Thursday Afternoon Links

Ok, let’s give you some more links today.

Maury Brown in the Biz of Baseball site has a story from Sports Business Daily about the rise in TV ratings for 21 MLB teams. Teams like the Brewers, Indians, Dodgers, Cubs and Mariners are seeing major increases from last year.

Neil Best blogs about Mike Tirico’s cast of characters for his ESPN Radio show.

From his Farther Off the Wall blog, the LA Daily News’ Tom Hoffarth writes about the winner of a Maddencruiser contest.

I forgot to link to this last week, but the Head Chick in Charge at the excellent Leave the Man Alone blog has her fashion roundup from last week both on TV and on the field. Btw, Sage Steele (a Fang Bites fav from Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic) looks good on ESPN.

Awful Announcing looks at the first Mike Tirico show.

CBS Sports previews the NFL Today as Dan Marino will talk to Brett Favre. And CBS has a preview of its college football Saturday.

The Pac 10 has announced its Women’s Basketball schedule. All but one game will be on FSN.

Mike Reynolds from Multichannel News writes that the Redskins-Eagles game was the highest rated sports telecast on ESPN in 2007.

That’s it for now.

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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