Let’s get your Tuesday linkage up and posted today. Good stuff to get to. Variety’s Stuart Levine talks with NBC Sports Chairman Mark Lazarus about the Versus rebrand to NBC Sports Network and other subjects. The Associated Press has Lazarus...
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XM Satellite Radio ramps up for the one sport the satellite service made a huge commitment and that’s baseball. I do wish as a Sirius subscriber that I could listen to the games, but I have other alternatives so I’m...
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I have a bunch of press releases to post. Since this is a holiday weekend, the networks’ sports PR departments want to get things out early and be on Cape Cod by Friday at 3 p.m. so the fine people...
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NFL Gameday Morning – NFL Network, 10 a.m.The NFL Today – CBS, noon 1 p.m.CBS Coverage MapBaltimore at Houston – Ian Eagle/Solomon WilcotsBuffalo at New England – Dick Enberg/Randy CrossJacksonville at Detroit – Kevin Harlan/Rich GannonTennessee at Chicago – Greg...
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I’m going to do this in two parts as I have several things to do at work. At least you can go through some links at first while I do some paperwork. As usual, it’s the Weekend Viewing Picks. Well,...
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Another Friday, another edition of the Megalinks. Lots of media stories to get to, never enough time so let’s get to them and as always, there’s the Weekend Viewing Picks. The League Division Series are well underway. Both National League...
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NFL Gameday Morning – NFL Network, 10 a.m.Fox NFL Sunday – Fox, noon 1 p.m.CBS Coverage MapIndianapolis at Houston – Greg Gumbel/Dan DierdorfKansas City at Carolina – Kevin Harlan/Rich GannonTennessee at Baltimore – Ian Eagle/Solomon WilcotsSan Diego at Miami –...
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I got up this morning and saw it was 47 degrees in Rhode Island. It’s cold. The temps are warming up now, but this feels like mid-October. Let’s do your links. Newsday’s Neil Best thought it was funny that SportsCenter...
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Yesterday, I called the XM-Sirius merger approval a bit early. It’s now official. The Orbitcast satellite radio blog says the FCC gave its formal approval to the merger today, 3-2 right down party lines. FCC Chairman Kevin Martin tells Amy...
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I’ve been very busy at work in fact, it’s 5:30 p.m. ET as I write this and I’m still at the office and I’ll probably be here burning the midnight oil, but I’ll still provide you with some links today....
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Well, I leave my office for several hours and then all hell breaks loose. We start off with Awful Announcing which goes off on Fox Sports’ Joe Buck. Buck was on the Colin Cowherd show on ESPN Radio this morning...
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I was enjoying my weekend, but it’s back to the grind today as I was at a jobsite earlier today and it’s the reason why these links are coming late. But I’m here and time to give you the Monday...
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I’ve been in the midst of finishing some work before the holiday weekend as I won’t be in the office tomorrow. No, I’m not starting the weekend early, I’ll be at a jobsite so the Friday megalinks will be up...
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Our busy Wednesday is continuing. News just keeps coming out of the woodwork. David Scott of Boston Sports Media Watch says the Boston Herald’s John Tomase will finally come out of hiding and give his explanation later this week as...
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Let’s give you the Friday media links. It’s another busy weekend for both viewing and awards as the New England Emmy Awards will be handed out on Saturday. I’ll have a list as soon as it’s made available. In the...
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Time to give you some links on this Thursday. Newsday’s Neil Best has a bunch of blog posts today as he approaches his one year blog anniversary. First, Neil writes that WFAN maintains a healthy lead in the ratings over...
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I’ll give you some more links on this Monday afternoon. From the Sports Media Watch, Tennis Week is reporting that ESPN has picked up the rights to the final leg of tennis’ Grand Slam, the US Open starting in 2009....
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Ok, let’s give you some linkage as it appears the Montreal Canadiens will advance to the second round of the NHL playoffs. Starting with Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch, he has his weekly Media Circus column. Bruce Allen of the Boston...
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Time to give you some links this evening. Neil Best of Newsday reports that Stephen A. Smith will end his ESPN Radio show next Thursday. Neil says that Earl “The Pearl” Monroe will join Mike Breen and Walt “Clyde” Frazier...
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Let’s give you some links for Thursday. Newsday’s Neil Best says new New York Knicks Donnie Walsh did his best to schmooze the media during his introductory press conference on Wednesday. And in his blog, Neil says a new era...
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Let’s give you some more links on this getaway Friday. The voting for Darren Rovell’s Minor League Baseball Logo Contest has reached the Final Four. Darren wants you to vote for one finalist today. Newsday’s Neil Best has been blogging...
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Having gotten some important work done, it’s time to give you some linkage on this Wednesday afternoon on the East Coast. Three things from the Sports Media Watch. First, Paul Sen says the joint decision by the NFL and NBC...
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Let’s do our links for today. Starting with a very strange story out of ESPN.com. David Scott of Boston Sports Media Watch breaks the news that the website somehow listed the late Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle in its transactions page...
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Earlier today, the Department of Justice approved the buyout of XM Satellite Radio by Sirius. The agreement between the two companies had been announced early in 2007, but inexplicably, it took more than a year for the DOJ to come...
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The Department of Justice has approved the merger between XM and Sirius Satellite Radio. Next, the FCC has to approve it, but that is seen to be a formality at this point. For sports fans, this means that there will...
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I’ll give you some more links today. When I started this morning, I really did not want to update things, but it ended up being quite busy, so you just never know when you start. Let’s get to the linkage....
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I’m dragging today and not in the mood to blog, but blog I will because I serve you. So it’s time to give you some links. Let’s start off with ESPN Ombudsman Le Anne Schreiber who says in reviewing ten...
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On this day after Selection Sunday, I give you some linkage. Also, don’t forget to visit my 1st Annual College Basketball TV Awards. I admit they were ESPN-heavy, but it had most of the major games this season. Check them...
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It’s a busy weekend for college basketball as the Conference Tournaments lead to Selection Sunday. The major conferences are all in action this weekend and they will give fans plenty of action to watch. And by 7 p.m. Sunday, fans...
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Let’s get to the links. Last night, I somehow got hooked into watching the Big Brother Head of Household competition which stretched to about 1:20 a.m. I got out at 12:40 a.m. because I couldn’t take it anymore. Anyway, if...
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