For most of the day, I’ve been researching videos for our final crescendo of clips looking back at previous Olympics. They’ll be up tomorrow morning so you can take a look when they’re up. Suffice to say, there are a lot of clips to see starting at 8 a.m. ET on Sunday. Look for them. And also, let me know what you think when you finish seeing them.
Let’s get to your linkage.
Barry Horn of the Dallas Morning News writes that the Cowboys were the first choice of NFL Films for the newest installment of Hard Knocks premiering Wednesday on HBO.
Dan Caesar of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch says the firing of its most popular talk show host has cost one sports radio station in town.
The Memphis Business Journal reports a local sports radio station is flipping its affiliation from Fox Sports Radio to ESPN Radio.
Nancy Marrapese-Burrell of the Boston Globe looks at ESPN’s coverage of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Induction Ceremonies tonight.
Alan Pergament of the Buffalo News says technology will be the true definition of the Olympic Games in Communist China.
Ken Schott of the Schenectady Gazette talks with local sports anchor Andrew Catalon who will call Olympic handball and fencing off a monitor in New York for the networks of NBC.
Newsday’s Neil Best delves further into Cablevision’s decision not to provide 2,200 hours of internet coverage that NBC will offer from Beijing.
Allison Romano from Broadcasting & Cable says NBC is pulling out all of the stops for the Olympics.
Artie Gigantino of the San Francisco Examiner writes that NBC will unveil various innovations at the Olympics.
Ron Judd, a veteran Olympics reporter for the Seattle Times, says he’ll cover the Beijing Games from his house, for various reasons.
Rachael Larimore of Slate.com has some books, websites and videos to prepare you for the Olympics.
William Houston in the Toronto Globe and Mail says CBC is not sold out of its Olympics ads as of yet, but still expects to turn a profit on the Games. Guy Dixon of the Globe and Mail got a chance to peek inside CBC’s Olympics nerve center in Toronto.
Shannon Owens of the Orlando Sentinel says Chicago columnist Mike Nadel found out what it was like to criticize ESPN’s Erin Andrews.
Michael Rand of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune finally has Erin’s reaction to all this.
That’s going to do it for today’s links. Videos of the Week, Sunday links and The Week Ahead will come to you tomorrow.
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