I was very productive this morning. Getting in early today helped out. Plus I have to review the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary on Jimmy The Greek later so expect that sometime this afternoon.
First, a couple of links from the Sports Business Journal.
John Ourand says the networks are looking for additional revenue streams in their next round of sports league negotiations as their profit margins shrink.
And the SBJ looks at what’s ahead for the next five years for the league-owned sports networks.
Here’s a video from Bloomberg News featuring Senior Vice President of Disney Sports Enterprises regarding the rebranding of the Wide World of Sports complex at Walt Disney World in Orlando, FL.
CNBC’s Darren Rovell says a signed ball by the World Series Champion New York Yankees will sell for $3,500.
The St. Petersburg Times’ Eric Deggans writing for the Indiana University National Sports Journalism Center tries to find the reasons behind the NFL’s increased TV ratings this season.
Editor & Publisher says Boston.com is relaunching its sports section in the wake of increased competition from other web outlets.
The Associated Press has comments from Dish Network’s CEO on a possible Comcast/NBC deal and how it could affect his business.
Jessica Heslam of the Boston Herald speaks with outgoing Fox25 sports anchor Butch Stearns.
Richard Sandomir of the New York Times reviews the new NBA book written by the always insufferable Bill Simmons.
Bob Raissman from the New York Daily News feels CBS’ Phil Simms backtracked on his analysis on Sunday. Whatever, Bob.
Pete Dougherty of the Albany Times Union talks about NBC’s good ratings for Sunday Night Football.
Keith Groller of the Allentown (PA) Morning Call enjoys listening to ESPN/ABC’s Matt Millen. I totally disagree, but that’s ok.
Laura Nachman says a popular sports radio host at Philadelphia’s WIP could be leaving at the end of the year.
Michael Klein of the Philadelphia Inquirer also writes about the WIP situation.
The Washington Examiner’s Jim Williams says NBA TV is giving the fans a voice in choosing what games they show.
Jim also has the best of the Sunday NFL pregame quotes.
Ken Tysiac of the Raleigh (NC) News & Observer writes that ESPNU will air the announcement live of where a top college basketball recruit will be attending next fall.
Barry Horn of the Dallas Morning News says a popular local sports radio duo is coming back to the airwaves.
Barry lists the NFL games on TV for Week 10 and seems to have woken up on the wrong side of bed this morning. Kind of like me.
Barry also has the college football TV schedule.
Barry speculates if last Sunday was the last appearance by the Cowboys on NBC.
Richard Durrett of ESPN Dallas has the Big 12 TV schedule for the rest of the season.
John Kiesewetter of the Cincinnati Enquirer says both the Bearcats and Bengals scored well in the local ratings this past weekend.
And John says a high school football semifinal game will be carried on local cable this weekend.
Mary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that my Browns may be blacked out next Monday for the first time since returning as an NFL franchise in 1999.
Jon Spencer of the Mansfield (OH) News Journal says a former local official will return to his TV roots and host a show for Fox Sports Ohio.
Ed Sherman writes in Crain’s Chicago Business that a longtime radio sports reporter returns to work after losing his voice. Having worked in radio, that is the worst thing that could happen.
Ed says the Bears’ recent bad play is resulting in lower TV ratings.
Dick Harmon of the Deseret (UT) News says the video of New Mexico women’s soccer player Elizabeth Lambert’s actions in the Lobos’ game against BYU last week has become a YouTube sensation.
Dan Hinxman of the Reno (NV) Gazette-Journal says ESPN chose the WAC over the Mountain West Conference as College Gameday’s showcase game this Saturday.
Two stories from the San Diego Union-Tribune.
First, the Chargers have sold out their game against the Eagles this Sunday marking the earliest the team has avoided a blackout this season.
Matthew T. Hall of the Union-Tribune says the Chargers are now exploring a site near the Padres’ Petco Park for a new stadium.
Tom Hoffarth of the Los Angeles Daily News pays tribute to a long time LA radio sportscaster who recently passed away.
Gwen Knapp of the San Francisco Chronicle advises the NFL to abolish the Thursday Night games.
Chris Zelkovich of the Toronto Star says CTV has packed up its recently-built broadcast center and taking it to Vancouver where it will host the 2010 Winter Olympics for Canada’s Olympic Broadcasting Consortium.
Tracy Swedlow of Interactive TV Today writes that NBC is planning a big interactive TV and video on demand push for the Winter Olympics.
R. Thomas Umstead of Multichannel News says the Ski Channel has signed a video on demand deal with Dish Network.
Multichannel says MASN will air 9 Georgetown University basketball games this season.
BBC News says UK soccer fans will be able to watch the English Premier League on their iPhones, for a fee, of course.
Steve Lepore of Puck The Media has his usual Tuesday mailbag.
Greg Wyshynski of Yahoo! Sports’ Puck Daddy blog wonders if the proposed Comcast/NBC deal could finally ease the DirecTV/Versus stalemate.
Chris Byrne of the Eye on Sports Media has some suggestions for SI.com.
Chris wishes the perpetually lovely Linda Cohn, a Happy Birthday. And Fang’s Bites also wishes the ESPN anchor a Happy Birthday as well.
Former Deadspin editor Will Leitch writes a post for his old stomping grounds that ESPN.com’s Bill Simmons is now part of the establishment, just like Leitch as he’s working for New York Magazine.
And here’s Kristine Leahy with The Five on WEEI.com.
That’s all for now.
