I’ll give some more links as I get ready to watch Lost.
Don’t forget David Scott will have a live blog when the Boston Herald puts John Tomase’s Spygate story explanation on its website.
Bruce Allen of Boston Sports Media Watch writes that the Herald’s Tony Massarotti’s polarizing column attacking New England Patriots fans did more to widen the disconnect between Boston fans and the city’s sports media.
The Sports Media Watch tries to solve the mystery as to why Dallas’ TV ratings for the NHL Western Conference Finals are 83% lower than Detroit’s.
CNBC’s Darren Rovell likes MLB’s promotion for this year’s All-Star Home Run Derby. But he doesn’t like Upper Deck’s NBA “Rookie Threads” cards. And Darren wonders if Olympic sponsors are truly getting hurt by this year’s games.
Ken Schott of the Schenectady Gazette writes that NBC has a contingency plan in case Saturday’s Game 5 of the Dallas-Detroit series goes into overtime. You may remember last year when NBC cutaway from Game 5 of the Buffalo-Ottawa series in favor of pre-race coverage of the Preakness Stakes. Ken also mentions that local radio station WTMM will pick up the Preakness after Yankees-Mets coverage.
Leonard Shapiro of the Washington Post writes that NBC Sports properly handled the Eight Belles tragedy at the Kentucky Derby.
George Winslow of Multichannel News writes that the Philadelphia Eagles TV Network will go entirely in HD. Mike Reynolds from Multichannel reports that all-soccer network Gol TV will add more programming.
Juliane Smolinski of TV Week writes that ESPN is launching a new brand dedicated to high school sports.
That’s going to do it. Don’t forget David Scott’s live blog tonight at midnight.
