I hope you all had a very good Christmas holiday and got the gifts you wanted. My gift was seeing my niece all day yesterday and into this morning. Good times.
Time for some linkage that’s been sorely missing over the last few days. Let’s get this done.
Ronald Blum of the Associated Press writes that a combined Comcast and NBC Sports entity could be a huge power in sports, but it’ll take some time.
Writing for the Indiana University National Sports Journalism Center, Eric Deggans from the St. Petersburg Times has his Top 10 sports media stories of the year.
Julianne Pepitone and David Goldman at CNN Money report that the negotiations between Fox and Time Warner Cable are very contentious as they approach the 11th hour. Thanks to John Daly of the Daly Planet NASCAR blog for the link.
Bruce Weber of the New York Times has the obituary for DC Sports TV anchor George Michael.
Alan Pergament of the Buffalo News writes that one local TV station doesn’t appear to be in any rush to find a third member for its sports staff.
Laura Nachman says Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia will be all over the NHL Winter Classic at Fenway Park in Boston on New Year’s Day.
Michael Wilbon of the Washington Post remembers the late, great George Michael.
Dick Heller of the Washington Times bids George Michael adieu.
Jim Williams of the Washington Examiner provides the Top Ten NFL Plays of the last ten years according to NFL Network.
Hal Boedecker of the Orlando Sentinel says Fox is not optimistic that it can reach an agreement with Bright House cable leaving Florida fans in the dark for the Sugar Bowl.
Barry Horn of the Dallas Morning News talks with NBC’s Rodney Harrison about his new life on TV.
Barry says the TV personality of 2010 in Dallas was … Cowboys Stadium.
Ed Sherman in Crain’s Chicago Business has his sports business and sports media winners.
The Quad Cities (IA) Times’ Steve Batterson says some Iowa State fans won’t be able to watch the Insight Bowl as the NFL Network is not picked up by Mediacom statewide.
In Pro Football Weekly, Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald writes about the NFL’s increased ratings this season.
That’s it for the links for now.
