This has been a rather bizarre 24 hour period trying to follow this Manti Te’o story.
I’m going to provide some linkage for you.
Timothy Burke and Jack Dickey at Deadspin provide some information on what the media missed on the Manti Te’o fake girlfriend story.
Ty Duffy at The Big Lead says it’s time for the sports media to stop putting athletes on pedestals.
TMZ is on the case of the Manti Te’o fake girlfriend. You know what it did with Tiger Woods.
Jackie Pepper talks with a Notre Dame player who acknowledges that the team knew that Manti Te’o’s girlfriend was a lie all along.
In Outkick the Coverage, Clay Travis chronicles how Manti Te’o’s fake girlfriend broke the internets last night.
Ed Sherman in The Sherman Report praises Deadspin’s story on Manti Te’o, but with one caveat.
Jim Romenesko has statements from the South Bend Tribune’s executive editor in response to readers’ questions in regards to its story on Te’o back in October.
Todd Spangler of Broadcasting & Cable says the Oprah Winfrey Network will stream tonight’s interview with Lance Armstrong as will several cable and satellite providers.
Juliet Macur of the New York Times has several questions that Oprah should have asked Lance Armstrong.
Newsday’s Neil Best says the New York Islanders pending move to Brooklyn hasn’t affected the team’s broadcasters. Yet.
Pete Dougherty of the Albany Times Union says YES generates the ratings.
Tom Hoffarth of the Los Angeles Daily News talks with CBS Sports Radio’s Doug Gottlieb.
Sports Media Watch notes that Fox scored with Seattle-Atlanta.
SMW says last Saturday’s Packers-49ers game was the lowest-rated NFL Divisional Playoff game on Fox in four years.
SMW tells us that last Saturday’s Ravens-Broncos scored for CBS, but was still down from last year’s comparable NFL playoff game.
That will conclude the linkage for now.
