A Sunday Morning Thing

Time for some links on this Sunday morning.

Starting with Newsday’s Neil Best who has a Sunday column about the best baseball announcer of all time, Hall of Famer Vin Scully, who was honored by his alma mater, Fordham University last month. From his blog, Neil has more from Vin.

The New York Daily News’ Bob Raissman has more imcomprehensible blather today. I’m in no mood to summarize what he wrote.

Deborah Solomon of the New York Times speaks with former New York Mets manager Bobby Valentine about a new ESPN documentary about his managing a Japanese baseball team. Dave Ruden of the Stamford (CT) Advocate talks to the two NYT undergraduate students (hat’s right) who made the documentary.

Pete Dougherty of the Albany Times Union says NBC Sports went overtime on its coverage of the Kentucky Derby.

Joe Logan of the Philadelphia Inquirer says he can’t think of a better Father’s Day than watching primetime golf.

Gary Smits of the Florida Times-Union wonders what golf would be like without Tiger Woods.

San O’Leary of the Hartford Business Journal writes about a local production company that had a connection to ESPN’s coverage of The Masters.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Bob Wolfley says Dwayne Wade addressed his alleged dating of Star Jones on TNT last week and Bob also talks about some people being dropped from FSN’s Best Damn Sports Show Period.

Dave Weekley of the Charleston (WV) Gazette-Mail writes about tonight’s Amazing Sports Stories on FSN which will have a segment on the “Steagles”.

Tom Hoffarth of the Los Angeles Daily News has some questions he would like to have answered.

Dave Eminian of the Peoria (IL) Journal Star writes about the local AHL team moving to a new radio station.

Mike Reynolds of Multichannel News writes that Oscar De La Hoya’s unanimous decision over Steve Forbes last night on HBO paves the way for a PPV rematch against Floyd Mayweather later this year. In his Multichannel blog, Reynolds says the NBA is pulling a ratings double-double with double digit increases for both ESPN and TNT.

And that will do it for now. Coming up later, the Week Ahead and a possible Sunday night update.

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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