Time for the links on this Wednesday. Let’s check out what we have. Marisa Guthrie of the Hollywood Reporter talks with NBC’s Bob Costas about the Olympics, Jerry Sandusky and being short. That’s right. Daniel Kaplan from the Sports Business...
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Let’s do some Tuesday links. We’ll start with Matt Hayes of AOL Sporting News and he writes that the BCS is looking for a $5 billion TV deal over a decade for its new college football playoff. In the Indiana...
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Been crazy with the schedules again, but I’m giving you some linkage today because you’re owed some. Let’s get busy. Sports Business Daily notes the dueling NFL regular season schedule release shows on ESPN and NFL Network today. Terry Lefton...
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This week is going to be busy for me. I was cleaning out an office for most of the day and it looks like that will be on the agenda for the rest of the month. I’ll do my best...
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Let’s do some linkage on this Sunday morning. Some good stuff to get to. TVbytheNumbers says World Series Game 3 easily won the primetime ratings last night over college football and repeats on NBC. The Associated Press has an in-depth...
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Let’s provide the links on this Sunday. Tim Goodman in the Hollywood Reporter writes about how the MLB Postseason remains compelling even without big market teams. Mike Reynolds from Multichannel News notes that Game 4 of the National League Championship...
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The last couple of days have been tough to provide links as I was out of the office. Glad to be back linking again, although you never know if I’ll be called away again. I’ll try to do what I...
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Any time I put “Quick” in the title, it appears I find more linkage than I set out to. Nothing wrong with that. Again, I ended up being outside of the office for an extended time and it looks like...
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Time for some linkage on this Saturday. Etan Vlessing of the Hollywood Reporter notes that NBC had its best opening round NHL playoff ratings in 7 years. Mike Reynolds from Multichannel News says ESPN’s NFL Draft ratings were down from...
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During tonight’s Giants-Dodgers Opening Night game, ESPN showed a cutaway of the great Vin Scully calling a rare radio-only game. Whenever Vin calls a Dodger game, he does a TV-radio simulcast in the first three and last three innings. The...
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Let’s provide some links on this Sunday. Original plans to go to work have been scrapped leaving me free to do links which is good for you. I certainly hope you had a chance to read my Sunday thoughts which...
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Let’s provide some linkage on another snowy day in the Northeast. Seriously, this isn’t funny any more. One or two snowstorms to remind us that it’s winter is fine. Not one every other day as it seems. It took me...
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Lots of things to get to today. I hope to get everything in during one long linkfest, but if I can’t, I’ll try to do it in multiple parts. We begin with USA Today’s Mike McCarthy who says despite the...
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Slept in this morning so I’m getting a late start on things. Mike Reynolds from Multichannel News talks about ESPN hiring Ian Darke to be its Voice of Soccer. John Eggerton of Multichannel writes that WWE’s Smackdown moves from broadcast...
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It feels like last week since I last did linkage. And well, it’s true. The last time I did links for you was on Thursday. My apologies. Time to do some now. From the Nation’s Newspaper, Michael Hiestand of USA...
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I’m here to give you some links this morning. Still no response on my quest to get a couple of TV’s. If any of the sports networks wants to dump a couple of HDTV sets, let me know. Yes, I...
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Well, here we are doing the Friday megalinks well into the late night. As usual, we have the Weekend Viewing Picks for you. The U.S. Open has been pushed back a day and possibly more with some rainy weather expected...
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We’re here with the Friday megalinks and plenty of stuff to go over today. Let’s start it off with the Weekend Viewing Picks. College Basketball is in the midst of some great matchups with conference action, but starting tonight, the...
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There’s a lot to get to including CBS naming the announcing team for the Elite XC mixed martial arts event it will carry later this month, plus a few other things. So let’s get to them now. First, Phil Swann...
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I’ll give you a Tuesday night update here as I flip between the Red Sox-Tigers game and the coverage of the Indiana and North Carolina primaries. Newsday’s Neil Best previews tonight’s “YESterdays” program on the YES Network which focuses on...
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I’ll give you some linkage here as I watch the Red Sox-Tigers game. Richard Deitsch of Sports Illustrated has his media power rankings for April and he has some thoughts on the Costas Now muscle-tuscle between author Buzz Bissinger and...
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Time to give you some links on this NFL Draft Weekend. Already some news being made as Adam Schecter of the NFL Network reports that the Atlanta Falcons will look to take Boston College quarterback Matt Ryan with the overall...
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Let’s give you the links right off the bat. David Scott of Boston Sports Media Watch has some breaking news from the Boston Globe and NESN. First he reports that the Globe’s Gordon Edes is planning to leave the paper...
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Yes, it’s Friday, I have a dentist appointment and it’s time for me to do some links. Let’s get started. This weekend, the NCAA Tournament continues as the Sweet Sixteen will be reduced to the Elite Eight tonight. And after...
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Late start today. You may notice in the College Basketball Viewing Picks for today that the America East and C-USA Championships are missing and that’s because I slept in. And it’s now time to give you some linkage from the...
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Time for some links tonight. Richard Deitsch of Sports Illustrated gives his Media Power Rankings for January. Paul Zimmerman gives his annual NFL TV Commentator ratings and he jabs Ron Jaworski and Tony Kornheiser for their work on Monday Night...
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Let’s give you a few links this afternoon. The Sports Media Watch gives us some ratings news from various events. Dan Gross from the Philadelphia Daily mentions that Steven A. Smith no longer works for the Philadelphia Inquirer after the...
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Time to give you some links tonight and then I’ll start working on the recap for the Amazing Asia 2. First, Newsday’s Neil Best says Fox made the right call in protecting three late season Giants games from NBC. Best...
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Good morning. Time for some links. First, a couple of links from the 38 Cliches blog. First, Dave O’Brien and Glenn Geffner worked the Toronto – Red Sox series over the weekend. For some reason, the Red Sox allowed Joe...
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This clip has been played on the Howard Stern Show on Sirius Satellite Radio. This is the Iron Sheik, formerly of the old WWF, going off on B. Brian Blair in an interview. It’s hilarious. “Suplex him! Put him in...
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