Time for some Monday links. Let’s get to them. Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch talks with CBS Evening News anchorman Scott Pelley about interviewing President Obama for the network’s Super Bowl coverage and also reviews the performances of the NFL “B”...
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With the launch of CBS Sports Radio last week, one of the events made for the network is the Super Bowl. And with CBS being a rightsholder both on TV and through radio (albeit through Dial Global Sports), CBS Sports...
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This podcast featured three, count ‘em, three guest segments, all coming courtesy of CBS Sports and CBS Sports Radio. Those segments were quite good. You can ignore the news of the week segment as I had a touch of the...
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Time for the look back at the Year in Sports Media in 2012. Lots of great stuff. The year has been very interesting and we have seen a lot of things. Just doing a Top Ten is never enough for...
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She left ESPN in March and it was announced last month that she’ll be part of CBS Sports Radio’s morning drive show with Brandon Tierney and Tiki Barber in January. On the day after Christmas, Boxing Day to Aussies, Brits,...
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Let’s do some linkage for you as we hit mid-week. Once again, a shameless plug. Here are some Quick Wednesday Sports Media Thoughts which were written very early this morning. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand talks with former ESPN’er Dana Jacobsen...
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Tuesday was an early Christmas for your humble blogger. Thanks to some Black Friday sales, I’ve been setting up a new iPad and a new laptop computer, so the posts were rather slim on Tuesday. To make up for that...
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It was originally broken by SportsbyBrooks and it’s now been confirmed by CBS. CBS Sports Radio has announced its morning drive show that will launch when the network premieres on January 2, 2013. It will consist of Brandon Tierney, Tiki...
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Yesterday, former ESPN First Take co-host Dana Jacobsen revealed on her blog that she had been molested by her babysitter when she was a child. It took a lot of courage to speak out and make that public. Dana said...
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This is developing this evening. First, The Big Lead and SportsbyBrooks both learned that long-time ESPN’er Dana Jacobsen is leaving the network. Dana first joined ESPNews in 2002 then in 2005 became a co-host of ESPN2′s morning show, called Cold...
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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 some links today. Bill Doyle of the Worcester Telegram & Gazette writes about Dick Vitale’s return and his use of a Massachusetts General Hospital throat specialist for his vocal cord surgery. Rhiannon Potkey of the Salt Lake...
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Time to give you some links today. The Worcester Telegram’s Bill Doyle says Fox Sports’ Joe Buck and Troy Aikman have been boning up on the Patriots the last two weeks. Mel Bracht of the Daily Oklahoman says Fox is...
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Checking out the links for you tonight. Newsday’s Neil Best wonders how Fox Sports’ Jay Glazer got his hands on the Patriots’ Spygate tape. Neil has some ammunition for Patriots fans. He writes that Fox’s Joe Buck has done a...
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I just can’t seem to stop blogging today. By the way, I’ve been watching the re-broadcast of Super Bowl XXXVI, the game which started the Patriots Dynasty. Besides seeing what is in essence the start of the Patriots’ rise in...
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Time to give you an update after all that blogging during Super Bowl Media Day. CNBC’s Darren Rovell hands out his first annual awards to the best Super Bowl appetizers. They do look tasty. The Sports Media Watch Blog looks...
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Time for some links now. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand looks at the ratings from the weekend. Richard Sandomir of the New York Times says David Cone is close to hashing out a deal with the YES Network to work as...
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It’s already been a long morning and as I’m multitasking, doing links and some paperwork at the same time, I provide some links while I can. First, Michael David Smith of the AOL Fanhouse Blog chronicles the return of Dana...
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First, watching NBC’s first effort for the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, it’s been given a “Big Event” feel with Bob Costas and Dick Button as co-hosts. Former Olympics pairs co-champions Jamie Salé and David Pelletier who were so good on...
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Friday megalinks will be coming up in the next few hours, but we have the picture of Dana Jacobsen swigging vodka at the Mike & Mike Celebrity Roast in Atlantic City earlier this month. It’s not pretty. If the tape...
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I was out at a job site all day preventing me from giving you links today. I’ll give them to you tonight. I did get back in time to give you video of the Kelly Tilghman apology on the Golf...
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In a story that first came out on January 13 from Scott Cronick of the Atlantic City Press, then suddenly mushroomed this week, we learned that ESPN First Take co-host Dana Jacobsen was suspended for her comments made at the...
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