This has ended up being a busy day for blogging.
I’ll start with Justin Terranova of the New York Post who writes about the CBS Sports NFL media day today in his NYP TV Sports blog. Justin notes that Dan Fouts who had been with ESPN/ABC for college football and Monday Night Football returns to CBS this season.
Christopher Perez of TV Week says Fouts will work selected NFL and SEC games for CBS.
Alex Weprin of Broadcasting & Cable writes that CBS Sports has tapped Warren Sapp to be the fourth analyst on Inside the NFL which moves to Showtime.
Also from B&C, Ben Grossman reports that NBC hopes to amass $1.03 billion in ad sales by the time the Olympics are over.
Christopher Byrne of the Eye on Sports Media blog has some thoughts on watching Henry Cejudo win the gold medal in wrestling this morning.
A couple of things from Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch. First, he previews what you’ll see on NBC’s Olympics primetime coverage. And Richard talks with NBC Olympics primetime producer David Neal about life without Michael Phelps.
CNBC’s Darren Rovell talks with Michael Phelps’ agent.
Tom Umstead of Multichannel News blogs that the Olympics prove that the big sports events can still draw huge audiences in a fragmented TV landscape.
Mike Reynolds of Multichannel says ESPN plans to make a concerted bid for the 2014 and 2016 Olympics.
TV Week says last night’s Olympics coverage on NBC continues to roll over the other networks in the ratings.
Diego Vasquez of Media Life Magazine says Olympic sponsors have seen the investments returned in droves.
Steve Clarke of Variety says Brits are also watching the Olympics in record numbers.
Tom Hoffarth of the Los Angeles Daily News has the Mark Spitz-like Sports Illustrated cover featuring Michael Phelps. Tom says Bob Costas’ attempt to be funny at the end of last night’s primetime coverage was not. And Tom says Oxygen’s gymnastics show had Bela Karolyi being Bela.
Dade Hayes of Variety talks about Chris “Mad Dog” Russo moving to Sirius XM.
That’s all for now. Have a good night.
