As I’m trying to wrap a few loose ends before calling it a day, let me give you a few links.
Newsday’s Neil Best after not blogging on Monday returns to blogging on Tuesday. He has a couple of ESPN-related posts. One is on the ESPN Films unit that produced four sports documentaries that will be seen over the next four weeks. Then Neil breaks news that ESPN Radio has tapped Scott Van Pelt to be a permanent co-host with Mike Tirico from 1 – 3 p.m., then host the 3 p.m. hour vacated by Steven A. Smith.
In fact, ESPN has announced that the Mike Tirico Show will be rebranded as “Tirico & Van Pelt”. Oooooh. That will snatch listeners.
Neil ‘s Newsday colleague Anthony Rieber writes about various websites run by baseball players.
Bill Ordine of the Baltimore Sun writes in his blog that Miguel Tejada is saying ESPN misled his family to get his birth certificate. Here’s the original story from Jesse Sanchez of MLB.com.
Anthony Crupi of Mediaweek writes that TNT got a boost from the NBA Playoffs, but could not overcome USA Network at the top of the cable ratings.
The Arizona Republic reports that FSN Arizona is adding a new channel to accomodate a conflict between the Diamondbacks and the Suns this Friday.
CNBC’s Darren Rovell says you can’t ask for a better spokesman for Earth Day than Steve Nash of the Phoenix Suns.
Ken Schott of the Schenectady Gazette gives an update about a Time Warner Cable interruption into the Minnesota-Colorado game on Versus last Saturday night.
Awful Announcing says the National Spelling Bee will get a new host (Tom Bergeron) and a new sideline reporter (Erin Andrews). Erin is the only reason why I would link to this story.
The Boston Sports Media Watch has a new candidate for the Approval Ratings, Boston Globe hockey writer Kevin Paul Dupont.
The Late Show with David Letterman will have Danica Patrick as a guest on Wednesday.
That will do it. I’ll have another update tonight.
