I’ll give you some final links as I’ve been editing my awards for Olympics coverage throughout the evening.
From Tripp Mickle of the Sports Business Daily/Journal’s Olympics website, he writes that NBC’s Universal Sports channel will have complete coverage of the Paralympic Games from Beijing starting September 4.
Jay Weiner of the SBD/SBJ recaps the Closing Ceremonies which are being aired on NBC in the East some 12 hours after they happened.
Richard Deitsch of Sports Illustated gives his final thoughts on his time spent in Communist China.
James Hibberd of the Hollywood Reporter notes the viewing record set for the Beijing Olympics.
Bill Carter of the New York Times recounts the important moves made by NBC to ensure the 2008 Olympics Games in Communist China were a ratings success.
Brian Stelter of the Times says NBC and Yahoo were the big winners in online traffic for the Olympics.
Stuart Elliot of the Times lists his favorite and not-so favorite Olympic ads.
David Bauder of the Associated Press writes that NBC officials are absolutely giddy over a successful Games.
Andrew Edgecliff-Johnson from the Financial Times has NBC Universal Chief Executive Jeff Zucker hoping that the rating success for Olympics will carry over during the TV season.
Paul Farhi of the Washington Post also gives out his gold, silver and bronze medals.
Tom Hoffarth of the Los Angeles Daily News has reader reaction to his column from earlier today on athletes who leave their native countries and become Olympic athletes for other countries.
The Arizona Daily Star notes five NBC announcers, analysts and hosts who had Valley of the Sun ties.
Ken McMillan of the Hudson Valley Times Herald-Record notes that the Olympics ratings have continued to dip without swimming or gymnastics. Ken says NBC’s Universal Sports channel will have Olympic event replays starting next month. Moving away from the Olympics, Ken has MSG Network’s and MSG +’s schedule for September.
Ken Schott of the Schenectady Gazette recaps Chris Russo’s appearance on a local sports talk show tonight.
The Sports Media Journal has listed the local media outlets covering all 30 NFL teams
And that will do it for tonight. I’ll be back on Monday.
