You’re not counting, but I am and this is the 2,400th post of this blog.
It comes on Veterans Day where we salute those who have served and the fine men and women who are currently serving in Iraq, Afghanistan and other parts around the world. I thank you for all you have done to keep us safe from harm and to continue to keep the world safe for democracy. We cannot understate our appreciation.
Now let’s get to your links.
Newsday’s Neil Best talks with former ABC Monday Night Football voice Frank Gifford who has written a book on what the NFL has termed, “The Greatest Game Ever”, the 1958 Championship Game between the Baltimore Colts and the New York Giants. Neil has a little more about his column in his blog.
The New York Times’ Richard Sandomir writes about NBC moving its digital line of scrimmage marker to try to prove its point that Eli Manning did not go beyond it thus avoiding a penalty during a key stretch during Sunday night’s Giants-Eagles game.
The New York Daily News’ Bob Raissman enjoyed listening to Al Michaels and John Madden debate whether Manning crossed the line of scrimmage.
One aside. I love watching Betty Nguyen on CNN. She’s in Atlanta today anchoring CNN Newsroom while Heidi Collins is on the USS Intrepid in New York.
Keith Groller of the Allentown Morning Call says not even John Madden could agree with Eagles coach Andy Reid’s decisions.
Ray Frager of the Baltimore Sun says fans of every NFL team feel the national media does not respect them.
David Murphy of the Philadelphia Daily News says ESPN2 will pick up the Phillies season opening game on April 5.
Doug Moe of the Wisconsin State Journal profiles a pair of free-lancers who do work for ESPN on various projects.
Robbi Pickeral of the Raleigh (NC) News & Observer writes that North Carolina fans will have a dilemma on Saturday as the football and basketball teams will be playing at about the same time.
Jenna Fryer of the Associated Press says NASCAR fans are still baffled as to why ABC cut off the last 34 laps of the race in Phoenix to go to America’s Funniest Home Videos.
The Birmingham (AL) News rips ABC for its NASCAR cutaway.
David Whitley of the Orlando Sentinel says this proves that NASCAR is not a big player in sports.
Rich Bozich of the Louisville Courier-Journal previews an E:60 story on a local boy who plays sports on one leg.
The Daily Toreador, Texas Tech’s student newspaper, has the police report for the week. Scroll down to November 8 and you’ll see that ESPN is reporting that various items including a banner and microphones were stolen from the Tech-Oklahoma State game.
William Houston of the Toronto Globe and Mail has various hockey analysts lobbying for a shorter regular season and looks at the ratings for the first CFL Saturday playoff games.
Here we go. The very first webisode of ESPN.com’s “Mayne Street” starring Kenny Mayne with a special guest appearance from Scott Van Pelt.
Ok, it’s nothing special, but seeing Scott Van Pelt blow up? That’s funny.
I have to post some breaking news. I’ll cut this a bit short. I’ll have more later.
