Since I’m at an office that has extremely slow dial-up, I’ll do a few links.
Before I do that, I want to thank CNBC’s Darren Rovell once again for doing an interview with me over the last week. I have received some very good feedback and I appreciate those who have written me over the last 15 hours since it was posted. Thanks very much for writing and as I said at the end of last night’s post, look for more interviews down the road.
Speaking of Darren, he and I brushed on the credit crunch’s effect on sports and one huge factor will be stadium naming rights. Darren says that teams will now have to look to other sources to purchase naming rights as some banks will most likely pull out of their current deals.
Turning to Newsday’s Neil Best, he says Chris Russo seemed relaxed during his debut on Sirius XM Radio yesterday. In his blog, Neil wonders if Tony Kornheiser’s dry cleaning joke will boomerang. Neil has excerpts of Bob Ley’s interview with Republican Presidential candidate John McCain on ESPN. And Neil laments not being able to review every book sent to him. And thanks to Neil for linking to my Darren Rovell interview.
I would also be remiss if I didn’t thank Christopher Byrne of Eye on Sports Media and Maury Brown from the Biz of Football for linking to the interview as well. Much appreciated, gentlemen. We continue.
The New York Daily News’ Bob Raissman was also on hand in the Sirius XM studios for Russo’s first show.
Richard Sandomir of the New York Times also writes about Russo’s debut.
Michael Hiestand of USA Today looks over the TV ratings of selected events.
Pete Dougherty of the Albany Times Union tells ESPN to knock off the player introductions on Monday Night Football.
Ken Schott of the Schenectady Gazette writes that two former area college QB’s are joining SNY for its Big East football coverage.
Ken McMillan of the Hudson Valley Times Herald-Record says the Army-Navy rivalry will get showcased nationally in sports other than football.
Keith Groller of the Allentown (PA) Morning Call writes that announcers have to be careful when covering events involving their alma maters or even their offspring.
Ray Frager of the Baltimore Sun reviews Linda Cohn’s book which outlines her struggles to get to ESPN and her divorce from her husband. Ray also has highlights from the Sunday NFL games and pregame shows.
A baltimoresun.com reporter (that’s the byline, I’m not kidding) says MASN will increase its offerings in HD next year.
The aforementioned Maury Brown writes in the Biz of Baseball that Thomas Ricketts and the Ricketts family are rumored to have won the Chicago Cubs sweepstakes.
George M. Thomas of the Akron Beacon Journal says there’s no loss for words for Ohio’s lost weekend in football.
Tom Hoffarth of the Los Angeles Daily News has this week’s college football slate for SoCal. And Tom wonders when LA fans are going to get more of their local teams delivered in HDTV.
Since it took me an hour just to get these links for you when it would normally take a half hour (that’s what dial-up does to you), I’ll end here for now. I’ll be back when I have high speed internet again.
