Let’s give you some linkage while I’m watching the last Monday Night Football game of the year.
First, SportsbyBrooks was all over the Mike Leach suspension from Texas Tech as he was accused of putting a player in a shed whom he felt was faking a concussion. That player turned out to be the son of ESPN college football analyst Craig James who coincidentally was going to be in the booth of the Alamo Booth calling Texas Tech against Michigan State. That’s not going to happen now as Sports Media Watch confirms.
Mike Reynolds of Multichannel News says NFL Network set a ratings record this season.
Katie Bachman of Mediaweek looks at management changes at ESPN Radio.
David Giantasio of Adweek reviews ESPN’s ads for the Winter X Games.
Jackie Majerus of the Bristol (CT) Press looks at ESPN’s strategy in creating local websites across the country.
Brian Stelter of the New York Times explores the attempt by Fox to get subscription fees from Time Warner Cable.
Pete Dougherty of the Albany Times Union says Stephen A. Smith took over the Fox Sports Radio morning show a week early.
Dave McKenna of the Washington City Paper has an interesting take on the late George Michael.
Andrea Adelson of the Orlando Sentinel starts a countdown of the top ten college football stories of the last ten years including the SEC TV deal.
Sarah Talalay of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel looks at the differences in the Sunshine State’s college and universities as far as football revenue is concerned.
Sarah has some more about the differences.
From the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Judd Zulgad looks at how the NFL pregame shows are talking about the Vikings and in particular, the Brett Favre-Brad Childress saga.
Jeff Korbelik of the Lincoln (NE) Journal Star says the local Fox channels aren’t part of the Fox dispute with Time Warner Cable.
Tom Hoffarth of the Los Angeles Daily News looks at this week’s college bowl schedule.
Tom previews the Daily News’ Sportspersons of the Year.
The Los Angeles Times has been listed as one of the nation’s best newspaper sports sections.
And here’s the full list as provided by the Indiana University National Sports Journalism Center.
William Houston in Truth & Rumours says Canada won’t be the favorite in the Olympic hockey tournament.
Back to the Sports Media Watch which looks at the biggest NBA stories of the last ten years.
Joe Favorito says a well-thought blog can help make an average athlete a star on the internet.
Steve Lepore at Puck The Media looks at the NHL playoff matchups and network alignments if the season ended today.
Maury Brown of the Biz of Baseball has the top ten MLB stories of the last ten years including a few media stories.
EPL Talk has its soccer predictions for 2010.
That will conclude the links for tonight. Back tomorrow.
