming.

The lovely Naoko Funayama of WMUR-TV in Manchester, NH is doing some freelance work for NESN, helping cover the Red Sox-A’s opening day series in Japan. She is doing a blog for WMUR about her experiences following the Sox this week.

I might have an update later. Primetime and Late Night Viewing Choices are coming up.

About Ken Fang

Ken has been covering the sports media in earnest at his own site, Fang's Bites since May 2007 and at Awful Announcing since March 2013. He provides a unique perspective having been an award-winning radio news reporter in Providence and having worked in local television. Fang celebrates the three Boston Red Sox World Championships in the 21st Century, but continues to be a long-suffering Cleveland Browns fan.

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