As I’m dragging today after getting home very early from TARCon, I’ll do some linkage and we have a lot of them.
We’ll begin with a few links from the Sports Business Journal.
John Ourand and Michael Smith write that the NCAA has started the process of discussing expanding its men’s basketball tournament with the TV networks.
As the NCAA looks for a successor to the late Myles Brand, Michael Smith looks at what the organization is seeking in his replacement.
The SBJ looks at the potential replacements for Brand.
David Broughton writes about the “gift suites” that will be given to the participants of the college bowls.
The SBJ has the gifts that the bowls will be handing out to the “student athletes”.
Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch has his Media Power Rankings for November.
Mike McCarthy of USA Today writes that Golf Channel, ESPN and man-hater Oprah Winfrey are vying for the first interview with Tiger Woods.
Michael Hiestand of USA Today says NBC will use Joe Theismann and Joe Gibbs as analysts for one of the NFL wild card playoff games in January.
CNBC’s Darren Rovell writes about how Tiger Woods actually mentions his family in one particular endorsement.
To Dan Levy of On The DL who talks with Ian Eagle of CBS/YES/Westwood One/Tennis Channel.
Writing for the Indiana University National Sports Journalism Center, Jason Fry says you can pick and choose how you want to interpret the Tiger Woods story.
Richard Sandomir of the New York Times says the stadium naming rights game has landed in Communist China.
Phil Mushnick of the New York Post says Tiger Woods was persona non grata during NBC’s coverage of his own golf tournament.
Phil also complains about everything in the world today.
Laura Nachman says Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia is all over Allen Iverson’s return to the 76ers tonight.
Tom Jones from the St. Petersburg Times says CBS’ Verne Lundquist and Gary Danielson had an off day during the SEC Championship on Saturday.
Barry Horn from the Dallas Morning News has the overnight ratings in the Metroplex.
John Kiesewetter of the Cincinnati Enquirer says the Bengals beat the Bearcats in the local ratings.
Ed Sherman from Crain’s Chicago Business talks about some local media moves.
Scott Dochterman of the Cedar Rapids (IA) Gazette says Tuesday’s Iowa-Northern Iowa basketball game will be on a smaller TV outlet than normal.
Dusty Saunders in the Denver Post says high school football fans deserve better TV coverage.
Tom Hoffarth of the Los Angeles Daily News says “The Blind Side” is a surprise box office hit.
Tom has more on the movie in his blog.
Tom also has the sports calendar for this week.
In the Toronto Star, Chris Zelkovich writes that two big homecomings this past weekend failed to live up to the media hype.
Bruce Dowbiggin of the Toronto Globe and Mail wonders if CBC is on to something with its new access cam.
William Houston in Truth & Rumours hopes we’ve seen the last of the Montreal Canadiens centennial celebrations.
Anthony Crupi of Mediaweek reports CBS is ahead of NBC’s pace last year in selling Super Bowl ads.
Over to the Sports Media Watch which states that CBS had a monster rating for the SEC Championship.
SMW talks with TNT’s Kenny “The Jet” Smith about disgraced former NBA referee Tim Donaghy.
The talk with Kenny Smith is a precursor to a feature SMW did on its visit to the TNT “Inside The NBA” studios.
SMW says Thanksgiving weekend was a very good one for CBS Sports’ offerings of college and pro football.
And SMW says the MLS Cup’s ratings went up.
Kristine Leahy has today’s edition of The Five on WEEI.com.
We’re done for now.
